Originally Posted by Drithius 
The recent Star Trek movie was a major deviation from what Roddenberry had always pushed in ST: a philosophical and hopeful outlook on the future, layered in sci-fi.
That I would agree with. (Mind you, I still liked the movie as such.)
What Abrams gave us instead was some hackneyed coming-of-age story with a petulant villain and lots of explosions. Fun summer flick but not Star Trek.
Yeah … you could even say it was more like Star Wars than Star Trek. … Wait, what?