Resonant Constellation

I watched the new TV spot for Star Trek 11. I noticed two things:
1. Kirk’s big line was “Either they’re going down or we are.” Apparently the name “Captain Kirk” was changed to “Captain Obvious” somewhere in the script.
2. The big tagline declared in huge, dramatically slowed and broken apart sentences interspersed with scenes of mind-boggling action sequences was: “This is not your father’s Star Trek.”
O….kay then. I’m going to go ahead and dissect this like an 8th grade biology student going full out on a preserved frog and/or fetal pig. Those of you with squeamish sensibilities may want to get over it (e.g. man up, grow a pair, etcetera). This is going to get a little…formaldehyde…ey. Wait, no, I mean ugly.

Alright, Star Trek writers, producers, and director J.J. Abrams, I’m okay with you re-doing the whole concept, starting with a new storyline, in fact I’m in favor of it. If the Star Wars prequels (and pretty much any other prequel film) taught us anything (that wasn’t destroyed along with the brain cells we all lost watching them), it’s that going back to a series to do a prequel after a long time is not, strictly, a good idea. So, I like the fact that you’ve made it clear that you’re not doing a literal re-make.

That said, I do expect respect for the shows and movies that came before. The Original Series may not be my favorite, but it was a truly great and groundbreaking TV show. Something like forty years later the themes of many of the episodes are still relevant, interesting, and most importantly entertaining. Mr. Abrams, you’d be lucky to make a movie half as good as my father’s Star Trek.

And based on your big line from the TV spot, you’re headed down that dark path; forever will it dominate your…
Wait, wrong one.
Ahem:
KAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHN!

NB: Okay, so maybe I didn’t dissect it as such. I always hated biology, anyway. Maybe I can stick it in a particle accelerator.