The 2009 “reboot” of Star Trek by J.J. Abrams and his creative team (Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, and Damon Lindelof) made money for Paramount Pictures. So, the powers at Paramount, always looking for more green stuff, sent the Enterprise, and its Kelvin crew back into action. As we all know, J.J. loves to take old stuff that we all love and repackage it into something new. Believe it or not, 2009’s film had much more original content and ideas than its sequel — Star Trek Into Darkness.
The entire “original” Kelvin crew returned, including Chris Pine as Kirk and Zachary Quinto as Spock. Star Trek Into Darkness grossed $467 million worldwide, which made it the top Trek money-maker.
STARDATE: 2259.55
The film starts out with Captain James T. Kirk and Dr. Leonard McCoy (Karl Urban) embedded within an indigenous human-like tribe on the planet Nibiru. They were “made” as they immediately start running for their lives — since if they were discovered, they would have violated the Prime Directive. Their mission was to move the natives away from a volcano, which Spock, Hikaru Sulu (John Cho), and Nyota Uhura (Zoe Saldana) were working to neutralize the thing before it erupted and destroyed this young species.
Sulu piloted a shuttlecraft above the volcano and dropped Spock into it with the device. Spock was wearing a super-cool suit of armor, which protected him from the heat.
NOTE: The designer of this suit must have been a Marvel Comics fan, specifically, an Iron Man fan, as Spock’s suit bears a striking resemblance to a mid-80s Iron Man suit. Not a bad thing, to base this fire suit on Iron Man. The “Silver Centurion” suit never made it into the Avengers or Iron Man films. But it made its way into Star Trek instead.
Spock’s fire suit and Marvel’s Iron Man from 1986. Spock even had the triangular chest symbol. Courtesy of Marvel / Paramount
As soon as they began to lower him, ash built up into the shuttlecraft’s engines. Sulu, who served the Enterprise as its primary pilot, told Spock that they would have to pull him back aboard. Spock said that he would not come back, as this was the only way they could save this new species. Sulu ignored Spock, and started to reverse engines and pull Spock out … but Spock’s line to the shuttlecraft broke, and the Enterprise’s First and Science Officer fell into the volcano.
Sulu and Uhura both had to jump out and swim, as Sulu announced that they were going to “ditch” the shuttlecraft.
Meanwhile, Kirk and Bones jumped off the side of a cliff into the ocean. They had small thrusters (or something like that), which propelled them into the deep, where the U.S.S. Enterprise was waiting for them.
As they got in, the ship’s chief engineer, Montgomery “Scotty” Scott (Simon Pegg), began to complain about the saltwater damaging the ship’s skin. Uhura, the ship’s communications officer (and Spock’s girlfriend), tried to contact Spock, but the heat was interfering.
Kirk said that they ought to beam Spock back aboard. Pavel Chekov (Anton Yelchin) said they might be able to if they tried line of sight; Sulu protested, since hovering above a volcano was super-dangerous. Spock argued against it as well, saying that the indigenous species will see the massive ship. McCoy said, “we’re trying to save you!”
Spock responded: “The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.” Communications were then lost due to the volcano. Uhura gasped.
NOTE: That line, to all Trek fans, was a blatant call back to Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. This would be more than just foreshadowing. And there would be more of this — a lot more.
Kirk asked McCoy what Spock would do if their roles were reversed. McCoy said that Spock would let Kirk die. This may be true in this Kelvin Universe, but in the “Prime” timeline, we just don’t know what Spock would have done.
Spock responded: “The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.” Communications were then lost due to the volcano. Uhura gasped.
Anyhow, the Enterprise emerged from the water, and the tribe stood there and watched in complete awe. Just before the lava overtook where he knelt, Spock was beamed out, and the cold fusion device froze all of the molten rock.
Rather than thank anyone, Spock was upset that the tribe saw the Enterprise.
The story shifted to show a family in London, whose daughter had some sort of terminal illness. And if it could not be cured with the medicine of the 23rd Century, then you know it must be bad. Anyhow, a mysterious dude (Benedict Cumberbatch) approached the patriarch, saying that he could save the child’s life. The father agreed.
Later, the mystery man gave the father a vile (of his blood) and a ring. Dad took the blood and put it into the daughter’s medicine drip, and her vitals miraculously improved. The dad went to work the next day and used the ring to destroy the Starfleet facility, which he worked at.
Meanwhile, Kirk and Spock got hauled before Admiral Christopher Pike (Bruce Greenwood), who yelled at Kirk and took away command of the Enterprise. Spock blabbed about Kirk breaking the Prime Directive on his Nibiru report. Kirk his submitted his report and did not mention the Prime Directive. Oops!
NOTE: Check out the striking similarities in Pike’s uniform and William Shatner’s from Star Trek: The Motion Picture. Pike’s suit is almost like an updated version of what the original Kirk wore back in 1979.
Check out Pike’s uniform — an update of Kirk’s in The Motion Picture. Pretty neat! Courtesy of Paramount
Kirk went to some dive bar to get blasted (much like he did in the previous film), but Pike found him. Pike lectured him about doing the right thing and following orders. He also told Kirk that he was now the First Officer of the Enterprise, and he was captain. Spock got transferred to the U.S.S. Bradbury.
While they were drinking, Pike got a priority call from Starfleet, saying that there was to be a big meeting at Starfleet Command H.Q. at Daystrom with all the top brass. Pike and Kirk were to be part of that meeting.
When Kirk arrived, he saw Spock, and blasted the Vulcan, saying that Spock “threw him under the bus.” Spock said that he didn’t know that Kirk was not going to be truthful in his report. He also said that where he comes from, friends don’t “stab each other in the back.”
The meeting finally started, led by Admiral Alexander Marcus (Peter Weller), who said that the explosion (set off by the dad of the sick child) was a terrorist act that destroyed a data archive and killed 42 personnel. Marcus said the one responsible for the attack was Commander John Harrison (Benedict Cumberbatch). Marcus had no idea why Harrison would attack Starfleet.
“In the name of those we lost, you will run this bastard down. This is a manhunt, plain a simple,” said Marcus. “So, let’s get to work.”
As Marcus gave more details on Starfleet’s reaction to the attack, Kirk looked at photos from the attack. He saw a photo of Harrison in the streets after the explosion, carrying a bag. Kirk asked Pike why Harrison would attack a data archive. Marcus heard them whispering and told Kirk to speak to the group.
Kirk asked why Harrison would attack a data archive, which held information that was public record.
“If he really wanted to damage Starfleet, this could just be the beginning,” Kirk said. As Kirk spoke, a jump ship rose to the story of the building they were all in. It was Harrison in the ship, and he fired at will, killing Pike and wounding many more.
Kirk eventually threw fire suppression equipment into the ship’s engine. But Harrison beamed away. As Pike died, Spock mind-melded with him. Kirk ran over, checked Pike’s pulse, and cried.
Kirk asked why Harrison would attack a data archive, which held information that was public record.
The next day, Scotty called Kirk and Spock to say that Harrison had gone to the one place they could not follow — Kronos, the Klingon homeworld. Kirk ran to Marcus to ask for his command back so he could hunt down Harrison. Spock said Harrison was hiding in a Klingon province that was not inhabited. Kirk noted that Harrison went to Kronos because Starfleet won’t follow him — but he would.
Marcus said that war with the Klingons was “inevitable,” and then listed off all the run-ins that Federation ships have had with them. While he said that, he was staring at a model of an enormous ship on his desk. That ship, the U.S.S. Vengeance, would be seen again.
Admiral Marcus and the Vengeance. Bad guys always get the cool ships. Courtesy of Paramount
I wonder if they will bring back the Vengeance design in a later film (known as the Dreadnought Class). It would be very nice to see Mr. Sulu with his own ship (as we saw in ST:VI and Voyager). Using a Dreadnought Class ship would mean that there was some kind of enormous war going on, perhaps with the Romulans. Maybe the Enterprise and a Dreadnought Class shipin the same film on the same side would give us the giant ship-to-ship battle that Trek has yet to deliver in the movies — but we did see in Star Trek: Discovery – Season 2, Episode 14.
He also admitted that the attack in London was not on an archive, but rather, it was against Section 31. This was a secret division of Starfleet whose purpose was weapons development, training, and other military-specific operations.
As Pike mulled over Kirk’s request, he showed off a new “untraceable” torpedo that Section 31 developed. Marcus agreed to let Kirk take the Enterprise to the edge of the Neutral Zone, fire the torpedoes on Harrison’s position, and then “haul ass.” Kirk asked that Spock be reinstated as his First Officer. Marcus agreed.
