Star Trek Into Darkness. Nothing original. No Story.

Rating: 5/10 (2 June 2013)

Is there a shortage of writers? Must every single movie now, not only be a remake, but they can't even come up with anything original?? Khan?? Really?? The writers think they are so 'clever' by just taking an already hit script and just reversing a few things to pass it off as a new film? For the hundreds of millions spent, can't we get SOMETHING NEW? Must we re live the same movie OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN? Are these films or just cheap amusement park rides disguised as film? Kirk dies, instead of Spock, Spock yells "Khan!" instead of Kirk. Kirk comes back to life instead of Spock in a dreadful meaningless film? Star Trek has the ENTIRE universe with a crew of amazing special effects masters and all they can come up with is.... let's RE DO KHAN?? and do it badly.
I didn't even care for the wasted use of Klingons..... dozens all killed by one man? Sure, Khan is super human, but he is using a gun to kill them all, and what, Klingons don't have guns?? Who put the clitoral rings in the Klingon's heads??
More importantly, they are rushing the friendship between Kirk and Spock. Already Spock is weeping like a little girl for his dead friend? They've only known each other for a very short time?? No bonding?? No history first? And enough already with Spock and Uhura. IT DOESN'T WORK. He's a #^%&) Vulcan!! That relationship is ruining the whole point of the character of Spock.
I enjoyed the first film and thought it was great. This one is just masturbation. Nothing new, no NEW eye candy. No wild and new worlds to encounter... just a blue eyed white boy, Khan, with a "Bain" voice from Batman. Hello.... Darth Vader has the voice.... now every movie has to have a villain with a dark scratchy audio enhanced voice? And what in the HELL is Khan's purpose?? Sure the Admiral needed info from him to achieve knowledge, but what was Khan's motif for being so evil? No motif, nothing. The filmmakers are relying on the fact that everybody knows who Khan is.
Star Trek SLIPS Into Darkness, is entertaining, and keeps you watching, but when it's done, you walk out with nothing new to think about. No new story, just the same old crap.
...and Lt. Uhura is NOT a super hero..!!! She's the communications officer!! Why in the hell they beam'd her onto the moving roof top of that ship to help Spock is beyond violating continuity. The series is becoming a Super Hero rip off and moving away from what Star Trek is supposed to be. It's supposed to tickle your brain and your eyes, not just shake the camera at the lights and re do the same old story, badly.
If those ***holes ruin the new Star Wars coming out, like they are ruining Star Trek, then the end of good science fiction will soon be complete. Science fiction hits will only be for 15 year old kids that have no idea good science fiction film used to have a STORY and wasn't just explosions and alien make up.
I gave it a 5 for special effects only. No, and not for Kirk and McCoy jumping off that cliff. We've seen that lame cliff jump in so many films now...they even had the balls to use the same jump twice?? They did it in the opening and Khan does it later on. Paalllleeeeeeze. Come up with something NEW!! oh, and when did Kirk and McCoy become action super heroes?? Did I miss the meeting?