Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) Science!

When you first start thinking about this movie, your thoughts may be reminiscent of the good experience you had at the movie theater or the fun you had when watching it at home, but the longer you think about the film the more you realize about it. I am not trying to say that it wasn't a fun thrill ride that accurately possessed moments of greatness because it did. The problem (beyond several plot discrepancies) is that it is great at first, but then the magic fades.

Many people that have seen the Honest Trailers or How it Should Have Ended videos on YouTube and have already realized that there are several invalid plot points that counteract each other in this film, but to find even more problems all you have to do is go further down the rabbit hole.

For instance, if you are willing to forget about the “super blood” and the personal trans-warp device rendering Star Fleet obsolete then you may already have some other questions pending.

(To preface this part you should know that I am not an astrophysicist)

For instance, when they are shot out of warp they were (according to the dialogue) 237,000 Km away from earth, which is at the Earth-Moon L1 liberation point (which is between the moon and the earth) you may wonder if they would be able to actually fall into earth’s gravitational pull. According to the European Space Agency we know that there is a balance point of gravity between these two masses at 326,000 Km away from earth. At this point you would technically be perfectly balanced between the Earth and Moon. Since they are not far enough away to be at that point, we know they would actually be in the Earth’s gravitational pull where they would be in fact be plummeting toward the earth. Although they would be freefalling toward the earth they would be traveling at a speed which is approximated around tens of Km an hour. .. an hour, so it’s safe to assume they would’ve all been floating there for quite some time. This is math that is technically leaving out the fact that they were thrown out of warp parallel to the earth which means they could have ended up anywhere in the world, but all in all the film has the space mathematics comparable to a Britney Spears music video if even I can disprove them.

Now that you are finished watching the Britney Spears video I think it’s safe to assume we can move on to the actual movie review.

Although you get decent performances from Chris Pine (Kirk) and Zachery Quinto (Spock), both of them are overshadowed by one of the best actors of our time. At this point you should know that I can only be referring to Benedict Cumberbatch (although Karl Urban is probably one of the best supporting actors around). I have been “SHER Locked!” for over 3 years now and have been on this guys’ bandwagon since I first witnessed his performance years ago. He is a star now and he is going to be even better in the years to come. Don’t believe me? Check IMDB, because there is an Oscar with his name on it for at least one of his upcoming films and no one has even seen them yet. That's how confident I am.    

As a film you were moved by the relationship between Kirk and Spock and were happy that it did not come to an end (even though it was by means that are pretty ridiculous). I can't say that I disagree with the critical acclaim it received even though the negative assessments are probably more correct than the positive ones. 

I didn't love all the characters as much as I did from the first film, but that was just because they added people to the bridge without much explanation and I still think that more side characters can be added to the core ones which would enhance the story greatly. It is what made the Star Trek series so great in the first place. 

I used to love Uhura, but she was transformed to an emotion filled mess throughout the film only furthering the stereotype that women can’t keep their emotions in check (or their clothes on: see Carol) even in a professional situation.

Carol: As a man I would be lying if I proclaimed to hate seeing Alice Eve in her underwear, but it was an awkward moment for the film because of how unnecessary it was and could’ve been easily avoidable.

Star Trek: Into Darkness is a fun film with good dialogue. At times, you find yourself enjoying many of the supporting characters like Bones, Sulu, and Scotty even more than the main characters. The ending was a similar to the original Wrath of Khan, but I thought it was moving to see the blooming friendship of Kirk and Spock. All in all, Star Trek was absolutely worth seeing and apart from the science it was able to place you into the atmosphere of the movie quite well.

Also I didn't mind the lens flares because I thought they were used well to create a futuristic environment.