Underwhelmed, almost disappointed

Rating: 6/10 (10 May 2009)

I have been a Trekkie since it came out on NBC. I've seen them all, all the movies, all the shows. This one disappointed me.
No, I am not disappointed by the new cast. Most were good, especially Zachary Quinto as Spock. Quinto showed great versatility, a completely different person than Sylar. What I am disappointed by is the new characters. The action of this new Spock were not that of the historic Spock. His on screen romance with Uhura simply did not fit.
Also, I am totally disappointed by the lack of any sense of following the chronology of time events we have seen throughout Star Trek. Spock was a junior officer on the Enterprise when Chris Pike went down to Talos IV. That means the Enterprise could not have been on its maiden voyage. That's one small example of the screw-ups. Ranks, assignments, so many things just wrong.
These are the faults of the writer and the director. J.J. Abrams, with his experience with Lost, surely knows better. Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman are from from Abrams's Fringe studio. I enjoy Fringe, but obviously they just are not up to Trek.
People rave about special effects, but that does not impress me. No amount of special effects can make up for bad writing.