Into the depths of my mind...

So the family went and saw the new Star Trek movie on Thursday.  What an amazing film!  Entertaining, action-packed, visually stunning, modern sensibilities in filming, dialogue and attituse, yet it managed to keep the essence of what what the original Trek.

Or at least that was my take on it.

I popped into the "official" star trek forums to see other peoples take on it, and was shocked to see all the venom and bile over the new movie.

"They ruined the franchise"

"They pissed on 45 years of canon and continuity"

"Abrams might as well have sh*t on Roddenberry's grave."

Srsly?  The movie was a blast!  It was entertaining as hell and told a good story and explained any differences it had with the original series in a way that made total sense. I went an saw it with two fans of the franchise (my wife and my best bud Mike) and we all walked out of there going "DAY-am that was awesome!"

Ah well you can't please everypne all of the time, and you can't please people who cannot get out of thier shells and can't look outside of the little box they live in to think.  The franchise has been doing terrible for a few ears now.  The last few movies (which I enjoyed) have not done well.  The last series, "Enterprise" bored me to death.

Star Trek needed new life breathed into it, and this movie did it.

If you don't believe me, just ask Spock: