From: none@none.net   
      
      It's no World War Z (complete turd), but it sure tries hard to be a   
   mashup between 1982's Star Trek II and Transformers.  The movie is more   
   of a "whiz-bang" action movie that just *happens* to have some Star Trek   
   stuff in it.   
      
      ST: Into darkness is actually a pretty passable action flick, if you   
   like things moving around so fast that it distracts you all the time   
   from following the plot, much like the Transformers movies. (Man, each   
   time I promise myself I won't go watch another one, but then I do anyway)   
      
      One of the main characters resigns from his post for ethical reasons   
   for all of 20 minutes.  Another is demoted for perhaps 15 minutes before   
   being reinstated to his original post.  Another main character dies -   
   for about 10 minutes before being brought back to life just like in the   
   comic books, completely negating any meaningful reaction from fans to   
   his death and noble sacrifice.  The movie is chock full of very   
   temporary changes like this.   
      
      Doctor McCoy's lines are pretty funny through the movie - until they   
   start to overdo it - and then you start to wince as they keep pushing it   
   more and more, and he just seems like an annoying stand up comedian.   
      
      You know that a movie is kind of bad when you wife turns to a little   
   more than halfway through and jokes about a zombie tribble turning into   
   the first Borg, and you turn to here and respond with "You will be   
   assimilated -   cooo!"  We usually only do that sort of thing with the   
   really bad movies, when we're bored.   
      
      You get the feeling while watching the movie that Paramount didn't   
   learn a single lesson from Star Trek Nemesis.  No, we don't want you to   
   simply copy an old successful movie from the series so that you can make   
   more $.  We want a completely new plot, for once. (how about a sequel to   
   another old episode, like you did with Space Seed?)  Oh, there were some   
   surprises this time around that kept it from quite sinking to that   
   level, but overall that was what they were trying to do here.   
      
      If I had to list my LEAST favorite Star Trek movies, in order from   
   the one I liked the least, it would be something like this:   
      
   Star Trek Nemesis (ripoff, bad plot, weak villain)   
   Star Trek: The Motion Picture (much too slow)   
   Star Trek: Into Darkness (whiz-bang fast, parody of itself, ripoff plot)   
   Star Trek V: (unbalanced, silly God story, happy vulcans)   
   Star Trek III (a whole movie about undoing the previous one)   
      
      I guess after watching Star Trek: Into Darkness, I would suggest that   
   Trek fans instead try one of these:   
      
   http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_Invasion!   
      
   or   
      
   http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&fi   
   ld-keywords=star+trek+collective   
   (any of the first 6 results would be excellent viewing, depending   
     on your personal preferences)   
      
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