Star Trek

SPOILER ALERT! This post is about the new movie. SPOILERS AHEAD!

OK, knowing this was "due" to be a bad Star Trek movie, I went in with limited expectations. But I did go, because I like the original series.

The bottom line is that, IMO, it was a good movie, which was true to the spirit of the original series and its characters while being somewhat more advanced in visual appearance.

Did it have largish plotholes? Yup. Technical discrepencies and logistical problems you could fly a starship through? Oh yeah! Some violations of 'cannon' (even with the whole 'alternate timeline' thing)? Yes.

Guess what folks, so did the original series.

This is Star Trek! It is NOT a hard-sci-fi show. You KNOW the one redshirt who isn't a major character that goes along with the landing party is going to die. Especially is he's the only one carrying the demolition charges. Kirk is going to be a ladies man, Spock is going to be logical to the point of relieving himself of command (he did that in The Original Series too!), McCoy is "a doctor, not a physicist!" Scotty will be givin' it all he's got, Captain! Uhura will open hailing frequencies and... oh wait, she's got character development!!!

The Enterprise will, by process of elimination if necessary, be the only starship in the sector. Seriously, the rest of that fleet was doomed just by being in the same movie.

So, yes, this was Star Trek. It was pretty good Star Trek, too; well acted, nicely timed, with a nice mix of humor and drama. The high point for me was McCoy; if the new actor didn't look so different I'd swear they rejuvinated Deforest Kelley.

I'm sure a lot of fans will dislike the movie, but I hope that it does well and more are made with this new team.