The new Kirk was still an Academy student, wasn’t he? He had never served on anything anywhere. Never been in space, that I remember seeing in the movie. No experience with ships or tactics. Never served under a good or bad commander. Just a rebellious “maverick” with a chip on his shoulder, like a taller Tom Cruise, who doesn’t need experience, training or anything. Because, after all, he’s a genius.
Will Spock be his “Goose”?
He is in his mid 20s, the movie moved really fast through his early life. The idea is that he has his father’s genetics so he will excel. I kind of liked the new movie, it wasn’t this focus on a utopia, they went in guns blazing.
And I like escapism in my movies. There is enough reality every day here, that it is nice to go into something and just step away from that.
Seeing what is happening to the American workforce because of Obamacare is heartbreaking. Knowing that kiddos just starting out or people on hard times have to struggle even more just to recover is devastating. Its nice to get away some times.