"As you know, I have made a vow never to give you information that could potentially alter your destiny. You spend enough time together, I guess...." (Empire, issue 287, pp. Harrison kills the last few Klingons with their own knives. He then gets a call from Starfleet. Pages: The writers of this film have stated it is set roughly six months to a year after the preceding film, In this film, Admiral Pike – last seen in a wheelchair at the end of the film, Admiral Marcus' model collection includes the, Chekov, established as a "whiz kid" at the age of seventeen in the film, The dialogue in the scene where Kirk dies in the radiation chamber uses some verbatim quotes from a very similar scene in, Likewise, when calling Spock down to engineering after Kirk's sacrifice, some of Scott's dialogue, such as ", The number of torpedoes containing Khan's old crew, seventy-two, is the same number of Augments that survived with Khan nearly three centuries of suspended animation when Kirk discovers the. Peter Weller [11], The writers included multiple adversaries in this film in an attempt to make it essentially action-packed. (Star Trek Magazine issue 172, pp. "I can't even tell you how many story meetings we had. J.J. Abrams (SciFiNow, issue 80, p. 023), J.J. Abrams believed the planning of this movie benefited from the fact he and his colleagues had a wide range of different levels of experience with Star Trek, he and Bryan Burk not having known much about the franchise before working on it, whereas the film's writers were more directly aware of what opinions the fans had about this film. It, along with the opportunity to work with J.J. Abrams, primarily motivated Cumberbatch into agreeing to appear in this production, though he had seen the previous film as well. The younger Spock asks about Khan and if his elder self encountered Khan before. In five months, Harrison was able to give the warp drive more unprecedented capability up to Warp 10. Anton Yelchin, Paramount Pictures [158], Among cinema goers, the film earned an "A" rating from those polled by CinemaScore. But still, the rest of the movie was a lot of fun! (Star Trek Magazine issue 172, p. 6), Responding to criticism that the scene in the Enterprise shuttlecraft in which Kirk catches a glimpse of Carol Marcus in her underwear could be viewed as sexist, J.J. Abrams revealed – during an interview on Conan on 23 May 2013 – a segment of a deleted scene from the film in which Khan is seen taking a shower. (Empire, issue 287, p. 92) She found the experience of reading the film's screenplay for the first time was extremely pleasant. At that point, the engines go completely down, and main power fails, with backup power severely crippled. (SciFiNow, issue 84, p. 044), All the major actors in the first film – namely, those portraying the command officers of the USS Enterprise (John Cho, Simon Pegg, Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoë Saldana, Karl Urban, and Anton Yelchin) – returned for the long-awaited sequel. [13] He also looked for Star Trek novels he hadn't read yet for further inspiration. I mean, I really went for it. "I fell on my bum the very first time, which is a testament to how clean and shiny they kept the floors," she reckoned. Behind the animal is an upset Leonard McCoy; the beast Kirk has just stunned was to have been their "ride", leaving the two of them with no option but to flee on foot. Kirk orders two other officers, including Hendorff, to remove their red shirts and change into more casual clothing; they cannot have any obvious connection to the Federation on this mission, lest they start an interstellar war. He then threatens to kill them if Spock doesn't return his crew. " But it took about fifty meetings to get to that point." (SciFiNow, issue 80, p. 028), Spock actor Zachary Quinto felt likewise; differences between this film and its predecessor were apparent to him as early as when he first read the script for this movie. To me, that's always the mark of a great Star Trek series or film, when these characters who love each other – sometimes hate each other – have to work together to overcome a common adversary." Mattel released three new Hot Wheels Star Trek Into Darkness starship models, and Quantum Mechanix announced plans to release a number of prop replicas based on historical flight models that were seen in Admiral Marcus' office. [14], The writers wanted to explore the concept of the Star Trek universe being presented as a future utopia, which is how it had very often been established before. This is Captain Hikaru Sulu of the USS Enterprise. The Enterprise officers attack, in a mix of phaser fire and hand-to-hand combat. ("enhanced commentary", Star Trek Into Darkness (digital) and Star Trek: The Compendium special features), Damon Lindelof suggested that, in the resultant sequence depicting Kirk and Khan traveling through space from the Enterprise to the Vengeance, the glass in Kirk's helmet would get struck by a piece of debris. [25]. Scott then stuns Khan as ordered. The day after the end of a two-week international tour promoting this film to the world's media, Bryan Burk divulged, "I'm excited for everyone to jump onboard with this film [....] From the Star Trek fans who have seen it, they all seem significantly more invested than ever," Burk laughed. (Star Trek Magazine issue 172, p. 83), Witnessing this film come to fruition delighted Simon Pegg. They have been all along. Mary Jo Markey and Maryann Brandon felt the original scene didn't work so well for Uhura and Kirk, being less informative for them as well as the audience, regarding Spock's emotional