Wiping the Slate Clean

Rating: 9/10 (7 May 2009)

I too, like most people, are not an avid fan, though I am married to one. I have sat through the best and the worst that the Star Trek franchise has to offer and I was absolutely overwhelmed with this movie.
There was no conceivable way that the set designers and technicians were going to transport this modern day concept back to the 1960's. We are far removed from the days when the doors were opened by people hiding in the wings. And yet, I felt that it was simply not overdone. Whereas the original series tended to gloss over most of the more technical parts eg ships entering the cargo bays etc, this picture took it further and let us have a good look at how the ship worked while still tipping its hat to the original shapes and feel of the ship.
Uhura still looks silly with her earpiece sticking out of her ear but it was right to leave it in. Same as the phasers etc. These were the areas where the defunct Enterprise series let it down. It tried to be too clever and failed.
While the plot is not fantastic, it does allow JJ Abrahms plenty of leeway to play with the time line. Everything that die hard Trekkies can stand up and argue about, has been covered neatly and explained.
Sitting with my husband on the way home, we found ourselves trying to make sense of the brave new world out there for the new crew of the Enterprise. And a brave new world it shall be, as every movie from this point forward, no longer exists in the new universe.
I now look forward to seeing what the writers come up with...oh, and please leave Chris Pine in as Captain Kirk...after all, he is much better eye candy than William Shatner ever was!