Actually, most of the Mature Trek Fans rather like the movie (except for it aggravating the Reset Button problem where Kirk's Aging, Spock's Death, and the Enterprise's Destruction over the previous two movies promised that the Trek universe might develop and evolve, only to have those changes wiped out almost as fast as they were made). I'd say it's my second favorite.
There is, however, a rather louder, more obnoxious, and unpleasant streak of Fans -- you know people like this -- who violently hate the film and pronounce it unspeakably awful. I suspect part of this is people in the stage where they can't stand Funny Stories because that might make people laugh at Trek and goodness knows it has to be treated as somberly as Good Friday services; the rest is people upset that normal non-Trekkie people really like the movie. (There's also a faction that insists the movie is horribly dated by being so tied to the 80s with stuff like the pro-environmental message that's so irrelevant these days since we fixed the environment but good.)
I, of course, blame the faction who insists that Trek Must Never Dare Do Anything That's Successfully Funny On Purpose for the Death of Trek.
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Actually, most of the Mature Trek Fans rather like the movie (except for it aggravating the Reset Button problem where Kirk's Aging, Spock's Death, and the Enterprise's Destruction over the previous two movies promised that the Trek universe might develop and evolve, only to have those changes wiped out almost as fast as they were made). I'd say it's my second favorite.
There is, however, a rather louder, more obnoxious, and unpleasant streak of Fans -- you know people like this -- who violently hate the film and pronounce it unspeakably awful. I suspect part of this is people in the stage where they can't stand Funny Stories because that might make people laugh at Trek and goodness knows it has to be treated as somberly as Good Friday services; the rest is people upset that normal non-Trekkie people really like the movie. (There's also a faction that insists the movie is horribly dated by being so tied to the 80s with stuff like the pro-environmental message that's so irrelevant these days since we fixed the environment but good.)
I, of course, blame the faction who insists that Trek Must Never Dare Do Anything That's Successfully Funny On Purpose for the Death of Trek.