Star Trek game a “big disappointment”, arguably hurt the movie – JJ Abrams

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I think what probably hurt the second movie more than anything else was the role reversal at the end of the movie, and the reliance on "old Spock" to help propel the movie. The story wasn't horrible, but what old Spock said should have, in part, come from John Harrison.

Another aspect of it that is troubling is that this series of Star Trek movies seems significantly centered on Spock.

Finally, the fact that the movies seem to be following the original series of movies so far in terms of story is also troubling. Granted, no VGER in 2009's Star Trek but Earth in immanent danger from an unstoppable force, that can only be stop by Kirk and Spock going aboard it.

I know there are differences, I'm sure they didn't want to repeat the original movie and they couldn't. Star Trek The Motion Picture takes place after the events of the show and the five year mission. VGER, err Voyager just left the solar system.

I think if they had done something where Harrison escapes with his crew and became a new threat, people would have been much more excited by the movie.

I was excited for the franchise after Star Trek (2009), after Into Darkness I was a bit concerned that the series will do updated rehashes of the previous Star Trek movies. In fact, I'll be really disappointed if in the next movie the Enterprise crew has to go about saving whales on past present Earth in order to save the planet for a third time in a row.

I mean seriously, the movies make the threat of an unknown asteroid in our near future see laughable. Our greatest threat are villains hell bent on revenge for one reason or another.

Note: For anyone reading this. Yes, I know, but I felt it best not to spoil the movie if anyone hadn't seen it. I actually avoided anything about the story until I recently watched it on video and I'm sure there may be others who haven't seen it yet either.