Five 'illogical' (or at the very least, highly improbable) moments
- Uhura/Spock. No. In the original series, I can buy it, but not here.
- Spock shows Scotty the equation that future Scotty invents. Yes, I know there is precedence for this flagrant timeline pollution, but coming from Spock?
- Sulu says he is trained in "fencing" but instead busts out some martial arts moves on the drill. Maybe he wanted to surprise Kirk with his skillz.
- Kirk is promoted from CADET to CAPTAIN. Of the Enterprise, the Starfleet flagship. Fine, so he helped destroy Nero et. al. and save Earth. What happened to giving people medals?
- My fave: Spock knows where the Federation outpost on the ice planet is, but instead of heading straight to it to ask for help when Nero leaves him there to watch Vulcan implode, he decides to hide out in a cave. WHY, SPOCK, WHY.
Honourable mention: Where was Nero hiding for 25 years? (Actually, this is answered in cut scenes. But as is, the movie has a huge loophole in this respect.)
Doh! I just remembered another thing that bugged me. How the hell does Spock/other scientists, etc., miscalculate when the star goes supernova?? It's a colossal error!
ReplyDeleteI've got a good one. Saturn is 1.25 - 1.5 light-hours from earth. That's a pretty long wait in an emergency, although the story set up was to pass Nero in flight and beam on when he passes by Saturn on the way to earth.
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