While Kirk got to the shuttle bay to take off for the Enterprise, McCoy attempted to examine him. When he got into the craft, Spock “strongly objected to the mission parameters.” Spock made a bunch of good points, including condemning Harrison to death without a trial. Kirk was like, “yeah, yeah, yeah.”
Then suddenly, a new character joined the story. As Kirk and Spock were arguing, Science Officer Carol Wallace (Alice Eve) introduced herself, said that Admiral Marcus assigned her to the Enterprise and sat between them. Spock didn’t like it, but Kirk said, “and yet, the more, the merrier.”
“I’m Doctor Marcus!” Carol was played by actress Alice Eve, Courtesy of Paramount
When they arrived, Scotty was refusing to allow the new torpedoes on board the ship, as he could not scan them and determine their power source. The guy from Starfleet who loaded them said it was “classified.” Eventually, Kirk ordered Scotty to sign for the weapons, but Scotty resigned. Kirk put Chekov in charge of engineering instead.
Wow, what a big moment! Scotty not aboard the Enterprise? That’s like peanut butter without jelly! It was a mini-shocker that let us all know how serious Mr. Scott was about these torpedoes.
“But he keeps saying they are classified.” Courtesy of Paramount
Kirk and Uhura got into the turbolift together, and he told her that Scotty just quit, and Spock was second-guessing everything he did. Uhura agreed that Spock was difficult, and revealed to Kirk that she and Spock had been fighting. Funny!
After they left spacedock, Kirk addressed the crew. He told them of their mission, which would avenge the death of Pike and bring Harrison back to Earth for a trial. That was different than what he pitched to Marcus! When Kirk said this, Spock said he had made the “right decision.”
Later, while Science Officer Carol Wallace was inspecting the torpedoes, Spock snuck up and asked what she was doing. “Verifying the torpedoes,” she said. Spock cut her off and told her that he knew that she forged her transfer documents and that her real name was Carol Marcus.
This was soooo cool because Carol Marcus was one of Kirk’s love interests, which audiences only got to hear about. Carol appeared in ST:II, but she and Kirk had agreed long ago not meddle in each other’s affairs. Oh, and they had a child together named David (who would be killed by the Klingons in ST: III).
Before she could explain why she was there, the Enterprise suffered some sort of warp core problem, which stranded them 20 minutes from Kronos. Chekov didn’t know what caused the problem but started looking into it.
Kirk decided they were close enough to do the job and selected a few redshirts, Spock, and Uhura to go to Kronos and capture Harrison. Kirk asked them if it would be a “problem,” Uhura and Spock working together.
Capt. Kirk and Lt. Uhura were both upset by Spock’s fight-winning logic. Courtesy of Paramount
Uhura glared at Spock and said, “Absolutely not.” She then stormed off.
Spock looked at Kirk. “Unclear,” he said. TOO FUNNY! Kirk left Sulu in charge and told him to send Harrison a message after they left, saying that they’d launch the torpedoes if he didn’t surrender.
Sulu said: “Attention John Harrison, this is Captain Hikaru Sulu of the U.S.S. Enterprise. A shuttle of highly trained officers is on its way to your location. If you do not surrender to them immediately, I will unleash the payload of advanced, long-range torpedoes, currently locked onto your location. You have two minutes to confirm your compliance. Refusal to do so will result in your obliteration. If you test me, you will fail.”
Sulu liked sitting in the captain’s chair. Courtesy of Paramount
McCoy leaned over to Sulu, who was seated in the captain’s chair and said, “Mr. Sulu, remind me never to piss you off.”
Kirk and his team used a small craft that they captured during the “Mudd incident” (a reference to their old TOS friend Harcourt Fenton Mudd). They did not wear Starfleet uniforms, because they didn’t want the Klingons to know this was a Starfleet sanctioned operation.
They boarded the ship and detected Harrison right away. During the flight, Uhura attacked Spock, saying that he did not care about dying since he was willing to sacrifice himself in the volcano. Spock pushed back, saying that when Pike died, he joined with Pike and felt all of the admiral’s final experiences. Spock said that he’d felt those sensations before when Vulcan was destroyed and did not want to feel like that again.
As they flew toward Harrison, a Klingon fighter began to chase, which was a surprise, as this area was supposed to be uninhabited. They lost the Klingon, by pulling the same, exact stunt that the Millennium Falcon did in Empire Strikes Back — by flying through a space, which was too small. Come on J.J.! Come up with something else.
When they arrived on the other side of the tunnel, the Klingons were waiting. I guess that part was different from the scene in Empire, as the Tie-Fighters all were destroyed.
They landed, and Uhura left the ship, in an attempt to bargain with the Klingons. The Klingons didn’t care that humans were trying to capture a criminal human. Their leader grabbed Uhura and was going to filet her with his giant knife when Harrison popped up with a massive gun and started attacking.
A second on the look of the Klingons. They were a bit different than the standard “look” that audiences have been used to (since 1979). Their pupils were snake-like, and they had rings in each bone ridge on their forehead. I was fine with it, but some Trek diehards had heartburn. I figure that not all humans look the same either, so can’t there be different Klingons, too?
A new look for the Klingons. They like piercing too. Courtesy of Paramount
Anyhow, there was a big fight, which saw Harrison annihilating the Klingons by himself. He eventually surrendered to Kirk when they confirmed what Sulu said; they had 72 torpedoes trained on their position.
Kirk accepted Harrison’s surrender, and then attacked Harrison with his fists and knees. Harrison stood there and took it until Kirk was too tired to go on. Kirk ordered that McCoy meet him in the brig, and he told Uhura to contact Starfleet, so they knew Harrison was in custody.
While Harrison gave McCoy a blood sample, he asked why the ship was not moving. He asked if there happened to be an unexpected malfunction in the warp core. Kirk, Spock, and McCoy walked away. As they did, Harrison said that if they ignored him, everyone on the ship would get killed.
Kirk went back to Harrison and told him to shut his mouth, as Harrison was alive because Kirk allowed it. Harrison scoffed and said that he surrendered to Kirk because Kirk has a conscience. He then gave Kirk coordinates that Harrison thought Kirk should look into. “23, 17, 46, 11 … coordinates not far from Earth.”
The captain asked Harrison why he should believe him. Harrison said he could give 72 reasons why, and they are all on the Enterprise. Harrison told Kirk to open one up.
Kirk called Scotty, who was partying with Keenser in San Francisco. Scotty agreed to look into the coordinates.
“You don’t think I can remember four numbers?” Scotty asked. “Ye of little faith! What was the third one?”
Kirk then asked Spock and McCoy why they thought Harrison would want them to open a torpedo.
“Are you outta your cornfed mind?” McCoy asked Kirk. “You’re not actually going to listen to this guy? He killed Pike — he almost killed you — and now you think it’s a good idea to pop open a torpedo because he dared you to?”
McCoy thought that Harrison wanted to destroy the Enterprise. Spock said that perhaps “the admiral’s daughter” could help solve this and open one of them. She was a weapons expert, after all.
“You don’t think I can remember four numbers?” Scotty asked. “Ye of little faith! What was the third one?”
“What admiral’s daughter?” Kirk yelled.
Spock explained who Carol Marcus really was. Kirk went to her and asked what she knew about them. She knew little but admitted that was why she forged her transfer onto the Enterprise. She explained that her father used to give her access to all of his programs, except these torpedoes.
Marcus said that Kirk was smarter than his reputation would lead one to believe. She said that she knew Christine Chappell, who transferred the outer frontier to be a nurse and is much happier. (Another well-timed T.O.S. reference!) They boarded a shuttle.
She asked Kirk if the shuttle was prepped to fly. Kirk said that it was. She told him to turn around and told him that she could open a torpedo on a nearby planetoid, but she would need help. She said all of this as she was changing from her standard uniform into an away-team gray suit. Kirk turned around and found her in just bra and panties. She told him to turn around “now!”
This scene was actually quite controversial as it was released, and some said that actress Alice Eve had been “exploited.” She said that she did not feel that she was, but later the producers of Into Darkness apologize for the scene.
Later Marcus and McCoy went to the planetoid to dismantle a torpedo. As they worked, McCoy got his arm stuck inside the device, and Marcus had to disable the self-destruct. She was able to disarm it, and as she did, a new panel opened, revealing a human in suspended animation.
By the way — Chekov figured out there was a leak in the warp core system, which he said he’d fix.
Meanwhile, Scotty took a shuttle out to those coordinates, and it turns out it was some kind of secret base near Jupiter. He snuck inside.
McCoy and Marcus took apart the torpedo completely in sickbay. Bones said that the man was alive, but if he tried to wake him from the sleep in the wrong sequence, he would die. McCoy said this tech is “beyond” him — since it was 300 years old.
