Questions tagged [star-trek-2009]
Star Trek (2009) is the eleventh film based on the Star Trek franchise and features the main characters of the original Star Trek television series, portrayed by a new cast. It was directed by J. J. Abrams. Use this with the [star-trek] tag.
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How did this character end up where they did in Star Trek (2009)?
In the first film of the J.J. Abrams Star Trek (2009) reboot, they find Scotty marooned on an ice planet.
I was watching with a friend who implied there was an in-universe explanation of how this ...
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In Star Trek (2009), was Chekov actually wrong for calling Spock "Commander" instead of "Captain"?
At some point after Spock becomes the captain but before Kirk does, he gives an order to Chekov who replies "Aye, Commander", then immediately corrects himself, saying "Ah! Captain, ...
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How did the USS Kelvin not destroy or at the very least cripple the Narada?
I may have missed some stuff from the movies, but even accounting for the ship's size, wouldn't crashing the Kelvin heavily damage it? again I may have missed stuff, but shouldn't crashing it destroy ...
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Did 9/11 have any effect on the Star Trek franchise?
Is there any evidence in the form of interviews or statements from the cast, crew or writers of Star Trek that confirm that the events of 9/11 had an influence on the show?
For example, causing ...
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Did Nero's ship go to another timeline?
We know that red matter caused a singularity that opened a black hole pulling Spock Prime and Nero into an alternate time.
Near the end, when Spock crashes the ship into the Narada, it opens up ...
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Can Starfleet return Spock's body to the Prime universe?
It seems by Discovery Season 3 they're aware of the Kelvin timeline.
Consider the following from Season 3 Episode 9:
Kovich : Consider yourself lucky to have skipped the Temporal Wars.
Among the many ...
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Do the Q Exist In the Abrams Star Trek Universe?
In the Abrams Star Trek universe, do the Q exist? Any reference to them in or out of universe? Any novelizations, comics, commentaries, or quotes from Abrams or writers about them?
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In "Star Trek" (2009), why does one of the Vulcan science ministers state that Spock's application to Starfleet was logical but "unnecessary"?
When Spock is in front of the ministers being told that he was accepted into the science academy, they appear confused or irritated by his application to Starfleet. Spock says that "it seemed ...
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Why did Chekov try to speak English?
In Star Trek (2009), we see Pavel Chekov humorously struggling with the computer at his console--as he tries to enter a code by voice in his heavily-Russian-accented English, the computer fails to ...
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Which timeline is Picard set in?
Given that Romulus is destroyed in Picard mirroring the events of the Star Trek reboot movie, is this timeline following on from that film (i.e there is no Vulcan and Kahn was found far earlier in the ...
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Look for Star Trek (2009) fanfic
I am looking for a story I read some time ago. In it Kirk, Spock and McCoy are on a peace mission with some type of telepathic alien or something that uses McCoy to talk with Jim and the others, that ...
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Does Michael Burnham exist in the Kelvin timeline?
I'm not asking if Discovery exists in the prime or Kelvin timeline, I'm asking if a Burnham counterpart exists in the Kelvin timeline, and does she go into the Kelvin timeline version of the future?
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Is Spock still married to T'Pring in the Kelvin timeline?
In the Original Series episode "Amok Time", Spock reveals that he is married (in an arranged marriage when they were children) to T'Pring. When he undergoes the pon farr, he returns to her, but he ...
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In Star Trek (2009), how did the survivors of the Kelvin get home?
At the start of Star Trek we see the Kelvin destroyed with its survivors in escape pods and shuttles. The next scene we see a young Kirk on Earth.
Has it ever been detailed how long the survivors ...
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When Nero marooned Spock why didn't Spock go to Scottie's science lab sooner?
Nero waited 25 years then intercepted Spock, captured him, and marooned him on Delta Vega. But Spock settled within walking distance of a Federation science lab (where Scottie ended up). He brought ...
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Why does Spock waste time explaining to Uhura why he is beaming down?
This question contains movie plot spoilers.
So in the film Star Trek (2009), Spock wastes about 10 precious seconds explaining to Uhura why he needs to beam down. As Captain though, he shouldn't ...
