Harry Barber over at TNMC got his hands on a version of JJ Abrams’ Star Trek script. From the description he gives, it doesn’t sound like the shooting script (there’s a major difference involving the death of the villain’s henchman that would have required a solid round of rewrites) but it does give us a look at what some of the deleted scenes on the Blu-ray will reveal (read all about the upcoming disc here).
I’ll run them down, one by one but you’ve got to head on over to TNMC.org and check out the rest of Harry’s article. There’s some fantastic stuff there, if you’re a Star Trek fan. What you’re about to read below is just the tip of the iceberg!
STAR TREK (2009) BLU-RAY DELETED SCENES:
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◦ Spock’s birth – “The thrust of the scene is Spock’s mother Amanda expressing her displeasure with Sarek when he isn’t present for the birth and then doesn’t understand the emotional implications of this. One gets the feeling that this probably happened an awful lot in this relationship. The script then jumps to the scene where Kirk is born, which is where the movie opened.”
◦ Klingons capture Narada – “The opening sequence, which sees the destruction of the USS Kelvin at the hands of Nero and his mining ship the Narada, has an extra bit we didn’t see. While the Narada is trying to recover from being rammed by the Kelvin, bunches of Klingon warbirds decloak and surround it. This leads to a major subplot entirely removed from the final film. More on that later.”
◦ Young Kirk, Johnny and Uncle Frank – “We get a couple of scenes that precede the part of the movie where young Kirk takes a Corvette for a fateful joyride. One shows his older brother storming out of the home of their Uncle Frank, who is clearly not meant to be a nice guy. Mom is apparently in Africa and not expected back for months. Older brother George leaves home, implying along the way that Jim is too much of a rule follower. The next scene shows Jim washing that Corvette under orders from his Uncle. I’d say this section was wisely cut as it adds nothing truly important to the story that isn’t conveyed in the joyriding sequence.”
◦ Amanda and Sarek argue after Spock’s fight – No description
◦ Interrogation and escape from prison – “Next we go the Rura Penthe Klingon Prison Asteroid where Nero and his crew are being held. The Klingons catch someone trying to smuggle Federation maps to him. The Klingons begin to interrogate Nero, during which we learn that he has been there for ten years and hasn’t said a word that whole time. The Klingons have a notebook of his that is full of drawings and calculations relating to Spock and his Jellyfish ship. They decide to use that slug thing we saw Nero using on Captain Pike in the finished film. Apparently they hate being in the dark and will claw their way out of any dark place they’re put, which makes them kind of bad to have in your gut. Nero tries to deal with this torture by focusing on memories of his late pregnant wife. A few scenes later, we see that Nero is so bad ass that he put up with torture just because he had time to kill until Spock finally arrived in the Jellyfish ship. When the time is right Nero busts out with ease. It’s possible this subplot was cut for plausibility issues.”
◦ Sarek and Amanda – No description
◦ Bedroom and Kobayashi Maru (original version) – “The scene where Uhura catches Kirk fooling around with her room mate has a little bit we didn’t see in the final film. Kirk tells Gaila that he sent her a message that she has to open at a precise moment. This is how he hacks the Kobayashi Maru test. It is a virus of sorts that she opens during the test, unleashing it to rewrite the test to be winnable. I’m not exactly sure why this was pulled. The sequence makes a bit more sense like this and would only be a fraction longer.”
◦ Kirk apologizes to the green girl – “There is one more scene later where Kirk mistakes another green girl for Gaila. “
◦ Sarek sees Spock Prime – No description
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