Kirk stormed back to the brig and asked Harrison why there was a man in the torpedo. Harrison said that there were men and women in all of the torpedoes. It was at this point when Harrison revealed that he was a “remnant of a time long past” named Khan Noonien Singh!
Spock and Kirk did not react like audiences. In fact, casting Benedict Cumberbatch as Khan may have been a reason why Into Darkness did not make more money. You see, the original Khan, as portrayed by Ricardo Montalban, was supposed to a Sikh with brown skin. Cumberbatch is not brown. There was a lot of talk on this; many said that the producers white-washed the film by not casting someone Sikh or Indian. Even the original Sulu himself, George Takei, agreed. Like the bra and panties scene, the filmmakers eventually apologized.
Is he Khan, or Sherlock Holmes, or Dr. Strange? Courtesy of Paramount
I thought Benedict Cumberbatch was an obvious choice… as he is one of the “hot” young actors of this era. He’s in Marvel flicks too (Dr. Strange). But I did think that they could have cast a dashing unknown from Bollywood to play Khan instead of the lily-white Cumberbatch. Perhaps this was why for Star Trek Beyond, the filmmakers chose Idris Elba as the main bad guy. However, depending on who you ask, Elba is “hot” as well.
Anyhow, the boys didn’t know who Khan was, so he explained that he was a genetically engineered superman who was exiled a long time ago. This film didn’t get into specifics like S.T.:II did since the Eugenics Wars never did happen in the 1990s as Space Seed said it did.
Khan said that after the destruction of Vulcan, Marcus and others started to search around, and they found him and his crew all frozen. They revived him and held the rest of the crew hostage so Khan could develop weapons and strategies for Starfleet and the war to come with the Klingons. Khan said that Kirk and the Enterprise were part of a set-up, which would start the big war with the Klingons that Marcus wanted.
As soon as Khan was done talking, Sulu called to say that an unknown ship was warping in fast. Kirk ran to the bridge just in time to see the U.S.S. Vengeance coming out of warp. And wow, that Vengeance is a fantastic ship! It looks so cool!
It was Admiral Marcus in command of the Vengeance. He was angry that Harrison was still alive, which was not what Kirk said he would do. He demanded to know why Harrison still lived, and Kirk said that when their warp core failed, they had to improvise. That’s why Khan was still alive, and they planned to take him back to Earth for a trial.
“Well, shit… you talked to him,” said Marcus. “This is exactly what I was hoping to spare you from. I took a tactical risk and woke that bastard up, believing that his superior intelligence could help us protect us now from whatever came at us next. But I made a mistake, and now the blood of everybody he’s killed is on my hands. So I’m asking you … give him to me so that I can end what I started.”
Kirk asked what he ought to do with Khan’s crew. Marcus grew angry and told Kirk that Khan was “playing him.” Kirk told Marcus that Khan was in engineering (he wasn’t) and that they would move him to the transporter room (which they wouldn’t). Kirk ordered Sulu to keep the shields up (which prevents beaming).
Kirk checked with Chekov to see if the ship could warp out; Chekov said they could. He then ordered Sulu to set a course for Earth at warp speed. In sickbay, Khan told McCoy and Marcus that the Enterprise was not safe at warp. Marcus ran to the bridge to tell Kirk that the Vengeance would overtake them, and her father would kill everyone on the Enterprise unless she spoke to him.
Right as she said that, the Vengeance attacked. And this is such a fantastic scene! Could two ships traveling at warp speed in their own warp bubbles fire on one another? I don’t know, but it looked awesome.
The Enterprise got knocked out of warp about 200km from Earth. Marcus continued to attack, punching holes in the Enterprise’s hull, causing the crew to be blown from their stations into space. Carol Marcus finally talked them into hailing the Vengeance, and the firing stopped.
She told the admiral that she couldn’t believe that her father would kill all these innocent people aboard the Enterprise. She said that if she’s wrong, then he’ll have to do it with her on board. He said, “actually Carol, I won’t.” The Vengeance then beamed her off the Enterprise.
Marcus then told Kirk what he was being charged with going rogue with the fugitive John Harrison in enemy territory. Marcus had no choice other than hunting Kirk down and destroying him. Kirk begged Marcus for mercy, saying that it was his plan, not his crew’s. He asked to be punished, but the crew be spared.
The admiral was impressed but told Kirk that he wasn’t going to spare the Enterprise’s crew. The audience then saw a big-ass cannon come out from beneath the hull of the Vengeance. Kirk apologized to the crew, and just at the moment they all should have died, the Vengeance lost power to its weapons systems.
NOTE: This weapon looks eerily similar to the canons aboard the Star Destroyers in “Rise of the Skywalker,” which was also directed by J.J. I guess then Wars fans may feel the same “come on man” feeling that Trek fans did with Mudd’s ship acting out a scene from “Empire,” as mentioned earlier.
It was Scotty who saved the day! He hitched a ride on the Vengeance at Jupiter and shut down the power to its weapons. He contacted Kirk to say that he wanted off the Vengeance. Kirk said they couldn’t beam him over but would work on it.
Kirk left the bridge, saying that even though they could not “fire or flee,” there was another option. He placed Spock in command, who knew what Kirk was going to try. Spock said that Kirk would need someone with knowledge of the inside of the Vengeance… Spock knew the only one who did was Khan.
“The enemy of my enemy is my friend,” said Kirk.
“An Arabic proverb attributed to a prince who was betrayed and decapitated by his own subjects,” Spock fired back.
“Still, it’s a helluva quote,” said Kirk.
Spock stopped Kirk to tell him that he would not allow for the captain to act this way. Kirk agreed, saying that this was why Spock was now acting captain. Kirk had to do something, even if this was just “a gut feeling.”
“An Arabic proverb attributed to a prince who was betrayed and decapitated by his own subjects,” Spock fired back.
Kirk went into sickbay and said that he could guarantee the safety of Khan’s people if he’d help out. Khan scoffed.
At the same time, McCoy was futzing around with a dead tribble, injecting it with Khan’s blood. Hmmm. That’s not strange at all! We are at red alert, and the beds are full in sickbay after the attacks, but Bones is playing around with dead tribbles.
Karl Urban as Dr. McCoy. He’s always around for a good laugh. Courtesy of Paramount
Khan agreed to help. He and Kirk were going to jump into space and be pushed to the Vengeance by the air from the trash exhaust tube. POOF! They flew through space, and Scotty let them in on the Vengeance. It was a pretty cool scene, and Scotty had a bunch of funny lines.
Once they got onto the Vengeance, Kirk told Scotty to “drop” Khan after they had taken over the ship. The three fought their way to the bridge. Once they got there, Scotty stunned Khan, and Marcus lectured Kirk on war with the Klingons. Khan came to and beat up Scotty and Kirk, smashed Carol’s leg, and squashed Admiral Marcus’s head… just like in Blade Runner. “Come on, J.J.,” fans everywhere thought. He lifted from Wars and now Blade Runner?
While all that was happening, Spock contacted Spock (Leonard Nimoy) and asked him about Khan. Old Spock said he was the most dangerous adversary that they ever faced. Honestly, what a cool scene. Bringing back Nimoy again was a huge surprise. Young Spock came up with a plan. He needed McCoy to help him, who protested.
After Khan’s beat down, he contacted the Enterprise and proposed a trade — crew for crew. And he also had a phaser to Kirk’s head. Khan beamed all the torpedoes to the Vengeance and beamed Kirk, Scotty, and Carol Marcus back to the Enterprise.
“Well, Kirk,” said Khan. “Seems apt to return you to your crew. After all, no ship should go down without her captain!”
Khan then locked phasers on the Enterprise. Then Spock detonated the torpedoes on board the Vengeance. Khan! You’re a dummy. You beamed over a bunch of torpedoes that Spock rigged up. McCoy helped Spock remove the 72 members of Khan’s crew from the torpedoes before they beamed over.
No sooner did they see the Vengeance exploding everywhere, then the Enterprise began to get pulled into Earth’s atmosphere. Another cool scene. But (spoiler) they got the ship going because Kirk crawled into the warp core and re-aligned the housings. Instead of falling and crashing, the Enterprise rose from the clouds.
Scotty called to the bridge and told Spock, “you’d better get down here.” Which is, of course, the same thing that Scotty said to Kirk in S.T.:II. I understand that some Trek fans got upset, but I laughed out loud. I thought it was great!
“Well, Kirk,” said Khan. “Seems apt to return you to your crew. After all, no ship should go down without her captain!”
Just before the radiation killed him, Spock ran down to engineering to see what happened. He demanded that Scotty open the door, which Kirk leaned on. “You’d flood the whole compartment,” said Scotty. HA HA HA!