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What is the quantum signature of inhabitants of the Kelvin Timeline?
It's been established that Star Trek consists of a multiverse, with matter from each respective universe having a distinct "quantum signature" which cannot be changed by any known process.
This has ...
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Why was Vulcan destroyed as a plot line?
Historically, Star Trek has been all about positive outcomes against all odds, so why was Vulcan destroyed as a plot line?
The Enterprise (Federation) usually always saves worlds against all the odds,...
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Why is the cut on young Spock's lip red and not green if Vulcans have green blood?
In Star Trek (2009), little Spock gets into a fight with three other Vulcans. After the scene he is shown talking with his dad. Spock has a bruise/scab/cut whatever on his lip but it is red. Why isn't ...
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In the Star Trek 2009 movie, did they travel back in time or did they travel to an alternate universe? [duplicate]
In the new Star Trek movie, did they travel back in time and become their younger selves or are they in an alternate universe like the episode "Mirror, Mirror"?
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Is there a non-canon work that explores the effect of Vulcan's destruction in the Kelvin Timeline?
It would be interesting to explore:
how the absence of Vulcan has altered the Federation
how the destruction of their planet tests the remaining Vulcan's commitment to the reverence of logic.
I am ...
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Why didn't anyone go back in time to prevent the damage cause by Narada's actions? [duplicate]
Why was the timeline not repaired after the Narada came back in time and changed everything? I have seem the Time Travel Repairmen go back in time for much less impactful things than this. So why not? ...
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What's water turbine doing on-board USS Enterprise?
In Star Trek (2009), when Kirk and Scott got transwarped to USS Enterprise, Scott ended up in a water pipe and there was also water turbine type structure. I thought it was water pump which was ...
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What was Pike's Dissertation?
In the 2009 Star Trek Film Pike and Kirk have the following conversation:
PIKE: For my dissertation, I was assigned the USS Kelvin. Something I admired about your dad, he didn't believe in no-win ...
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Were there hints about a romances between Spock and Uhura in The Original Series?
Is there any canonical hint or reference in Star Trek: The Original Series about a romance between Spock and Lt. Uhura? Is their relationship original to the 2009 Star Trek film and if so, is their ...
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Why didn't the surface of Vulcan have massive gravity due to the red matter?
I was watching the Star Trek reboot again last night, and the scene where the red matter was injected into the centre of Vulcan got me thinking.
Clearly this was having major catastrophic effects as ...
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Do we know exactly where Kirk will be born?
I'm an amateur Star Trek fan--I've watched some of TOS and a few movies, but I know enough to remember that Captain Kirk is from Iowa. I don't know where in Iowa, just Iowa.
Recently I came across a ...
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Questions about a scene in the 2009 Star Trek movie [duplicate]
I am currently watching it right now and I was wondering, when they beamed Kirk and Sulu back up from falling onto the Vulcan planet, wouldn't they still have died? Since the speed they were falling ...
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How old was Pavel Chekov in TOS?
I remember a line in TOS where Captain Kirk indicated he was 34 years old. That might have been a book, I can't be sure. Anyway, in Star Trek 2009, I remember Bones making fun that he was 17 years old ...
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In Star Trek, why doesn't time travel always lead to alternate realities?
The basic premise of the rebooted Start Trek films is that Spock and Nero traveling to the past caused an alternate time line. But there have been other instances of time travel in the Star Trek ...
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Did Abrams make any Star Trek references in The Force Awakens?
J.J.Abrams directed Star Trek (2009) and Into Darkness before doing Star Wars Episode 7. Are there any references between the two films? I'm using a loose, broad definition of reference for this ...
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Why so much Red Matter?
In Star Trek (2009), the villain Nero uses Red Matter in order to
This Red Matter was initially created by Spock
In both cases it clearly only takes one drop of Red Matter in order to achieve this....
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Why do they use shuttles in Star Trek even for short distances?
Something I just can't understand why they use shuttles to go to and from earth to the space dock where the Enterprise is docked, when they could just instantly beam themselves there?
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Why would Uhura's linguistic skills matter?
In Star Trek (2009), why would it matter that Uhura knew Romulan? In all scenes together, Starfleet crew and the Romulans were able to understand each other. Either they were all speaking the same ...
