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©-DR-STARTREK : INTO DARKNESS de Scott Hicks (2013) p19
26/09/2015 17:39
Trivia (part 1)
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Benedict Cumberbatch's character was not revealed to the actor until a week after he was cast. A studio representative flew to London from Los Angeles with the script handcuffed to his wrist.
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An "in joke" reference is made to Simon Pegg when he is trying to open the bay doors during Kirk and Khan's boarding attempt. The security guard asks Scotty to "show his other hand". It is common knowledge to Star Trek fans that James Doohan never revealed both hands in any of the original series because of the loss of one of his fingers (lost in combat during the D-Day invasion while storming the beach). *
There is an inside joke with Chekov being asked to put on a red shirt by Kirk, and Chekov's less than enthusiastic reaction. In a famous interview, Walter Koenig stated that being a part of Star Trek all of these years was fantastic, as long as you didn't wear a red shirt, since most of those who wore the red shirts in the original series were almost always killed. *
There's mention of the ship the "USS Bradbury". This is in tribute to science-fiction writer Ray Bradbury who passed away in June 2012. *
Scotty refers to McCoy as "Bones" - this is the only instance in the history of Star Trek (1966) where someone other than Kirk refers to him by this nickname. In Star Trek: The Tholian Web (1968), when McCoy gets angry, Spock tells him that Kirk would have said "Forget it, Bones.". *
The seat belts that deploy from crew chairs on the bridge and at a warp core control station had originally been featured in a deleted final scene from Star Trek: Nemesis (2002). *
The highest grossing film of all the Star Trek movies.
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This was Leonard Nimoy's final acting role before his death on February 27, 2015 at age 83. *
One of the key action setpieces, the space jump sequence, was largely achieved by pulling Chris Pine and Benedict Cumberbatch along the floor on a hoist. *
For the opening sequence, a huge scale volcano was built, complete with jets of flaming gas. The crew described this set as being "insanely hot".
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According to J.J. Abrams, the time travel-alternate reality concept used in the previous film Star Trek (2009) was a deliberate ploy to enable a reboot for new sagas/films: "The idea, now that we are in an independent timeline, allows us to use any of the ingredients from the past - or come up with brand-new ones - to make potential stories.". *
Chekov's temporary posting to Chief Engineer is based on a long running backstory and fan joke. When he was recognized in Star trek II - La colère de Khan (1982) from a supposed encounter in Star Trek: Space Seed (1967), it was explained Chekov was assigned in security department. During the Space Seed incident, Chekov attempted to seal off engineering (as Walter Koenig had not yet joined the cast). Kirk was so impressed by his bravery, he moved him to bridge navigation. This also explained why Chekov in the first three films was later bridge weapons and tactical officer. *
One of the conditions for Leonard Nimoy to make an appearance as Spock in this film was for J.J. Abrams to make sure coffee ice cream was available at all times on the set. Leonard Nimoy loved coffee ice cream. *
This marks the first time a Star Trek film has shot outside the United States, with shooting in Iceland for special effects sequences.
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Paramount Pictures requested that director J.J. Abrams make the film in 3D. However, Abrams wanted to shoot the two-dimensionally on film using IMAX cameras. The two compromised, making this the first feature film to be shot in IMAX and converted to 3D in post-production. *
The warp core pictured in the film is actually Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's National Ignition Facility (NIF), the world's largest and most energetic laser system. Real-life scientists are attempting to create nuclear fusion. In 2012, with the approval of the Department of Energy, NIF was utilized for the first time as a film set during a normal maintenance cycle for the facility. All additive costs were completely reimbursed by the film company so as to have no impact on NIF's experimental plan.
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In Star trek VI - Terre inconnue (1991), Uhura (to Nichelle Nichols' objections) was unfamiliar with Klingonese during their covert mission into Klingon territory. However the alternate reality-Uhura is fluent in the language and able to use the skill while in Klingon space. *
During the opening sequence, McCoy says "Shut up, Spock, we're trying to save you, damn it!". McCoy spoke a very similar line in the original series episode "The Immunity Syndrome", when he states, "Shut up, Spock! We're rescuing you!".
