An Awesome Re-Boot

Rating: 9/10 (15 May 2009)

A very logical extension of the original in which Abrams and his friends use their standard ploy on Star Trek, successfully. An 'alternative universe' has been created by Spock and Nero when they came back in time and tinkered with things. As such all the original characters can now be anything the authors would like, because of the tinkering element. Even Rick Berman would go along with this because Mike Pillar (STNG) has made many dissertations about time travel concepts and, indeed, Mike and Rick made these happen in STNG. This, thus, makes it credible and allows Star Trek to continue on for years! Orci and Kurtzman are to be commended for holding to the basic template with Pike and they didn't make Pike nearly as radically different at Berman and Pillar made Zefram different from ST to STNG the Movie (First Conctact).
The new universe in which Spock and Uhura have a "thang" is going to be decidedly different.
We can't say this is wrong as in the original Spock and Chappel had a "thang" that was mutually acknowledged in Amok Time.
Orci and Kurtzman are to be commended for being "quite logical" and for centering on SPOCK as the true essenece of Star Trek.
May the franchise "Live Long and Prosper!" That would be fitting for all involved from Hunter to Roddenberry to Coon to Nimoy to Shatner to the new group of show runners...