Star Trek story
The film follows James T. Kirk and Spock aboard the USS Enterprise as they combat Nero, a Romulan from their future who threatens the United Federation of Planets. The story takes place in an alternate reality because of time travel by both Nero and the original Spock. It is the eleventh film in the Star Trek film franchise, and is also a reboot that features the main characters of the original Star Trek television series portrayed by a new cast, as the first in the rebooted film series.
19 total · 6 major · 13 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| attack from outer space by a genocidal enemy | major | Nero destroyed Vulcan and most of its six billion inhabitants by dropping a black hole into its interior. The Enterprise crew had to stop him from doing the same to Earth. |
| friendship | major | We saw Kirk and Spock forming the initial bonds of their what was known to have become a life long friendship. Kirk and McCoy. |
| interstellar space travel | major | Travel among the stars is a fundamental reality in the Star Trek universe. |
| rationality vs. emotionality | major | Spock felt conflicted between his Vulcan rationality and his human emotions that made him grieve over the destruction of his home world. |
| speculative spaceship | major | The USS Enterprise. |
| the desire for vengeance | major | Nero blamed the Federation for the deaths of his family members and people and spent 25 years plotting his revenge, which involved destroying all Federation aligned planets. |
| black hole | minor | Nero used a drop of "red matter" to create a black hole at the center of the planet Vulcan. |
| childish bullying | minor | Young Spock was bullied by three school mates for being the child of a human mother. |
| coping with the death of a parent | minor | Spock mourned the murder of his mother which he had witnessed. |
| flying car | minor | A hoverbike-like riding police officer chased a young James Kirk on the highway. |