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Originally Posted by Skoob

That's a good summary. What was marketed as something mind-stretching turned out to be little more than Jurassic Park In Space.

The disillusionment was similar after J.J. Abrams was turned loose on Star Trek. Instead of something moving and inspiring, we got a weird, shallow parody. Even the redesigned starship seems like a surfboard mockery, a kind of oblique insult.

What's going on? Is it a sign of the times, that so many shows and stories are pale substitutes or rehashes of what has come before?

The 2009 movie was brilliant and was released to overwhelming positive reception from fans and critics alike. I dragged my dad to the movie, and he was grumbling about it since he was a fan of the original. He came out loving it. It wasn't a parody....it was a love letter to the original series while creating a new beginning. You're the first person I've heard speak ill of it.