Why I hate the criticisms of JJ Abrams "Star Trek" and "Star Trek Into Darkness"

Just watched the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode called "The Drumhead." It is so appropriate to remind us all that "there will always be those who condemn in the name of righteousness." That we should always be on the lookout for those people. Yes, that's what Star Trek is all about, intelligent and thought provoking stories. You can do that on television. But when it comes to movies, they have to be made to draw people into the theater away from everything else life has to offer...all the other daily distractions that we have. When one spends over several million dollars to make a movie, one hopes to make money back. People are criticize JJ Abrams for his two Star Trek movies for a) the way he reimagined the Star Trek universe, b) rewriting the movie "The Wrath of Khan." But for the medium the stories were made in, MOTION PICTURE or MOVIES, they basically did what MOVIES are made for nowadays...they provided a big return on an investment. Now, that being said, you can still take it or leave it. But there are quite a few of the TV episodes that are just as bad. Take the third season of the original Star Trek series. I would venture to say that a majority of those were junk stories, but they are still considered canon to the storyline. A lot of folks also dismiss the animated series. Whatever you think of any incarnation of Star Trek, it is basically just a form of story telling disguised as science fiction.


With JJ out of the picture now, it's up to whomever replaces him. I personally think that if any of my "film-making" friends think they can do better AND get the return on the investment that JJ did, they should make a Star Trek movie on their own! I would gladly participate as an actor, or maybe something else now that I've actually taken some film making courses myself!!
 
Don't get me wrong. I am still and always will be a Trekkie with costumes and all.

I love each of the series incarnations, with the exception of "Star Trek: Enterprise." And I loved most of the movies (with the exception of "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" and "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier"), But I get tired of the over criticizing of late by fans around the world. It's fun to be a part of the fandom, but it's not like the stories they tell REALLY HAPPENED. It's a vicarious experience, but all film and tv tell stories that we watch, we live it vicariously. Let's not take these too seriously!!!

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