Kirk told Spock that he was scared. But this time, Spock was the one living, and he dropped a tear. I think that may have been what pushed the diehards over the edge. A sober Spock hasn’t shown emotion like this since “The Cage.”
Eventually, Kirk died, and Spock yelled — “KHAAAAAAN!” It was almost Shatneresque.
Anyhow, Khan piloted the Vengeance into San Francisco and Starfleet Headquarters and smashed it right through the city. It was Saturday Night Live alumnus Bill Hader who was the voice of the computer onboard the Vengeance. Nice!
Eventually, Kirk died, and Spock yelled — “KHAAAAAAN!” It was almost Shatneresque.
This may be the best crash scene in all of Trek. It was spectacular. And yes, Khan destroyed Alcatraz while he was on the way down.
Spock was pretty sure that Khan would make it out alive — and he was right. Sulu zoomed the viewers onto the Vengeance just in time to see Khan leap out of the saucer section and slide out. Uhura, who was in tears, told Spock to “go get him.”
The angry Vulcan beamed down, and the chase and battle was on. It was wonderful. I think the best humanoid on humanoid chase seen in all of Trek. They fought on some sort of flying construction equipment.
Back on the Enterprise, the tribble, which McCoy was playing with, came back to life.
Meanwhile, Spock tried the Vulcan neck pinch and a mind meld to slow down Khan, but nothing seemed to work. Khan was beating Spock until Uhura showed up and shot Khan a bunch of times. Then Spock gained the upper hand.
McCoy called down to say that he needed Khan alive so they could save Kirk. At this point, Spock was beating on Khan (like Ralphie beat on Scut Farkus in A Christmas Story), but Uhura got him to stop.
Thanks to Khan’s super-blood, McCoy brought Kirk back. Spock was in the room also, allowing Kirk to thank him. The screen faded to a warehouse somewhere packed with torpedoes. As the camera panned back, we saw the final one housed Khan — the great and powerful! Funny that he survived in this version of the story. Perhaps the producers thought they’d bring him back for a threequel. But after the public outrage of the casting, that will likely never happen.
We then saw Kirk speaking in front of pretty much everyone in Starfleet, as they rechristened the U.S.S. Enterprise. At the end of his speech, Kirk said that when Pike gave him command, the old admiral made Kirk recite the lines from the Captain’s Oath:
“Space. The final frontier. These are voyages of the Starship Enterprise. Her five-year mission, to explore strange new worlds… to seek out new life and new civilizations. To boldly go where no one has gone before.”
Finally, audiences are treated to a few last moments before Kirk, Spock, and the rest of the crew launch a fixed-up Enterprise on its five-year mission. As Bones complained of going out for five years, Carol said she was glad to be a part of the Enterprise family. Kirk ordered Sulu to take them out.
TREK REPORT SUPPLEMENTAL:
I very much enjoyed Into Darkness! I realize that many people had problems with borrowing from the previous Star Trek II, but I was fine with it. People do the same stuff in different universes, I supposed. Khan was terrible in both.
In a way, this film was much like TOS, as it tackled real world problems in the guise of the 23rd Century and space. Khan was essentially Osama bin Laden; Starfleet, was the United States. Admiral Marcus trying to wield more power was like the politicians who created the Patriot Act in response to bin Laden. Some felt that those new governmental powers were too much. The destruction of Starfleet Headquarters was not unlike the destruction of the Pentagon.
Without getting into all of that, S.T.:I.D. was a lot of fun, action-packed, and had plot twists and turns. The effects, music, sets, production design, and everything were very, very good. Like any movie, it was not perfect, and they could have omitted some of the scenes that irked the old Trekkies, and it still could have been a great film.
RATING: 4 out of 5
CREDITS
Directed by J.J. Abrams Written by Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, and Damon Lindelof Based upon “Star Trek” created by Gene Roddenberry Produced by Abrams, Bryan Burk Produced by Damon Lindelof Produced by Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman
Executive Producer … Jeffrey Executive Producers … David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, Paul Schwake Director of Photography … Dan Mindel, ASC, BSC Production Designer … Scott Chambliss
Edited by Mary Jo Markey, ACE; Maryann Brandon, ACE Music by Michael Giacchino
Costume Designer … Michael Kaplan Visual Effects Supervisor … Roger Guyett Visual Effects Producer … Ron Ames Co-producers … Tommy Harper, Tommy Gormley Co-producers … Michelle Rejwan, Ben Rosenblatt
Casting by April Webster, CSA; Alyssa Weisberg, CSA
Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions present A Bad Robot Production A J.J. Abrams film
Unit Production Manager … Tommy Harper First Assistant Director … Tommy Gormley Second Assistant Director … Ian Calip
Leonard Nimoy
CAST
Kirk … Chris Pine Spock … Zachary Quinto Uhura … Zoe Baldana Bones … Karl Urban Scotty … Simon Pegg Sulu … John Cho Khan … Benedict Cumberbatch Chekov … Anton Yelchin Pike … Bruce Greenwood Marcus … Peter Weller Carol … Alice Eve Thomas Harewoood … Noel Clarke Rima Harew00D … Nazneen Contractor Ensign Brackett … Amanda Foreman Lieutenant Chapin … Jay Scully Ensign Froman … Jonathan H. Dixon Navigation Officer Darwin … Aisha Hinds Science Officer 0718 … Joseph Gatt Lead Nibiran … Jeremy Raymond Nibiran … Tony Guma Madeline … Kimberly Broumand KLINGONS … Sean Blakemore, Nick E. Tarabay Captain Abbot … Beau Billingslea Keenser … Deep Roy Lucille Harewood … Anjini Taneja Azhar Doctor … Jack Laufer Girls … Katie Cockrell, Kellie Cockrell Cupcake … Jason Matthew Smith George Kirk … Chris Hemsworth Winona Kirk … Jennifer Morrison U.S.S. Enterprise Shuttle Ensign … Seth Ayott Torpedo Security … Marco Sanchez Uniformed Mercenary … Lee Reherman U.S.S. Vengeance Officers … Scott Lawrence, Usman Ally U.S.S. Vengeance Bridge Officers … Nolan North, James Hiroyuki Liao U.S.S. Vengeance Ensign … Rob Moran Btarfleet Admirals … Berit Francis, Akiva Golosman, Benjamin P. Binswanger Transport Officer … Christopher Doohan U.S.S. Enterprise Bridge Crew … Andy Demetrio, Gianna Simone, Rene Rosario, Jacquelynn King, Long Tran, Ninegning Deng, Jodi Johnston Lady V … Colleen Harris U.S.S. Enterprise Security … Jeffrey Chase U.S.S. Enterprise Nurse … Monisola Akiwowd Shuttle Pilot … Paul K. Daniel U.S.S. Enterprise Red Shirt … Ser’ Darius Blain Moto … Heather Langenkamp U.S.S. Enterprise Crew … David C. Waite Bar Girl … Melissa Paulo San Francisco Woman … Cynthia Addai-Robinson San Francisco Bar Patron … Drew Grey U.S.S. Vengeance Security … Douglas Weng San Francisco Residents … Charlie Haugk, Max Chernov, Marc Primiani, Jesper A. Inglis Nibiru Children … Jacob Rhodes, Kentucky Rhodes Shaku… Anthony Wilson Starfleet Ceremonial Guard … Eric Greitens, Melissa Steinman, Adam Mccann, Jon Orvasky Starfleet Memorial Admirals … Gerald W. Abramb, James H. Mcgrath Jr.
