Maru Guy

[sporangia]

On Memorial Day Vala3, Owl (aka Momcat09) and I went to see Star Trek  again. It was the third time for me and I finally had a chance to focus on some of the other performances besides the main people.

 

 

Maru Guy

 

I was particularity taken with (minor lust here) the black guy sitting at the weapons station during Kirk’s third Kobayashi Maru test. If I have the actor right and I’m not sure, it was Jonathan Dixon. He is listed on IMDB as the Simulator Tactical Officer. I enjoyed his absolute glee as he was participating in a Maru meltdown. I hope he’s one of Kirk’s friends I’d like to see him again in the future movies.   Most likely he’s one of the guys that run the simulation. I can imagine him doing this simulation over and over with thousands of cadets and watching them lose and then watching the inevitable emotional fallout. He was definitely into the ‘win’ this time, I’m sure he knew the second the program veered off, and he didn’t look all that surprised. Wouldn’t it be cool if he was the guy who helped Kirk get access to the program code?  I wonder if the character was ever given a name. I might try to write a story about him. Hummmmmm.

 

 

Comments

I Like Pike

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I like the take on this character. I was surprised the movie didn't use Mallory as the mentor figure for Kirk. We also didn't see Finney or John Gill (history professor) or Gary Mitchell or Finnigan that doesn't mean they weren't there, I guess the writer's though it would be too confusing to mention them.

I liked Pike, like you said his ability to communicate with a conflicted young Kirk and make the points stick was important for the believability of the passing of command at the end of the film. Pike had to have a bit of the wild-man in him to reach Kirk, yet also the gravitas to inspire James T. to get his act together--to reach within, and become the man he was born to be--the captain of the Enterprise. It's a subtle shift, Pike had no way of knowing that his captaincy was to be lost as part of his young protege's assent. In the Prime Universe Spock was Pike's man, in this one Kirk seems to have that role. It will be curious to see how Captain Pikes ultimate future plays out