georgec said:

I think Abrams did a good job on the first one, and the alternate universe thing allows him to leave every preexisting thing in the myths intact. But his works seem less like ST movies and more like action movies set in the ST universe. And I don't mean that in a negative way.

That's exactly what Abrams did--and I do mean that in a negative way. He wants to make a sci-fi action movie? Fine. I just don't get why he'd brand it as Star Trek. He's taken a TV and movie series that was about thought-provoking stories with moments of action and created action stories with... Well, who are we kidding, with no thought-provoking content at all.

It'd be like making a movie of All In The Family, but instead of having a character-driven film that centers around challenging Archie's world views, fill it up with car chases, explosions, killer robots sent back from the future to kill Edith before she can give birth to Gloria and start the Resistance... oh, and have Archie walk onto the bridge of a naval destroyer and have him instantly promoted to the rank of Captain.

I'd have nothing against a movie like that, mind you. I just don't think it should be called All In The Family.