From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos   
   From Address: fakename@nomail.invalid   
   Subject: Re: Star Trek (2009) Someone explain this to me?   
      
      
      
   ToolPackinMama wrote:   
   > PIKE: Without transporters, we can't beam off the ship, we can't assist   
   > Vulcan, we can't do our job. Mister Kirk, Mister Sulu, Engineer Olson,   
   > will space-jump from the shuttle. You will land on that machine they   
   > lowered into the atmosphere that's scrambling our gear. You'll get   
   > inside. You'll disable it, then you'll beam back to the ship. Mister   
   > Spock, I'm leaving you in command of the Enterprise. Once we have   
   > transport capabilities, communications back up, you'll contact   
   > Starfleet, report what the hell's going on here. And if all else fails,   
   > fall back, rendezvous with the fleet in the Laurentian system. Kirk, I'm   
   > promoting you to first officer.   
   >   
   > KIRK: What?   
   >   
   > SPOCK: Captain, please, I apologize. The complexities of Human pranks   
   > escape me.   
   >   
   > PIKE: It's not a prank, Spock. And I'm not the Captain, you are. Let's   
   > go.   
   > ===   
   >   
   > That is the scene where Cadet Kirk, who is a stowaway that is not even   
   > supposed to be on the ship, is promoted to first officer of Pike's   
   > Enterprise.  Kirk was called on the carpet for cheating on a test   
   > earlier the same day, which is why he was not even supposed to be on the   
   > ship... he was supposed to stay behind.   
   >   
   > McCoy brought Kirk aboard with him, under false pretenses, and here's   
   > what I don't understand:   
   >   
   > Why is Kirk being promoted instead of being thrown into the brig?   
   >   
   > I also don't understand why Spock doesn't demote him and throw him into   
   > the brig, instead of marooning him.   
   >   
   > Can any of you explain any of that to me?   
      
      
      
      
   Did you not see ANY of the posts here when the movie came out that,....IT    
   STINKS ?    
      
      
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