I agree with Zombie about Star Trek having to place to go but up. The series has really been drug through the dirt, even if this one stinks it can't be any worse than if they had continued the TNG era movies. At first I didn't like the idea of other actors playing the parts of the original TOS crew, and the idea of it being a prequel seemed even worse. But I have liked J. J.s stuff in the past, I think his style mixed with ST might be really interesting. As for the difference in the Enterprise design, I don't think that is such a bad thing. I like the old series as much as the next guy, but it is a pretty old series, I would have never expected them to render of 3D model of the old Enterprise and call it good. There are already plenty of continuity problems between the various Treks, making the ship a little more up to modern standards is pretty minor all in all. This is suppose to be more of a reboot than a prequel isn't it? Over the last few years everybody has been rebooting everything, and most of the time it is a huge success. Look at what it did for Batman and James Bond. Sometimes you can only take something so far before there is nowhere else to go. We have had five television series, six if you count the animated series, and ten movies. That is a lot of hours of Star Trek. If they want to keep milking this poor old cow the best they can do is take its DNA, make a clone of it, and start the process all over again. Whether Roddenberry would have approved of it or not, it is probably the best decision as far as ticket sales and potential sequels are concerned.