That I could forgive. What bothered me most was Kirk’s entire character arc, which went approximately as follows:
Be a criminal fuck-up with emotional problems.
Become Starfleet cadet (because nepotism?).
Fuck up some more, and mutiny.
???
Get appointed captain?!?!?!?!?!!?!??!?!?!?
Kirk should’ve been thrown out the fucking airlock when Spock had the chance. Or at least ended up court-martialed and in a penal colony.
Oh, and by the way, Scotty invented a teleporter that worked at intersteller distances, which rendered the entire premise of the franchise – TREKKING between STARS – moot!
Theres a huge difference between a “bad boy” and a competent leader that bends the rules to accomplish big picture goals. Bad boys are largely unsustainable and they can only have a redemption arc long term. A bad boy doesn’t reprogram Tue Kobayashi Maru to be the only person ever to succeed. They break the simulator and get a technicality D-.
That I could forgive. What bothered me most was Kirk’s entire character arc, which went approximately as follows:
Kirk should’ve been thrown out the fucking airlock when Spock had the chance. Or at least ended up court-martialed and in a penal colony.
Oh, and by the way, Scotty invented a teleporter that worked at intersteller distances, which rendered the entire premise of the franchise – TREKKING between STARS – moot!
Theres a huge difference between a “bad boy” and a competent leader that bends the rules to accomplish big picture goals. Bad boys are largely unsustainable and they can only have a redemption arc long term. A bad boy doesn’t reprogram Tue Kobayashi Maru to be the only person ever to succeed. They break the simulator and get a technicality D-.