Yeah, that's the thing... I knew before the 2009 Star Trek that I didn't like J.J. Abrams, simply because I don't like his style of directing. IMO, J.J. Abrams and Michael Bay are cut from the same cloth... they both make the same kinds of movies, and they both have the same basic style pattern:

- Super-fast-paced action

- Lots of running/screaming/jumping/explosions

- Lots of lens flare

- One-dimensional characters that lack true depth

- Characters so ridiculously hyper, you think they have caffeine for blood

- Lack of respect for the established visual look of the universe

So IMO, it's all the same... 2009 Star Trek is basically the same movie as Michael Bay's Transformers... especially in this case... Transformers: Dark of the Moon basically followed the exact same formula that Star Trek: Into Darkness is following... taking select bits and pieces from actual G1/TOS episodes and films, and working them into a mishmash of a story that is supposedly meant to be unique, when it's not... it's just a mishmash.