Something new for everyone, you included!

Rating: 10/10 (17 May 2009)

Being a "non-trekker" (as you like to label) I definitely do not have any say over the original star trek nor do I intend to try, seeing as how evidently you claim to have all the rights here! This movie was a prequel meaning that it shows what happened before the events that took place on the original show that you have adored for so many years. That being the case everyone,trekker or not, is starting from scratch and is on the same page.
It seems to me that your synopsis of this amazing film is nothing more than 33 years of repressed anger for being ridiculed for having an unhealthy state of obsession for a freaking show! I think that you are so blinded by the fact that you and people like you have been cultivated on being different for so long that you cannot consider anything new and therefore cannot enjoy a great movie. The whole idea of the film, in my opinion, was to give all of us "non-trekkers" a better appreciation and understanding as to why you were so in to the original show; and I can tell you that they nailed it!
I would like to point out that the way they presented Leonard Nimoy's cameo appearance in to the film was genius! Friends of mine who have a better understanding of the show said the casting for the movie was done beautifully. Maybe there were some alterations in characters namely the character of Spock but again the idea that the movie is a prequel sums everything up and I think nothing was overdone! Besides, the way the characters played off of each other was excellent! Personally I think William Shatner is a bigot and was seriously mistaken when he opted out from having a cameo. And as for Leonard Nimoy, have some respect for someone you have idolized for all these years! In my opinion the man is a rock star and that is exactly how you so called trekkers treated him in his glory days! Even you have to admit, in spite of what you think, that you were slightly excited to see the original Spock appear in that ice cave. I'm pretty sure that deep down you know it was cool when you witnessed the symbolic scene of the original Spock respectfully "passing the torch" to the new Spock.
I think it is a shame that you disgruntled trekkers could not appreciate a glorified and refreshing insight on your show that finally came! JJ Abram thought you guys had been in that hole of social deprecation long enough; but in his attempt to pull you out of the gutter you still manage to be considered weird. So congratulations, your lack of understanding outside of your non-social bubble is still intact. You can enjoy your old re-runs while I along with the rest of the enlightened will gratefully enjoy the new and improved for years to come!