Vaderisnothayden said:
Yeah but I Abrams actually talked about making the movie like Star wars and the dvd doc says the same thing. So it's something that was in the mind of those making the movie when they made it. They were consciously imitating Star Wars.
Which they did by imitating a ball to the wall adventure vibe, as opposed to the 'show tunes and moralizing' vibe of the previous several Trek films.