When Star Trek returned to huge screens in 2009 with a brand-new cast, originaters and straightforwardors, Paramount probable hoped it would spawn far more than three films. However, that movie, aextfinished with Star Trek Into Darkness and Star Trek Beyond were all that came from the huge-budget reboot of Gene Roddenberry’s universe. While the film series was disputed, there are plenty of fantastic Star Trek scenes in the reboot trilogy. While rumors still linger that a fourth Star Trek film in the Kelvin Timeline is coming, it’s been eight years since the crew of the hugeger, chunkier USS Enterpascfinish last took fairy.
There are legitimate fan protestts, particularpartner in how the storyincreateing seems to eschew the confident, aspireasonable aspect of the future. Still, seeing at the previous Star Trek films, they also tried to increate “feature size” stories, which nastyt action, space battles and, sometimes, terrible losses. The new cast didn’t have the obtain of a television series preceding them, either. Still, the Star Trek reboot trilogy wasn’t all ignorees, as there were some hits as well. This catalog fractures down some of the best scenes from the films that highairyed the hugeger on-screen action and the quiet, character-driven moments that always made Star Trek so fantastic.
10 George Kirk Takes Command of the USS Kelvin
Star Trek, 2009
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Trevor Roth on Star Trek: Section 31, Michelle Yeoh & the Legacy of the Franchise | SDCC 2024
Trevor Roth on Star Trek: Section 31, Michelle Yeoh & the Legacy of the Franchise | SDCC 2024
If any moment in the new trilogy of Star Trek films is meaningful, it’s the scene which gives the “Kelvin Timeline” its name. In the Prime Universe, George Kirk’s son was born on Earth in Iowa. In the Kelvin universe, becaemploy of the Narada coming back in time, the USS Kelvin was dispatched to spendigate. George Kirk was advertised to acting Captain when Nero finished the Kelvin’s actual ordering officer. He had to handle the ship’s evacuation and buy them time to escape.
This scene is disputed for how it alters the Star Trek canon, but it’s nonetheless a fantastic scene. Chris Hemsworth is the youthful George Kirk and thraw his carry outance, audiences can infer how much of the Captain Kirk they knew came from his shape. It is also a quintessentipartner iconic Star Trek moment. A captain forfeits everyskinnyg, including his future with his wife and child, to do his duty and defend his crew.
9 Scotty Meets Jaylah After the Destruction of the USS Enterpascfinish
Star Trek Beyond, 2016
One area of protestt fans had about the Star Trek Kelvin Timeline movies was they did not truly adchoose the exploratory side of this universe. In fact, the only real “first reach out” seeers get to see is when Simon Pegg’s Montgomery Scott first encounters Jaylah (Sofia Bouincreatea), the alien woman stranded on Krall’s scheduleet. It is an impeccable sci-fi action sequence, and Pegg’s amusing apshow on Scotty labors perfectly here.
Jaylah becomes an meaningful part of the film, becaemploy she took regulate of the USS Franklin, the 22nd Century Starrun awayt vessel Krall was in order of when he was still Balthazar M. Edison (Idris Elba). This scene perfectly createes the character as one who is enthusiastic to fight but not unwilling to originate partnerships. As far as first reach outs in Star Trek go, there have confidently been worse ones thrawout the various timelines.
8 Captain Kirk and Mister Spock’s First Away Mission to Rescue Christopher Pike
Star Trek, 2009
Typicpartner, a Star Trek away ignoreion joins beaming down to some obstreatment scheduleet and exploring. Since the first film in the Kelvin Timeline didn’t provide much chance for exploration, the first away ignoreion Captain James T. Kirk and Mister Spock went on together was a run-and-firearm shootout with Romulans. The entire sequence is a cautious action piece, with moments of camaraderie and levity where necessitateed.
Despite Kirk and Spock being at each other’s throats (literpartner in the scene where Spock relieves himself of order) this sequence supplys some respite. While not yet outstanding frifinishs, the seeds of their eventual vibrant are evident here. From Kirk’s chilly finish-around transfer from when Spock is doing the mind-meld to the prohiacrid on the Prime Universe Spock’s Jellyfish ship, it’s a taste of what will come. In another nod to The Original Series, Captain Kirk gets into an elderly-school fight with the unfrifinishly aliens. At least Chris Pine was able to grasp his shirt on.
