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In case you have been living under a rock the last year and a half, the new Star Trek movie by JJ Abrams is now out, and Trekkies around the world can now rejoice as they rush out to buy their tickets and see just how JJ has managed to revive the old series. What did JJ do to bring it back to life and make it possible for a cast of new faces to slip into the roles of our favorites? If you don’t want to be spoiled, I suggest you stop reading now.

For this story, we have a re imagining for the world created by Gene Roddenberry. Nero, a Romulan played here by Eric Bana,  has seen his world of Romulus destroyed, and he is set on revenge. He wants the man he feels responsible for the end of his world to suffer that same loss. That man is none other than Spock, and he goes back in time in hopes of trying to capture Spock and make him watch his world destroyed.

Nero has a wait to do this though. A twenty-five year long wait. In the meantime, he destroys the USS Kelvin, killing Kirk’s dad in the process, and with his trip back in time, he changes Star Trek history forever. This is now an alternate reality where everything that happened in the universe of Trek we know of has been wiped out. This is a completely fresh start for the series. JJ has made it so that he can have all new adventures with the characters we have loved since the 1960s. This movie is fresh and funny.

The casting for the main parts of the movie was spot on. We see some skin. We have some romance even. There are fights, and everyone from the original cast is brought together before the end. We have a villain in Nero that we could actually almost sympathize with. A man that lost all he loved and all that he knew while he was off world trying to earn a living to raise a family. That is basically what Nero was in the end after all.  However, his thirst for revenge clouded his judgment.

We also see Two Spock’s, new and old, and Quinto came in and did well here. In fact, I will even say Pine made a terrific Kirk. For a reboot to a long lived franchise, I want to see more of Abrams’ Star Trek. What did you think?

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