STID's problem is Khan was done before, and better. And how many abusing their authority admirals have we had across all incarnations of Trek?
The two times the TOS films tried to be about ideas more than action sequences, it didn't turn out very well, so it's a double edged sword. The studio doesn't want controversy either, so social commentary is going to be hard to pull off, unless it's well disguised, as TOS often did well.