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Is Uhura having good hearing meant to imply she is a good communications officer?
I remember in the first New Trek film she's hears someone mouth breathing under her roommates bed.
Later her astute 'hearing' picked up the dialect difference between two alien species (I forget ...
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What are the technical differences between these two versions of the NCC-1701? [duplicate]
What are the major technical differences between the Enterprise NCC-1701 (TOS) and NCC-1701 (Abrams)? I don't recall TOS engineering looking like a sterile brewery or having a large transparent water ...
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Why did the protagonists in Star Trek (2009) not try to restore the timeline? [duplicate]
In every other Star Trek plot involving time travel, the ultimate goal of our heroes is to restore the old time line at all costs, including moral dilemmas like people who shouldn't live and so on.
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What's with "It never occurred to me to think of space as the thing that was moving"?
When I saw Star Trek (2009) I noticed something very weird.
There is a scene in the movie where Scotty gets the specs to configure the transporters so that they can beam people between ships during ...
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How far did Scotty beam himself and Kirk?
According to this answer:
During the 22nd century, standard Earth transporter systems had a range of 10,000 kilometers
In the Star Trek reboot, Scotty manages to transport himself and Kirk aboard ...
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How was Spock able to see destruction of Vulcan without getting destroyed?
In Star Trek (2009), when Vulcan was destroyed by Red Matter black hole, Spock (prime) was able to see it with naked eye.
What's the size of Vulcan and how far away it is from Vega that the same ...
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How much did Starfleet lose due to Narada?
Are there canon estimates on how much (personnel, officers, ships) did Starfleet lose due to Nero/Narada's actions?
I'm interested in either absolute #s, or percentages of total.
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How did Kirk manage to get Captaincy of the Enterprise despite just graduating from Academy?
Unless I completely misunderstood the timeline, Star Trek (2009) has the following happen to Kirk:
He goes to the Academy
At the end of the Academy, he cheats on the Kobayashi Maru test
He faces an ...
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How did they choose exactly same looking young actors in "Star Trek" (2009)?
The first thing which amazed me while watching Star Trek (2009) was the exactly same looking young Enterprise crew. It made me happy because it meant that we didn't lose the legacy. Some doesn't look ...
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Why do the Starfleet cadets get away with assaulting Kirk in a bar without being disciplined?
At the start of the "Lens Flare: the Motion Picture" 2009 "Star Trek" film, Kirk gets into a fight in a bar with a bunch of Star Fleet cadets. He does NOT start the fight (the first punch is thrown by ...
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Why did Spock Prime suggest Kirk take command of the USS Enterprise from young Spock?
After Kirk was thrown out of the USS Enterprise and he met Spock Prime, Spock Prime suggested to Kirk that he should take over from Spock and become the captain of the USS Enterprise.
Well, in the ...
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Why is the Star Trek 2009 reboot called a reboot?
Doctor Who (2005) isn't called a reboot. It is called a continuation of the old series. This was made possible by that regeneration ju-ju and stuff.
On the other hand, Star Trek 2009 reincarnation is ...
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How does First Contact occur in the alternate timeline (from Star Trek 2009)?
Based on what we know, how does First Contact occur in the Star Trek 2009 timeline? And does First Contact mean the Enterprise-E crew is still somehow canon in this timeline?
Star Trek: Enterprise is ...
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In which ways did scanning Nero's ship enhance/change Starfleet technology?
I've heard the explanation that the Enterprise from 2009's Star Trek looked so much more advanced was because data gathered from the Kelvin initially scanning Nero's ship when it first appeared ...
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What's the most money actors earned for Star Trek in each era? [closed]
This means:
most per episode in the TOS era?
most per episode in the TNG era (incl. DS9, Voyager and Enterprise)?
most for a TOS film?
most for a TNG film?
most for an Abrams-verse film?
most in the ...
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How and when/where did Jim Kirk learn to code?
At Starfleet Academy, Jim Kirk cheated on the Kobayashi Maru test by hacking the test and inserting code that he wrote enabling him to win in the otherwise unwinnable scenario.
So when did Kirk ...
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