Star Trek
Summary
The friendly relationship between Captain James T. Kirk ( Chris Pine ) and Mr. Spock ( Zachary Quinto ) in J.J. Abrams’Star Trek(2009 ) was modeled after The Beatles ' John Lennon and Paul McCartney , according to co - writer Roberto Orci . Pine and Quinto , along with thecast ofStar Trek(2009 ) , proved that new actors could embody the iconic characters to begin with toy by William Shatner , Leonard Nimoy , and the cast of Star Trek : The Original Series . Pine ’s Kirk and Quinto ’s Benjamin Spock ran the gamut , starting off as rivals and coming to blows before team up to salvage Earthand blaze an unbreakable , virtuoso - cross friendship .
To reconceive Captain Kirk and Spock forStar Trek ( 2009 ) , co - writers Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman drew inspiration from The Beatles . InStar Trek(2009 ) ’s alternate Kelvin timeline , Kirk and Spock experience personal tragediesthatWilliam Shatner ’s Kirk and Leonard Nimoy ’s Spockdid not , and this was the Florida key to their bond , just as a similar rearing bring Paul McCartney and John Lennon together to make the most beloved careen stria of all - time . Orci explain Kirk and Spock ’s Lennon and McCartney connection in theStar Trekoral historyThe Fifty - Year Mission : The Next 25 Yearsby Mark A. Altman and Edward Gross . Read Orci ’s quotation mark below :
We looked at John Lennon and Paul McCartney ’s friendship as part of our model for Kirk and Spock when we were writing . They were opposites and they bonded very vernal because they both lose their mothers when they were teens . They might not have actually induce along at the time had it not been for that kind of a James Bond . They were the only ones who understood each other ’s pain , so they were unquestionably an influence on our view of Kirk and Spock . You know , Star Trek and the Beatles were products of the sixties , so sometimes you have to tie it all together . By the manner , Spock is Lennon , because Paul is the optimist who can see through the pain and still keep his chin up . That ’s Kirk . Spock is a picayune more fatalistic with his system of logic , as John Lennon was .
J.J. Abrams ' Star Trek 2009 saw the young Kirk and Spock link force-out to save Earth . A cryptical nose dive into how Star Trek 2009 ended and what it all means .
J.J. Abrams ' Star Trek Movie Trilogy
Release Date
Director
May 8 , 2009
J.J. Abrams
Star Trek Into Darkness
May 6 , 2013
Star Trek Beyond
July 22 , 2016
Justin Lin
How Kirk & Spock Are Different In Star Trek’s Prime Timeline
Strange New Worlds showed how Kirk and Spock met in Star Trek’s Prime universe
Captain James T. Kirk and Spock had different life experiences in the substitute realism of J.J. Abrams’Star Trekthat weremore dramatic and tragic than Kirk and Spock ’s life inStar Trek ’s select universe . In Abrams ' Kelvin timeline , Kirk ’s giving birth was tied to the decease of his begetter , Lieutenant George Kirk ( Chris Hemsworth ) , and Spock witnesses the demolition of the major planet Vulcan and the death of hismother , Amanda Grayson ( Winona Ryder ) . Neither of these life - change issue happened to Kirk and Spock in the Prime timeline , nor did William Shatner ’s Jim and Leonard Nimoy ’s Vulcan begin as closed - fisted rivals before forging their friendship .
In J.J. Abrams’Star Trek , Chris Pine ’s Kirk becomes Captain of the Enterprise in 2258 , at least 7 years before William Shatner ’s Kirk becomes Captain inStar Trek ’s Prime Timeline .
Strange New Worldsseason 2 , sequence 6 , " Lost in Translation " in the end depictedStar Trek’scanonical first merging between the younger Lt . James T. Kirk ( Paul Wesley ) and Lt . Spock ( Ethan Peck ) , and it had none of the emotionally charge tumult seen in J.J. Abrams’Star Trek . Rather , Ensign Nyota Uhura ( Celia Rose Gooding ) introduced Kirk to Spock , and the triad shared drinks on the Starship Enterprise . Yet face of Roberto Orci ’s John Lennon and Paul McCartney comparing still concord for Kirk and Spock no matter of whichStar Trektimeline they exist in .
Star Trek(2009 ) is available to stream on Paramount+ .
Source : The Fifty - Year Mission : The Next 25 eld : From The Next Generation to J. J. Abrams : The sodding , Uncensored , and Unauthorized Oral story of Star Trek
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