OK, so based on this, who is the villain in the next movie? I'm going with Gary Mitchell. It seems to all fit, if you ask me.
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It could be Khan, but the actor they got to play the villain doesn't look much like Khan. He does look like Mitchell, though, and he's also shown in a Starfleet uniform. Mitchell was in Starfleet; Khan never was. Also, the blonde love interest looks like Mitchell's love interest from the original series. Apparently, Mitchell has already been established to exist in the reboot universe via the comics, so that adds another element. And he'd have super-human type powers. Both Mitchell and Khan fit the revenge scenario, but I think Mitchell comes closer to "family," both to Starfleet and Kirk.
The plot thickens
I could be Khan,
It could be Khan, but the actor they got to play the villain doesn't look much like Khan. He does look like Mitchell, though, and he's also shown in a Starfleet uniform. Mitchell was in Starfleet; Khan never was. Also, the blonde love interest looks like Mitchell's love interest from the original series. Apparently, Mitchell has already been established to exist in the reboot universe via the comics, so that adds another element. And he'd have super-human type powers. Both Mitchell and Khan fit the revenge scenario, but I think Mitchell comes closer to "family," both to Starfleet and Kirk.
The plot thickens
I could be Khan,
You could indeed be Khan. I had hoped that you were opposed to eugenics, though. I didn't know anything about the comics, so I'll retract my theory and leave the hypothesizing to the better-informed.
Watch, you'll end up being right after all.
And I meant to say "I AM KHAN!"
Well then, please allow me to say that you sir, are a badass. Also please allow me to say: KHAAAAAAAAAAN!!!!!
Can I interest you in a gently used Chrysler Cordoba with seats of genuine Corinthian leather?
Abrams has no loyalty to any of these characters, so he'll change whatever he wants and any villain from classic Trek will be in name only.
Well he clearly has some loyalty to the characters or he wouldn't have had Leonard Nimoy in the first film.
Are we actually basing the likelihood of Cumberbatch playing either Khan or Mitchell on hints in the trailer? Abrams has no loyalty to any of these characters, so he'll change whatever he wants and any villain from classic Trek will be in name only.
Here come the purists...
Well he clearly has some loyalty to the characters or he wouldn't have had Leonard Nimoy in the first film.
Trying to rule out one villain or another based solely on some preconception about Abrams doesn't make much sense.
Here come the purists...
Of course, we're in a new timeline, so purist considerations are secondary. Things are different.
Don't Star Trek characters have an established precedent of breaking the Prime Directive whenever it suits their needs anyway?