On the one hand, I kinda hate how much later writers latched onto the Kobayashi Maru. It’s how you know the work was written by a fanboi, and that goes septuple for JJ Abrams.
That said, I do like the minor bit of meta commentary there. TOS Kirk, the honor’s student whose daddy was an alumnus, he defeats the point of the exercise and gets a commendation for original thinking. Lens Flare Kirk, the Corvette crashing bar fighting fuckup orphan, does the exact same thing and gets a reprimand. Which is precisely how it works.
On the one hand, I kinda hate how much later writers latched onto the Kobayashi Maru. It’s how you know the work was written by a fanboi, and that goes septuple for JJ Abrams.
That said, I do like the minor bit of meta commentary there. TOS Kirk, the honor’s student whose daddy was an alumnus, he defeats the point of the exercise and gets a commendation for original thinking. Lens Flare Kirk, the Corvette crashing bar fighting fuckup orphan, does the exact same thing and gets a reprimand. Which is precisely how it works.