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In the scene where Dr. "Bones" McCoy and Carol Marcus are about to open one of the 72 missiles to prove Khan's claim that there's more then just a missile inside, Bones mentions that he once performed a emergency C-Section on a pregnant Gorn, noting "those little bastards bite!". This is reference to a off-screen event in the video game tie-in Star Trek (2013) where Sulu stuns a pregnant Gorn and Bones performs said C-Section. *
After the attack on the Kelvin Memorial Archive, all top brass is summoned to the Daystrom Conference Room at Starfleet Headquarters. The conference room name is in reference to Richard Daystrom who invented the duotronic processor - the basis for the Enterprise's computer.
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Screenwriters Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman explained that the dilemma for the sequel was whether to pit the crew against another villain like in Star Trek (2009), or to have an "exploration sci-fi plot where the unknown and nature itself is somehow an adversary", like on Star Trek (1966). *
Of all the titles proposed for the film, including many joke titles, Damon Lindelof preferred "Star Trek: Transformers 4" best: "It's technically available, we can go there!". *
In the opening sequence, on Nibiru as Kirk and Bones are running, the ground looks artificially hexagonal, almost as thought the ground were paved with hexagonal slabs, however this pattern can happen in nature, as it has in the "Giants Causeway" in Northern Ireland.
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When Kirk is in the med-bay, the screen displaying information on Kirk's vital conditions includes a notation for "Dr. Boyce". Dr. Boyce was the name of the ship's doctor in the original series pilot Star Trek: The Cage (1986). *
During the first shot of Khan running through the city streets after having crashed the USS Vengeance (right before Spock is beamed down in pursuit), you can hear the sound of sirens of what seem to be emergency responders arriving to the scene (off screen). The sound effect used is the same as the sound effect for the police hovercrafts in Minority Report (2002), which is directed by Steven Spielberg and is also set in the future. J.J. Abrams is a known Spielberg fan. *
During Spock's fight with Khan, a six-note musical cue can be heard which is strongly reminiscent of the score from an episode of the original series, "Amok Time", during a scene where Kirk and Spock are fighting to the death. This can be heard on the score in the track called "The San Fran Hustle" at approximately 1:58.
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Chekov spends much of the film in engineering rather than the bridge, so that he does not interact with Khan. This is in keeping with Star Trek: Space Seed (1967), which aired before Chekov was added to the cast. Ironically, Chekov is the only crew member Khan interacted with directly in Star trek II - La colère de Khan (1982). Khan's face-to-face interaction with the rest of the crew on board the Enterprise is a first since "Space Seed". *
Benedict Cumberbatch is best known for playing the title character on Sherlock (2010). Leonard Nimoy played Sherlock Holmes on stage in the 1970s, and even makes reference to this fact in Star trek VI - Terre inconnue (1991), citing Holmes's logic that "when you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth." Star Trek VI cast member Christopher Plummer also played Holmes, and also speaks a trademark line, "The game's afoot." Nimoy also recorded a song in the 1970s, "The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins", inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit. Cumberbatch voices the dragon Smaug in Le Hobbit: La désolation de Smaug (2013), in which his Sherlock castmate Martin Freeman plays Bilbo Baggins.
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At the end of the sequence where Kirk and Khan make the jump to the Vengeance, and Scotty is being detained by a guard, notice just before Scotty hits the airlock button - he is seen taking and holding a large breath - which is exactly the wrong thing to do when experiencing the vacuum of space. Scotty should have exhaled and kept his mouth open, so that there would be no differential pressure in his lungs, and therefore, he could survive with little injury.
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When calling down to the shuttle bay, Sulu commands the crew to prepare the transport captured during the "Mudd incident last month", a reference to the same character who appeared in Star Trek: Mudd's Women (1966) and Star Trek: I, Mudd (1967) as a rogue trader. He also appeared in the comic prequel "Star Trek: Countdown to Darkness".
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