More Deleted Scenes From Star Trek Revealed

Now that all the geeks have seenStar Trek mulitple times and obsessed over pretty much everything there is to catch from that movie, there's only one thing left to do: find out what got cut! We've heard all kinds of tidbits from J.J. Abrams and the screenwriters about subplots and moments that were cut before the final film, from a William Shatner cameo via hologram to an entire explanation of where Nero was for the 25 years he waited to kick Spock's ass.

Now, somehow, a site called TNMC (via Ain't It Cool) has gotten their hands on the original script, unveiling these scenes and several others that, for some reason or another, didn't make the cut. They don't know how many of them were actually filmed and would potentially make it on to the DVD, but it's an interesting look nonetheless at the movie that Abrams and his collaborators imagined, and how it was transformed into what we all saw.

SPOILERS AHEAD in case you haven't seen Star Trek(and seriously, why haven't you?) Many of the scenes seem simply superfluous for character development-- a scene of Spock's birth, a few more scenes from Kirk's childhood, a more detailed explanation of how he rigged the Kobayashi Maru. But others explained some details that were really necessary, like Nero's 25-year prison sentence on a Klingon planet (explaining how he spent all that time waiting for Spock) and a mutiny on Nero's ship in which his crew wondered, wisely, why they didn't just go home after blowing up Vulcan. Many critics and audiences complained that Nero wasn't much of a villain, and it seems that the script attempted to give him the much-needed character development that might have made him more interesting. Sure, Star Trek was long enough as it was, but surely Nero was more worthwhile than Scotty's alien friend?

Anyway, the write-up is really interesting for anyone who has pondered over the movie, even if some of it is what we already knew. The actual script has yet to become available anywhere online, so for now, this is the most detail we can get.

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