Additional Voices … Brian T. Delaney Arlen Escarpeta Chris Gardner Joe Hanna David Acord Joe Moses Kevin Michael Richardson David Sobolov Matthew Wood Fred Tatascidre Kiff Vandenhuevel Julianne Buescher Elle Newlands Candice Renee Audrey Wasilewski Emily Towers Gina Hirsch Bill Hader
Choreographer … Sarah Elgart Assistant Choreographer … Andrea Shermoly Stunt Coordinator … John Stoneham, Jr. Fight Choreographer … Marcus Young
Stunts … Daniel Arrias Brian Avery Sala Baker Marco Bianco Chris Brewster Rich Cetrone Martin De Boer Thomas Dewier Brennan Dyson Dane Farwell Ryan Gray Mike Gunther Trevor Habberstad Dean Hart Charles Ingram Brett Jones Dave Lane Malobi Leonard Bethany Levy Kurt Ldtt Curtis Lyons Mike Massa Rex J. Reddick Tanoai Reed Monty Simons Brian Simpson Daniel Stevens C.C. Taylor Steve Upton Cord Walker Nico Woulard
Aerial Pilots … Cliff Fleming, Cory Fleming, David Calvert-Jones
CREW
Production Supervisor … Michelle Brattson Production Controller … Chris Furia Supervising Art Director … Ramsey Avery Visual Effects Art Director … James Clyne Art Directors … Kasra Farahani • Michael E. Goldman • Andrew E. W. Murdock • Harry E. Otto • Lauren Polizzi On-Set Art Director … Jason Baldwin Stewart Set Decorator … Karen Manthey Assistant Set Decorator … Amanda Moss Serino “A” Camera/Steadicam Operator … Colin Anderson “B’ Camera Operator … Phil Carr-Forster “C” Camera Operator … John Skotchdopole Librahead Technicians … John Bonnin • Adam Austin First Assistant Photographers … Serge Nofield • Keith B. Davis Second Assistant Photographers … Simon England • Anorae Crawford • Robert Campbell Imax Technician … Tim Lovasen Film Loaders … Kristen Correll • Justin Zaffiro Script Supervisor … Dawn Gilliam Sound Mixer … Peter J. Devlin, C.A.S. Boom Operator … David Fiske Raymond Cable Person … Scott Bolan Video Operator … Daniel P. Moore Video Assists … Peter Taylor • Michael J. Davis • Tom Loewy Chief Liohting … Christopher Prampin Technician Assistant Chief Lighting Technician … Mark Hadland Chief Rigging Electrician … John Manocchia Assistant Chief Rigging Electrician … Anthony T. Ofria Fixtures Foreperson … Mike Visencio Dimmer Operators … Joshua Thatcher • Scott Barnes Electricians … Patrick R. Hoeschen • Hootly Weedn • Jimmy Ellis • Hal Groshon Rigging Electricians … Kevin Lang • Edward J. Cox • Dickinson Luke • Ralph Johnson • Robert Allen • Gomidas Semerjian • Jerome Ward • John Cybulski Fixtures Technicians … Michael Lyon • George Lozano, Jr. • Sean Roberts • Damon Liebowitz • Eric Davis Generator Operator … Ted Basso First Company Grip … Charley Gilleran Second Company Grip … Andrew Taylor First Company Rigging Grip … Kevin Fahey Second Company Rigging Grip … Scot Hatley Dolly Grip Operators … Brad Rea • Mike Moao • Dj Tedesco Rigging Grip Forepersons … Carlos De Palma • Michael Hester • Don Telles Grips … Mark Wojciechowski • Thomas Watson • Cameron Thorburn • Clayton Fowler Rigging Grips … James Hughes • Andrew Sykes • David A. Gonzalez • Jose Gonzalez Technocrane Operators … Brian Mcpherson • Jason Conmay Special Effects Supervisor … Burt Dalton Special Effects General Foreperson … Dale Ettema Special Effects Forepersons … Gintar Repecka • Terry P. Chapman • Albert Delgado Special Effects Shop Forepersons … David Greene • James Henry Pyro Forepersons … Anthony Simonaitis • William Aldridge Set Pyrotechnics … Blumes Tracy Special Effects Ripping Foreperson … William G. Curtis Tool Person … Chris Adams Assistant Chief Rigging … Christopher Jones Mechanical Engineer … Douglas M. Call! Electrical Engineer … Arnold E. Peterson Special Effects Technicians … Michael D. Roundy • Ronald Goldstein Supervising Location Manager … Becky Brake Location Manager … Stephen Woroniecki Assistant Location Managers … Kathy Mccurdy, Lmga • Peter Gluck• Golden Rob Swenson • Leo A. Fialho • Christina Beaumont • Scott Trimble Property Master … Andrew M. Siegel Assistant Property Masters … Josue Rodriguez • Chela Fiorini Props … Melissa Harrison • William P. Mcginley • David Eland • Paul J. Preshaw Ii Lead Persons … Scott Scibbitt • Eric Ramirez Set Dresser … Richard Andrade • Greg Lynch • Robert Sica • Anne Tobin On-Set Dresser … Merdyce Mcclaran Set Designer … Robert Fechtman Prop Shop Supervisor … Damon Allison Set Decoration Models By … Quantum Mechanix Assistant Costume Designer … Ann Foley Costume Supervisor … James Tyson Key Costumer … Dawn Y. Line
Costumers … Corey Deist Stacy L Tyson Lauren Pratto Gillian Waterman Kiersten Ronninei Betsy Glick Julie Lauritzen Sean Haley Stacia Lang Bill Traetta Joseph Richard Collins Karine Avakyan Kacy Treadway Laurel M. Taylor Karen Mason Mila Hermanoski Jen Starzyk
Set Costumers … Myron Baker • Lisa A. Doyle • Antonio Almaraz • Jason M. Moore Cutter/Fitter … R.A. Hossie Table Persons … Patrick J. Rogers • Mary Jegalian • Varsenik Vicky Antonyan • Hermine Kedssian Drapers … Heather Vandergriff • Teresa Jimenez • Hasmib Karabiosian Tailors … Francisco Mares • Luis Jimenez • Jorge Hernandez • Julio Medina • Juan Carlos Jimenez Dyer/Textile Artist … Phyllis Thurber-Moffitt Textile Artists … Dennis Mccarthy • Matt Reitsma Milliners … Jill Tomomatsu • Jill Thraves Costume Illustrators … Keith Christensen • Phillip Joseph Boutte Jr. • Constantine Serkis Specialty Costumes By … Film Illusions, Inc. Creatures Created By … Afx Studio Creature Desirn By … Neville Page Makeup Department Head … David Leroy Anderson Assistant Makeup Department Head … Deborah Patino Rutherford Makeup Artists … Karen Iverson • Vera Steimberg • Jamie Kelman • Brian Sipe • Scott Wheeler Hair Department Head … Mary L. Mastro Assistant Hair Department Head … David Danon Key Hairstylist … Janine Rath-Thompson Hairstylists … Sheryl Blum • Michele Payne First Assistant Editors … Julian Smirke Rita Dasilva Assistant Editors … Matt Evans • Robert Stambler • Nathan Orloff • Evan Schiff Visual Effects Editor … Martin Allan Kloner Assistant Visual Effects Editor … Kerry Joseph Blackman Previs Editor … Adam Berstel Post Production Supervisor … Jessica Parks Post Production Assistants … Ailene Roberts • Carson Horvath • Anahuac Valdez 3D Producer … Phelicia Sperrazzo 3D Coordinator … Alicia Drury 3D Assistant Coordinator … Tony Damjanov Playback/Graphics Manager … Cindy Jones Supervising Engineer … Monte Swann Operative Supervisors … Jared A. Rosen • Dave Landaker Video Projectionist … Dan Murbarder Production Coordinators … Jenny Sandell • Nick Jordan Assistant Production Coordinators … Sara Bartkiewicz • David Heffler Production Secretaries … George J. Hrico • Sean Gerace Digital Asset Manager … Blake Fabian It Consultant … Derek Woods Second Second Assistant Director … Kevin O’neil Dga Trainees … Kathleen Dome • Sally Edwards Casting Associate … Erica Silverman Casting Assistant … Jessica Sherman Background Casting … Maryellen Aviano Unit Publicist … Heidi Falconer Stills Photographers … Zade Rosenthal • Jaimie Trueblood First Assistant Accountants … Gene Strange • Jamie Oad010 Second Assistant Accountants … Jerry Carville • Tauren Deatherag • Dee Benardello • Jason De Meo • J.P. Arias • Peter Woods Payroll Accountant … Irene Naydichev Assistant Payroll Accountant … Brian Cote Payroll Clerk … Patrick O’connor Construction Accountant … Marisol Jimenez Assistant Construction Accountant … Talia Leone Location Accountant … Susana Ines Fatitirini Visual Effects Associate Producer … Tj Falls Visual Effects Plate Coordinator … Chris Antonini Visual Effects Data Wranglers … Jason Chen • Andy Halseth • John Tyler Ott Visual Effects Assistant Data Wrangler … Peter Tobyansen, Jr. Visual Effects Assistants … Jennifer Ivy • Diane Codte Assistants To Mr. Abrams … Ryan Parrot • Morgan Dameron • Gina Atwater Assistants To Mr. Burk … Max Taylor • Alex Leibowich Assistant To Mr. Lindelof … Josie Kavadoy Assistant To Mr. Kurtzman … Kim Cavyan Assistant To Mr. Orci … Ben Kim Assistant To Mr. Chernov … Cindy Marcari Assistant To Mr. Ellison … Bill Bost Assistant To Ms. Goldberg … Matt Grimm Assistant To Mr. Schnake … Natalie Masciale
