Star Trek prequel coming to the iPhone

Ok then. Apparently J.J. Abrams, who's directing the new Star Trek movie, has worked with some comic book creators to (get this) bring a prequel of the prequel to the small screen before it appears on the big one. Whew. They're releasing a series of iPhone apps, which are actually "mini-comics" telling the pre-story of the movie. And here's where it gets really confusing (and spoilerific): apparently, while the movie is a prequel featuring a young Kirk and Spock, the story's villian is actually a time-traveler from Star Trek: TNG times. Which means the iPhone comics actually star Picard and his TNG crew, and tell the story of the movie's villian, a Romulan named Nero. I originally though the film was a non-canon reboot of the series, but no -- apparently even though we've never seen this era on film before, it is still mean to fit right in the Federation's universe.
Still with us and interested? You actually are a Star Trek fan! (I prefer Star Wars myself.) The comics are going for 99 cents each (you can apparently pick up the same comic in print for $3.99), and are available in the App Store right now.
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I have no idea how much of this is spoilers, but if you want to walk into this summer's Star Trek movie with a completely blank slate of...
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Yes, Nero is originally from the post-Nemesis Star Trek universe, but travels back in time to the pre-Original Series period and starts blowing crap up or what-have-you, essentially creating an alternate Trek timeline as (what thus far appears to be) a grandiose justification for J.J. Abrams & Co. to do exactly what you said â flip the bird at existing canon.
I can see, though, why trying to stay true to 40 years' worth of the stuff, even retroactively for a reboot movie, might make a filmmaker want to throw up his hands in despair and say "screw it, we're doing time travel AGAIN!" :) Sometimes you just have to start fresh to make it interesting enough for a new audience.
That said, I look forward to reading these comics to see how they lead up to the movie, which I'm sure I'll still enjoy as well.
Are they animated like the watchmen motion comic?
March 26 2009 at 9:58 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI need the 4th one!
March 26 2009 at 9:33 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI downloaded the first three issues on Android a few weeks ago (apparently the exact same app as this) and it's actually pretty good. It takes place quite a while after the last TNG movie, so you get to see where everybody ended up after they all retired from the Enterprise.
I also never understood why somebody would feel the need to identify themselves as a Star Wars fan to justify their disinterest with Star Trek. Sure they are different styles of Science Fiction, but they're both nerdy adventure stories with lots of fake science and crazy space ships. I honestly don't see why you would love one but hate the other, they're both pretty well built universes.
Greedy greedy Paramount, not they let us pay their commercials
March 26 2009 at 4:28 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply@sawatzky
Well said. Both Universe are what sci fi fans love. I for one love both so much i can say one is above or bellow the other. Go Star Trek and Star Wars :-D
ST and SW are not polar opposites. There is room for BOTH in a sci-fi fans heart!
March 25 2009 at 10:19 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyHot Apps on TUAW
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