I *had* to talk about it!! I just saw the movie. And I must confess I was expecting it to be a fiasco, and to no appeal to an old fan as myself (I'm not worthy of being called a trekker, but I *am* a huge fan). The thought of having Sylar as Spock made my (green) blood boil, and I was not looking foward to all the changes in costume and bridge appearence.

YET! I loved the movie. I couldn't stop going "aawww, that's so *cute*" at so many moments. I was really all fangirl-mode in this movie. Not only was Sylar-Spock convincing, LEONARD NIMOY APPEARS!!! (check his interview here => [link])

James T. Kirk was soooo himself (!!) that I had to go "Ah, that's typical! You always gotta be beaten up and into trouble, man!!" Chekov was cute and a genious, Sulu got to sword fight and kick some ass, which rocked, Bones was..a bit off at times, but mostly sarcastic, dry and his dear lovely bastard self. Scoty was bloody BRILLIANT, loved it!

Ships were amazing, and though the bridge looked totally different from TOS, I bought it and it worked. Effects for teletransportation, as well as lots of sound effects were totally new, but fit well into the movie.

What I didn't like? Uhura. Yes, she's hot and looks good on skirts, and yes, she has some good acting going on, but...she lacks that kind of..elegance from the dear Nichelle Nichols. Although the compassion she shows towards Spock is completly Uhura-like, the thought of the two of then being into a relationship is just WEIRD, and does not work for me, not a bit. WHERE WAS NURSE CHRISTINE CHAPEL??? That would have worked, but she was not even MENTIONED! There was NO NEED for Spock to go kissing people on this movie. And as we all know, if he was going to kiss someone, that someone would be Kirk Seriously though. Uhura and Spock never showed any type of signs that they were in a relationship on TOS (if there's a trekker out there who knows otherwise, then please correct me).

All in all, it was a good update on a WONDERFUL series (if you prefer Star Wars...STFU and GTFO my interwebs ). I'm sure it will create new fans to the Star Trek legacy. Would be cool if they did a new series based on this oh-so-young TOS characters. I'd totally watch it.

I recommend this movie to all trekkers and all those who like sci-fi, you won't be disappointed.

Live long and Prosper!!