Star Trek General Discussion

You bring up some good points about the character changes. I can say that you have a right to be concerned about them as well. However, I think that I can explain the differences between TOS Scotty and SNW Scotty. TOS Scotty past was apparently altered due to temporal shenanigans, and like the Romulan operative said in the alternate past, time keeps pushing back and making sure certain people and events still happen, even if its delayed or pushed forward. Scotty must have been altered in some way to be born later.

The Predaking said:

You bring up some good points about the character changes. I can say that you have a right to be concerned about them as well. However, I think that I can explain the differences between TOS Scotty and SNW Scotty. TOS Scotty past was apparently altered due to temporal shenanigans, and like the Romulan operative said in the alternate past, time keeps pushing back and making sure certain people and events still happen, even if its delayed or pushed forward. Scotty must have been altered in some way to be born later.

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Well, I don't LIKE that, but it IS an explanation with a lantern hung on it.

The Predaking said:

time keeps pushing back and making sure certain people and events still happen, even if its delayed or pushed forward.

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Right, which is why alternate universes (like the Mirror Universe and the Kelvin timeline, and all the universes seen in "Parallels") are always broadly similar, with the same people seeming to meet up, even if the context is different. Much like Transformers' own concept of Universal Clusters.

Note that DSC also pointed out that, by the 31st century, the Mirror universe is no longer "accessible," meaning that it has diverged so much that it's no longer "parallel," and is just some other unrelated universe.

Now the Gorn, must have had a similar temporal issue, as any of the Gorn that we have seen since Enterprise would have ripped Kirk to shreds within minutes.

The Gorn SFX upgrade doesn't bother me really. The Klingons long ago paved the way for that l, but I do admit that SNW has made them SO deadly it's pretty hard to imagine Kirk fighting one to a stand still hand to hand.

Neither this nor the Scotty thing bother me or prevent me from enjoying the show at all. But I definitely noticed that Kirk's fight seems pretty unfeasible with this "Upgrade".

-ZacWillaim, generally I'm open to accepting what shows give an no prizing when necessary as long as the show and characters are entertaining and likeable and SNW is that for me so I'm fine with it.