just throwing it out there

Saw the Hobbit for the second time this evening with my loyalty pass (yay, free viewing).  I still need to reread the book (it's probably in Las Vegas at this moment with one of my sisters) and despite the misgivings of a Ringer friend i find that i like it quite a lot.  It feels more like a kid's film in some ways but i didn't find that to be detrimental.  The thing that bothered me the most is how much music was recycled from Lord of the Rings.  There was some new music, of course, that was wonderful, but Aragorn's theme for Thorin?  The Fellowship theme for the Company?  Dawn at Helm's Deep when the eagles are saving the dwarves, if i'm not mistaken.  I swear if we're watching the next film and they start playing Lothlorien music in Mirkwood that i will throw something at the screen.  Was i the only person thinking about a towel when Bilbo wanted to go back for his handkerchief?

Awkward "affection" moments with leading men...Alice Eve rubbing her nose on DT's shoulder in Decoy Bride.  Benedict Cumberbatch licking/kissing his sister-in-law's armpit in The Last Enemy.  Prince licking Queen's face in Mirror Mirror. Multiple scenes in Game of Thrones.

Upon my latest viewing of the Star Trek Into Darkness trailer i have a new theory about who Cumberbatch might be playing.
People have been talking about the hand on the window pointing to Spock dying like in Wrath of Khan (though many see this as a red herring).  What i noticed is that the uniform colors are very different here compared to in WoK, where Kirk and Spock were both wearing red classic film uniforms.  In TOS, however, they would have been wearing gold and blue respectively.  The two men reaching out to each other through the glass are wearing blue and black.  Kirk was wearing charcoal/black? for quite a while in the Star Trek reboot but in the sequel i doubt that is likely to be the case.  Kirk's wearing a (lighter) gray while running through the red trees, and the new dress uniform appears to be black, but the fabric and cut look wrong.  In this scene it appears to be is the black undershirt that everyone wears under the new uniforms.

So i have a new theory.  I agree that the one in blue is almost certainly Spock (it looks like he's doing the LLaP hand symbol) but i think it's unlikely that the man in black is going to be Kirk.  Black shirt seems to have slightly larger or the same size hands as Spock (another indicator that it's probably not Kirk).  So the person in black, judging by the glass brig cell footage earlier in the preview, is almost certainly Cumberbatch's character.  Furthermore, at the same time the hands are shown, Cumberbatch is narrating: "Is there anything you would not do for your family?"  So it occurred to me:  what if Cumberbatch is playing Sybok?  He was exiled in Star Trek V, and if they dropped the "searching for God" storyline then the two brothers might actually have some more meaningful interaction. It might also explain why Cumberbatch had to dye his hair dark for the role.  Maybe in this timeline Sybok joined Starfleet.

Check out the trailer:

Anyone else see it?