J.J. Abrams' Star Trek Into Darkness

[LTM438]

I really hope it's not Gary Mitchell.

Don't get me wrong, he's a great character, it's just that the Gary Mitchell storyline has already been done in IDW's Star Trek comic series that takes place in the JJverse and I believe one of the film's writers confirmed those comics as canon.

 

[Matt S]

I'd hate to miss an opportunity to revisit a cool character cause some comic decided to do a gary mitchell storyline. I don't read IDW, and have no intention of doing so.
I keep hearing, 'but he's dead in the comic,' like that means anything.....(normally)

 

[Reinhardt]

Awesome trailer! Looked very similar to the first one (as in more action than all the original Star Trek films combined).

I really hope it's Khan. His voice over makes it sound like it is, but I'm curious what the back story will be now that we are in an alternate verse.

 

[Kamandi]

Khan was stronger and smarter that a normal human because of his eugenic engineering, but Sherlock is leaping around like a Super NES Khan.

 

[thecapn]

I'd hate to miss an opportunity to revisit a cool character cause some comic decided to do a gary mitchell storyline. I don't read IDW, and have no intention of doing so.
I keep hearing, 'but he's dead in the comic,' like that means anything.....(normally)

Matt, normally I would agree with you, but it's been said by the film writers that the comics are canon. They happened. They're supposed to hint to storylines in the new movie as well. Orci is managing them. So what reason would there be not to go by them? It's disastrous from a marketing perspective to ignore it.

Not to mention, they've already announced another mini-series tie-in prequel leading into the movie. Why would they do it if there already was one (meaning, the Gary Mitchell story in print)? That just doesn't add up.

It COULD be that they could make it so that Gary Mitchell didn't die, or that he came back etc etc., that's possible. But rehashing Where No Man Has Gone Before AGAIN would be just plain dumb based on all that.

Here's my thought:

The nuTrek universe comics hint that Starfleet Intelligence has a much greater role now, and that Sulu was recruited by them - though it's not clear if he joined up with them or not. They were behind the Landru experiment in "Return of the Archons." My guess is that they will have a big role to play in this movie.

And as for Eve/Dehner, um...why not Carol Marcus? That would make the whole "family" reference in the trailer even more poignant. A pregnant Carol? The Crew? The ship? It's all family.

Based on that line too, I'm thinking it's Ben Finney, and that he "died" on an away mission, only he didn't - he was taken in by Intelligence, who genetically modified him into a super soldier with Eugenics, and Finney blames Kirk for his "death" so he's getting revenge. Maybe his daugther Jamie dies in this universe too, who knows.

Or it could be - and this makes more sense - Garth of Izar, a fleet captain who went nuts and learned to shapeshift in TOS. Could be his shapeshifting/etc is a result of Intelligence too. Just think both of these make more sense than rehashing the comic plot.

Just my thought, of course!

 

[Matt S]

A lot of people are suggesting Garth, and I am kinda torn. On one hand, he'd be an unexpected choice - for sure, on the other, most casuals would be like, 'who?' and isn't as an iconic choice. If eve is Carol Marcus, which would be very cool in my book, then I am at a total loss for whomever Cumberbatch is -kinda hoping for an original character...contrary to what we've been told

Something tells me that once those nine minutes air, we'll know

 

[Khev]

Trailer looked okay.

 

[jnmx2000]

I'm on the Gary Mitchell band wagon. I think the film was originally going to be Kahn when they had Del Toro cast but I'm guessing when he dropped out, they brought in cumberbatch and I'm assuming they rewrote the script to take out kahn and replace him with Mitchell. Even though the writers said the comics were canon, if abrams wants the villain to be Mitchell, then that's what Abrams is going to do, I highly doubt he'd let a comic published stop him from using a character he wants to use. And the other thing is that the hand at the end of the trailer is rumored to be Mitchells character at the end of the intro, where spock is wishing him good bye. But again, all rumors lol I'm assuming we're going to get our answer in 7 days with the first 9 mins being in front of the hobbit.

 

[Valfar]

I don't think that's the Enterprise. Unless it's been dramatically redesigned.

The ship rising out of the water is the Enterprise, you can clearly see NCC and faintly make out 17..must be the Enterprise in that clip. In the later clip we see a Federation ship crashing with nacelles similar in design to that of the Enterprise E.

 

[Uncanny Web-Slinger]

I'd go with mitchell too, Cumberbatch seems superpowered and the trailer gives the impression that he alone can bring global destruction without the need for weapons

 

[Adolfo]

Why cant it be Khan...lets say the Botany Bay somehow lands on earth...recipe for Khan

 

[Magpie 7]

So it can't be Gary Mitchell 'cause he doesn't have chrome eyes???? But the blonde doesn't have chrome eyes either.....

Seeing as this is a different ST in a different plane of existence he wouldn't have to have chrome eyes, i don't remember Gary Mitchell wearing a leather hoodie too but he has all the same powers as Mitchell so thats what's my money's on.

 

[a-dev]

I thought you all were joking about this 'Gary Mitchell'. Sounds like the name of a 'villain' in a british soap!

 

[Adolfo]

I thought you all were joking about this 'Gary Mitchell'. Sounds like the name of a 'villain' in a british soap!

I thought Gary Mitchell was a shampoo...I used Gary Mitchell on my hair at a hotel stay once...hmmm...or was that Vidal Sasoon....hmmm...Didnt Gary Mitchell do the news...or was he a game show host...hmmm?....oh wait that was Gary Marshall?...................LOL

 

[Sachiel]

I'd go with mitchell too, Cumberbatch seems superpowered and the trailer gives the impression that he alone can bring global destruction without the need for weapons

What does Gary Mitchell need with a starship.

Looks like a human with very above average strength, but not a godlike being.

I think the film was originally going to be Kahn when they had Del Toro cast but I'm guessing when he dropped out, they brought in cumberbatch and I'm assuming they rewrote the script to take out kahn and replace him with [a new genetically engineered augment].

That's what I think.

Heck his dialogue even sounds Khan-like.

 

[EVILFACE]

Star Trek? Looks like it should be Earth Trek. Where is the adventure amonst the stars?

 

[Sachiel]

Star Trek? Looks like it should be Earth Trek. Where is the adventure amonst the stars?

Gary Kahn will blow up the Earth and make humanity an endangered species.

 

[ironwez20]

Star Trek? Looks like it should be Earth Trek. Where is the adventure amonst the stars?

Lol. I'm sure the the place with all the lava and pink flowers is another planet.

 

[Kamandi]

Hmmm....

Japanese trailer:

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrHlQUXFzfw[/ame]

 

[jnmx2000]

Hmmm....

Japanese trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrHlQUXFzfw

I think that's Cumberbatchs character on the inside of the glass, the color of the shirt matches the same color that hes wearing when hes sitting in the captains chair.

There's also the rumor that Alice Eve is actually playing the nurse that Mitchell falls in love with from the original show.