[Reaper16]

Originally Posted by siberian khatru

I started out "meh," and I've been liking it less the more I've thought about it.

Me too.

Abrams needs to learn that "making an alternate version of an already existing Star Trek story but reversing some character roles" does not make for a good idea. This whole movie was

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Remember Khan? What if we made him and Kirk team up for a scene! Gee! And what if we made Kirk run into radiation to fix the warp drive? Sweet!" That way we can have Spock yell KHAAAAAAAAN! I'm so great at movies!"

It really doesn't get any deeper than that.

Then there are the dozens of plot holes.

Spoiler!

How did Scotty get to Jupiter in like three hours on a little shuttle? Why did they need Khan's blood to revive Kirk when they had ready access to 72 other genetically similar superpeople, one of which they had to thaw anyway to get a cryovat for Kirk? ETC

I'm not even a Star Trek fan. I've probably seen less than twenty full episodes of TNG and the other series I've seen less than 5 full episodes of each. So I'm not having an angry fanboy reaction. I'm having an angry moviegoer reaction.