Saved the franchise

Rating: 10/10 (10 February 2012)

Let's be honest here, if this movie wasn't successful it might have been the end of the Star Trek franchise. The Deep Space, Enterprise and Voyager TV series didn't have enough of a fan base to support a feature film series of films. The original Star Trek crew and The Next Generation crew are both too old to really compete with current blockbusters. Even though the actors from the original Star Trek series are too old now the characters themselves were still very popular in syndication and replay of their movies. So starting over with them with younger actors in the roles is really the best way to go. Plus with them doing it where it's more of an alternate history instead of a reboot they can do new stories with them without having to worry about ruining the original Star Trek's lineage and poking holes in their stories.