Original Release Date: 6 April 2009
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Tagline: The future begins.
Filming Locations:
- Bakersfield, California, USA (Iowa)
- Budweiser Brewery/Anheuser-Busch Inc, Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California, USA (Enterprise engine room)
- California State University Northridge - 18111 Nordhoff Street, Northridge, Los Angeles, California, USA (Starfleet Academy exterior and courtyard)
- Dodger Stadium - 1000 Elysian Park Avenue, Chávez Ravine, Elysian Park, Los Angeles, California, USA planet Delta Vega and Romulan Drill)
- Federal Airfield Hangar 1, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field - U.S. Route 101, Mountain View, California, USA (shuttlecraft hangar)
- Long Beach City Hall - 333 W. Ocean Boulevard, Long Beach, California, USA (Starfleet Academy assembly hall)
- Long Beach Power Station, Long Beach, California, USA (Kelvin's engine room)
- Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA (studio)
- Pastoria Energy Facility - Lebec, California, USA (Riverside Ship Yard)
- San Rafael Swell, Utah, USA (Vulcan)
- Skyrose Chapel - 3888 Workman Mill Road, Whittier, California, USA (Vulcan council chamber)
- Tustin, California, USA (cadet shuttlecraft hangar interior)
- Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park - 10700 W. Escondido Canyon Rd., Agua Dulce, California, USA (Vulcan)
Company:
- Paramount Pictures (presents)
- Spyglass Entertainment (presents)
- Bad Robot
- Mavrocine (as MavroCine Pictures GmbH & Co. KG)
Budget: $150 million
Gross revenue: $385,459,120
Plot Summary
When the Romulan mining ship Narada attacks the Federation starship US Kelvin,
Captain George Kirk substitutes his captain, who is going to meet the Romulan
Captain Nero in his vessel to negotiate a cease fire, in the command of the
US Kelvin. He orders the evacuation of the damaged starship, including his
wife that is in labor; while she delivers their son James Tiberus Kirk in
the hospital shuttle-craft, George Kirk crashes the US Kelvin against the
Narada. The reckless and troublemaker Kirk grows up and when he meets Capt.
Christopher Pike in a bar fight, he is invited to join the Starfleet. Meanwhile
in Vulcan, the outcast Spock grows-up discriminated by his half-human condition.
They meet each other in the Starfleet Academy, where Spock accuses Kirk of
lack of ethics, cheating a test of command. The trial is suspended with the
information that Vulcan is under attack and the Federation starships head
to Vulcan, including the recently commissioned USS Enterprise. Kirk, who is
a stowaway, foresees an alien attack and advises Captain Spike; however, the
Enterprise is damaged and when Captain Spike travels to meet Captain Nero,
Spock assumes the bridge and has a serious friction with Kirk after the destruction
of Vulcan. Kirk is accused of mutiny and stranded in the desert planet Delta
Vega. Out of the blue, he is saved from an attack of an alien animal by an
old Spock that explains to him that Captain Nero blames him and the Federation
for the destruction of his home planet Romulus by a supernova. Spock explains
that he had failed with the creation of a black hole with red matter to consume
the supernova and Nero is seeking revenge. Now Kirk has to find a way to save
Earth, the next destination of Narada.
Facts & Trivia
While most Trekkies will have known this detail for decades, this is the
first time that Uhura has been given a first name on screen: Nyota. Gene
Roddenberry never came up with a first name for her, so many thought this
meant she did not have one, although in literature, Uhura is often referred
to as Nyota by her comrades, and she is also referred to as Nyota Uhura
in the DC Comics publication "Who's Who in Star Trek". There are
several nods to this history in the movie: first, when Kirk first meets
(and hits on) Uhura in a bar and tells her, "if you don't tell me your
name, I'm gonna have to make one up," and then when she refuses to
tell Kirk her first name throughout the film.
J.J. Abrams' "good luck charm" Greg Grunberg had to turn down
a role in this film due to other commitments. However, Grunberg was worked
into the movie during post-production, voicing James Kirk's step-father.
The character that Bruce Greenwood plays, Captain Christopher Pike, was
the commanding officer of the USS Enterprise in the unaired original series
pilot episode, "Star Trek: The Cage (#1.0)" (1966). In that episode,
Pike was portrayed by Jeffrey Hunter. Initially, the episode was rejected
but when a second pilot was ordered, Hunter dropped out of the series so
the part was rewritten and recast with William Shatner as Captain James
T. Kirk. The footage from the unaired pilot was later woven into the episode
"Star Trek: The Menagerie: Part I (#1.11)" (1966).
