In the old series "Wink of an Eye" they had the Scalosian water which when drank would speed people up so fast that everyone else seemed to stand still. Keeping this stuff handy would have solved almost every bad situation they were in going forward but it was completely forgotten about after the episode.

So now that they have Kahns blood and plenty of it from the 72 others that sure would be handy to keep around in case of other deaths or injuries wouldn't it? Think we'll ever see it again?

the ending essentially being a re-done version of Wrath of Khan was kind of lame and that Pine and Quinto's scene really didn't feel all that meaningful. They're great actors and I've come to like them playing these parts but what made that scene so powerful in Star Trek II was the fact that we had grown to know and love those characters over such a long time. Seeing Spock die and the movie ending shortly afterwards we were unsure of his actual fate. Kirk's sacrifice felt kind of thrown in to me and not entirely needed.

I also was kind of meh on the fact that this film felt the need for Khan to be the villain. Wrath of Khan is a great classic and this was a new spin on that story but in a lot of ways this film still felt fairly predictable. I kind of was hoping that this film would have been it's own thing rather than trying to re-live the past.

Yeah Star Trek started in 66 and TWOK was in 82 and that gave 16 years of knowing these characters so the impact so much greater than something over the last 2 years. Plus that was really the first time a major character died in Trek that wasn't dancing around 3 minutes after their brain was restored so the episode ended on a happy note.

I didn't mind Kahn so much. It has been 30 years the previous one and we've had 180 of mostly the same Spiderman movies over that time. There was just enough twist on this that I found it enjoyable.

I'm a lifelong Trekkie, and have loved pretty much everything Trek, even Star Trek V and Nemesis. I love the 2009 Abrams film, and have seen it probably 20 times. In fact, I attended a double feature tonight and got to see it again before STID. Once again at the climax of the 2009 film, even after seeing it so many times, I got chills. I got no chills from STID. The emotional scenes just left me cold. There really was too much action. I started to think I was watching a Lucas prequel and that's not good. I wanted more down time with the characters, more reflection, more planning. I really hope some of those scenes were shot and are restored in an eventual home video release.

I'm not sure how I feel about Star Trek 2 being Star Trek II. It's what we all predicted in 2009, but I didn't think Abrams would have the nerve to be so obvious. And obvious he was. On the other hand, I give him credit for being so bold as to do exactly what we thought he would, while being sure that he never would. If that makes any sense. Cumberbatch was great, as expected, though I don't see how he was remotely Indian. Also, why does Carol Marcus now have a British accent? Unnecessary changes like that confuse me. And did we really need another Beastie Boys song?

I did like the nods to Mudd, and the Tribbles, of course, meaning that the crew is experiencing many of the same things that the Prime crew did. Which brings up the argument that despite being an alternate universe, their lives are still being guided somehow down the same paths, which accounts for the events of this film. I just wish we would have gotten a discussion about that fact by someone, perhaps Spock and Spock. It just seemed like those kind of little Trek moments were sacrificed for the sake of more action.

Besides Cumberbatch, I thought that Simon Pegg really steals this movie. He is great in every scene, and is hilarious. But what's with the wig? Horrible.

At the end of the day, I'm not sure how I feel yet. It's definitely a step down from the first Abrams film, of that I'm sure. I'm also sure that it will take several more viewings for me to figure out what I really feel about its legacy in the Trek universe. But as a summer action flick, it's a kick-ass thrill ride, and non-Trekkies should love it.