Pretend that JJ's doesn't have technology (whatever that means), morality, diplomacy, storytelling, friendship, vision, and social commentary (STID at least) all you want, but it does. Whether it does it successfully or not is another argument.

The other thing people forget is that they are MOVIES. With a TV show you have more time to explore those things. Compare it to the TOS and even TNG movies. They're closer to the JJ movies than I think a lot of people would like to admit.

Also, I think a lot of people (unfairly) compare the JJ movies to TNG and DS9. Different things completely. As someone who's only ever fucked with TOS, I have to say I really don't care about those shows. What I always loved in the original Star Trek was the adventure and the character dynamics. As far as I can tell JJ's got that, so I am satisfied.