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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Dukhat: [QB] [QUOTE]Another Kirk related sticking point was his preposterous rising through the ranks. Three years? There's "This kid's got the makings of a first rate Starfleet officer," and then there's "Let's give him command of our newest and bestest, giganticest ship, right now, today..." That's crazy pants and no organization as complex and deliberate as Starfleet-- no organization anywhere ever could possibly hope to work this way.[/QUOTE]Believe it or not, this was the only main sticking point of the movie for me. I could pretty much forgive everything else as just light-hearted fun, but I seriously think the ending stretched credibility. Pike tells Kirk that he'll graduate the Academy in four years, and could be a captain in eight. As he's boarding the shuttle, he tells Pike he'll do it in three, and we then go on to see Kirk living up to his promise. So far, so good. So he got through in three years. That leaves five years more to get a captainship, according to Pike. So why the hell didin't they just have the tagline "Five Years Later," and promote Kirk from commander to captain, instead of promoting him from cadet to captain? I mean, it was the end of the damn movie! Who cares that five more years would have passed? The same crew could conceivably stay on the Enterprise for five years, and it would have made a hell of a lot more sense. Methinks this should have been a re-write that the strike might not have made possible. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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