@rockfan That’s good to read. I hope it’s not just lip service.
As for the new JJ Trek films, the action pacing is so fast-paced, and the characters are so much like high-schoolers compared to competent officers.
“Oh no prob. Bones and I will just outrun and distract the natives while Spock bungie-cords into the volcano at the same time. Enterprise can just park underwater. Oh dang! That didn’t work! Well we’ll just jump off a cliff and then violate the Prime Directive to have Spock not die due to our foolish plan. I’m sure no one will report us and we won’t get kicked out of the fleet. We’re too cool and good-looking.”
It seems weird to me to make a re-boot of Star Trek TOS in that style, because TOS was so very not like that. Kirk was fairly brash, but he was still a competent, brilliant, mature captain, not some irresponsible kid with a terrible attitude and awful decision-making skills. TOS Kirk would have recommended dismissal for JJ Kirk, and TOS Star Fleet would never approve such a person to command a cruiser. And there was time to discuss the situation and make command decisions in TOS – not a giant furball of pew pew beams everywhere. Why make a hyperactive juvenile version of TOS rather than make a new series?