well being. It premiered in Los Angeles on 14 May, [128] before its release in the Philippines and North America on 16 May. 24 & 26) The movie's screenplay did appeal to him, though. At one point, a music cue that Michael Giacchino wrote for one scene had to be changed in order to account for the fact that the relevant scene had recently been edited differently. Nearly a year after the events, Kirk addresses a gathering at the rechristening ceremony for the USS Enterprise, which has been rebuilt. Initially, they, together with J.J. Abrams and Bryan Burk, gathered to break (a TV writing term for devising the story as a group) the concepts they had to continue from the preceding film. Kirk out. (Empire, issue 287, p. 92) Urban also felt the common Star Trek dynamic of Kirk having to find the middle ground between Spock, representing logic, and McCoy, representing humanism, "definitely comes into play here." "I think that it was also about trying to take what we did before and embrace the things that worked, and try some things that we hadn't done. Its story and development cycle were independent of the films, but its release was delayed to promote Star Trek Into Darkness. Starfleet head Admiral Marcus convenes a meeting that Pike, Kirk and Spock attend but Harrison has anticipated this, attacking the meeting in a shuttle and killing Pike and several others. "It's what made me carve out the time necessary to do this movie." (SciFiNow, issue 80, p. 023), During the extended interim which preceded the making of this film, Sulu actor John Cho was, in his own words, "preparing myself to be pleasantly surprised when I read it." It’s definitely not my Star Trek, it’s very different. He then orders Kirk to turn Khan over, but the Enterprise's transporters are down. The British retailer Sainsbury's has an exclusive edition with a second bonus DVD disc containing 33 minutes of extra features. Written by As the battle intensifies and Khan becomes dangerously close to killing Spock, she opens fire on Khan with a phaser set to stun. Nevertheless, he approved of this movie. Kirk is successfully revived and Khan is placed back in suspended animation with his followers. [2] He stated the planet's destruction "cast a pallor over this entire Federation that needs to be reconciled. [115], In an October 2012 interview on the talk show Conan, J.J. Abrams stated that this film was in the editing process. Still, Kirk gets some phasers ready, just in case. "As a mission of this duration has never been attempted, I defer to your good judgement, captain. [58] When interviewed himself, Cumberbatch continued the secrecy by merely pointing to a promotional image and stating he played "that person there." The Vengeance was constructed following the destruction of Vulcan in secret by Section 31 at the Io Facility. (SciFiNow, issue 80, p. 024), When the initial target of December 2009 neared, no script had been written for this movie, so the film's release was changed to 2012. ("The Sound of Music (and FX)", "Featurettes", Star Trek: The Compendium special features) Elaborated Giacchino, "It wasn't about writing based on what the character wanted or the things he's doing; it's more about his past and the way his brain works. "We dropped it pretty early on, as it didn’t feel intimate, cool, or earned." They were tireless, and they created [the] story." The minute it does, we have no right to be doing it any more." As it begins to enter her bloodstream, her vitals return to normal. The scale of the movie was pretty huge," he offered. Khan hails the Enterprise, and orders Spock to give him the photon torpedoes. [165] Hollywood legend and intended Star Trek XIV writer Quentin Tarantino sided with the disenchanted fans at a later point in time, when he, a Star Trek: The Original Series fan himself, emphatically stated in a 22 July 2019 interview given to MTV's Happy Sad Confused podcast, "No, Benedict Cumberbatch, or whatever his name is, is not Khan, alright? Since his crew is frozen, they don't need the air anyway. There had to be friction between the two protagonists, yet without making either person unlikable. Star Trek: Into Darkness is an American feature film of the action and science fiction genres. But we had to acknowledge the way it had been done before [....] That's what we did and we stand by it. Everyone knew the reason they were there, and they had clear directives for fulfilling them, and it became a very collaborative process, like building a village." "We took it down, looked at it again and said, 'Okay, this still holds up,'" related Orci. It gave the thing a kind of an energy that it wouldn't have had otherwise." Brandon remembered, "Mary Jo and I were like, 'But they're friends.' ", "You don't respect the chair. "We didn't have a moment where Kirk just lost all hope, and we felt we needed it right before he gets called to action," Maryann Brandon remembered. He then breaks Carol's leg, and crushes Admiral Marcus' skull, prompting a horrified scream from Carol. we said, 'Hey man, let's just pay homage to it and use Star Trek' [....] So sure, we debated it, and sure it was something to think about." Harrison immediately surrenders, unconditionally. The choice Abrams made was influenced by him looking closely at modern films which used the two formats. The captain overrides objections Scott voices by knocking him out with a punch, then enters the warp core chamber. 