Everything GREAT About Star Trek! (2009)

Star Trek Beyond is out next week! So let's talk about how Star Trek 2009 divided Star Trek fans down the middle while at the same time creating a whole new audience for Star Trek. J.J. Abrams' critics claim it's not "real" Star Trek. This is why they're wrong. Here's everything right with Star Trek 2009.

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[Geth-Who]

It's worth noting that when Leonard Nimoy saw this movie, he actually wept at how much DeForest Kelley would have loved Karl Urban's take on him.

[macsenpuma]

Spock's verbal middle finger to the Vulcan Science Academy should've received a win.

I must add that seeing Anton Yelchin in _anything_ now makes me sad.

[mdimascio]

Your final remarks about how it is okay to like (or love) the new Star Trek were very well spoken. Star Trek has been with me my whole life of 54 years and I love the reboot and am thankful for it, like you. The negativity comes from a type of fan I have no interest in knowing.

[Argumemnon]

Ah, good. At last someone who likes the new Enterprise design.

[katekursive]

When Spock flipped the Council off with "Live long and prosper" I loved it so much, too. Definitely a win in my eyes!

[teartaye]

I absolutely LOVE how they used silence to make dramatic scenes more dramatic. And that the timelines separating gives so much more freedom to the reboot.

[broadstrokespro]

As a massive Trek fan (like, know the names and classes of almost all the ships) well done for winning this movie. I enjoyed it, too.

Best of luck with Into Darkness ;)

[JakkFrost]

Great video, but you kind of gloss over one thing a lot of people seem to miss. They all argue about "prime timeline" vs "kelvin timeline" and complain about Abrams' reboot without seeming to realize that by having Nimoy's Spock time-travel, they keep the prime timeline in canon. There is no "either/or". Therefore Abrams' Star Trek is _not_ a reboot, it's a pre-sequel, the 11th movie in the ongoing series, not the first movie in a new series.

[EKOddLink]

"The Enterprise has never looked better"
Finally people I can talk with!!

[NickCorvello]

aww... no mention of Simon Pegg's reveal at Scotty? Simon Pegg should have been an automatic win! plus he portrayed Scotty so well$

[jollytroopersucks]

As an OG Star Trek fan, I think you are missing the point on what JJ "Lens flare" Abrahams actually achieved. He rebooted this franchise in the ONLY way possible to appease old fans (that get what I'm about to say), and new followers (that have no idea what I am saying) of this awesome universe. He created an ALTERNATE timeline. Nothing was reset. This is it's own thing. No one needs to froth. Nothing was undone. As soon as that huge Romulan mining ship appeared through a singularity and devastated the Kelvin...everything changed. From that point on, as James Tiberius Kirk was being born, there was a split. (And before anyone goes ballistic, OG Spock also went through a worm hole. That's why he is in this movie. JJ is not a dummy, so save your rantings. There are TWO Spocks, like in this movie...as well as TWO kirks, the other Kirk did not go through a wormhole...HELLO?)
JJ, in one fail swoop, just established that everything that we know and love about this franchise still exists...somewhere, in all of it's "Kahn" screaming Shatner glory, but he also puts forth: "Here's what could have happened...with a bigger budget." That's worth like...756 wins. Seriously. As a reboot...this could not have been done any better or with more reverence to the the established universe that came before him...and the casting was absolutely phenomenal. JJ nailed it...Three times. JJ is a genius...with a box...of mystery. lol.
I hope he makes more. (Please, JJ...after the Star Wars thingy...make more of these)
And Pine...in any timeline, ends up in a wheelchair. See what I mean? These multiverse things are difficult to get your head around. I do not fault you. It's complex. Like JJ.

[drmattconrad]

I don't get why people hate the Kelvin timeline. Star Trek has used time travel and alternate dimensions in every iteration. I cant remember the name of TNG episode where Worf keeps going between alternate dimensions where he's married to Troy but if you can accept the multiverse then a universe where the Kelvin is destroyed has to exist. Maybe they should have done what Marvel and DC do and given this version a number. I love Superman as a hero but I also enjoyed the Injustice storyline a lot. In TOS there is a universe where the Federation is evil. Wait. Did DC get the Injustice idea from Star Trek? Combining Star Trek and DC maybe this is the Flashpoint Federation. I'm way off topic.

[NotAFakeName]

I don't understand this films hate man. The fact that Abrams can be loathed for star wars ep 7 for not being original and star trek being too different by the same person is ludicrous.

[SpaceDave]

Wait a minute...

The film came out 10years ago

Time moves fast

[professorcomics]

Not sure which cast member I like the most but Pegg as Scotty seems to dominate every scene he is in. RIP Anton Yelchin.

[gabzz]

It just hit me that beastie boys song of Kirk joyriding is the same one in Star Trek beyond...

[hungryhungryhobo]

Arguably one of the best opening moments of a movie ever. And I absolutely love the score to the new films. Nothing will ever top the Star Wars theme, but the new Star Trek theme is a solid second place.

[antoniodiavolo]

I saw this movie with a live orchestra conducted by Michael Giacchino himself. It was awesome!

[MichaelStephenLordReserei]

This video is a breath of fresh air. I've enjoyed these new films thus far, for the same reasons, and share the same views in your rant. For the record, this new timeline has now been officially dubbed the "Kelvin Timeline", thanks to the Star Trek: Online MMORPG.

[TheMumbaGames]

As a DIE HARD fan of Star Trek since I was a kid I grew up watching TNG DS9 Voyager TOS Enterprise and all the movies, this was a great tribute to the franchise. I loved this movie when it came out and the following movie Into Darkness. Unfortunately Star Trek Beyond didn't quite reach the same level, even though I do like it. Thanks for your great review of what is good about this movie. It stands out as one fantastic piece of Star Trek greatness!