Star Trek Strikes Back!

And it's got attitude!

I like what I'm seeing here for the new star trek movie franchise. To preface this, let me say I'm not a super fan of the Trek- I was a star wars guy. Star trek to me was this boring show with cheap fx that basically seemed like nothing more than a low budget star wars, poo poo to that. WRONG. It's great... I guess you have to really be older to understand it. The real heart of the show is the interesting interactions between Spock, the cold, logical, yet conflicted Vulcan, the emotional Dr. McCoy, and the only man who can get both to come to some form of agreement, the charismatic and cool Captain Kirk.

Many have expressed disapproval at the direction they're taking with this new Trek, though I think it's premature to do so since we have little information to go on at this point besides a trailer and some reviews of clips. Nevertheless, there will always be those who will not give this new flick a chance because they have such a closed mind to anything that doesn't fit their vision. I'm an open minded person and can live with changes, so bring it on Abrams!

As for their complaints. I've read some say Kirk wasn't a rebellious kid etc. I like that Abrams thinks making Kid Kirk this punk who doesn't play by the rules all the time will be the best way to show why he's such a good captain. I think good leaders throughout our history have been notorious for not exactly playing by the rules and instead challenging authority. Now that's not to say every criminal will be president, but blind obedience is often even worse than complete rebellion. Look at all the alpha males around you. Yep, don't give a damn about anything and they're having a great time, getting all the girls, able to be the life of the party and get people to relax and lower their defenses... that's who Kirk is to me. He's that guy who's got a fire in his belly and maybe he'll be a jerk sometimes, but he'll get things done too.

OMG too many Fx!1 So what? How does that exactly hinder the story from functioning and being dramatic as well as intelligent? Did people actually expect them to have laser beams wobble and a card board cut out ship hanging on wires as the actual level of fx quality? Get off it, guys.

"Boobs in Star Trek" in referrence to Uhura stripping. This I see no problem with at all...

So, though I can understand people's worries with any sequel/reboot to a beloved franchise, there's nothing so far that strikes me as overtly bad or wrong, and as a casual fan who does not scrutinize every detail, I doubt there will be anything. BEAM ME UP FOR THIS NEW MOVIE!