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"You will always be a child of two worlds, and fully capable of deciding your own destiny. The question you face is: which path will you choose?"    - Sarek -  sounding oddly Stuart Wilde - and charmingly Brindle Style.

"Only when science and technology are used with human concern in a world which all of the earth's resources are held as the common heritage of all of the earth's people can we truly say that there is intelligent life on earth" -Jacques Fresco

  "It turns out that the Trekkies have been right all along – and on nearly everything they have tried to tell us." Gene Roddenberry shows faith in the public imagination.

                                                   About the Movie- Wikipedia

2009's Star Trek Movie is a credible contribution to the Roddenberry mythology.

The official world premiere took place at the Sydney Opera House with stars Eric Bana, Zachary Quinto and Chris Pine.

Gene Roddenberry was an American visionary Artist.  And by the sounds of it even he had trouble making a living.  Professional development Skills - Creative Industries

The start of the movie had me muttering Gawd what happened to 'don't put anything in a story that is not part of it- no matter how good the writing is.  And what about the accepted structure?  BEGINNING THEN MIDDLE THEN ENDING. 

IT began with the usual 'action' sequences - I was a bit -ok maybe the American mentality really is Idiocracy - maybe this's the measure of their understanding, attention span and expectations for entertainment. 

Eric Bana as Nero made a primo 'bad' guy and I enjoyed the quote 'a particularly troubled Romulin'  being of Maori heritageI'm not sure I can associate moko with anything other than cultural pride and I'm not sure that's what the work was meant to portray.  A tad unimaginative make-up people.

The short skirts work but!  There's an original Series sense to costuming that suits the sci-fi genre better than the 80's low self-esteem silicon valley feel of later series.

Going by Roddenberry's comment to a reporter commenting on Patrick Stewart's baldness Wouldn't they have a cure for baldness by 24th century?  "By the 24th century who would care."  Roddenberry may have felt we will come to respect/enjoy diversity within our species rather than saying one 'look' is superior to another.

The young Chekov as a figure of fun had a hint of old 'Ruski' stereotypes about it.  A bit the way Pirates of the Carribean portrayed Indigenous people as slightly daft. I'm prolly paranoid -  I also felt rather than canon fodder there was a hint, a whiff of pro-militarist-propoganda in the atmosphere.

"I should be putting you in the cargo bay. Shouldn't be a soul in sight" -was a cute line from the Scottie character, as was the earlier unfortunate 'beaming' experience of Admiral Archer's dog.  Porthos being one of the redeeming aspects of the Enterprise series. T'Pol would have been so jealous she didn't get beamed out of it too.

The movie brings something to culture of the European diaspora and their collective consciousness with the portrayal of respect for elders.  And the bond between Kirk and Spock "A friendship that would define you both." 

Concepts vitally important to an American culture that seems to accept portrayal of itself as barbaric and the first species to extinct itself.  Also accepting negativity, sorry ugliness, cynicism and obsession with violence and portrayed as entertainment and in it's turn justifies short-term fixes of capitalist self-serving consumerist values.  Values I feel the Star Trek canon,  was trying to get away from.   

I spotted a review that enjoyed the sound effects  to me it hinted an excited 'we've got a big budget- let's spend it' attitude from the audio makers.  There were parts of the musical  compostion that were exceptionally good, where the the expense was justified.  Lol- did I mention cynicism in the previous paragraph?  The latter review had an ad' for blue-ray beside it.

"You will always be a child of two worlds, and fully capable of deciding your own destiny. The question you face is: which path will you choose?"    - Sarek - which sounded oddly Stuart Wilde - and Charmingly Brindle Style.

Star trek wiki - Movie Stuff - total plot and 'spoilers'