Ridiculous rewrite, same tired old military recruitment propaganda

Rating: 2/10 (20 May 2009)

How do we get back to the maiden voyage of the Enterprise? Simple...just create an alternate path in the time-space continuum. How do you change Star Fleet from a space exploration mission into a militaristic campaign? Simple...attach the word 'peacekeeper' to their mission and suddenly they're involved in firefights at every turn. How do you write a script devoid of any ingenuity or direction? Simple...now that you've reverted to the maiden voyage of the Enterprise and its original crew all you need to do is find spots to patchwork in coined phrases and stories that were already written, making sure to spice it all up with clichéd plot points glorifying the young and bold at the expense of the old and learned.
This film is just barely watchable because it's nothing but a simple piece of recycled nonsense whose only primary deviation from the story even someone like me (who'd never seen a full episode or film from the original franchises) already knew front and back is this absurd militarism and recruitment propaganda that already infested and destroyed the Transformers story. The only truly positive outcome is that I didn't pay to see it, and upon having seen it, dropped it directly in the recycle bin where it belongs.