Thank you JJ Abrams...for ruining the Star Trek franchise forever!

Rating: Null/10 (24 May 2013)

I went to see this turkey last night. Gene Roddenberry is probably still spinning in his grave one week after its opening night in Los Angeles. All of the characters are one dimensional caricatures with absolutely no depth. The main characters acted like cardboard children, the Klingons have maybe one line and were shown in only one brief, CGI laden scene. The script is atrocious, passing off insipid dialog as witty, snappy zingers and "I'm so clever" one liners. The main villain...well, I could write an entire review just on this one topic alone: Disastrous. All this coming from someone that genuinely likes Benedict Cumberbatch in most everything he has been in. What this talented actor was given to work with, IMHO, is no less than criminal. But that aside, the plot...oh my, the plot (Plot? What plot?). Introducing Khan as an English white boy with a yuppie haircut? Really? Khan Noonien Singh was a genetically enhanced Indian prince with a major God complex. Ricardo Montalban was Khan, rest his soul. He was Khan in The Space Seed and he was Khan in Star Trek 2. This faux pas right there was patently offensive. The way Star Fleet command was portrayed as a top down militaristic organization beholden to the warmongering ambitions of just one man (Admiral Marcus) was patently offensive. And that lousy cameo by Leonard Nimoy...WTF??? I HATED this movie. Thank you JJ Abrams for destroying the Star Trek franchise forever!