The foundation for “Star Trek” was created by writers who lived (and often fought) through WWII, and we’re invested personally in a vision of a future of equality- liberals who cared about the civil rights movement, etc. J. J. Abrams is a suburban kid who grew up watching TV (but not “Star Trek”). He lacks the life experience and soul to further that vision of the future. So instead, we got lens flare, motorcycles, and explosions.
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I remember reading at the time that Shatner said of the first new Star Trek film (though I can’t find any evidence of this now): “It isn’t a Star Trek movie, it’s a Star Trek amusement park ride.” Exactly right. It completely lacked the soul of the franchise. It’s sad because you could still do the slick, cool, actiony stuff and have a solid core story involving space politics and hopefulness.
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