Subj : Re: Star Trek (2009) Someone explain this to To : All From : Duggy Date : Tue Nov 15 2011 18:38:59 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos From Address: Paul.Duggan@jcu.edu.au Subject: Re: Star Trek (2009) Someone explain this to me? On Nov 15, 9:10apm, Akira Norimaki wrote: > Duggy wrote: > > On Nov 15, 8:54 pm, Akira Norimaki wrote: > >> Duggy wrote: > >>>> That is the scene where Cadet Kirk, who is a stowaway that is not even > >>>> supposed to be on the ship, is promoted to first officer of Pike's > >>>> Enterprise. aKirk was called on the carpet for cheating on a test > >>>> earlier the same day, which is why he was not even supposed to be on the > >>>> ship... he was supposed to stay behind. > > >>>> McCoy brought Kirk aboard with him, under false pretenses, and here's > >>>> what I don't understand: > > >>>> Why is Kirk being promoted instead of being thrown into the brig? > > >>> Pike likes him. > > >>>> I also don't understand why Spock doesn't demote him and throw him into > >>>> the brig, instead of marooning him. > > >>>> Can any of you explain any of that to me? > > >>> The marooning didn't make much sense. > > >> Agreed, on both. It's a funny ride but the plot is rather pointless. > > > So it's an action film. > > Yeah, pretty much. An action movie in space. It sells. === = DUG. === --- Synchronet 3.15a-Linux NewsLink 1.92-mlp # Origin: http://groups.google.com (1:2320/105.97) * Origin: CCO BBS - capitolcityonline.net:26 (1:2320/105) .