The role of James T. Kirk came down between Mike Vogel and Chris Pine.
Vogel was reported as being the front runner for the part but J.J. Abrams
decided to cast Pine in the end. Joshua Jackson also auditioned for the
role.
To prepare for his role as Captain James Kirk, Chris Pine watched classic
episodes and read encyclopedias about the Star Trek universe. However, his
research was rudimentary, as he wanted his performance to be original and
not an imitation of William Shatner. He based his performance on Tom Cruise's
Maverick and Harrison Ford's Han Solo and Indiana Jones, heroes who Pine
felt possessed the archetypal hero qualities Kirk has (humour, arrogance,
decisiveness).
In the scene where Kirk is taking the Kobayashi Maru test, he is eating
an apple, which is also what he is eating while recounting his tale of taking
the Kobayashi Maru test in Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan (1982). (According
to Director J.J. Abrams in the commentary for the DVD, this was not intended
to be a reference to The Wrath of Khan. He was simply told at one point
that lead actors seem cocky eating apples.)
Carol Marcus, Kirk's old love interest and mother of his son from Star
Trek: The Wrath of Khan (1982), featured in an early draft of the script
as a childhood friend of Kirk's in Iowa but the role was cut by the final
draft.
Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto, who play the odd couple Kirk and Spock,
were previously acquainted with each other as they work out at the same
gym.
When Chris Pine was cast as James Kirk, he sent William Shatner a letter
and received a reply containing Shatner's approval.
Just before the "space-jump", Kirk asks Sulu what sort of combat
training he's had, and Sulu answers, "Fencing." This is a subtle
reference to the classic episode "Star Trek: The Naked Time (#1.4)"
(1966), where Sulu can be seen bare-chested and brandishing a sword.
Kirk's mother's name of Winona came from the tie-in novel "Best Destiny"
by Diane Carey.
This film features several similarities or references to Star Trek: The
Wrath of Khan (1982):
- Nero uses a parasite to extract information from Captain Pike, which Khan
does to Chekov;
- the Kobayashi Maru test is seen, which Kirk took three times, reprogramming
it the third time;
- and Spock serves as a Starfleet instructor supervising the test.
Uhura's roommate is an Orion. On the original show, fans identified Kirk
and Pike (and "later" Capt. Archer's) fascination with Orion slave
dancers.
Kirk's father dies in the line of duty near the Laurentian System. William
Shatner (the original Kirk) in real life worked in the Laurentian Mountains
of Canada, as a young adult.
The planet Delta Vega that Kirk is marooned on is a homage to the second
pilot of the original series: "Star Trek: Where No Man Has Gone Before
(#1.3)" (1966). It is the location of the Lithium cracking Station
where navigator Lee Kelso was murdered and where Jim Kirk defeats his radiation-mutated
friend helmsman Lt. Commander Gary Mitchell and his companion, Dr. Elizabeth
Dehner.
In the original TV series, props used on the set (notably McCoy's medical
scanner) were actually salt shakers doubling as futuristic equipment. In
the 2009 movie, after picking (and losing) a bar fight on Earth, Kirk (Chris
Pine) sits at a bar table. Licking his wounds, he lifts a small metal model
of a starship off the table. As he fidgets with it, you can see it's in
fact a salt shaker - there's an "S" on the dish portion of the
ship's hull, and when Kirk turns it over, salt streams out.
Chris Pine's father Robert Pine had appeared in "Star Trek: Voyager:
The Chute (#3.3)" (1996) and worked with Michael Dorn (Worf from "Star
Trek: The Next Generation" (1987) on "CHiPs" (1977).
Kirk, the "black sheep" of the Enterprise crew, wears only his
black undershirt up until he is formally given command; everyone else wears
a colored overshirt reflecting their area of responsibility.
Kirk, Sulu and Olson "space-jump" from Pike's shuttle to the
Romulan energy drill. Kirk's first scene in Star Trek: Generations (1994)
was supposed to show him performing a similar orbital skydive; the scene
was filmed but cut from the final film.
In earlier drafts of the script, the USS Kelvin was originally named the
USS Iowa, named after the US state where Kirk was born in the original series.
During the scene where the cadets are assigned to their star-ships, Uhura
complains to Spock that she has been assigned to the Farragut. In Star Trek
lore, the Farragut is the ship Kirk was assigned to after graduating from
the Academy and before his promotion to Captain of the Enterprise.
Early in the film, when McCoy is getting Kirk to the Enterprise, they
board a shuttle craft named "Gilliam". This may be a reference
to Dawn Gilliam, a script supervisor for the film. She was responsible for
maintaining the film's internal continuity and for tracking the production
unit's daily progress in shooting the film's screenplay.