042-043), The idea of Khan commandeering the Vengeance was thought up as a way of heightening the jeopardy which the protagonists were put in. "I think the great thing about that was that we were able to be aware of the chatter, just like in the first movie, hearing what people might want, or not want, or expect or resent, or have to be concerned about," Abrams considered. ", "What did you tell him?" Alex Kurtzman clarified that, by the time that part was cast, "we all felt pretty good about where we were at." I mean, we might have given him a few new lines in there," reckoned Mary Jo Markey. You had to feel it." Unimpressed, however, the Klingon leader grabs Uhura by her jaw and draws a knife, prepared to kill her. Uhura beams down as Khan is about to kill Spock and shoots him repeatedly with a stun blast, allowing Spock to batter him unconscious. ("The Enemy of My Enemy", "Featurettes", Star Trek: The Compendium Blu-ray special features) In fact, the writers felt it was vital to avoid the pitfall of assuming the audience was already familiar with Khan, even though he was a pre-established character, which was one reason they felt the story had to "stand on its own." Will ya give me two seconds, ya mad bastard! Attribution Bringing IMAX and 3D technology in gives audiences yet another level of excitement and fun to be had." ("enhanced commentary", Star Trek Into Darkness (digital) and Star Trek: The Compendium special features), The scene in which Kirk dies was deliberately concocted to feature resonances with canon. He added the film would build on the previous one, but it still had to attract new fans and stand by itself without relying on its predecessor. The production staff settled on the premise that simply adding 3D to the mix wouldn't be enough – it had to be used to bring more impact to the storytelling or heighten the realism of worlds which didn't exist in reality. Additionally, Into Darkness was ambiguous enough to not spoil the story. Dr. McCoy joins them, telling Kirk he missed his check-up, which he does on the shuttlecraft. It follows the adventures of Captain James T. Kirk (voiced by Chris Pine) and his crew on board the Starfleet starship, the USS Enterprise. I've got the script, I might read the first couple of pages, then I'll come down and we'll go Christmas shopping.' "No, she's not! [122], Matching the pace and scope of the film wasn't always easy for Michael Giacchino. The fun of this timeline is arguing that different stories, with the same characters, could be equally if not more compelling than what's been told before [....] Certain people are destined to cross paths and come together, and Khan is out there... even if he doesn't have the same issues." "I do not know. [93] Damon Lindelof was a supporter of using 3D for this film. Leonard Nimoy initially expressed that he did not expect to return as the original Spock in this movie, even going so far as to state, "I definitely will not be in Star Trek 2," and, "I think I can be definitive about the fact that I will not be in it." Kirk returns to the bridge with Uhura in a turbolift. [147] Reports indicated ticket sales were seventy percent higher than for the last film. "Although this stuff was in the original scene," stated Maryann Brandon, "they were more implied and referred to than just boldly stated [in the way they ended up being] [....] But I think it was really important, because it's where, again, [...] we're really making clear what the themes are of the film, this idea of personal goals versus universal goals, and universal principles versus taking things into your own hands and deciding that your principles are the ones that are important." "No more than usual. The four-issue comic series Star Trek: Nero takes place shortly after the events in Countdown. [123] The theme in particular is the "fight to the death" music from TOS: "Amok Time", which can be heard during the climactic fight between Spock and Khan. The coordinates take Scott to Jupiter, where he finds a large shipyard. (Star Trek Magazine issue 172, pp. They use a vehicle they confiscated a month before, in the "Mudd Incident". (SciFiNow, issue 80, p. 027), Scott actor Simon Pegg appreciated the opportunity this film gave him and the other main cast members to once again collaborate. (SciFiNow, issue 80, p. 024) Furthermore, the creative staff felt it was highly important that the relationship between Kirk and Spock be portrayed in a realistic way that the audience also understood. Kirk decides to fix the warp core himself, but the chamber containing it is loaded with lethal radiation. Benedict Cumberbatch "We felt like we couldn't avoid Khan," explained Damon Lindelof. But bottom line, I enjoyed going into darkness! "Now we have the opportunity to do something that Star Trek II did, which is recognize them more fully and have them be more in the places where you expect and hope if you are a fan," Roberto Orci mused. The series is named Countdown to Darkness.[2]. Even though the postponement didn't conform to Paramount's wishes, the organization didn't dismiss the writers in favor of hiring someone else to write the sequel. The bottom line for us was that if we were going to embrace 3D for the first time, we wanted to make it special and different [....] We knew if we did this, we wanted to really go for it." After a brief argument, Pike dismisses Spock, and proceeds to dress Kirk down for his lack of humility and respect for the chair. "Purring like a kitten, captain. But in the meantime, everyone did different things. Simon Pegg With the shuttlecraft's thruster being choked by ash, Spock has to act fast. The surviving officers take cover, and security personnel enter to combat the jumpship. Harrison insists that he be allowed to speak with Kirk. 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