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Coundown

Ok. I griped about some logic problems in the new movie. People here
told me that it was all explained in "Countdown." "Read the comic
book," is what I was told.

So, being a good fan I went to the book store and shelled out $20 for
this piece of. . . literature.

Let's see. Nero is a Romulan who disagrees with his Romulan political
authority. That makes him a political dissident. He defies legal
authority and goes with Spock to Vulcan -- on a mission to "save the
empire." Yet, somehow he is SHOCKED when Vulcan political authority
also disagrees with him. So, when Romulus is destroyed it is Vulcans
fault. Not because they did it, but because they failed to stop it.
Logical.

He then goes to Romulan space and kills the members of the Romulan
government. But not before he learns of a secret military base. He
goes to that base, and they just give him super secret advanced weapon
technology. Now he's got the equivalent of the supertanker with the
ultra advanced exocet missiles. But hey, it's all logical. It's as if
I just killed all the members of the Presidents cabinet, and then went
to area 54 to be given all the secret military weapons in development
there. Rather than arrest, or kill me, on the spot, the military types
give me (a person with absolutely no military credential or training)
all their advanced weapons. Perfectly sensible.

Next, Nero meets a fleet of Federation medical ships. Now we know
where all the incompetent transporter chiefs get assigned. It is
therefore no problem to trick the dumb Feds into simultaneously
beaming bombs aboard their many ships. But hey, they were just medical
ships. Still logical.

Now, a fleet of Klingon battle cruisers, commanded by no less than
General Worf, appears. Battle ensues. Of course the Kilingons (every
one a trained warrior operating modern warships) are blown to pieces.
As if our supertanker with the super advanced anti-ship missiles can
defeat the Russian navy. No logical problem there either.

I gotta say, "Countdown" raises more logical problems than it solves.
In fact, the only thing that is explained that now makes sense is why
Nero had those weird tatoos on his bald head. As literature,
"Countdown" does not even rise to the level of really bad fan fiction.
While I enjoyed the new Star Trek movie in the same way that I enjoy a
ride on a roller-coaster, if this is an indication of the writing
talents in charge of "Star Trek, the Next Previous Generation," then I
think we fans are in for a LOT of dissappointment.

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