Through the eyes of a young boy.......

Rating: 10/10 (14 May 2009)

I remember watching Kirk, Spock and McCoy when I was a young boy sat on the carpet in our living room at the feet of my father, I loved it, every week it was a new tale of how the crew of the enterprise took on new dangers and met new races of people on strange planets. I remember vividly the Carbon based life form in one episode and the Tribbles that ate the poisonous grain giving away the sinister Klingon's dastardly plot in another but above all this, it was a tale about a group of friends dealing with each others emotions in different stressing circumstances and situations. This is something that was lost a little when The Next Generation came along, don't get me wrong though, I liked TNG a lot but it never impressed me as much as the original series mainly due to the fact that it centred to much on the technology and science behind what was going on rather than how it effected the people.
As the end credits started to roll on the new movie I couldn't stop a tear rolling down my cheek as all the memories of being a young boy watching the original series flooded back to me. I realised that the last 120 minutes I had witnessed had surpassed my expectations ten fold and that the actors had played their parts as the respective crew members perfectly, Karl Urban as 'Bones' probably my favourite re-visioning. Now Im sure the plot was fantastical and hard to believe for some people, yes, but then I cannot remember an episode of any star trek that wasn't a little silly, scientists are finding new ways to explain things every day so who is too say what can or cannot happen in this screwed up universe we call home you just need to have an open mind. All I can say is that Kirk sleeps with an alien woman, gets into a few fist fights and saves the day. Spock uses logic to explain things, argues with McCoy and wrestles with his human emotions and McCoy says 'Damn it' more than once and uses the word 'Vulcan' to address Spock instead of his name. Everything I remember from the series and following films.
I came out of the cinema feeling like I had not seen a new star trek movie but had actually seen a new extended episode of the original series and I have to say I will never be the same. Thank you J.J. Abrams and all the actors and crew who created this masterpiece.