Some Newer Thoughts on the Star Trek Reboots. (Spoilers) (duh!)

In the best, I'd been a bit harsh on these movies. I'm not sure why, but in the past while, especially after Beyond, I realized that, if you don't compare them to the originals, and take them as their own thing, Star Trek 2009 and Beyond are actually every good, on their own terms. In fact, I respect that they aren't copy and pasting the original series movies and actually doing new, creative and inventive ideas.

Into Darkness, however, pisses me off.

If you've watched Wrath of Khan, then you know that Into Darkness is so similar yet it's worse. Same villain, same basic plot, same death scene just switched around, and all of that bothers me. In Wrath of Khan, Khan was an established villain because he had history with Kirk through the show. He had a developed character and motivation.

In Into Darkness, they never explain this shit. He just kinda shows up. They don't really discuss his plans, his motivations, why he's there, none of it. The writers, I guess, hoped that everyone in the audience had watched Wrath of Khan and didn't bother. The only thing they really do to promote any sort of conflict between Kirk and Khan was Pike's death, but I just feel the show and original did it a lot better and I also think the reboots did a better job of fleshing out their other villains. Nero lost his wife and unborn child and felt it was entirely Spock's fault. Edison/Krall felt abandoned by the Federation without realizing that they just couldn't find them. These were villains I actually sympathized with and understood them.

I do like that they do seem to be exploring Spock's half-human side, something that I now wish had been addressed and toyed with more in the show. Hell, I actually love that they experiment and played around with more shit in these movies.

The Sabotage scene was one of my favorite scenes in recent cinema. It's been a while since a scene literally made me seat back in amazement and say "wow". It's fun, creative, and inventive.

Bones and Spock spend a lot more time together, which was a staple of the show I had missed and Karl Urban and Zachary Quinto have some great banter throughout the movie.

Also, the scenes with Spock where they're paying tribute to Leonard Nimoy is so tasteful and classy. They managed to acknowledge his death without making it some big, grand, distracting deal, and I'm glad. It was a quiet and respectful send off to one of my all-time favorite actors and I love it for that.

In the first movie, I think Leonard Nimoy's cameo is the perfect blueprint for any cameos from old stars in remakes/reboots. A nice 5-30minutes of them on screen but they need to have a purpose. Not just their for fan nostalgia but there to contribute something to the movie. Not only was he the catalyst for basically this whole alternate timeline, in a way he was passing down the torch to the newest generation, but without taking anything away from them.

I also love that a few characters that were overlooked in the show, especially Uhura, are starting to get more screen time. Hopefully, Scotty and Sulu get more time in the spotlight in the future movies.Hopefully, Scotty and Sulu get more time in the spotlight in the future movies. I am sad, however, that Anton died after that amazing performance in Beyond.

In all honesty, with the exception of Into Darkness, none of them are truly bad or annoying. When they're doing something new and trying to do something separate and different, that's when these reboots are at their best. I hope in the future, they continue to improve and get better.