Twisted Mirror: The Accidental Creation of Evil Universes

Trevor told me that in order to have more people read my blog I need to be more controversial. He specified religious controversy, however I would argue that some people's love of bad movies is almost religious. So here I will be controversial by pointing out the only thing that can possibly make Star Trek (2009) make sense. It takes place in the mirror universe.

The mirror universe was first introduced in Star Trek's second season when Kirk, McCoy, Scotty, and Uhura accidentally switched places with their evil counterparts. There they discovered a dark and twisted universe where the Federation of Planets has become the Terran Empire that commands an armada of ships whose main purpose is to do evil things (I assume). In this universe the characters we know have become twisted versions of themselves. Kirk is a self centered mass murderer. Spock is cold and prone to angry outbursts. Sulu is a thug. Uhura a seductress (since that's the evil role women always get) and the crew constantly torture each other with pain givers.

Mirror Spock attacks McCoy

Mirror Spock attacks Mirror Kirk

In Star Trek (2009) Spock and Nero went back in time thereby altering the time line and creating an alternate universe. In this alternate universe Kirk is a self centered jerk who only does things if they help him. He is arrogant and mean to his friends and fellow crew members. Spock is constantly having angry outbursts. Uhura makes out with other crew members while on duty. Scotty is a drunk, McCoy does medical experiments on his friends, and so on. The Federation commands an armada of warships and in the end promotes a cadet to captain merely because he has disposed of those above him. Clearly this is not a movie about the beginning of the Star Trek franchise. This is actually a movie about the creation of the mirror universe. Spock travels back in time altering the time line and leading to the creation of a dark and twisted universe.

I expect Spock to have a goatee in the next film.

UPDATE: Simon Pegg agrees with me. He recently said the following:

"I had this idea. I think that we might all be the mirror [universe] crew." Perhaps in the third movie, we'll see that "something's going to go to shit, we're all going to turn bad, Spock's going to grow a beard, and we're going to meet ourselves. That could happen."

http://io9.com/simon-peggs-startrek-reboot-theory-is-this-the-mirr-499064330