star trek is back, assholes.

in my nerd-heart of hearts, it never really left.  but for many, star trek was dead, those memories of a utopian future for mankind dashed on the rocks of an underwhelming prequel series and a lackluster 10th movie.  so thank the great barrier that j.j. abrams was able to breath new life into the ailing franchise.

i will admit that i was skeptical at first (in regard to the title of that post, yes, yes there was).  but sitting in the theater last night with my mom, as the lights dimmed and the first shot of the uss kelvin flashed up on the screen, i just started smiling, and didn’t really stop for the rest of the running time.  i won’t get into a full on review as there’s a million of those out there already.  i frakkin’ loved it and need to see it a bunch more times.  bullet-list of some of my favorite aspects, coming atcha:

• chris pine’s kirk was definitely kirk without being shatner.
• bones was dead on bones.  who knew karl urban could act?
• simon pegg’s scotty was hilarious.
• i think i caught all of the in-jokes, including scotty’s bit about transporting admiral archer’s beagle into nothingness. (rip, porthos!)
• the realistic look of engineering.  in fact, all of the interiors of the ships were pretty sweet.
• phaser fights feeling like actual shootouts.
• successfully rebooting the series via time travel to skirt the canon issues.

most of all, i like that a whole new audience is being exposed to star trek.  george lucas take note:  this is how you bring back a beloved property without, you know, ruining everyone’s childhoods.  good on ya, jj.  i already can’t wait for the sequel.

-srd

ps- does this mean that years down the road we’ll have a rebooted tng?  that could also be awesome.