I liked the comedy of them interacting with the 20th century in 4, but other than that I found it mostly pretentious and silly. Trek and time travel plots have rarely mixed well in my book. And the whole Spock resurrecting because of the Genesis device just threw me out of 3 and devalues the end of 2, not to mention Shatner running through all possible readings of “Klingon bastard you killed my son” (whom he didn’t know existed until a few weeks ago).
I like Super 8, it’s light, but it’s a solid piece of homage work to ET and Close Encounters. Although it’s funny I like it because I hate ET. Might be the QA guy in me, I’m very good at setting my expectations, I expected an enjoyable piece of fluff from Super 8 and that’s what I got. For his Trek I was hoping for a fun ride and none of Braga’s UN in space crap, and that’s what he delivered.
Why do you hate E.T.? It’s a masterpiece.