skyjedi2005 said:
Unless someone in my family begs me to go see this with them. I am not going to pollute my vision of star trek with this crap.

I can wait for the dvd and a free rental at my public library. Just another glitzy big budget summer sci fi actioner but star trek is supposed to at least when it was at its best be more than that.

Stay true to yourself, don't go see it. All action, no plot to speak of, you're not missing anything really. Wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, but it is by no means a good movie. Just a generic sci-fi flick running under an ST mod. Wait for it to come out on DVD and check it out from your library. You'll be glad you waited.

I sometimes wonder if i would appreciate these modern dumb entertainments were I a teenager instead of being nearly 31 years of age.

To me its really sad that another one of my childhood favorites has been destroyed. But nothing lasts forever. I mean Star Wars was ruined. Transformers was ruined. Indiana Jones was ruined. Star Trek ruined. James Bond ruined. The only franchise left unruined is Batman.

If I were thirteen, I am sure I would think it was about the best Star Trek movie ever made.

I think "destroyed" is kind of a strong word (but maybe not). This film is most certainly, beyond a doubt, the final nail in the coffin of the Star Trek that was. It is gone, the end. This is Star Trek now. "Destroyed" infers the idea that it came to a violent end, which it didn't really. It died peacefully enough, it was getting old and senile, its memory was failing, it suffered from the ailments of age, but it still had people who loved it when it passed.

I don't see this new movie as a conquering usurper, taking its position by force. But rather an honest successor who is hardly worthy of the mantel it is taking up. This is hardly uncommon. The footsteps of greatness are rarely followed by their equals.

Trek, when it was at its prime, was one of a kind. It will never be replaced, only poorly substituted.