Wiping away an entire history - even a fictional one - does not satisfy this fan. I’d been happier if they just had new actors take over and run some new missions in the 4th and 5th years of the original Five Year Mission.
The end product here reeked of McBlockbuster... tons of CGI, explosions, tissue thin plot and character development.
Can’t make everybody happy. It’s making a lot more people happy than any other Trek movie though.
OK nobody defending the old ways, which include the first Star Trek movie, is allowed to complain about tissue thin plot or character development. Sorry but that’s just pot and kettle silliness.