Warning: Spoilers Ahead.
I saw the new movie, Star Trek Into Darkness. I liked it
when I was watching it. The casting is spot-on, the dialogue is snappy and the
action moves along at a speedy clip that rarely waxes or wanes.
But then there’s the one scene. The one scene that makes me
angrier and angrier the more I think about it.
Old Spock.
I’m going to ruin a plot point right here, so cover your
eyes if you don’t want to have it ruined.
Khan.
Yes, KHAAAAANNNNNNN! But young Khan. Frankly, a more
interesting and tragic Khan. A Khan that you’re not sure about. Maybe a Khan
that could go a different direction given the right circumstances? A savior of
people Khan.
And then Old Spock comes along.
The question I have for J.J. Abrams and Company is this: Why
reboot the franchise with a time warp if you’re just going to pay homage to the
original anyway? Get rid of the gimmicks and this could have been a spectacular
movie.
How?
Make Old Spock the unwitting villain.
The scene I refer to is, of course, the one where Spock
says, “I’m not going to interfere, but … Khan is evil”.
Lame.
What if Khan wasn’t “evil”? What if, in this timeline, Khan
actually is a good guy? And by meddling, Old Spock is actually the one who is
guilty of violating the “Prime Directive”?
How interesting would THAT movie be? How much guilt would
Old Spock have for going against everything he once stood for?
That’s the movie I want to see.
Perhaps in another timeline. Kirk out.
