Why is 2010s movie Star Trek called the Kelvin timeline? - eviltoast

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?

  • Zellith@kbin.social
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    9 months ago

    In the movie where he said the star threatened the entire galaxy I kinda giggled and had a think about it. I figured the only way it would threaten the galaxy would be the political implications.

    Now if someone found a way to detonate Sag A*…

    • FuglyDuck@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      They did that in Andromeda. Used a shit loading nova bombs to turn a black hole into a white hole.

      Yeah. The science makes as much sense there too.