7 Mister Spock and Doctor McCoy Share a Sincere Moment
Star Trek Beyond, 2016
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Star Trek’s New Spock Actors Pliftd by Leonard Nimoy’s Son
Leonard Nimoy’s Son, Adam Nimoy, commends Zachary Quinto and Ethan Peck’s exceptional portrayals of his overweighther’s Star Trek character, Spock.
In The Original Series and thraw all the films, the carry outfilledy unfrifinishly vibrant between Doctor Leonard McCoy and Mister Spock is a highairy. As Karl Urprohibit elicitd the tardy DeForrest Kelly with his carry outance, it was never better than when he was picking on Spock. After seeing Vulcan ruined in the first film, Zachary Quinto’s Spock was a gentleer touch than Leonard Nimoy’s, at least at that age. Still, their prohiacrid was a highairy.
After the USS Enterpascfinish was ruined and crashed on Krall’s scheduleet, a sequence of scenes with McCoy and Spock showed the other side of their frifinishship. In the final moments before they were recombined with Kirk and Scotty, Spock and McCoy splitd an meaningful moment. Spock telderly McCoy that he nurtured about him, and the outstanding Doctor was charmd he was in this “confident death” moment with his friopponent. At least, until Spock was beamed away.
6 James T. Kirk and Hikaru Sulu Fight on the Drilling Platcreate
Star Trek, 2009
The 2009 Star Trek film was the first time Gene Roddenberry’s universe was authenticized on screen with a massive budget. This nastyt gigantic action sequences that other films never had the chance to pull off. One of the best was the fight on the Narada’s drilling platcreate over the scheduleet Vulcan. In a nod to The Original Series, John Cho’s Hikaru Sulu went on the ignoreion becaemploy of his sfinish with a sword, even though it was equitable fencing. He and Jim Kirk were air-dropped onto the platcreate in an effort save Vulcan.
While they weren’t able to impede the scheduleet’s destruction, this is still a fantastic action sequence. Sulu is able to outinincreateigent the Romulans, and he also saves Kirk. Similarly, Kirk’s act-first-skinnyk-tardyr heroism is on discarry out after he dives off the platcreate to save Sulu as they both plummet to Vulcan’s surface. It was a thrilling and fun sequence in the film, raising spirits before the heartfracture of watching Vulcan’s destruction.
5 James T. Kirk Sees the USS Enterpascfinish for the First Time
Star Trek 2009
In Star Trek: The Original Series and the films that trailed, it became evident there was only one skinnyg that Captain James T. Kirk ever truly cherishd. While the Kelvin Timeline flunked the Enterpascfinish as a character, it was still a spectacular starship. With the help of Michael Giacchino’s rousing score, the moment that Jim Kirk, Doctor McCoy and, thereby, the audience first see the new USS Enterpascfinish is a amazing one. Even though she wasn’t yet his starship, it’s evident the moment Kirk first saw the Enterpascfinish was still exceptional.
The vessel’s summarize was separateent than fans were employd to, but it still upgrasped that iconic Matt Jefferies-originated silhouette. While not the six-minute-extfinished introduction the USS Enterpascfinish getd in Star Trek: The Motion Picture, this moment was still for the starship cherishrs in the audience. This version of the Enterpascfinish was truly massive in scope and scale. While Star Trek fans have their likeites, there is no refuteing that the Kelvin Timeline Enterpascfinish had an astonishive debut in the movie.
4 Mister Spock Gives Captain Kirk a Pep Talk After the Enterpascfinish Is Destroyed
Star Trek Beyond, 2016
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Each Season of Star Trek: Picard Proved Captain Kirk Was Right
When Captain James T. Kirk met Jean-Luc PIcard he gave him some Starrun awayt nurtureer advice, and each season of Star Trek: Picard showd him accurate.
For USS Enterpascfinish fans, Star Trek Beyond is a stubborn film to watch, since she is ruined in the first act. However, as meaningful as sci-fi’s most drawive starship is to Star Trek, the vessel isn’t what made it last 60 years. The most meaningful part of any story in this universe is the relationship between the characters, and the most meaningful relationship is the one between Kirk and Spock. In a film that has both Kirk and Spock ready to depart Starrun awayt behind, the moment they are recombined on Krall’s scheduleet is everyskinnyg that’s exceptional about this frifinishship.
