ChainsawAsh said:
Am I the only one who's excited for this new movie? And who actually really likes the new Enterprise design?

Remember, this is supposed to be a reboot, is it not? Or am I mistaken on that?

No. I am actually really looking forward to it, despite my expressed misgivings. I had no interest of going to the theater to see the new Indiana Jones movie even though I am a long time IJ fan, I am a huge Star Wars fan, and I never even made it a point to see Attack of the Clones in the theater, but I fully intend to go see this within its opening week. I suppose that says something.I am also mind numbingly thrilled (okay, that's an exaggeration) that Simeon Pegg is playing Scotty.

That is probably the one thing that bugs me the most about this movie, this thing is a "sort-of" reboot, but in the past they have hesitated to actually call it a reboot. That is why they have Nimoy to play Spock and make this a time travel thing. I would have much rather this thing be a full out reboot, forgetting all that has happened up until now, instead of using time travel as a way to make it a sequel and a reboot at once. If they wanted Nimoy in the film, a cameo as Spock's dad or an older Vulcan teacher at the academy would have been cool. They could have included Shatner in the film in this manner as well.

Spock going back in time and thus altering history into the new franchise is just too much of a nerdy fanboy kind of explaination for everything being different.