Spencer Daniels was originally cast at James T. Kirk's older brother.
However, the role didn't make it to the final film. But, Spencer did appear
briefly in the movie as Johnny.
When Kirk's hands become enlarged due to the vaccine he had, McCoy shouts
for Nurse Chapel to get him medication to counter-act the effect. This is
a reference to the character Nurse Chapel from the original "Star Trek"
(1966) TV series played by Majel Barrett, who was married to Star Trek creator
Gene Roddenberry.
SPOILER: Originally the writers, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, had written
a cameo for the original James T. Kirk, William Shatner: Spock Prime was
to give his younger self a recorded message from Kirk. According to Orci,
"it was basically a Happy Birthday wish from Kirk, knowing that Spock
was going to go off to Romulus, and Kirk would probably be dead by that
time." This would then dissolve into Shatner reciting the famous "where
no one has gone before" line. However, they were divided on the cameo,
and decided not to waste Shatner's time. Orci expressed some regret about
not including the scene, but was very proud of the ending in the final film.
SPOILER: In resetting the historic storyline for the Star Trek universe,
Captain Kirk has become Captain of the USS Enterprise at an earlier age.
In the original series, Kirk became Captain at about the age of 30 and Spock
had served with Captain Pike 17 years previously on the Enterprise. Now
Pike has been confined to a wheelchair at an earlier date, Spock served
under him for only a brief time and Kirk became Captain of the Enterprise
while still attending or having just graduated from Star Fleet Academy while
in his early twenties. Meanwhile, the Enterprise itself is actually constructed
much later than in the original series. According to data readouts in the
films and television series, the original ship is launched in 2245. In the
rebooted universe, the ship is completed in 2258.
Goofs
Continuity: After Spock boards the Vulcan ship on board the mining vessel,
Kirk is seen walking through some pipes. His Starfleet phaser has switched
to a Romulan gun (longer barrel and no lights), before switching back to the
Starfleet one again in the next scene. He actually acquires the Romulan gun
a few scenes later.
Continuity: As Kirk is hanging from the drill platform after the fight,
he hangs by holding on with only his right hand. Sulu then reaches out and
Kirk reaches out with his free left hand. As the camera angle changes, we
see Kirk being pulled up by his right arm only.
Continuity: When Kirk first lands on the drill, he removes his helmet
and throws it to the side and engages a Romulan in hand-to-hand combat.
Several seconds later during a pan-out, we see Kirk hitting another Romulan
in the head with the helmet he earlier threw off to the side, even though
there would be no time for him to retrieve it from across the platform.
Continuity: Inside the Romulan ship, Kirk jumps from one platform to the
other. On the platform he lands on, a Romulan gun is clearly visible. A
similar gun has not yet been taken off the opposing Romulan. (This error
is corrected on the DVD version - the gun isn't there any more until Kirk
takes it from the Romulan.)
Revealing mistakes: When Kirk is making out with the Green Orion cadet
in her bed, you can see green make-up on the front of his boxers (and a
little on his skin above the boxers) when he first lifts himself from on
top of her for some dialog. After the scene cuts to another camera angle
and then back to Kirk, the green coloring is no longer visible on Kirk.
Incorrectly regarded as goofs: According to the Original Series, Captain
Kirk mentions a Federation/Romulan War many years previously. The war was
conducted through starship battles and the treaty for it was negotiated
via subspace radio, so Romulans and Federation citizens never saw each other
prior to that point in time. This means that the Federation knew about the
Romulans and general background information about their ships (what radio
frequencies were used, power signatures, etc.) long before the scene with
the USS Kelvin in the movie which resulted in altering later history.
Continuity: In the high altitude parachute jump, the display on Chekov's
screen showing the order of jumpers (Olsen, Kirk, Sulu) does not match actual
order (Kirk, Olsen, Sulu) until the first chutes deploy.
Incorrectly regarded as goofs: Spock Prime is surprised that Kirk is not
yet Captain of the Enterprise. In his time line, he served under Captain
Pike's command of the Enterprise for ten years, and Kirk became Captain
after that time. He should know that Kirk is too young to be Captain. However
Spock may not know the actual date yet - so far he's been abducted by Nero
and abandoned on a planet near Vulcan, and although he's aware of a nearby
Starfleet outpost, he's not been there yet.