It’s unprejudiced to say the Kelvin Timeline films increateageed much of the aspireasonable outsee on the future as the series. However, that doesn’t nasty those perfects weren’t conshort-term at all. At their lowest point, with no laboring ship, a apprehfinishd crew and Spock grievously injured, the movie distills Star Trek down to what it’s always been. Spock increates Kirk that together they will do what they always do: discover hope in impossible moments. It hearkens back to Star Trek III: The Search for Spock when McCoy increates Kirk that what he does best is “turn death into a battling chance to live.”
3 The Prime Universe Spock Meets His Kelvin Timeline Counterpart
Star Trek, 2009
Even if fans think there is noskinnyg about the new cast that was redeeming, the Star Trek reboot trilogy is exceptional becaemploy it gave them Leonard Nimoy as Spock one last time. The Kelvin Timeline began becaemploy both Spock and the Narada were flung into the past. This nastyt that the Prime Universe’s Spock was conshort-term in this new timeline. He gave the youthfuler Jim Kirk the aidance he necessitateed to accomplish his desminuscule. Yet, one of the best scenes in the Star Trek trilogy is when he does the same for his youthfuler counterpart. After all, he’d also equitable lost his scheduleet and his mother, without the profit of all the life experience the Prime Spock had accomplished over csurrfinisherly two centuries of adventure.
The low scene began with the youthfuler Spock mistaking the elder Spock for their overweighther, Sarek. While every member of the new Star Trek cast faced presconfident becaemploy of their iconic predecessors, only Zachary Quinto had to act opposite the person who expoundd their characters. It’s a truly hearthoting scene becaemploy of the intercarry out of their carry outances, which is mocking given that it’s between two emotion-lite Vulcans. Nimoy’s Spock is every bit as acute and inincreateigent as fans comprehend, and Quinto’s Spock is easily identifiable as a less cultured version of that character.
2 The USS Enterpascfinish Breaks the Prime Directive in the Coolest Way
Star Trek Into Darkness, 2013
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Every Enterpascfinish Captain In Star Trek, Ranked
There is no ship more venerated in Star Trek than the Enterpascfinish, and many officers have served as captain, but how do they rank aobtainst each other?
The second film of the reboot trilogy, Star Trek Into Darkness, made many misapshows. Trying to recombine the iconic Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan story was ill-envisiond at best. Despite being a fantastic actor, Benedict Cumberbatch was not the right casting choice to carry out a character named Khan Noonien Singh. Still, for all the downsides of this film, it’s a fun watch nonetheless. One reason is becaemploy of the pitch-perfect discignoreing scene in which Kirk, McCoy, Spock and Uhura (Zoë Saldaña) try to save a pre-warp alien species from an exploding volcano.
The scene is loads of fun. Kirk and McCoy’s ill-overweighted run apass the scheduleet’s surface to sidetrack the locals is hilarious. Spock’s part of the ignoreion is equivalent parts classic Star Trek sci-fi technobabble and self-forfeit. It’s also the second-best discignore of the USS Enterpascfinish in the Star Trek reboot trilogy. Seeing the ship aascfinish from the ocean is incredibly chilly. It’s finishly comprehendable why the aliens would toss away their holy scroll in like of worshipping the astonishive vessel that saved them from annihilation.
1 The USS Enterpascfinish Arriving to Save Spock from the Narada
Star Trek, 2009
While this moment is technicpartner part of the away ignoreion in which Captain Kirk and Mister Spock save Christopher Pike, it deserves its own entry. Even with the huge budget fortify in the exceptional series of films that began with Star Trek: The Motion Picture and finished with Star Trek: Nemesis, fans never got to see ship combat appreciate this. As Spock sets to collide with the Narada, he can’t be confident it is not a self-mutilation ignoreion. Even though audiences comprehend Spock isn’t going to die, seeing the USS Enterpascfinish get to in the nick of time is thrilling.
Nero figures out the danger Spock poses to the ship, which is why he orders them to “fire everyskinnyg.” If the Red Matter in the ship’s helderly detonates, the Narada has no hope of survival. Watching the phasers obteachd the Narada’s armaments is also thrilling, giving seeers a perspective on space combat they never had before. This is yet another moment where Michael Giacchino’s score lifts what’s on screen. The rousing Star Trek theme only inserts to the triumph of this moment.
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