Star Trek Into Darkness Synopsis Hints To Gary Mitchell
Mon, November 26, 2012 
Don't wanna count my chickens before they hatch. But it sounds definite Star Trek Into Darkness isn't the Abrams, Kurtzman, Orci, Lindelof remake of Space Speed. That alone is reason to rejoice.
The official plot synopsis is here from Paramount (We Are Movie Geeks got it up first):
"In Summer 2013, pioneering director J.J. Abrams will deliver an explosive action thriller that takes Star Trek Into Darkness.
When the crew of the Enterprise is called back home, they find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization has detonated the fleet and everything it stands for, leaving our world in a state of crisis.
With a personal score to settle, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one man weapon of mass destruction.
As our heroes are propelled into an epic chess game of life and death, love will be challenged, friendships will be torn apart, and sacrifices must be made for the only family Kirk has left: his crew."
That sounds like Benedict Cumberbatch's unspecified villain is Gary Mitchell. Something co-star Karl Urban said aloud months back in July. Thank God.
It is hypocritical, I'll admit, to being fine with doing a round-about retelling of Where No Man Has Gone Before but scolding doing the same for Space Seed. But Khan was made famous to the public by The Wrath of Khan. Everyone knows Ricardo Montalbán and his chest (rubber or real) and the Moby Dick references.
Gary Mitchell is a character regulated to classic Star Trek and open for a new generation of film-goers to discover.
Reader Comments (1)
I agree, Jamie. I was hoping for Mitchell over Khan.