Editing James T. Kirk (section)

===Kelvin Timeline===
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In this series of films, [[Chris Pine]] plays Kirk.

The film takes place in an alternate course of events known as the "Kelvin Timeline"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geek.com/tech/the-star-trek-movie-timeline-gets-official-name-the-kelvin-timeline-1659663/|title=The Star Trek movie timeline gets official name: the Kelvin Timeline|work= Geek.com|date=June 27, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170423102643/https://www.geek.com/tech/the-star-trek-movie-timeline-gets-official-name-the-kelvin-timeline-1659663/ |archive-date=April 23, 2017 |url-status=dead |access-date=2020-11-09}}</ref> that reveal different origins for Kirk, the formation of his association with Spock, and how they came to serve together on the ''Enterprise''.<ref name="bglobe1">{{cite news|url=https://www.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/2009/05/05/a_fresh_frontier/|title=Star Trek|newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]]|access-date=May 6, 2009|date=May 5, 2009|first=Ty|last=Burr|pages=1|archive-date=May 7, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090507070936/http://www.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/2009/05/05/a_fresh_frontier/|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref><ref name="ewcover">{{cite magazine|url=http://ew.com/article/2008/10/18/star-trek-movie-inside-scoop/|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|title='Star Trek' movie: Inside scoop!|access-date=March 15, 2022|first=Jeff|last=Jensen|archive-date=February 4, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090204064112/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20233502_4,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Whereas ''The Original Series'' portrayed Kirk as having been born in Iowa, the ''Star Trek'' film portrays him being born on a shuttle escaping the starship USS ''Kelvin'' in an alternate timeline in which his father is killed when the ''Kelvin'' is attacked by a Romulan ship from the future.<ref name="bglobe1" /> In the film, George and Winona Kirk name their son ''James Tiberius'' after his maternal and paternal grandfathers, respectively.<ref>{{cite video|quote='''Winona''': We could name him after your father. '''George''': ''Tiberius''? You kidding me? No, that's the worst. Let's name him after your dad; let's call him ''Jim''.|date=May 8, 2009|title=[[Star Trek (2009 film)|Star Trek]]}}</ref>

Although the film treats specific details from Star Trek as mutable, characterizations are meant to "remain the same"<ref name="ewcover5">{{cite magazine|url=http://ew.com/article/2008/10/18/star-trek-movie-inside-scoop/|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|title='Star Trek' movie: Inside scoop!|access-date=March 15, 2022|first=Jeff|last=Jensen|archive-date=February 4, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090204082700/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20233502_5,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref> though with Kirk being initially portrayed as "a reckless, bar-fighting rebel"<ref name="scifiwireabrams" /> but who eventually matures.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2009/02/24/a-chat-with-the-new-captain-kirk/|title=A chat with the new Captain Kirk|date=February 24, 2009|access-date=February 24, 2009|publisher=[[CNN]]|first=Douglas|last=Hyde|archive-date=February 27, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090227102210/http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2009/02/24/a-chat-with-the-new-captain-kirk/|url-status=dead}}</ref> According to Pine, the character is "a 25-year-old [who acts like a] 15-year-old" and who is "angry at the world",<ref name="scifiwiremarch">{{cite web|url=http://scifiwire.com/2009/03/how-chris-pine-puts-his-own-spin-on-star-treks-capt-kirk.php|access-date=March 12, 2009|date=March 5, 2009|title=How Chris Pine puts his own spin on Star Trek's Capt. Kirk|publisher=Sci Fi Wire|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090310001717/http://scifiwire.com/2009/03/how-chris-pine-puts-his-own-spin-on-star-treks-capt-kirk.php|archive-date=March 10, 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> until he enrolls in Starfleet Academy basically after being 'dared' by Captain Christopher Pike.

Kirk and Spock clash at Starfleet Academy, but, over the course of the film, Kirk focuses his "passion and obstinance and the spectrum of emotions" and becomes captain of the ''Enterprise''.<ref name="bglobe1" /><ref name="scifiwiremarch" /> He is also aided by a meeting with the time-displaced Spock of the original timeline, who inspires Kirk to live up to his full potential after learning about the parallel version of himself and his accomplishments as Captain in the elder Spock's timeline.