I’m a fan of the original Star Trek, not a Trekkie, but a fan of the series and Roddenberry’s vision. The scripts for some of the episodes came from some of the now classic Sci-Fi authors of the time. So, I tried to watch this film without too much bias. It is a pretty good action/Sci-Fi movie. The effects are impressive. The space vehicles fun to watch and plenty of explosions. The story of James Tiberius Kirk and the U.S.S. Enterprise is  a bit like putting together Star Wars with Master and Commander. You can hardly go wrong with such a combination. All the regular characters are introduced throughout the movie and it’s difficult not to make judgement on them. Uhura is hot and more involved than was culturally possible in the 1960’s. Doctor McCoy is a caricature of the original and seemed a little forced. Chekov and Sulu play their secondary roles well, but Simon Peg is the best as Scotty. You feel the spirit of James Doohan coming out. Spock is of course the main co-star and is the most developed character we see, besides Kirk. Fans will love all the requisite catch phrases and references from other Star Trek movies and there is a good looking green girl too. Eric Bana plays a great bad Romulan that keeps the story moving. No Klingons in this one. I’m sure we’ll see them in another Star Trek movie in a few years. The Star Trek franchise has been reborn.  The director, J.J. Abrams, has given himself a blank slate now and can boldly go…where no man has gone before.