Incorrectly regarded as goofs: In the scene where Kirk convinces Pike
and Spock that they are heading into a trap as they warp towards Vulcan,
Kirk refers to 'Forty-seven Klingon Warbirds destroyed by Romulans.' Though
typically Warbirds were Romulan vessels within the Star Trek canon, the
fact that the timeline had already been altered, coupled with deleted scenes
involving Nero's escape from a Klingon Prison camp, lends to the possibility
that Klingon vessels are designated as Warbirds as well. Indeed, the Kobayashi
Maru scene earlier refers to "three Klingon Warbirds".
Crew or equipment visible: When Ayel lifts Kirk by the throat you can
see wires pulling Kirk up.
Continuity: When Kirk and McCoy first meet when sitting in the shuttle,
Kirk's shoulder strap of the seat harness changes several times through
the shots from flat to bunched up.
Plot holes: When Kirk and crew are devising their plan, Spock says he
can board the Narada and "steal back" the black hole device. At
this time, only Kirk knew that the device was in fact stolen.
Errors in geography: There are no mountain ranges anywhere in Iowa, yet
one appears clearly visible behind Kirk while approaches the Starfleet base
to join up.
Incorrectly regarded as goofs: SPOILER: It's unthinkable that Kirk being
named second in charge by captain Christopher Pike wouldn't be overruled
by him being marooned for mutiny. However, as Kirk himself noted, Spock's
actions (marooning him on a unsafe Class-M planet) are also against Starfleet
regulations.
Quotes
James T. Kirk: [Stepping aboard the bridge as its official
captain] Bones! Buckle up!
James T. Kirk: You know, going back in time, changing
history... that's cheating.
Spock Prime: A trick I learned from an old friend.
[With an uncharacteristic smile, he gives the Vulcan salute to Kirk]
Spock Prime: Live long and prosper.
James T. Kirk: So what type of combat training do you
have?
Hikaru Sulu: Fencing.
Ayel: [choking Kirk] You can't even speak. What?
James T. Kirk: I've got your gun!
[shoots Ayel]
Christopher Pike: [whistles to break up fight between
cadets and Kirk] Outside! All of you! Now!
[to Kirk]
Christopher Pike: You all right son?
Kirk: [Looks at him upside down and stunned] You can whistle
really loud, you know that?
James T. Kirk: [on Spock] Who was that pointy-eared bastard?
Leonard 'Bones' McCoy: I don't know, but I like him.
Spock Prime: What if I told you that your transwarp theory
was correct, that is is indeed possible to beam onto a ship that is traveling
at warp speed?
Scotty: I think if that equation had been discovered, I'd
have heard about it.
Spock Prime: The reason you haven't heard of it, Mr. Scott,
is because you haven't discovered it yet.
Scotty: Are you from the future?
James T. Kirk: Yeah, he is. I'm not.
Scotty: Well, that's brilliant. Do they still have sandwiches
there?
Scotty: [the USS Enterprise is being sucked into a black
hole] I'm giving her all she's got, Captain!
James T. Kirk: Giving her all she's got isn't good enough!
Lt. Nyota Uhura: I'm impressed. For a moment there, I
thought you were just a dumb hick who only has sex with farm animals.
James T. Kirk: Well, not only.
James T. Kirk: You call this a favor?
Leonard 'Bones' McCoy: Yeah, you owe me one.
Leonard 'Bones' McCoy: I may throw up on you.
James T. Kirk: I think these things are pretty safe.
Leonard 'Bones' McCoy: Don't pander to me, kid. One tiny
crack in the hull and our blood boils in thirteen seconds. Solar flare might
crop up, cook us in our seats. And wait till you're sitting pretty with
a case of Andorian shingles, see if you're so relaxed when your eyeballs
are bleeding. Space is disease and danger wrapped in darkness and silence.
James T. Kirk: Well, I hate to break this to you, but Starfleet
operates in space.
Leonard 'Bones' McCoy: Yeah. Well, I got nowhere else to
go, the ex-wife took the whole damn planet in the divorce. All I got left
is my bones.
James T. Kirk: [Spock volunteers for what could be a
suicide mission] I'm coming with you.
Spock: I would cite regulation, but I know you will simply
ignore it.
James T. Kirk: See? We are getting to know each other.
James T. Kirk: [slaps his shoulder]
James T. Kirk: How, over your dead body?
Spock: Preferably not.
Leonard 'Bones' McCoy: Well congratulations Jim. We've
got no Captain and no god damned First Officer to replace him.
Kirk: Yeah, we do.
[Kirk sits himself into the Captain's chair]
Leonard 'Bones' McCoy: What?
Hikaru Sulu: Pike made him first officer.
Leonard 'Bones' McCoy: You gotta be kidding me!
Kirk: Thank for the support.
