Forgetting for a Moment that it's ' Star Trek' . . .

Rating: 3/10 (25 June 2009)

We're all aware there's a sort of rational sense & believability for what makes a spacecraft of this kind realistic. I'm a little thrown for this one due to
* Tremendously bright bridge (and floor ??) lighting that would
seem to wash out the computer screen readings. And a row of
harsh, uncovered (' beauty salon '?) bulbs along the back wall. * The oval, not round, shape of the bridge is not convenient
for the bridge crew to speak to each other (oval - like
on a Navy ship). But it was oval in the simulator. * The front view screen which doesn't show items in comparable
dimensions, but instead stretches the picture horizontally (??)
And, it also shows the stars moving L to R, instead of toward
the ship (or away from it, in a reverse view). * An Engineering Deck composed of nondescript walls and pipes
with no nomenclature and an antiquated, no-obvious-
purpose layout - and no work stations, screens, monitoring
devices shown. * Scenes of the ship are edited too short and don't lend
to establishing a realistic heft, mass & rock solidness
as it moves across the screen.
The actors fit the very basic guidelines - and the good story is compacted, making it difficult to pick up character development.
And - so it goes.