There’s a little-known rule that says that any time Spock Prime gets to talk to new Spock, the movie is counted as possessing time travel under a grandfather clause, even if said movie contained no actual new time travel.

For me, the dark aspects of the movie were nothing but forced melodrama, although it did have great special effects, terrific casting of the principles, and fun Trekker jokes. Those positives, though, weren’t enough to cover up the plot holes and Kirk’s questionable decisions. Good grief, just blast the bad guy with a photon torpedo rather than blasting your way through a bunch of Klingons (who never harmed you) to give the guy a fair trial. And if you don’t do that, at least blast him to bits on the bridge of that dreadnaught.
Michael Main
As you know, I have made a vow never to give you information that could potentially alter your destiny. Your path is yours to walk and yours alone.

Variants

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  1. Star Trek: Into Darkness by Roberto Orci, directed by J. J. Abrams (premiered at an unknown movie theater, Sydney, 23 April 2013).
  2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Roberto Orci
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . directed by J. J. Abrams
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . created by Gene Roddenberry

Indexer Notes

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  1. Credits—from the IMDb
  2. Release—According to CBS News, the premiere was in Sydney on 23 April 2013.