Lt. Nyota Uhura: I sure hope you know what you're doing...
[sarcastically]
Lt. Nyota Uhura: Captain.
Kirk: So do I.
Spock: [after Kirk offers surrender terms to Nero] Captain,
what are you doing?
James T. Kirk: Showing them compassion. It may be the only
way to earn peace with Romulus. It's logic, Spock, I thought you'd like
that.
Spock: No, not really. Not this time.
Spock: We must gather with the rest of Starfleet... to
balance the terms of the next engagement!
James T. Kirk: There won't BE a next engagement! By the
time we've gathered, it'll be too late! But you say he's from the future
and knows what's gonna happen - then the logical thing is to be unpredictable!
Spock: You are assuming that Nero knows how events are
predicted to unfold - the contrary. Nero's very presence has altered the
flow of history, beginning with the attack on the USS Kelvin, culminating
in the events of today, thereby creating an entire new chain of incidents
that cannot be anticipated by either party.
Lt. Nyota Uhura: An alternate reality...
Spock: Precisely. Whatever our lives might have been if
the time continuum was disrupted - our destinies have changed.
James T. Kirk: [Pike previously told Kirk he would be
an officer in 4 years] 4 years? I'll do it in three.
James T. Kirk: Are we done?
Christopher Pike: I'm done.
Spock Prime: You are, in fact, the Mr. Scott who postulated
the theory of transwarp beaming?
Scotty: That's what I'm talking about! How do you think
I wound up here? Had a little debate with my instructor on relativistic
physics and how it pertains to subspace travel. He seemed to think that
the range of transporting something like a... like a grapefruit was limited
to about 100 miles. I told him that I could not only beam a grapefruit from
one planet to the adjacent planet in the same system - which is easy, by
the way - I could do it with a life form. So, I tested it out on Admiral
Archer's prized beagle.
James T. Kirk: Wait, I know that dog. What happened to
it?
Scotty: I'll tell you when it reappears. Ahem. I don't
know, I do feel guilty about that.
Spock: [standing across Lt. Uhura before he and Kirk
are about to be beamed onto the Romulan warship] I will be back.
Lt. Nyota Uhura: [leaning in] You better be! I'll be monitoring
your frequency.
Spock: [actually quite emotional] Thank you, Nyota.
James T. Kirk: [after Uhura leaves] So her first name's
Nyota?
Spock: I have no comment on the matter.
Burly Cadet #1: This townie isn't bothering you right?
Lt. Nyota Uhura: Oh, beyond belief. But it's nothing I
can't handle.
James T. Kirk: You could handle me if that's an invitation.
Burly Cadet #1: Hey, you better mind your manners.
James T. Kirk: Oh relax, cupcake, it was a joke.
Burly Cadet #1: Hey farmboy. Maybe you can't count. But
there are four of us and one of you.
James T. Kirk: So get some more guys and then it'll be
an even fight.
Spock: We are traveling at warp speed. How did you manage
to beam aboard this ship?
James T. Kirk: You're the genius. You figure it out.
Spock: As acting captain of this vessel, I order you to
answer the question.
James T. Kirk: Well, I'm not telling, Acting Captain. What?
Did...
[Kirk smiles]
James T. Kirk: What-now that doesn't frustrate you, does
it? My lack of cooperation? That doesn't make you angry...
Spock: [Spock turns to Scotty] Are you a member of Starfleet?
Scotty: Um, yes. Can I get a towel please?
James T. Kirk: [upon taking command of the Enterprise]
Attention crew of the Enterprise, this is James Kirk. Mr. Spock has resigned
commission and advanced me to acting captain. I know you are all expecting
to regroup with the fleet, but I'm ordering a pursuit course of the enemy
ship to Earth. I want all departments at battle stations and ready in ten
minutes. Either we're going down... or they are. Kirk out.
Lt. Nyota Uhura: [During the Kobayashi Maru test] We
are receiving a distress signal from the USS Kobayashi Maru. The ship has
lost power and is stranded. Starfleet Command has ordered us to rescue them.
Kirk: [clearly enjoying himself] Starfleet Command has
ordered us to rescue them... *captain*.
Leonard 'Bones' McCoy: [rolls his eyes] Two Klingon warbirds
have entered the Neutral Zone and are locking weapons on us.
Kirk: [Smugly] That's okay.
Leonard 'Bones' McCoy: 'That's okay?'
Kirk: Yeah, don't worry about it.
Leonard 'Bones' McCoy: Three more Klingon warbirds decloaking
and locking onto our ship. I don't suppose this is a problem either.
Simulator Tactical Officer: They're firing, captain.
