The Movie Blog is full of firsts, and though I will likely never be historically credited for any of the ground breaking terminology like the HD dvd Format War being called aCivil War of High Definition Formats or Zombie Dramas being called Zom-Dram, I have made a couple predictions that have come true (Prime destroying the AllSpark in Transformers) and some that have not (I predicted ObiWan would die in the prequels and the older “Ben” Kenobi was a clone)
So I am stating this for the record in case this actually happens. In a recent Star Trek post I wrote, a commenter identifying himself as JT Kirk said he had a plot spoiler that Spock would travel back in time to change history, therefore justifying a reboot of the Star Trek universe without ignoring canon.
Well back in February of 2007, I wrote a post about confirming JJ Abrams officially to direct. At that point the script hadn’t been solidified but JJ being involved meant they were likely to go with his idea to reboot the story.
Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner we already in talks to be involved and it sounded like it wouldn’t just be a cameo, and I would love to see an aged Spock and Kirk make a desperate jump back in time to change a moment in history and have it all changed from that moment forward. They already came back to save the whales, but didnt alter history. Its time for something in Star Trek to not work out as planned. They can make a mistake, and that would clear the slate to start over, with no history, no future to adhere to, and no Tribbles.
Of course back then I predicted they would involve Shatner as well, and I had forgotten that he died in Generations making his involvement in a future storyline inappropriate. So if my prediction is right, its going to be Spock flying solo to go mess up time and give us a whole new Star Trek Universe.
So there you have it! I said it first! I wont get credit for it, but if it turns out to be accurate I can have my own little corner of the net when I sit smuggly with that “I told you” look on my face and make Hollywood wish they hired me to write this script.
I would have cost less.
