Anyone who reads my blog frequently will know that I'm a big "Star Trek" fan. The last movie review that I did was for "Star Trek: The Final Frontier". Other memorable blogs on the same subject were "Star Trek: Generations"(My favourite ST movie) and "The Science Fiction, Star Trek Portal".

"Star Trek, The Next Generation" is my favourite series followed by Voyager, then the original series. I'm not a fan of "ST Enterprise" or "Deep Space Nine".

The best of Star Trek contains not only great story lines but unique spiritual themes that make you think. This includes virtual reality (the holodeck), alternate universes, sentient androids (i.e. Data) and powerful beings like Q. 

Unfortunately, the new Star Trek isn't in the same group as the best in this series.

While there is much to like about the ST reboot (The Introduction of Kirk and Spock in particular), the story line was burdened by an old Spock who looked uncomfortable and out of place in a new ST Universe. If Spock had died heroically in the past or the future, he could have come to young Kirk and young Spock as a ghost like "Obi-Wan Kenobi". This would be passing of the torch similiar to the "ST Generations" story Line. 

Most of the reviews on Star Trek have been positive. Mine is simply lukewarm. Two and a half stars.