PRIODUCTION ASSISTANTS … MARK KENNY KYLE MUSSELMAN BRIAN RUNNELS KATIE ANDERSON KRISTEN BCHRECK DANIEL BAXTER CHRIS BRYANT JESSICA HICKAM MARCELA COTO CAREY FIELD ANDREW STAHL ERIN LEVINE RYAN J. PEZDIRC TERI BARBER JACOB BRADEB HOLLY FIELD JESSICA MCMUNN ADAM REJWAN AARON JACKSON SHAWN D. BRONSON CALLIE ANDREADIS SARAH SNYDER EMILY HOANG ANNA LEAH SELTZER SAMANTHA DEWEY-GARTNER AILENE ROBERTS JAIME MENSUAL ALI MCGEE SKYE STEWART-SHORT LILY FE1TIS LAUREN WARNER GILLIAN HADLAND KEVIN HOULIHAN DAVID KARP KELLY BERTHOLD
Post Production Sound Service by SKYWALKER SOUND, A Lucasfilm Ltd. Company, Marin County, California
Supervising Sound Editor/Sound Designer … Ben Burtt Supervising Sound Editor … Matthew Wood Re-Recording Mixer … Andy Nelson Re-Recording Mixer/Additional Sound Designer … Will Files Additional Re-Recording Mixer … James Bolt Additional Sound Designer/Sound Effects Editor … David Acord Sound Effects Editors … Malcolm Fife • Dustin Cawood • Pascal Barneau Dialogue Editors … Cheryl Nardi • Steve Slanec Adr Editor … Stuart Mccowan Foley Editors … Kevin Sellers • Frank Rinella Assistant Supervising Sound Editor … Coya Elliott Assistant Sound Editor … Trey Turner Foley Artists … Sean England • Ronni Brown Oley Mixer … Tony Eckert Foley Recordist … Clint Smith Assistant Re-Recording Mixer … Tony Villaflor Recordists … Danielle Dupre • Ryan Cole Re-Recording Engineer … Tom Lalley Engineering Services … Doug Ford • Brian Long Digital Editorial Services … Danny Caccavo • Ryan Frias • Bonnie Wild Post Production Sound Accountant … Renee Russo Post Production Facilities Provided By … 20Th Century Fox Studios Music Editors … Alex Levy • Ramiro Belgarot Assistant Music Editor … Paul Apeloren Music Orchestrated And Conducted By … Tim Simonec Music Score Coordinator … Ndrea Datzman Additional Orchestrations Sy … Brad Dechter • Norman Ludwin • Andrea Datzman • Cameron Patrick • Larry Kenton • Marshall Bowen • Susie Benchabil Seiter Music Preparation … Booker White Orchestra Contractor … Reggie Wilson Vocal Contractor … Bobbi Page Music Recorded And Mixed By … Joel Iwataki Scoring Engineer … Denis St. Amand Recordist … Tim Lauber Scoring Stage Managers … Tom Steel • Christine Sirois Pro Tools Engineer … Incent Cirilli Additonal Score Preparation … Marshall Bowen • David Giuli • Jeff Kryka Music Recorded And Mixed At … Newman Scoring Stage, 20th Century Fox Music Consultant … George Drakoulias Assistant To Mr. Giaccsino … Dave Martina Assistant Art Directors … Steve Christensen • Natasha Derasimova Art Department Coordinators … Christine Youngstrom • Andrea Carter
SET DESIGNERS … LORRIE CAMPBELL KEVIN CROSS ANNE PORTER EASTON SMITH JOHN CHICHESTER TEX KADONAGA ANDREW REEDER RANDALL WILKINS TIMOTHY CROSHAW TAMMY S. LEE SCOTT BCHNEIOER JANE WOO
Graphic Designer … Clint Schultz Concept Modelmakers … Eff Frost • Jason Mahakian Modelmaker … Dan Engle Illustrators … Ryan Church • John Eaves • Victor Martinez • Steven Messing • Christopher Ross • Nathan Schroeder Construction Coordinator … Chris Snyder Construction Buyer … John Moore Construction General Foreperson … Dale Snyder Construction Forepersons … Stephen Andrew Ginoorf • Andy Wedemeyer • Gerry Forrest • Jeffrey A. Brooks • Jerrold F. Brooks • Paul H. Roberts • Dennis Richardson Propmaker Forepersons … Garry Bailey • Eirik Stout • Billy Liamb, Jr. • Pete Anderson Staff Shop Supervisor … Michael Carroll Labor Supervisor … Scott Lodwig Labor Foreperson … Lou Economides • Eddie Esparza Paint Supervisor … Hank Giardina Paint Forepersons … Neil Rust • Louie Esparza, Jr. • Erika Gray Plaster Foreperron … Adam L Barker Lead Sculptor … Fred Arbegast Tool Persons … Fredric Meininger • William Lodwig Greens Supervisor … Jason Vanover On-Set Painter … Andy Flores Electronic Prop Shop Supervisor … Tom Pahk Electronic Prop Shop Forepersons … Cory Faucher • Thomas Pelton Ii Electronic Prop Shop Technicians … Lee Ford Parker • Bruce Gidoens • Robin Reilly • Clark James • Jane Kilkenny • Ivan Drehspul • Thomas Zell Picture Car Coordinator … Tim R. Woods Transportation Coordinator … Tommy Tancharoen Transportation Captains … Thomas Whelpley • Rock Leroy Transportation Dispatcher … Lori Maxwell Language Consultant … Britton Watkins Medics … Kevin A. Canamar • Michael D. Hird • Nicholas Tolmasov Craft Service … Michael Kehoe • James Kehoe • Randy Schwiesow • Eric Winn Catering by … Gala Catering
SECOND UNIT
Second Unit Director … Roger Guyett Production Supervisor … Cory Bennett Lewis First Assistant Director … Clark Creole Second Assistant Director … Francesco Tignini Second Second Assistant Director … Aaron C. Fitzgerald Director Of Photography … Bruce Mccleery ‘A’ Camera/Steadican Operator … Andrew Rowlands ‘B’ Camera Operator … Dale Myrano First Assistant Photographers … Nino Neuboeck • Bob Hall Second Assistant Photographers … Rodney Sandoval • Dan Schroer Film Loader … Roxanne Stephens Script Supervisors … Lisa Mcneil • Vanessa R. Meier Assistant Production Office Coordinators … Charlotte Rapak • Mo Stemen Costumer … Donna Pollack Chief Lighting Technician … Michael Ambrose Assistant Chief Lighting Technician … Paul Howard Dimmer Operator … Benoit Richard Electricians … Shawn Duchscherer • John J. Mcgonegle • Greg Reyher • Daniel Controneo First Company Grips … Joseph Macalliso • Peter Chrimes Second Dolly Grip … Michael Travers Dolly Grip … Michael Wahl Grips … Douglas L Wall • Ryan Louden • Robert Nelson • Glen Purdy Sound Mixer … David Wyman Boom Operator … Tom Caton Special Effects Foreperson … Jd Schwalm Vioeo Playback … Gary P. Martinez Production Assistants … Kyle Mlodzik • Robert Parker Clemente • Christian Labarta Transportation Captain … Brett Round
ILM Visual Effects Co-Supervisor … Patrick Tubach ILM Visual Effects Producer … Luke O’Byrne Ilm Animation Supervisor … Paul Kavanagh Ilm Visual Effects Art Director … Yanick Dusseault Ilm Associate Visual Effects Supervisor … Patric Roos
VISUAL EFFECTS AND ANIMATION BY INDUSTRIAL LIGHT & MAGIC A LUCASFILM LTD. COMPANY
