Star Trek

Let me say first that this movie has been touted as a reboot of the series. It does not mean a remake or a part of the whole series that is established. This is the beginning of a new universe for Star Trek. If you have not seen this yet, then you should know that going into this movie.

Now that being said, I liked it overall. It brought a new spin on the creation of the original Enterprise crew that fit in well with established mythology. The updates were much needed while still giving homage to the original inspiration, and anyone who says they should have stuck with all the 1970s props is no true fan of the series. Gene Roddenberry always tweaked his stories and changed things around to make them better, and I have no doubt that he would have loved the updates made to the setting. The fact that the updates work very well is also a great plus, as well as having much of the classic character descriptions and one-liners that people remember from the original series pop up throughout the movie.

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There are a few random things that I have to mention. There always will be (most of the time). Some of the aliens throughout seemed that they might have been put in just to put more aliens in it. There didn't seem to be so many in the shows as there was in this one film. But that's just being nit picky. There are two major things that are kind of bigger. The first is the one my brother pointed out to me and that is the end when Scotty jettisoned the warp reactor or whatever to blow up and push them out of the way of the singularity. He thought it was a little too far fetched (I think I'm okay with it). The other is that Spock from the future obviously had to come from somewhere where Romulus got sucked up practically destroying "The Empire." Is this Spock from our established universe? What does this mean for the future novels and whatever else comes of the original series universe?

I don't know. I might have to watch some comentary or read some interviews or something else to find out, but right now I think I am good with the movie and cannot wait to see what comes next.