Well, shut ma mouth and call me Succotash
Y'all ain't got ma point. (Reverts to Brit) My point dear shipmates is that I belong to that minority who consider Star Trek to be a wasted inheritance, beginning with the very first 'reboot' that gave us Jean-Luke Picard, a Frenchman played by an English thespian...what! I did try to watch it, seriously I did; but, it was like Little house on the prairie set in outer space, like watching paint dry. Us purists (yawn) enjoyed the pizaz of the original Star Trek - the polystyrene rocks and William Shatner being, well himself
But that apart there were stories - actual stories, that gripped you, that made you think outside the norm. So, since then its essentially been down hill all the way. Which brings us to the latest crud. Um....interesting 9/11 in outer space? Or Die Hard in outer space? Or James Bond in outer space? Please, they even have the stock English villain; what is with you Septics? Are you still smarting from the war of 1812? haven't you noticed recently that most of the folk you find sinister are wearing tea towels on their heads? But that aside it just makes me weep to see what has become of the hope and aspiration of Gene Roddenberry's vision. At least they (the men in suits) had the decency to name the latest cash cow 'Star Trek into darkness', but you see, I've seen Jimmy Bond fighting on the roof of a train with the stock villain, so why oh why do I need to see new young 'bad acting' Kirk fighting on the roof of a digitally created space whatsit. To sum up, a formulaic 'block buster cynically engineered to appeal to teenage boys..............of all ages