Star Trek will now live longer and prosper

Rating: 8/10 (15 August 2009)

On the scale of fast paced engaging entertainment, the Star Trek 2009 not only excels but it also did the nearly impossible job of saving the the venerable Star Trek franchise from the abyss, at least in terms of future commercial projects. With the unpleasant exception of Anton Yelchin playing Chekov, the new cast were convincing in reinterpreting the original ST characters while Lenonard Nimoy deftly played the mature Spock in what could of been a mere cameo. Unfortunately Yelchin's annoying cardboard characterization of Chekov was a minor oversight compared to the major oversight in the film; that being the unbelievable storyline that allowed the franchise to be 'rebooted'. Time travel has always been one of more popular devices in Sci-Fi, especially in the Star Trek universe but in this case, they ended up sacrificing credulity. One doesn't need to be a hardcore trekkie to understand that the first and continuing imperative of the future Spock character would be to restore the original timeline yet he accepts the destruction of his home planet and the alternate timeline as a fait accompli. There were other events in the movie that likewise strained credulity and resulted in the morphing of Star Trek into an even more cartoonish version of itself, but overall the movie is satisfying and hopefully the franchise will live longer and prosper as a result.