Okay, that's all for now. I won't spoil the movie for you. Go see it yourself, and I'll write more about it later, except to say, here's what some other important folks think about it:
Here's his longer take on it, even though the title says it all: "If all reboots were done this well, we geeks would never worry about reboots."
I was also pretty relieved when I read Simon Guerrier's review last month, especially his thoughts on sci-fi reboots and Star Trek vs. Doctor Who -- especially since both have had multiple reboots at different times and though the franchises are very different, they have had surprisingly similars ups and downs.
Finally, I read the Star Trek Countdown comic mini-series put out by IDW (which, amusingly, also publishes new Doctor Who comics) which is a prequel to the new movie, showing what takes place in the 24 century era with Spock and Nero before they show up in the new movie, and, most interestingly to me, members of the Next Generation cast.
I took a look at the books at Graham Crackers and wasn't that impressed with the art, but since I did want to read the background story (and find myself missing TNG cast) decided to read it by purchasing the comics as applications on my iPhone. Though I love the idea of reading by iPhone, and have enjoyed reading books using the Stanza application, because the layouts for comic panels are so vital and flexible, and seeing the whole page at a time is a more important part of the reading process, I haven't been able to get behind reading comics on your mini-screen. However, since, like I said, the layouts of "Countdown" seemed pretty straightforward, this seemed like a good opportunity. And I have to say, it was a lot of fun, probably in no small part because of it was a futuristic way to ready a futuristic comic.
It's a fun story -- at least the first three parts of it (which is all that I've read thus far) -- but it's definitely a prequel prepping you for a larger story and fairly unnecessary once you've seen the movie because Spock fills you in on the story you've missed (without name dropping Picard, Data, and Worf, of course).
