A fun reboot for a long-running phenomenon

Rating: 8/10 (18 April 2018)

I wasn't a huge fan of Star Trek growing up though I did watch some episodes of The Next Generation in the early 1990s. I also played the graphic adventure game entitled 25th Anniversary and won it. I'd only seen parts of the feature films and a little of Generations but this was the first Star Trek movie I enjoyed. Sure, it's a reboot but a fun reboot and it's one of my favorite remakes along with 1999's The Mummy. All-new cast and more background for Kirk and the rest of the gang, and they pulled it off splendidly. Because of this movie, I'm now a Star Trek fan though I'm not a huge fan but I will watch episodes of The Next Generation and as of now I've watched the first four feature films. My favorite sci-fi features now are Star Wars (my number one), Star Trek (which puts the "science" in science-fiction), StarGate (which mixes history and mythology with sci-fi), and finally StarCraft (Blizzard's major sci-fi game franchise). JJ Abrams, you did it!