Digital Production Supervisor … Michael Bauer CG Supervisors … Daniel Pearson • Robert Weaver Compositing Supervisor … Jay Cooper Digital Matte Supervisor … Barry Williams Digital Model Supervisor … Bruce Holcomb Viewpaint Supervisor … Ron Woodall Creature Supervisor … Karin Cooper Layout Supervisor … Tim Oobbert Roto And Paint Supervisor … Trevor Hazel Stereo Supervisor … Sean Mackenzie Singapore Compositino Supervisors … Dave Dally • Alex Prichard Visual Effects Editor … Lorelei David Singapore Visual Effects Producer … Stuart Mcara Location Associate Visual Effects Supervisor … Eddie Pasquarello Lead Artists … Damian Doennig Thomas Fejes Jean-Denis Haas Sherry Hitch Onorej Kubicek Ben O’brien Jerome Platimaux Adrien Saint Girons Greg Salter Alex Tropiec Lee Uren Pieter Warmington Todd Vaziri Visual Effects Production Managers … Brian Barlettani • Lauren Carara • Karen Kelly • Cheng Pei Shan Digital Artists … Michael Allen Natalie Baillie Chris Bayz Catherine Burrow Can Chang Jane Chen Marko Chulev Christopher Oderhoff David Fish David Gottlieb Michael Halsted Noel Hocquet Jiri Jacknowitz Dean Koonjul Yadchenb Lam Keith Leung Patrik Marek Shuwan Mok Cameron Neilson Wodn Chi Ong Ben Radcliffe Gianni Aliotti Banthoshi Balabubramanian Florin Soieriu Owen Calouro Kai Chang Amelia Chenoweth Chase Cooper C. Michael Easton Timothy Gibbons Jeff Grebe Jeff Hatchel Bryan Horvat Jennifer Kim Michal Kriukow David Larochelle Lyon Liew Simon Marinof James Mohan Jia Hao Ng Phil Pham Wajid Raza Jessica Alcorn Jacobo Barreiro Dominguez Siksit Bodnyodom Christian Castaneda Mark Chataway Kathy Chi Sonia Contreras Selwyn Eddy Iii John Goodson Branko Grujcic Jaime Jabs° Hernandez Jen Howard Stephen Kind Markus Kuha Yann Larochette Richard Lim Mei Ganowen Timothy Mueller Lavanya Nobishwaran Jason Porter Megan Rible Siau Yene And Sam Bassett Sean Bittinger Karhoe Chan Chin Chee Cheah Terry Chostner Peter Daulton Will Eleidale Azzard Gordon Indira Guerrieri Neil Herzinger Kumboon Hwang Jean Le Koh Serena Lam Martin Larrivee Lod Kim Lim Joseph Metten Myles Murphy Richard Oey Christin Dliek Greg Rochon Petr Rohr Amanda Ronai Christopher Root Thomas Schaedlich Maureen Seng Amit Sharma Kodeeswaran Shensagaram Mark Siegel Soh Wee Lian Lionel Taillens Brikalyan Tallapradada Chin Kok Tan Janice Tan Jeffery Tan Roy Tan Tang Lai Lin Masahiko Tani Tay Chin Wong Chad Taylor Jeremie Touzery Alan Travis Yusei Uesugi Martin Usiak Jeff Vacant! Marion Voignier Yong Yong How Colie Wertz Eddy Wong Gary Wu Mark Youngren Dean Yorke Production Coordinators … Andrew Ewert • Pei San Kang • Pei’an Lau • Winston Ng Concept Artist … Chris Bonura Production Support … Cathleen Carden • Jennifer Coronado • Marie Gruet • Derek Johnson • Koh Yishan • Bhakti Patwardhan • Linli Lim • Rebecca Teo Technical Support … Alexander Bess • Adam Ferrall-Nunge • Chee Jun Ghai • Jason Holt • Yeo Keng Hong • David Lenihan • David Marte • Albin Ng • Erik Pampel • Jason Snell • Delan Tai ILM Visual Effects Executive Producer … Jill Brooks ILM Executive Staff … Vicki Dobbs-Beck • Samir Noon • Janet Lewin • Gretchen Libby
Visual Effects By … Pixomondo Visual Effects Supervisor … Ben Grossmann Visual Effects Producer … Richard Ivan Mann On-Set Visual Effects Supervisor … Alex Henning Dismal Effects Supervisor … Adam Watkins Compositins Supervisor … Dan Cobbett Division Visual Effects Supervisors… David Burton Jorn Groohans Saku Partamies Simon Carr Thomas Lautenbach Urs Franzen Sven Martin Michael Wortmann Division Visual Effects Producers … Oliver Arnold Pam Hammarlund Christoph Malessa Laura Fitzpatrick Annika Hirsch Franzisca Puppe Sabrina Gerhardt Jing Li Christoph Zollinger Global Vfx Coordinators … Tommy Furukawa • Perry Kain Visual Effects Editor … Brian Miller Visual Effects Stereoscopic Supervisor … Del Depierro Compositino Td … Tzuen Wu Division Compositing Supervisor … Jan Adamczyk Division Compositing Leads … Micah Gallagher • Mathew Giampa • Noll Linbangan • Igor Majdandzic • Stephan Schafholz Compositors … Xuzhen An Marco Castellani Larkin Flynn Ebru Gonul Niko Junge Wing Kwok Dirk Matzkuhn Christian Pundschub David Vivaldini David Zaretti Zheng Bad Michael Dohne Florian Franke Falk Hofmann Markus Kircher John Bowers Denny Ertanto Fend Gao Dartaydus Hunter Ivan Kokov Yu Li Oian Li Christophe Me-17 Gonzalo Fernandez Moyand Thomas Martin Tallosy Jonas Thorbroi3Ge Soren Volz Yanlin Wang John Brubaker Kelly Fischer Tobias Gerdtb Chao Jiang Patrick Kreuser Anthony Lyons Aymeric Perceval Daniel Trezise Lonni Wong Anton Zheltyakov CG Supervisor … Enrico Damm Division Lighting Leads … Rens Heeren • Benny Herliciek • Hansoo Im • Jonas Noll • Jiabin Tan • Tong Tran Lighters … Ilya Astrakhan Sergej C. Eichmann Erik Fernando Christof Muller Christian Bahr David R. Espinoza Kevin George Manuel Rico-Freire Fikret Yildirim Jurgen Billstein Daniel Fazel Johannes Grob Tild Spalke CG Artists … Sareth Stevenson • Emerick Tacketit • Vit Zelich Modelers … Darrell Abney • Simon Brenner • Alexander Chiles • Marcos De Barros Animation Supervisor … Sebastian Butenberg Animators … Florian Friedmann • Berter Orpak • Bastian Wartenberg Effects Supervisors … Pieter Mentz • Patrick Schuler Effects Artists … Uli Baier • Andreas Bundenthal • Andy Byrne • Kevin Kim • Johanes Kurnia • Leon Loukeris • Dino Muhic • Danielle Romero Look Development Artists … Max Riess • Duo-Fend Tans Matte Painters … Damien Mace • Knuth Mode • Greg Szafranski • Bruno Werneck Matchmove Supervisor … Steven Hansen Division Matchmove Supervisors … Lianne Forbes • Martin Jurado Matchmovers … Wenyi He • Dominik Moller • Ian Northrop • Johannes Weir • Edward Yu • Wei Zhans • Peng Zhang Roto/Paint Artists Supervisor … Lance Ranzer Roto/Paint Artists … Annalyn Betinol • Jason Bono • Wally Chin • Trea Cott0N • Bradley Gaines • Duff Chung-Pu Hsiao • Justin Pascal • Crystle D Schrecengost • Dongyue Yang TD … Le Zhang Visual Effects Coordinators … Mona Mohr • Trina Renee • Marlies Schacherl • Adrian Steel • Yinai Sun • Shanshan Xie • Yunrong Yu • Momo Zhan Visual Effects Global Production Manager … Natasha Dzoux Visual Effects Executive Producers … Thilo Kuther • Christian Vogt
Visual Effects/Titles/Digital Intermediate By … Kelvin Optical, Inc. Visual Effects Supervisor … Adam Gerstel Digital Intermediate Supervisor … Juan Ignacio Cabrera Main Title Design By … Andrew Kramer Flame Artist … Brian Battles Senior Compositors … Olaf Wenot • Tim Ledoux • Ken Littleton Compositors … Dave Woleeiemuth • Michael Jackson • Brian Begun Roto Artists … Andy Halseth • Lauren Hulsey • Carlos Rosario CG Animation … Brandon Fayette Digital Artists … Alexander Alexandrdv • Vintila Stefan Marius • Dustin Hudson • Fabian Buckreus • Robert Hommel • Robertino Hertz • Sergio Gil • Thorbten Hary Digital Intermediate Producer … Erin M. Davis Production Support … Andrew Lee • Josh Tate • Dave Codeglia • James Codeglia • Chris Tonick • Zack Rosenblatt Operations Manager … Beth Waisler
Visual Effects And Animation By … Atomic Fiction Visual Effects Supervisor … Kevin Baillie Digital Art Director … Chris Stoski Comporitins Supervisor … Woei Hsi Lee Visual Effects Producer … Dale Taylor Visual Effects Coordinators … Ayse Dedeoglu Arkali • Deandra Stone Computer Graphics Supervisor … Mauricid Baiocchi Animation Supervisor … Jenn Emberly Lead TD … Jim Gibbs TD’s … Brian Freisinber • David Dame • Nestor Pradd • Anselm Von Seherr-Thoss Matte Painters … Mat Gilson • Darin Hilton • Annemieke Loomis Hutchins • Leon Kogan Digital Compositors … Youjin Choung • Aidan Fraser • Jedediah Smith • Mike Terpstra Lead Developer … Alex Schworer Visual Effects Editor … Alma Simonds Production Assistant … Cindy Lin Visual Effects Executive Producer … Sandra Scdtt
