The annotated Star Trek (2009)

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Wanna know how the new film reflects previously established continuity?

The new Star Trek movie has been blowing people away, providing an introduction for new fans and an alternate time line that allows for even old fans to be surprised.

Every article and review has mentioned how time travel is being used to explain/justify this reboot, this new take on things where old rules are broken or, at least, revised. And yet, it is clear that the writers involved have an affection for what came before, making many references to the canon old school fans know and love.

Thus, we have put together this list of references and nods to other Trek stories:

http://www.comicmix.com/news/2009/05/12/star-trek-movie-annotations

My comments:

Kirk supposedly had an elder brother, Sam.

Kirk's middle name, Tiberius, was invented for the cartoon series.

Nichelle Nichols gave her character her first name.



Uhura == Freedom
Ubuntu == openness
Cool. Someone needs to fork Ubuntu into Uhura.

I forgot how much the animated series rocked.

Green skinned Orion women are hot. We already knew this.

In TOS Uhura occasionally flirted with Spock and was the only one on the ship who could make him genuinely smile with her teasing. When off-duty, the two would occasionally perform together for the rest of the crew, with Spock playing a Vulcan instrument as Uhura sang.

When Spock Prime and Kirk find Scotty, there is a Tribble sitting in a cage on his work table.

Spock Prime wishes his younger self "good luck", which surprises the younger Spock. In the original series, Spock generally did not believe in chance or luck, but admitted in the episode "A Taste of Armageddon" that working with Captain Kirk made him "almost believe in luck." Kirk then responded that knowing Mr. Spock made him "almost believe in miracles."