Good looking film, good acting but why set-up to overwrite Roddenberys work?

Rating: 3/10 (13 May 2009)

While the Star Trek Film was designed to open up Star Trek to wider audiences. After watching it yesterday I feel let down. It was a great looking film with great visuals and all round good acting from the cast.
However I could not believe they had the minerals to wipe out 40 years of back-story in one film just so they could start Star Trek from scratch, it seemed a very unnecessary thing to do.
I also found the Star Wars elements unnecessary to the Star Trek story and I was amazed Simon Pegg went along for the Phantom Menace Jar Jar Binks ride with Scotties little (Snarf) of a companion making an appearance at the end. While different Aliens and cultures are part of Star Trek, cute Alien side kicks are not.
It just seems such a waste when time was clearly spent to tip a wink to old Star Trek story arcs and characters only to then just throw it all way and plunder Star Trek and turn it into something more akin to some kind of Star Trek/Star Wars beast.
What a waste.