A long time ago, to boldly in a galaxy no man has far, far before!

I better tread lightly here as I don’t need to offend the Trekker mafia. I don’t want to wake up tomorrow with a Jawa head in my bed. You know what I’m sayin’?

Star Date: May 2009
Fellow Starfleet Academy slackers, Jeff “Tribble-lover” Hatfield, Scott “Anderson” Anderson & I set out on an impossible mission – to explore well charted down town Santa Barbara and find a really good Star Trek movie.

If 1979′s Star Trek: The Motion Picture was any indicator, I’d say our chances were slim because that movie sucked Klingon Gagh and not in the maj way. Seriously, after seeing Han Solo yell at Chewbacca while blasting Storm Troopers, it was too much to ask that 8yr old version of me to focus on Stephen Collins falling in love with a creepy bald android lady person. “I’m giving it all she’s got Craptain!!” Incidentally, Mr. Collins went on to star in an equally action packed project called 7th Heaven on the W.B. He was terrific in that ( I heard er, no, read. OK, fine, I watched a few).

Lucky for us geeks, Star Trek isn’t just one thing. It changes. For instance, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn was awesome! And then it changed back to forgettable (at least for my tweeny attention span). And then TV shows of varied levels of cool and suckitude. Something for everyone. So, the big question that remained was “Where do you go from here?” The well seemed dry. J.J. Abrams answered with “We go BACK, TO THE FUTURE!” and then he let his hand trail off like Doc Brown. And then Michael J. Fox squeeked, “Whoa, this is heavy!” Wait. I just got lost in my own lame illustration. Ooooo! Speaking of LOST, what do you get when you throw a couple of the main dudes behind LOST at the Star Trek franchise? You get that really good Star Trek movie we were looking for!!

What an adventure! This Star Trek kicks you right in the knee and never looks back! The effects are sweet, the acting is great, the story moves and we get to relish in all those memorable characters. I was most skeptical about Zach Quinto as Spock, but he did a swell job! Another pleasant surprise was Karl Urban as Bones McCoy! He has a free ride to every sci-fi/fantasy convention after playing McCoy and Éomer Éadig, Third Marshal of Riddermark, son of Éomund of Eastfold and Théodwyn, the sister of King Théoden in The Lord of the Rings. What? So I like the Lord of the Rings a little. Don’t judge me!

I did NOT hate Star Trek!