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Fleet Academy with Kirk or McCoy. I did know that Chekov character was written in as an effort to sway NBC's young Monkees Monday night viewers into watching Star Trek's Thursday night episodes and see this cool Beatle-esque character with the funny Russian dialect. If they all went to the Star Fleet Academy together, I missed that take after 40+ years.

Was this better than other Star Terk films? Well! Are we talking writing or budget? I remember reading that Planet of the Apes got cheesier as a franchise as its budget was reduced with each added sequel. In fact, sending the Apes to modern day Earth in Escape From the Planet of the Apes (#3 in the series) was a great setting because it didn't cost much in terms of building sets. The most expensive set piece was the 'spaceship' they placed in the California surf. Why is this new Star Trek a success? I'd say the budget, the STATE of the ART computer (game) effects... followed by a plausible script... and then the acting (or impersonations). Brandon Routh's take on Christopher Reeve's voice in Superman Returns holds nothing to the dead on vocal performances of Scotty, Checkov and McCoy in Star Trek. But who can fault some of the acting performances when the original series had...er... ahem...emoter...Will...iam Shat.... ner? (Pine/Kirk does channel him in the last scene.)

Uhura and Spock had a 'thang"? I guess... to show emotion... or lack of it. It was semi obvious in the orginal series when they sat so close to each other and he bent over that read-out so she could eye some Vulcan booty. And he twanged his Vulcan lyre so she could sing a tune in the lunchroom. But I digress.

Is this a Re-IMAGINING... or a fan film? I can't make that call. It is cinematically brilliant in direction and action. Again... did the budget or a dynamic vision dictate either or both?

I enjoyed it a bit more than the ST: Next Generation big screen outings, but it just blatantly reminds me that Hollywood will recycle anything these days to make a buck... woe be it to rewrite Trekkie history... just to fit a 'for the consumer' packaged mold. Next up.. Lethal Weapon the Prequel, Shane the Prequel... Old Yeller: A Puppy's Tail!

Was it fun to see Nimoy as Spock. I felt it was a device to appease the old guard, like yours truly. It was a device used on the Next generation TV show where quite a few old "original" characters re-appeared 200 years older(?). Spock speaking to Spock? I'll just say this... If the future me was to ever meet a younger me... the future me better bring along a list of Kentucky Derby winners and/or lottery numbers from then to now!

As a Trekkie, I can admit it... Yes! I have now seen it!

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