Star Drek

Rating: 4/10 (2 June 2009)

As one who has followed Star Trek through all of its various incarnations (except for the last three movies and the entire "Enterprise" series), I have to say that I am very, very disappointed.
First, THE DESTRUCTION OF VULCAN and THE DEATH OF AMANDA. What, pray, is the point?
I HATE this ill-considered retcon and I HATE time travel plot lines. And I very much doubt if I shall bother to go see future entries in the JJA/ST canon. Unless they somehow revert to the original timeline events.
Well, they gave fair warning, I suppose. Abrams and the writers boasted endlessly that "This is not your father's Star Trek", and by the gods of Kronos, they're right about that.
As for the actors: I didn't dig Chris Pine till the end, when he kind of clicked for me. Zachary Quinto was awesome (best line delivery: "Out of the chair..."). Karl Urban, brilliant. Simon Pegg (Scotty), phenomenal. Kid who played Chekov was preposterously awful.
Zoe Saldana was fine, though I didn't really like the romance plot 'twixt her and Spock: what, no Pon Farr and yet he kisses by all appearances with enjoyment? Bah.
Nimoy's appearance was meh: I knew it was him immediately, just as everybody else did, I'm sure. He sounded a little thick and hissy in his sibilants: perhaps he needs some dental tweakage?
I didn't much care for Winona Ryder or Jennifer Morrison... Liked the Taun-Taun and Wampa critters.
The implosion of Vulcan was amazing to look at, however much I hate the new canon. And speaking of canon: so our well-known crew really did get assembled and in charge of the Enterprise at such tender ages? Seems weird. Don't we have references to all of them on other ships before they ended up on 1701?
But perhaps since it appears that the entire senior class of Starfleet Academy was killed, except for the handful on board the Enterprise, that might explain the rapid promotions...
The movie seemed very dark (as in bad lighting) throughout. The cadet uniforms were ridiculous: red longjohns. I wonder if they had feets. Little spacegoing Dr.Dentons! \ And...RED shirts!!! Bit of a spoiler there, perhaps?
Do not like AT ALL the new swirly transporter effect. But that drill/column of fire thingy was really cool.
That Romulan ship looked waaaaaaay too much like a Shadow ship (Babylon 5) for my liking.
Did I say I really, really hate, loathe, detest and despise time travel plot lines? Because I do.
And sorry, but 10,000 surviving Vulcans are not going to be enough to keep the race going. Even if they breed like bunny rabbits. Oh, wait, once every seven years...well, scratch that.
All in all, very disappointed and deeply annoyed.