A far out disaster!

Rating: 3/10 (11 April 2010)

Call me a strange earthling who does not venture into the popular planet of Trekkies, but I still don't get the fascination of the "Star Trek" phenomenon. And Director J.J. Abrams' "Star Trek" flick for the present generation did not generate interest for me to get on trek to Trekkieland. In fact, I found the latest "Star Trek" movie adaptation so repulsive and ridiculous, that I have been promoted to Vice President of the UFO (Untrekkie Fascist Organization). Abrams attempted to go where man has gone before way too many times, tell a tale of the origin of popular TV characters of an infamous TV show. So yes, we do discover how Captain Kirk became the entrepreneur king of the USS Enterprise; how Spock was all ears on seeking vengeance for the destruction of his planet Vulcan; and who were Kirk and Spock's parents, and how they played a part in their Enterprise Rent-A-Ship senior citizens program. OK, disregard the last one; I was pun-spaced out! We even have a Leonard Nimoy sighting in this latest "Star Trek" as an older version of Spock who actually somewhere in the film confronts the young version of Spock. Nimoy's "In Search OfToo Many Spocks" was featured oddly there. The rest of the Enterprise gang joins in for this film version also: Dr. Bones McCoy, Montgomery "Scotty" Scott, Sulu, and Uhura. None of them are engaging or charismatic, but if I had to beam up a winner, I would select Scotty; who was pegged in nicely by comedic British actor Simon Pegg's commendable performance. The rest of the thespian enterprise of "Star Trek" was a disaster including Chris Pine as Kirk, Zachary Quinto as Spock, Eric Bana as the baddie Nero, Zoe Saldana as Uhura, and John Cho as Sulu. And even though Abrams was able to Finding Nimoy, old Leonard did not bring much to the older Spock characterization. Robert Orci & Alex Kurtzman's script of "Star Trek" did not live long and prosperous in my attention span, too impractical and disengaging. Listen, I do not blame J.J. Abrams for his effort in piloting "Star Trek" for the present generation; but it looked like J.J. was lost in storytelling on presenting the film's narrative through a director's vision. I please want J.J. to give me back the two hours I lost in watching "Star Trek" but I know that is a mission that is impossible. Join the federation of Untrekkies and move into another cinematic galaxy devoid of "Star Trek". * Failure