A new Star Trek made for the new uneducated generation......

Rating: 4/10 (18 May 2009)

I could care less about the plot of this film as it is no worse than any other of the lesser scripts throughout the ST films, a dumb threat from some as yet unknown enemy with revenge in mind (sound like ST2?) What really bugs me as a casual fan of ST but still very knowledgeable of the series and movies, how could you not be, is the hokey caricatures of the crew. Every one of them sound or look nothing like the originals did. I understand they did not want exact look-a-likes but the voices are so off it's embarrassing. And why does Kirk have bad skin and scars?
When the original series came out in 1966 the cast was in their 30's, only 12 or so years older then the new films crew yet they act nothing like them, are they saying their personalities all changed so drastically in ten years?. Spock sounds nothing like Spock etc etc. But the worst has to be Sulu who has such a distinctive voice they should at least tried to make it close, why not just have a black guy with a French accent play him.
But I guess this is what happens when the new Hollywood just keeps remaking things instead of creating something new, you can't have it both ways, if your going to recreate a classic character from films past, it has to be the same, not some actors interpretation.