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Rating: 9/10 (1 August 2009)

The Setup: Here we have a series that frowns on misuse of cannon and a fan base that would kill for it. Here we have an established series that does not pretend to be great and admits that it has had poor incarnations but also great ones. Here we have a series that missed the generation that could relate to the techno babble and grabbed the generation that could only fantasize about it. Here We Have Star Trek! The Pull: So JJ was cited as saying he was never a trek all star. Well if that is the case lets make that the rule rather than the exception. For those of us who missed the Trek bus it is just a new experience for those who were on the bus you just got a transfer. Simply put JJ in the span of 1 movie setup a completely different star trek with the same characters while fleshing out these characters based on their original conceptions. The Feel: The movie actually feels more like a bromance/rebels film almost every character is breaking some kind of norm and rebelling against the system in their own way. But the film is obviously as it plays out as homage to the series. What can be taken away from the film and what you hope for: Maybe if I watched it several times i could find a hidden meaning of life or some sort but what I took from the movie personally and what I feel others took from the movie as well was a notion of identity. What I hope is for the universe with out Vulcan be expanded upon as a federation without them would truly be a different beast.