Interactive Technology Design & Graphics By … 00011 Future Technology Designer … W. Kent Demaine Lead Designer … Jorge Almeida Interactive Technolory Designer … David August Producer … Jennifer Sims Motion Graphics Artists … Rudy Vessup • Slaise Kyle Hossain • Paul Luna 3D Artists … David Schoneveld • Andrew Tamandl 3D Conversion By … Stereo D Stereo Executive Producers … William Sherak • Aaron Parry • Mike Gunter • Mike Bodkin Head Of Stereography … Graham D. Clark Stereo Producer … Adam Schardein Stereographer … Brian Taber Stereo Supervisor … David Phillips Finaling Supervisor … Russell Mccoy Stereo Production Supervisor … Jessica Smith Roto Supervisor … Bryan Higgins Chief Technical Officer … Kuniaki Izumi Head Of Software Development … Scott F. Johnston Head Of Information Technology … Bryan Sauna Stereoscopic Post Executive … Milton Adamdu VP Of International Production Services … Prafull Bade Stereo Editorial Supervisor … Derek N. Prusak Senior Stereo Editor … Greg Emerson Stereo Editor Assistant … Michael G. Buck Stereo Editors … Adrian Scherger Vfx Manager … Charles Giarratano Ingest Manager … Bryan Burger Roto Manager … Andrea Stephens Finaling Manager … Tim Johnson Creative Services Manager … Lindsey Kaiser Operations Manager … Deborah Selz Stereo Production Coordinators … Todd Hoppmeyer • Jeffrey Stewart • Rebecca Kramp • Andrew Eick • Javier Paz Production Assistants … Adam Fisk • Paul Ingegnari • Tennille Alcindor • Dane Bergerson • Matt Gill • Pat O’riley • Rebecca Andersen • Erik Barnes • Emma Sherrie Depth Leads … Reginald Harber • Jeremiah Finn • Patrick Falenofoa • Tim Latham • David Maldonado • Brian Fanska • Farzad Namojod Sr. Depth Artists … Anjel Alcaraz • Tony Noel • Carlos Mendoza • Ted Sandifer Depth Artists … Carlos Zapien • David Miller • Francisco Estrada • James Davis • Jeffrey Warnhoff • Kevin Sallesly • Michelle Hunt • Peter Cromwell • Priscilla Landerer • Travis Fruci • Aaron Beyer • Alan De Castro • Cody Poag • Oavid Blythe • Gerardo Navarro • John Trotter • Monica Castro • Peter Newbauer • Tasha Lyn Carlson • Vincent Rosas • Peter Newbauer • Carol Vanhook • Dustin Blame • Francisco Estrada • Kevin Gallegly • Max Funke • Priscilla Landerer • Juan Ferra • Katie Hamberger Roto Leads … Daniel Schrepf • Emily Francione • Adnan Siodioue • Marvin Yanez Sr. Roto Artists … Ian Kelly • Raphael Oseguera Roto Artists … Hung Le • Kate Hupp • Levon Oemirjian • Lisa Rogolsky • Demetrios Patsiaris • Ezra Pike • Maggie Balacd • Chris Ci’mahony • Naran Naidoo • Alicia Heraper • Alfredo Scheker • Dena Massenberg • Jen Sorensen • Juan Alvarez Finaling Leads … Chris Terry • Prasanna Kodapadi • Scott Mitchell • Marbella Calvillo • Grant Lee • Rene Dominguez • Dane Dabs Sr. Sr. Finaling Artists … Stanislav Shapetskiy • Jose Rovirosa • Derek Hanson • Jeannie Ben-Hain Finaling Artists … Alvado Landaberde • Jackie Fenton • Jailin Chen • Jay Caguicia • Jose Alcarde • Lala Ghukasyan • Lucas Hull • Megan Mccollum • Michael Colburn • Patrick Reilly • Sari Gennis • Seth Lickiss • Vanessa Lamarche • Galen Caulfield • Dylan Sanchez • Brian Bentley • Jason Cutler • Oamon Martinez • Joshua Deason • Khuong Tran • Gerry Komi • Paul Ruiz • Sebastian Maldonado • Ryan Keely International Production … Sourajit Bhati’acharya • Nikita Adrawal • Yogebh Khedkar • Vishal Jaiswal • Vijaykumar Kadapatii • Sainath M. Shinde • Stephanie L Phira • Shamitha Surendran • Bhavani Shankar Rad International Artists … Saurabh Ramchandra Shingare • Prem Shankar Kumar • Mayank Pandit • Hardik Rathod • Rajesh Nimje • Krunal Tadse • Nebar Ahmad • Dharmenora Nath Verma • Nidhi Sharma • Sherin Varghese • Sashwata Das Vivek • Kumar Singh • Anit Kumar Aman • Srikanth Reddy Jakka • Vishal Tyadi • Ankul Asarwal Hima • Balaji Pindi • Krishna Datta Singh • Faiyazul Haque VFX Lead … Milady Bridges Element Qc Lead … Les Fodr Tracking Lead … Eric Sanford Vfx Artists … Beau Terra • Billy Morrison Element QC … Alex Wolfe • Dennis Serras • Michael Brako • Jimi Clark Tracking Artists … Michael Ligammare • Schuyler Anderson • Ryan Cleveland Technical Support Staff … Val Oela Rosa • Rachel Decker • Sujitkumar Shirkar • William Hamilton • Mike Knox • Dadasaheb Shaikh • Mark Menaker • Thomas Tran • Zachary Rose • Amol Shinde • Mayur Khule • Nitin Nikumbh • Jeckson Edmilad • Niki Patterson Software Development & Pipeline … Christopher Montesano • Yoon Kwan • Charlie Kim • Jonathan Angelo • Joan Sauna • Brogan Ross • Nicholas Haines • Tomas Pulmano • Brian Hawkins • Andrew Dennis • Bruce Lamond • Andy King Analyst … Evan Jackson
Previsualization & Postvisualization … By Halon Entertainment Llc Previs & Postvis Supervisor … Bradley Alexander Previs Supervisor … Daniel D. Gregoire Previs Artists … Ian Adams • Buffy Bailey • Bryan Chojndwbki • Stephen Deane • Kenny Digiordano • Brian Magner • Grant Olin • David Pritchard • Paolo Joel Ziemba • Jerry Zigounakis Postvis Lead … Michael G. Jackson Halon Producer … Patrice Avery
Digital Intermediate Provided By … Company 3 Co3 Executive Producer/Colorist … Stefan Sonnenfeld Additional Color … James Cody Baker Senior DI Producer … Andy Kaplan DI Technologist … Mike Chiadd Color Assistant … Jordan Fox Head Of Production … Devin Sterling Account Executive … Jackie Lee DI Accountant … Ian Sullivan
35Mm/65Mm Film & VFX Dailies By … Fotokem Project Supervisors … Katherine Kane • Jose Parra • Mark Van Horne Dailies Colorists … Brian Kahovec • Robert Tomaszewski Dailies Film Timers … Don Capaferi • Kristen Zimmerman DI Visual Effects Producer … Jason Pelham Film Digitizing, File Based Transcodino By … Nextlab, A Division Or Fotokem Eno Titles by … Scarlet Letters • Ben Schoen/Josh Schoen
SOUNDTRACK ALBUM on VARESE SARABANDE
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Theme From “Star Trek” TV Series Written By Alexander Courage & Gene Roddenberry “Body Movin’ (Fatboy Slim Remix)” Written By Mario Caldato Jr., Michael Diamond, Adam Horovitz, Tito Puente And Adam Vauch Performed By Beastie Boys Courtesy Of Capitol Records, LLC Under License From Universal Music Enterprises “Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven” Written By Don Nix Performed By Albert Kind Courtesy Of Concord Music Group, Inc. “The Growl” Written By J.J. Abrams, Charles Scott, Anne Preven And Kabbia Conway Produced By Charles Scott Performed By Conway Courtesy Of Pulse Recordings Courtesy Of Bad Robot Music And Video, LLC “Ritual” Written By Gerald Fried
The Producers Wish To Thank Siemens Medical Solutions Usa, Inc. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Operated By Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC, For The U.S. Department Of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration. Paramount Pictures Corporation Did Not Receive Any Payment Dr Other Consideration, Dr Enter Into Any Agreement, For The Depiction Of Tobacco Products In This Film. American Humane Association Monitored The Animal Action. No Animals Were Harmed. (Ahad 03780)
