Honestly, I liked them because of that. You should really watch Into Darkness, it is a BEAUTIFUL movie, both visually and plot-wise. It also feels more "Star Trek-y" than the first one
It's fine that you enjoy them because of that, but that's the reason I don't like them. The name "Star Trek" creates a certain expectation for me. The newer movie doesn't meet that expectation (though the movies were rarely great in the first place). I don't really have any desire to check out the second one either. At best, it might compare to other Star Trek movies, which I didn't care for a lot of the Star Trek movies in the first place. I generally only watch around five movies a year, I doubt I'm going to waste my time with that one.
While I do agree on the visual aspect of the movie being gorgeous, it was an absolute mess plot-wise. It's like they tried to cram 3 movies into a single one.
I want a back story that exploits the corrupt means by which this "greater good" got in the position it is in in the first place.
Oh, so you wanna go watch Star Trek Enterprise and learn how United Earth Starfleet stabilized the local region of the Alpha Quadrant, kicked the Romulans' ass and then United Earth created an great interstellar alliance with with their allies.
Star Trek is supposed to give us an optimistic outlook on the future.I want a back story that exploits the corrupt means by which this "greater good" got in the position it is in in the first place.
Would Star Trek 6 be your favorite of the movies?
Sci fi/syfy did a couple of shows this last year in the form of dark matter and killjoys. Both were pretty typical (but not bad when all was said and done) lower budget sci fi and neither got anywhere near something like Pandorum or Event Horizon if you are after the even darker and more twisted stuff but took it further than most. Might be worth having a look at those.
