The cast of Star Trek has been out and about, dropping vague hints about the plot of their movie. All of them, unfortunately, support those rumors about alternate timelines which were circulating around last year.

First up Simon Pegg, who plays the younger version of Scotty in the film. He spoke to Starlog Magazine on the subject of whether or not this thing is a prequel, a reboot, a remake or what. He insists this isn’t exactly either of those things, saying: “I often see Star Trek being referred to as a remake, and it really isn’t. It’s another Star Trek film; it’s another movie in the series. It’s the continuing mission.”

That sounds pretty good right? Notice though that he never actually called it a sequel either. That’s where Zachary Quinto comes in. Quinto plays a young version of Spock in the new Star Trek, and in another interview (which you can watch in the embed below) he says the following of the film: “This story happens sort of irrespective of where the Spock we’ve come to know ends up.”

Sounds a lot like alternate dimension bullshit to excuse rewriting history to me. The Enterprise seems to be headed for Biff Tannen’s Hell Valley. Maybe JJ Abrams has watched too much Back to the Future II.