Remakes of classics are pointless and silly. If the original was that good, don't mess it up by doing it all again. Luckily, Star Trek (2009) is not a remake. In fact, it is new age romp that purposefully exiles itself from all of its previous incarnations. If anything, it took the canvas of Gene Roddenberry, painted a Van Gogh swirly starry night background on it and topped it off with a Basquiate finish. No apologies. This is a Star Trek movie. It's just a teenage rebel version. The casting of this movie is brilliant. I loved Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban, Simon Pegg, and Jon Cho (oh hohoho how they bring back the OS fencing nonsense.) This continues my ongoing love affair with everything J.J Abrams.
Ratings:
KHAAAAAAANNNN: See it (know thy enemy.)
Nerds without a well developed general sense of humor: Skip it
Nerds who don't need validation: See it
Rick Berman: Skip it (it's your choice.)
Humpback Whales: See it
On a scale of Heroes Season 2 to Heroes Season 1, I give Star Trek (2009) 3.2 stars out of 5.
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