To: pabianice
The new Kirk, having won the day through impossible fighting skill, genius IQ, daring good looks, and sheer force of will, is promoted from Cadet (E-2) to Captain (O-6) and given command of Enterprise. I couldnt help myself I burst-out laughing. Abrams impatient with how the real world works and a child of I Want It Now! simply discards any sense of reality and ends this story with Kirk in command of Enterprise without having had to bother with inconveniences like advancing through the ranks by proving competence and maturity and receiving the endorsement of his superiors a process which actually take 21-22 years in the real military. Presto! We have Jimmy Kirk, boy genius, in command. This may seems fine in Abrams world of Hollywood dementia, but all it did was make the audience at this showing laugh. It does not matter how much tactical brilliance an officer has -- NO rational military organization put somebody in command of a capital ship with a crew of hundreds and enough firepower to sterilize a planet, unless they have good reason to have absolute confidence in his judgment and maturity.
9 posted on
05/10/2009 12:29:34 PM PDT by
PapaBear3625
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To: PapaBear3625
Well, GA Custer was promoted directly from first lieutenant to brigadier general at the age of 23, then immediately won a crucial battle, arguably setting the stage for the Union victory at Gettysburg.
21 posted on
05/10/2009 12:42:18 PM PDT by
Sherman Logan
(Everyone has a right to his own opinion, but not to his own facts.)
To: PapaBear3625
It does not matter how much tactical brilliance an officer has -- NO rational military organization put somebody in command of a capital ship with a crew of hundreds and enough firepower to sterilize a planet, unless they have good reason to have absolute confidence in his judgment and maturity. Well, of course. That's why Star Trek was fantasy - not reality. A young, impetuous Kirk (whether played by Shatner or the new kid) would never be a star ship captain. But Star Trek has always required suspension of disbelief.
23 posted on
05/10/2009 12:43:31 PM PDT by
jude24
To: PapaBear3625
Actually, I thought the bridge command group standing around wondering who was captain now, then acquiescing in Kirk’s assumption of command without the slightest right to do so even more idiotic.
On any naval ship, there is never the slightest confusion over who is next in the chain of command.
25 posted on
05/10/2009 12:44:53 PM PDT by
Sherman Logan
(Everyone has a right to his own opinion, but not to his own facts.)
To: PapaBear3625
Major spoiler alert:
It made plenty of sense to me in light of the fact that the older Spock has full knowledge of Kirk’s lifetime in the other timeline.
83 posted on
05/10/2009 3:41:48 PM PDT by
Melas
To: PapaBear3625; pabianice
In the original “real” world of Star Trek, Kirk was the youngest man to ever make Captain - in his mid 30s! Now in La La Land of 2009, it is as a brawling 20-something punk.
113 posted on
05/11/2009 12:55:43 AM PDT by
Chet 99
To: PapaBear3625; pabianice
The idea of “rebooting” the franchise with a younger, edgier teen cast was rejected by the makers of “Wormhole X-treme”
121 posted on
05/11/2009 7:56:22 AM PDT by
Oztrich Boy
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To: PapaBear3625
Spock of the future told them to...
126 posted on
05/11/2009 8:40:32 AM PDT by
longtermmemmory
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