Finally, being a Star Trek Geek is cool!

Rating: 10/10 (16 May 2009)

I am an extremely devoted Trekker going on 30+ years now, I have seen every Trek series and all the movies so I have my opinion on what the best of the franchise is. And I have grown weary of the prequel theory (If it don't work right, go to the far beginning and start over and everything will be all better) believing that starting a series over will 'fix' or make a series more exciting does not work as proved time and time again. With everything in the Star Trek universe, all we've seen and all that has been done, how do you start over the greatest sci fi series ever and still stay true to the reason geeks like me fell in love with it oh so long ago? Easy - Star Trek - that's how. First off, it establishes that this story is set in an alternate time line (So this is just ONE of many many ways the classic series COULD have wound up and is going on in another reality) (I just gave myself a headache) All of which is explained in great detail by OUR Spock. Yes, time travel is the main plot in this as many of the other movies, and if you are a stickler for details, yes things are shaken up in the universe of Trek, but in a good way. Rodenberry wanted someone to come along one day and make his creation bigger and better. But at the same time it does not take itself seriously, joking all throughout and helping answer some long wondered questions about the show. But as with all things, i did find a few things to complain about, such as....
#1-All the events in the movie are sure helpful..."Oh, the planet is destroyed, thank God i can use this to travel back in time." "Oh they marooned me on a planet...Oh Spock and Scotty happen to be here...What a coincidence!"
#2-Whats the deal with Uhura? Her and Spock? Wow.
#3-Spock beams his family up to the Enterprise, and sees his mom fall and just stands there. He didn't try to catch her? Plus, why was she standing so close to the falling cliff side anyhow?
#4-So Nero goes back into time and waits for Spock. Hey guess what, you're in the past. Your planet is still there! YOU WIN! Go and save your people, not sit there waiting for revenge against events that will not happen.
#5-Whats the deal with Kirk and constantly hanging over cliffs? Someone put a rope around him or something.
But all in all, The same old Kirk, Bones and Spock - but new surprises that has even the most devoted of Trekker wanting more. With this 'new timeline' the possibilities are endless, the bar has been raised, lets see what's new in the Final Frontier....FINALLY - Being a nerd is cool.