Kirk: Alert Medical bay to receive *all* crew members from
the damaged ship.
Lt. Nyota Uhura: And how do you expect us to rescue them
when we're surrounded by Klingons, captain?
Kirk: Alert Medical.
Leonard 'Bones' McCoy: Our ship's being hit. Shields are
at sixty percent.
Kirk: [nonchalantly] I understand.
Leonard 'Bones' McCoy: [exasperated] Well, should we -
oh, I dunno - fire back?
Kirk: [pulls an apple out of nowhere and starts munching]
Naw.
Leonard 'Bones' McCoy: Of course not.
[the entire simulation suddenly shuts down, then starts back up]
Kirk: Hmm. Arm photons, prepare to fire on the Klingon
warbirds.
Leonard 'Bones' McCoy: Jim, their shields are still up!
Kirk: Are they?
Leonard 'Bones' McCoy: [McCoy checks again, taken aback]
No... They're not.
Kirk: Fire on all enemy ships. One photon each should do
it. No sense in wasting ammunition.
Simulator Tactical Officer: Aye, sir. Target locked and
acquired on all warbirds. Firing.
[the simulation shows the birds being destroyed one by one]
Simulator Tactical Officer: All targets destroyed, sir.
Kirk: Begin rescue of the stranded crew. *So,*
[suddenly very cocky]
Kirk: we've managed to eliminate all enemy ships, no one
on board was injured and the successful rescue of the Kobayashi Maru crew
is... underway.
[takes a large bite out of his apple]
James T. Kirk: [the night before he is scheduled to take
the Kobayashi Maru test] Hey, if I pass, will you tell me your first name?
Lt. Nyota Uhura: *No!* Get out!
[slams the door in his face]
Kirk: [Bolts out of bed suddenly from being sedated]
Lightning storm!
Leonard 'Bones' McCoy: Ah, Jim, you're awake. How do you
feel?
[He looks down, suddenly growing alarmed]
Leonard 'Bones' McCoy: Good God, man!
Kirk: What?
[He yelps and raises his hands, which are now twice their normal size]
Kirk: What the hell is this?
Leonard 'Bones' McCoy: Reaction to the vaccine. Dammit!
Nurse, I need 50 ccs of Cortizone!
[He starts scanning Kirk while Kirk replays Chekov's message]
Pavel Chekov: [on the computer] ... what appeared to be
a lightning storm in space...
Kirk: Bones! We gotta stop the ship!
[He takes off running down the hall]
Leonard 'Bones' McCoy: [running after him] Jim! I'm not
kidding, you need to keep your heart rate down!
[he fumbles through a first aid kit while Jim accesses another computer
console]
Kirk: Computer, locate crew member Uhura.
Leonard 'Bones' McCoy: I haven't seen a reaction this bad
since med school!
Kirk: We're flying into a trap!
[He starts running again]
Leonard 'Bones' McCoy: Dammit, Jim! Stand still!
[injects him yet again]
Kirk: [yelps in pain] *Stop that!*
[he runs through the engine room, looking for Uhura]
James T. Kirk: [still suffering from the vaccine] My
mouth is itchy. Is that normal?
Leonard 'Bones' McCoy: Those symptoms won't last long.
I'm going to give you a sedative.
James T. Kirk: I wish I didn't know you.
Leonard 'Bones' McCoy: Don't be such an infant.
[He jabs Kirk with a hypodermic needle]
James T. Kirk: OWW! How long's it supposed to...
[he suddenly collapses on the bed]
Leonard 'Bones' McCoy: [Shaking his head] Unbelievable.
Kirk: Uhura! Uhura!
Lt. Nyota Uhura: Kirk? What are you doing here?
Kirk: The message you intercepted from the Klingon prison
planet...
Lt. Nyota Uhura: Oh my God, what's wrong with your hands!
Kirk: [waves off the question] Who was responsible for
the attack and was the ship walullaa?
Lt. Nyota Uhura: What?
Kirk: [to McCoy] Whass... whas happening with my mouth?
Leonard 'Bones' McCoy: You've got numb-tongue?
Kirk: *Nuhtung?*
Leonard 'Bones' McCoy: I can fix that!
[hurries off to find another hypospray]
Lt. Nyota Uhura: Was the ship what?
Kirk: Wallala!
Lt. Nyota Uhura: What?
Kirk: *Womulan!*
Lt. Nyota Uhura: Romulan? Yes!
[Bones injects him with another hypospray]
Kirk: ACK!
[trying to say 'dammit']
Kirk: DAHHIT!
Kirk: Make that two. Her shots on me.
