Why is 2010s movie Star Trek called the Kelvin timeline?
Why is 2010s movie Star Trek called the Kelvin timeline?
I'm sure there's a valid reason, but I've got no idea what it is. Why "Kelvin?" Is that a reference to a character in the original Star Trek continuity?
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Others have already given you an answer, but for future reference, whenever you need to find something out about star trek there's memory alpha. It's basically the Trek encylopedia and is very detailed. It's the trek equivalent of tv tropes, so can be a dangerous time suck. So in this case:
The alternate reality was a new reality created on Friday, January 4, 2233 (stardate 2233.04) when a temporal incursion caused by time travel of the Narada, a Romulan mining vessel from the year 2387, disrupted the time continuum of the prime universe. Accidentally traveling back to that point in time, Nero, the Narada's captain, attacked the USS Kelvin resulting in the deaths of several crew members, including George Kirk and Richard Robau, and the destruction of the Kelvin itself. Spock arrived to the alternate reality in 2258 and was captured by Nero, who used red matter to destroy Vulcan. However, Nero's attacks united the crew of the USS Enterprise, who foiled his attempt to destroy Earth. ... Scans and telemetry of the 24th century Narada, taken by the Kelvin, were brought back to Starfleet by the survivors on the Kelvin's shuttles. Therefore, Starfleet's development and construction plans were slightly altered, making everything potentially more advanced, slightly ahead of schedule. ... co-writer Simon Pegg had a different view of how the alternate reality diverges from the prime timeline from Orci and Kurtzman, believing events before 2233 were different too ... "Spock's incursion from the Prime Universe created a multidimensional reality shift. The rift in space/time created an entirely new reality in all directions, top to bottom, from the Big Bang to the end of everything. As such this reality was, is and always will be subtly different from the Prime Universe."
https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Alternate_reality
(https://memory-beta.fandom.com is also extensive, but is for non-canon works)
While yes, anyone can "just look it up next time" I prefer people ask questions.
It starts a discussion, for one.
For another thing, the answer the other person seeks may not be as easy as a simple wiki page.
Plus for other people who are curious but just browsing.
I was curious about that last week for some reason but I didn't really have time to look it up and now I saw it in the feed.
I like what the original commenter did. Pointed to the resource and pasted the relevant answer. Now we can learn two things.
That's too many things to learn at once though.
Yeah we might as well shut the community down if questions and discussions aren't welcome. I never understood this viewpoint on places like reddit or lemmy where it's the whole reason for being here.