Board Thread:Off-Topic Discussion/@comment-9605025-20150328164912/@comment-25063315-20150402063831

Like I said, face saved with alt timeline.

Into Darkness was a clusterfuck, however, and I felt like I was prostituted with the use of "Harry Mudd's ship" (wasn't all this supposed to happen pre-OS in an alt timeline?), the aforementioned whitewashing of Khan (Ricardo Montalbahn spits at thee from hell), and the corny flipped roles of Kirk and Spock channeling ST2:TWOK with the Kirk death in the engine chamber (also something taken from OG future timeline).

I get that they are trying to get and keep new fans while tip-toeing around us die-hards, but I thought Orci was a diehard as well, so shame on him.

Us diehards would have supported something fresh, but as stated, they went with the least riskiest route with proven characters to destroy the box office.

Kirk, Spock, and McCoy will always be Shatner, Nimoy, and Kelly to me, but I applaud Pine, Quinto, and Urban because they have done it justice.

Hope they do the next one justice closer to the first reboot, because they are clearly breaking the trend of "Even-Better-Than-Odd" already (although I liked V, it was fun).