True, certainly true. I mean if that is you have never watched either movie.
Otherwise the only similarities is there are characters named Khan, Spock, Kirk, Scotty, Chekov, Uhuru, and Sulu.
It’s the same exact back story.
Same exact characters.
Nearly the same dialogue, word for word.
Same scenes, with prettier effects, less cold hatred and simple revenge. It has no depth, not philosophical in the least, has no bearing on popular culture, nor examination of “what if.” They never should have let that hack Abrams TOUCH Star Trek. If DeForest were alive I imagine he would have denounced Abrams as an ounce of crap polished by Hollywood. He always was the heart and soul of the three. Without him Neemoy and Shatner sold out.
Those “Star Trek” movies, while good as popcorn movies will never stand the test of time. They are not Star Trek in the slightest.
Abrams is much more suited for Star Wars, an adventure movie that tries to be deep but fails. Miserably.