I believe Mr. Cawley is standing right there by the door that Spock enters holding a tablet device.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090509010607AAnUvgW

125.: I though he said “an effect of mind meld.”

re Spock and Uhura:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmgYMTO6Th4

Obviously I’ve seen this movie too many times. Also, a more obvious one: the opening scene on Vulcan is a nod to the scene where we first see Spock on Vulcan in Star Trek IV (math/morals/etc. questions). Where was Vulcan’s Red Sky, though?

I noticed in the backgrund of severa scenes the presence of not only the Golden Gate Bridge (the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce must love the Star Trek folks), but the Transamerica building as well. Nice to know it is still around.

Nero’s demanding of the access codes also was a slightly more elaborate version of Kor’s demanding of information of Kirk’s “Star Fleet” defensive information in “Errand of Mercy.”

One line of dialogue I am still not sure that I heard correctly: Did Spock say, “Forgive me, an emotional transferrence is an ineffective mind meld, “ineffective as a mind meld,” “an effective mind meld,” or something else?

Since Shatner’s love of horseback riding was made public for all to see in “Generations,” we get at least two horse references in this film – one by Scotty and the other by Spock about a stallion needed to be broken.

Also, what’s the hang-up about Uhura ordering the Cardassian drink? Remember – from the first second of the movie, we’re in an alternate universe, one in which the Federation could have already met the Cardassians. This also explains why there is no Captain April (for those who enjoy following non-canon “continuity” discussions).

Pike’s line “I am relieved” had a neat double meaning. I believe the torture was ineffective (nice to know that some people still believe that even in the 23rd century, such barbarity will not produce the desired results, even when the captive may have had the information). The double meaning of course being, “You may take the ship, and, by the way, I’m glad this ordeal is over.” I guess had Pike said, “I STAND relieved,” inadvertent laughter would have ensued.

For those who think that the Spock/Uhura relationship was “heretical,” 1)alternate timeline, and 2)for those who wanted to see it, something was there in the original show… Not romance, but Spock was, shall we say,…. nicer to Uhura than the rest of his shipmates on the show.

Kirk’s line “I will not allow us to go backward!” and Spock’s sublime “thrusters on full” line at the end: were these the writers’ way of telling us that, yes, the days of the old (and increasingly stagnant) Trek are over, and the days of a faster-moving one are in?

This movie cited more Starfleet codes, regulations, etc. than any other did, I believe. Would love to see what those even more obsessed than I would make of that.

A few questions I have: How did Nero know, merely by being told the Stardate by Captain Robeau (in a nice touch, the filmmakers used a person of Pakistanian descent as a person of authority and not as a terrorist…. The terrorists in the future will be perceived to be/will be from other worlds, this movie and the last two-parter on “Enterprise” seem to be telling us), that Spock was not yet present? Did the Vulcans that were praying in the caverns know that their planet was being attacked? Was the fastest Vulcan ship REALLY commissioned on Stardate 2387 (i.e. the TOS and not the TNG era?) or was that fact a result of the creation of the alternate reality itself? Also, Nero’s explanation of what happened with the supernova bordered on the incoherent (perhaps because he was so filled with rage) Anyone understand what he was saying (or why Star Trek villains are such ingrates? Kirk could have had Khan killed and Spock tried saving Nero’s homeworld, and look how they were thanked)? Also, one “Easter Egg” I’m surprised most haven’t noticed: “When you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains….” is from Arthur Conan Doyle, uttered by Sherlock Holmes, a central character in Nicholas Meyer’s “Time After Time.” Spock uttered the same words in Meyer’s Star Trek VI and I believe they were used in “Unification” (TNG) as well. At least 3 instances of “47″ (at least one in dialogue and one visual). Second Star Trek movie in a row with a rogue Romulan who was “not part of the Empire.”
Could go on for hours, but enough fun for one day