Alright, but let's not go overboard

Rating: 5/10 (14 May 2009)

Wham, bam, actioner with enough nods to those who saw the series first time around. But it's only OK - a CGI fest with cheery reminders of a slightly simpler age, but not all the way, eg Spock's father is not the stuffy, male dominating character we all loved (and the actor was the first Romulan to be encountered by Kirk!). At the end I felt is that all there is? Rather like a Saturday Morning cliffhanger. There are too many references to Star Wars, and Scotty takes ages to appear - oh, that's a good thing, considering he's the light relief! Yes, it works, but no more, no less than Lucas' second Star Wars trilogy. Holes in plot, but it wings along. Holes in Time Travel, but it shoos along faster than Leonard Nimoy's delivery! Sex and Uhura - I had to go out to the loo! Memories - the green sex goddess at the Academy - Jim always did fall for them green irresistibles, along with half the galaxy!!!