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what's with the Spock and Uhura relationship?
That was based on the flirtation between the characters in early first season episodes (particularly "The Man Trap," in which Uhura is blatantly hitting on Spock).
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But it's a huge continuity error, because in this prequel, Spock hasn't hit Vulcan puberty yet. In "Amok Time" he says pretty clearly that he's having is his first urge to mate, and A.T. occurs years later than the movie.
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With all of the various versions of dilithium crystals seen throughout the series run, it's not exactly like continuity was that tight in TOS anyway.
Either way, Spock fells in love a year before in "This Side of Paradise," so it's clear that he can have such feelings before the events of "Amok Time."
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But it's a huge continuity error, because in this prequel, Spock hasn't hit Vulcan puberty yet. In "Amok Time" he says pretty clearly that he's having is his first urge to mate, and A.T. occurs years later than the movie.
Ah, but Zap, it's not really a true prequel, but rather a "new amd alternate" history. Since "everything" changed as a result of Nero's incursion into time, nothing that happened in the series is relevant in the movie. So, you can't say it breached any continuity when they made the film like this for just that reason; to not have to worry about 45 years of Trek baggage.
With all of the various versions of dilithium crystals seen throughout the series run, it's not exactly like continuity was that tight in TOS anyway.
Swash, I agree that continuity was a little lax in 60's TV series, but citing a difference in a prop isn't a good example. When in doubut, go for the gold: having Spock VERY reluctantly tell his best friend and c/o about Pon Farr in one episode and then happily blab the same information to some chick he just me a year later is bad continuity ("The Cloud Minders").
Either way, Spock fells in love a year before in "This Side of Paradise," so it's clear that he can have such feelings before the events of "Amok Time."
Spock was under the influence of the spores in that episode, so that doesn't really count. However, I do agree that Spock (and all Vulcans) have emotions, they just control them. And they can have sex at any time, but the "mating drive" Pon Farr is their insurance that the race continues.
However, if you watch Amok Time carefully, nowhere in the episode do they say Vulcans go through this every seven years. Actually, it's pretty clear that Spock never went through it before ("I hoped I would be spared this") and even the description of the whole thing seems like it's a one time deal. At some point, they have to return to Vulcan and take a mate - or die in the attempt. This doesn't seem like something you’d have to do every seven years, I mean, come on, a space faring culture? What a hassle. Especially since it's more a marriage they're talking about (Spock is going to finalize his marriage to T'Pring, not just to have sex with her - and he never did). Yet, a year later, in a very sub-par episode produced by people not involved in the earlier episode, they introduce this "every seven years" thing. Roddenberry ran with it in the 70's during the conventions, and it took hold. Star Trek III cemented it, and completely changed the meaning of it.
Now THAT is bad continuity - with both established facts, and in characterization.
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However, if you watch Amok Time carefully, nowhere in the episode do they say Vulcans go through this every seven years.
True, but the every seven years frequency *is* established in the later episode, "The Cloud Minders." :-)
Right, and I pointed that out, but didn't specifiy that it was in the same episode where Spock talks freely to Droxine about Pon Farr. :-)
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But it's a huge continuity error, because in this prequel, Spock hasn't hit Vulcan puberty yet. In "Amok Time" he says pretty clearly that he's having is his first urge to mate, and A.T. occurs years later than the movie.
I don't think he actually says its the first time he gets the urge to mate.
What he's refering to is a specific Vulcan drive.
He's half human, so he probably also had human puberty and mating urges as well.
THere is also nothing to suggest that Vulcans are incapable of relations outside of Pon Farr, and certainly Romulans do have normal relations, as evidenced by Spock's ability to seduce a certain Romunal commander in The Enterprise Incident, and his experiences back in time through the library.
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So Vulcans, inhabitants of a planet of different mass than earth, and of a different distance from their sun to our sun........... go through a mating cycle that lines up exactly with 7 rotations of our Earth around our Sun?
Way to go, writers.
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They all speak English too 
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