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'Star Trek Into Darkness' Will Feature Klingons
The first trailer forJ.J. Abrams' 'Star Trek Into Darkness' hit the web last week, and while it featured a shipload of new footage, very little was actually revealed. This week however, a great deal more footage was screened for press, and apparently it's yielding some very interesting info on the upcoming sequel. First and foremost, the movie will feature Klingons, that dastardly alien warrior race that were arguably the Enterprise crew's greatest foes. It seems they will retain their signature forehead ridges (as can be seen above), and there are even glimpses, in the press trailer, of the Klingon homeworld Quo'nos. All of this info is coming from the Twitter feed of Mr. Silas Lesnick from ComingSoon.net. He also revealed that actress Alice Eve will be playing Carol Marcus. In the original films, Marcus was the mother of Kirk's only son David. And that's not all! Separately, this below image (of Zachary Quinto, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Chris Pine) was released with a caption that referred to Cumberbatch's character as John Harrison. Though there was no John Harrison in the 'Star Trek' canon, there was a crew member on six episodes of the original series named just Harrison who was present during the "Space Seed" episode that gave us Khan.
Wow, so it looks like all the the juicy stuff was obviously in the press footage. I'm not sure where to begin here. I was wondering when Klingons might find their way into the Abrams 'Star Trek' universe. Now as to how they will fit in, I can't begin to speculate on that. The news about Alice Eve's character is interesting. Marcus was introduced, along with Kirk's son David, in 'Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.' For a long time, people have been flirting with, if not desperately clinging to (klinging to?) the notion that the main villain of 'Star Trek Into Darkness' would be Khan. Now that Paramount has let slip Cumberbatch is playing someone named Harrison, does that put the kibosh on both Khan and Gary Mitchell? If so, why then bring in Marcus? We have to keep in mind that the time-travel device in 'Star Trek' completely changed the time structure of that universe. She could now be the foundation of any number of stories, old or new. Not only that, but also Abrams may just be setting up yet another reference to 'Wrath of Khan' without remaking 'Wrath of Khan.' His first outing was chock-full of nods to 'Star Trek II' so I should not be surprised by this.
What do you guys think? Do you think John Harrison is a reference to crew member Harrison? Does this serve as the smoking gun that it won't be Khan or Gary Mitchell? Could this be a smoke screen by Paramount? How do you feel about the new Klingons?
Source: Twitter; Hollywood.com
Views: 4711
Tags: Abrams, J.J., Star Trek, Star Trek 2, Star Trek Into Darkness, Twitter, footage, new, press, sequel
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Comment by Happy Birthday Roboto on December 12, 2012 at 10:59am -
Has it occurred to anyone that after Kirk's mind meld with Spock he may remember some of future Spock's life if at least subconsciously? So he would know of the awakening of Khan and avoid it, but Harrison would still be a member of his crew. He may even evade his death and keep his son from being killed, he may even be aware of the birth of his son from the beginning.
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Comment by Anthony Stokes on December 12, 2012 at 9:21am -
@patmander who gives a shit?
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Comment by patmander on December 12, 2012 at 8:22am -
even the screen shot has a lens flare!!!
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Comment by The Laughing Man on December 12, 2012 at 12:17am -
I believe Cumberbatch is Gary Mitchell. I've seen a couple people on other sites mention that Peter Weller might be Khan and Cumberbatch is Joachim, think it was io9 that originally speculated this.
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Comment by MavenCree on December 12, 2012 at 12:07am -
Then again, this is JJ Abrams... he could just be hosing all of us.
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Comment by MavenCree on December 12, 2012 at 12:06am
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I think ‘John Harrison' is an alias, and it's gonna turn out to be Sybok, Spock's older half-brother, who would be royally pissed that their planet was destroyed. Why else would Spock's hand be on the glass to this guy's hand? (Japanese teaser trailer.)
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Comment by Mr. James Girten on December 11, 2012 at 11:16pm -
Everyone has it wrong. Because of the whole change in the time line. JJ is going to make Khan not only a good guy but be Kirks new BFF there by making Spock so jealous that he becomes Kirks biggest adversary.
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Comment by Angel_A on December 11, 2012 at 10:24pm -
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Comment by KP Spark on December 11, 2012 at 10:18pm -
It would be funny though that the Harrison character was just tired of being ignored in TOS and becomes the biggest villain ever. However, I'm pretty sure its a codename or something, that he's actually a bigger character in some way. Roberto Orci did say he was canon. But who's big enough to have his identity concealed? Nobody's gonna be shocked to find out that he's Gary Mitchell or Trelane. The only two recognizable Star Trek villains in pop culture are Khan and the Borg.
Because the writers have said that it will explore the ripple effects of Vulcan's destruction, what if he is Khan. Somehow Nero's time travel has caused the federation to look for him and they ended up finding the Botany Bay ahead of its time, and he has managed to conceal his true identity by joining the federation.
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Comment by Reilly Voorhees on December 11, 2012 at 8:03pm -
@ Raymond Payne - Congratulations, you are the 5,000th person to make the "Enterprise looks like an apple product" joke.
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