I admit I wasn't happy when I heard that J.J. Abrams was going to direct the new Star Wars movie. I kept thinking of all the failings of the new Star Trek movie, namely: EXTREEEEME KIRK! ("look I'm driving cars off cliffs as a kid, now I'm picking fights at bars with large alien people, oh and now I'm hitting on anything and everything I see that has breasts!" *facepalm*), Mr. Toad's--I mean Mr. Scott's wild ride (really, he's teleporting down and just happens to end up going on some magical pipe ride, really?), the whole re-enactment of the "there's always a bigger fish scene" only this time on an ice world (I guess if you are making a prequel to a famous science fiction series, you must be obligated to include a scene like this (big CGI monster chases protagonist, check, then proceeds to get eaten by even BIGGER CGI monster...check!); it must be in the small print), etc., etc., etc...

But now after thinking about it for a bit, I am hoping that most of the problems I have with the new Star Trek movie lie with the horrible script and not the direction (*crosses fingers*)...I liked most of Super 8, so maybe it isn't Abrams' fault that the Star Trek movie was lackluster...I mean I thought the casting was pretty good (Spock, Mr. Scott, etc.), so perhaps if the script is written properly (which I am optimistic of what Michael Arndt can accomplish), then the new Star Wars movie could turn out all right. I'm certain that it will be better than the prequels. This isn't Georgie Boy writing the script ("I truly...deeply...love you."<----worst line in all of Star Wars), so I will try to remain hopeful...