“My gripe with the Abrahms version of ST is that it is all FX, 2-dimensional characters, and stupidity after plot stupidity. Just bad writing. IOW, ST movies have been reduced to just big video games. And another excuse to use theater mega-bass speakers to rattle your teeth.”
We all have our own tastes, but I disagree. Once I got past the weirdness of the reboot idea, the characters grew on me. Kirk is much deeper than in TOS or the movies. Spock is much more human, and developed. I like the new Kirk... a slightly troubled, genius bad/good guy. The new McCoy is interesting, etc.
I like it, I’m looking forward to this release.
My only complaint about the re-boot is that Scotty created a transport technology that, for all practical intents and purposes, rendered starships all but obsolete. Similar to the Batman movies where in the first one he had the ability to summon bats with a device then completely forgot about it for the rest of the trilogy.
New Kirk came across as a genius?
He reminds me of New Coke.