Lt. Nyota Uhura: Her shots on her.
[Turns to Kirk]
Lt. Nyota Uhura: Thanks but no thanks.
Kirk: Don't you at least wanna know my name before you
completely reject me?
Lt. Nyota Uhura: I'm fine without it.
Kirk: You are fine without it. It's Jim, Jim Kirk.
[Waits for Uhura to introduce herself, and gets no reply]
Kirk: If you don't tell me your name I'm gonna have to
make one up.
Lt. Nyota Uhura: [Reluctantly] It's Uhura.
Kirk: Uhura? No way! That's the name I was gonna make up
for you! Uhura what?...
Lt. Nyota Uhura: Just Uhura.
Kirk: They don't have last names in your world?
Lt. Nyota Uhura: Uhura is my last name.
Kirk: Then they don't have... uh first names in your world?
Lt. Nyota Uhura: [Uhura smiles]
James T. Kirk: [to Uhura] You can hear me breathing?
Spock Prime: James T. Kirk.
James T. Kirk: Excuse me?
Spock Prime: How did you find me?
James T. Kirk: Whoa... how do you know my name?
Spock Prime: I have been and always shall be, your friend.
James T. Kirk: Wha...
[shakes head]
James T. Kirk: Uh... look... I-I don't know you.
Spock Prime: I am Spock.
James T. Kirk: Bullshit.
Spock: [after Kirk has assumed official command of Enterprise]
Captain? As you have no First Officer I respectfully submit my candidacy.
I can provide character references if you wish.
James T. Kirk: It would be an honor, First Officer.
James T. Kirk: Kirk to Enterprise. We're falling without
a chute. Beam us up!
Transport chief: I can't get a lock on you. You're moving
too fast!
Pavel Chekov: I can do zat!
Nero: [refusing Kirk's help] I would rather suffer the
destruction of Romulus a thousand times than accept the help of a Federation
starship!
James T. Kirk: You got it! Arm phasers. Fire everything
we've got!
James T. Kirk: [to Spock] The test itself is a cheat,
isn't it? I mean you program it to be unwinnable.
Spock: Your argument precludes the possibility of a no-win
scenario.
James T. Kirk: I don't believe in no-win scenarios.
Spock: Then not only did you violate the rules, you also
fail to understand the principal lesson.
James T. Kirk: Please enlighten me.
Spock: You of all people should know, Cadet Kirk, a captain
cannot cheat death.
James T. Kirk: [reminiscing] I of all people...
Spock: Your father, Lieutenant George Kirk, assumed command
of his vessel before being killed in action, did he not?
James T. Kirk: I don't think you like the fact that I beat
your test...
Spock: Furthermore, you have failed to define the purpose
of the test.
James T. Kirk: Enlighten me again.
Spock: The purpose is to experience fear, fear in the face
of certain death, to accept that fear, and maintain control of oneself and
one's crew. This is the quality expected in every Starfleet captain.
James T. Kirk: Captain's log, Stardate: two two five
eight point four two... four... uh, whatever. Acting Captain Spock has marooned
me on Delta Vega, in what I believe is a violation of Security Protocol
49.09 governing the treatment of prisoners on-board a starship.
James T. Kirk: Bones, doesn't it bother you that no one's
passed the test?
Leonard 'Bones' McCoy: Jim, it's the Kobayashi Maru - nobody
passes that test, and nobody goes back for seconds, let alone thirds...!
James T. Kirk: [leaving] I gotta go study...
Leonard 'Bones' McCoy: Study, my ass.
Christopher Pike: Spock, I'm leaving you in charge. Once
communications are back online, contact Starfleet and let them know what
the hell's going on. If all else fails, rendezvous with the fleet in the
Laurentian system. Kirk, I'm promoting you to First Officer.
James T. Kirk: What?
Spock: Captain, please. The complexity of human pranks
escapes me.
Christopher Pike: It's not a prank, Spock. And I'm not
the Captain. You are.
James T. Kirk: I don't feel right. I feel like I'm leaking!
James T. Kirk: [to Scotty, being questioned by Spock]
Don't answer him.
Spock: You will answer me.
Scotty: I'd rather not take sides...
James T. Kirk: What is it with you Spock? Hm? Your planet
was just destroyed, your mother murdered, and you're not even upset.
Spock: If you are presuming that these experiences in any
way impede my ability to command this ship, you are mistaken.
James T. Kirk: And yet you were the one who said that fear
was necessary for command. Did you see his ship? Did you see what he did?
Spock: [pause] Yes, of course I did.
James T. Kirk: So are you afraid or aren't you?
