pretty awful

Rating: 3/10 (14 April 2010)

Taken in isolation, this was a fairly decent, although forgettable, blockbuster flick. However, the movie was not sufficiently respectful of and faithful to the Star Trek universe of the preceding series and feature films. In its "ultimate reset" feature, the movie completely wipes out all the future history developed in the original Star Trek series, in STTNG, Deep Space 9, Voyager and all the previous feature Star Trek films. Granted, many of these previous productions were pretty bad and sometimes even nauseating ("Nemesis" definitely comes to mind here). But, IMHO, "Star Trek: The Next Generation" was, by and large, pretty good, as were quite a few of the feature films, like "The Wrath of Khan" and "First Contact". So now we are supposed to accept that all of that future has been simply wiped out? Sorry, but that just does not fly with me. J. J. Abrams should have been more respectful of the Star Trek tradition. As it is, I am sure that Gene Roddenberry is spinning in his grave in disgust at the mutilation that the Star Trek universe suffered in this film.