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[Aaron]

Really good movie. I can't call it 'great' until I see it more than once.

I'm fairly into Star Trek - seen all the movies, all of the TV series - but have never gone to conventions, dressed up as a Romulan or learned Klingon.

I think the casting was superb, all of the main characters were cast perfectly.

There were a few things in the movie that struck me, as a Star Trek fan, oddly, but it didn't take away from the movie.

I felt at first like the main villain was underused, more something to move the story along than anything else, but then I recognized that the main conflict in this movie is between Kirk and Spock, not Good Guys vs. Villain.

I'll be seeing it again this weekend.

[THECHICKEN]

Yeah, see other than the ears they didn't look like the vulcans to me... but i guess i just didn't see it, that wasn't that big of a deal.

But yeah, im with you on the movie accomplishing certain things. This movie just makes me want to FORGET it so that i can see the next ones that will hopefully be better since they don't have to explain how the series gets started. But WHY did he destroy such a big thing when he didn't have to?

[Aaron]

But WHY did he destroy such a big thing when he didn't have to?

I think for a couple of reasons...

1.) Because "This is not your father's Star Trek." Think about it. From the beginning of The Original Series in 1966 to the end of Enterprise in 2005, how many "Oh, fuck, they just did that!" moments were there that were not reset in some manner? Because when Vulcan got sucked into that hole, I definitely went, "Oh, fuck, they just did that!"

I can only think of Tasha Yar's death during the first season of The Next Generation that might fit into that category, but I don't think her death had the same magnitude. Spock died in Wrath of Khan, and was a definite "OFTJDT!" moment at the time, but he was resurrected in the next movie. Jadzia Dax was killed in the second-to-last season of Deep Space Nine but the character was resurrected (different actress) the next season. Data died in Star Trek: Nemesis, but the implication at the end of the movie was that his downloaded memory (or whatever) in B4 would eventually surface.

There has always been a big, fat "Reset" button in Star Trek that has pretty much been used at every turn. And I don't think that is nearly as entertaining as when there are consequences.

2.) Gives creative team further license to continue to push the boundaries with Spock.

3.) Probable plot tie-in of some magnitude for the sequel, but who knows at what level.