Spock: I will not allow you to lecture me about the merits
of emotion.
James T. Kirk: Then why don't you stop me?
Spock: Step away from me, Mister Kirk.
James T. Kirk: What is it like not to feel anger... or
heartbreak... or the need to stop at nothing to avenge the death of the
woman that gave birth to you?
Spock: Back away from me.
James T. Kirk: You feel nothing! It must not even compute
for you! You never loved her!
Spock: Ahhh!
[attacks Kirk]
James T. Kirk: Will you be able to fly this thing?
Spock: [aboard Spock Prime's ship] Something tells me I
already have.
Spock: In the event that I am unsuccessful, please tell
Lieutenant Uhura...
James T. Kirk: Spock. IT'LL WORK.
[ordering Scotty to eject the warp core, when escaping the black hole]
James T. Kirk: Do it, do it, DO IT!
Christopher Pike: I couldn't believe it when the bartender
told me who you were.
James T. Kirk: Who am I, Captain Pike?
Christopher Pike: Your father's son.
[Spock Prime and Kirk arrive at a derelict Starfleet outpost, and discover...
]
Scotty: You realize how unacceptable this is?
Spock Prime: Fascinating!
Scotty: Look, I know you're only doin' your job, but could
you not have come a wee bit sooner?
Spock Prime: [pleased] You are Montgomery Scott.
James T. Kirk: You know him?
Scotty: Aye, that's me. You're in the right place. Unless
there's another hardworking, equally starved Starfleet officer around.
Keenser: Me.
Scotty: Get aff! Shut up! You don't eat anything! You can
eat, like, a bean, and you're done. I'm talking about food. REAL food!
Admiral Richard Barnett: This is Commander Spock. He
is one of our most distinguished graduates. He's programmed the Kobayashi
Maru exam for the last four years. Commander?
Spock: Cadet Kirk, you somehow managed to install and activate
a subroutine in the programming code, thereby changing the conditions of
the test.
James T. Kirk: Your point being?
Admiral Richard Barnett: In academic vernacular, you cheated.
James T. Kirk: Mr. Chekov, set a course... for home.
Gaila: Jim, I think I love you.
James T. Kirk: That is so weird.
Gaila: Lights. Lights on. Did you just say, "That
is so weird"?
James T. Kirk: Yeah, I did, but...
Christopher Pike: You know I couldn't believe it when
the bartender told me who you are.
James T. Kirk: Who am I, Captain Pike?
Christopher Pike: Your father's son.
James T. Kirk: [Turns toward the bar] Can I get another
one?
Christopher Pike: For my dissertation, I was assigned the
USS Kelvin. Something I admired about your Dad. He didn't believe in no-win
scenarios
James T. Kirk: Sure learned his lesson!
Christopher Pike: Well, it depends on how you define winning.
You're here aren't you?
James T. Kirk: [as beer is brought to him] Thanks.
Christopher Pike: You know that instinct to leap without
looking, that was his nature too. And in my opinion it's something Star
Fleet's lost.
James T. Kirk: [laughing] Why are you talkin' to me, man?
Christopher Pike: 'Cause I looked up your file while you
were drooling on the floor. Your aptitude tests are off the charts, so what
is it? You like being the only genius level repeat offender in the Midwest?
James T. Kirk: Maybe I love it.
Christopher Pike: Look, so your Dad died. You can settle
for a less than ordinary life. Or do you feel like you were meant for something
better? Something special? Enlist in Star Fleet.
James T. Kirk: [scoffs] Enlist!
[laughing]
James T. Kirk: You guys must be way down on your recruiting
quota for the month!
Christopher Pike: You know if you're half the man your
father was, Jim Star Fleet could use you. You could be an officer in four
years. You could have your own ship in eight. You understand what the Federation
is don't you? It's important. It's a peacekeeping and humanitarian armada.
James T. Kirk: We done?
Christopher Pike: I'm done.
[Gets up]
Christopher Pike: Riverside Shipyard. Shuttle for new recruits
leaves tomorrow morning 0800.
[pause]
Christopher Pike: You know your father was Captain of a
Starship for 12 minutes. He saved 800 lives. Including your mother's and
yours. I dare you to do better.
Spock: Under penalty of court martial, I order you to
explain to me how you were able to beam aboard this ship while moving at
warp.
Scotty: Well...
James T. Kirk: Don't answer him.
Spock: You will answer me.
Scotty: [pause] I'd rather not take sides.
James T. Kirk: [after witnessing an intimate moment between
Uhura and Spock, in disbelief] So, her first name's Nyota?
Spock: I have no comment on the matter
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