Yes, I've seen the new movie, previews started in the UK last Thursday and my wife and I (and my daughter and her boyfriend who didn't really want to go) went along to see how the series would be re-imagined. I realise that they had to show how the main characters first met each other in a short space of time, and I realise that the relationships had to develop fairly quickly, all due to the limitations in time however, with McCoy as a Doctor and Kirk going through a Command programme, it is very unlikley that they would be part of the same training course.

Near the end of the movie, and indeed in various parts in between, Kirk assumes a command role on the ship. What happened to the command structure on board the ship? Do they expect us to believe that in the future, a Cadet, regardless of how impressive he may be during training, would be allowed to take command of a Starship once the Captain and the First Officer are no longer able to! Also, once a Cadet has proven himself in one command situation, that he would be promoted to full Captain, given a Starship and sent on his way with 430 souls to look after, without having gone through an apprenticeship as a junior officer and learning the ropes from a much more experienced commander.

Aside from the non canon elements of Uhura and Spock making out, Spocks mother dying, Vulcan being destroyed, which I accept can all be explained by the parallel timeline, there were some clever nods to the original series and movies; "I am, and always shall be, your friend", "I'm a Doctor, not a .......", the Vulcan mind meld, the Vulcan nerve pinch, the Kobiyashi Maru, Spocks parents, the guy in the red uniform not making it back, and Leonard Nimoy, were all there to try to bring in 'The Original Fans'.

The special effects were very impressive as should be expected, the fight scenes and action scenes were well done, in fact, Kirk was reminiscent of Jack Bauer in many scenes.

As a movie without 43 years worth of baggage I would give it 9.5 out of 10, as a movie with one of it's hands tied and trying to satisfy the original fans and bring the new 'on board' I would give it 8.5 out of 10.

By the way, the engine room was a complete mess, couldn't they have at least taken that element from Enterprise?