I was talking about the movie with a friend of mine at work, and we came up with something that I think might have been missed on this board; if it hasn't, I apologize.
While this movie does not capture the "spirit of Utopia" that has been built up around the Trek Franchise, it does do a great job of capturing the spirit of TOS.
The orginal show was about larger than life heroes swashbuckling their way across the stars, getting in big bar fights, blowing up alien supercomputers, and seducing the alien slave girl.
Yes, this movie is lacking in the moral lesson that we got from most TOS eps., although maybe "be true to yourself" is the lesson? And there are some omissions and alterations that aren't quite like the original show. And we sorta revert back to the "Guys rule; girls get to the back!" male-centric themes from the 60's. But all in all, this show is more like TOS than TNG.
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