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I was a big fan of 2009's Star Trek. Saw it a bunch in theaters. I've rewatched it a time or two recently (wife digs it) and, aside from the cast, I really don't like it. It doesn't feel like Star Trek (and I'm someone who will find things to defend about Discovery and loved Starfleet Academy while DS9 remains my all-time favorite series). But boyhowdy is Chris Pine great as Kirk. Zachary Quinto is also phenomenal as Spock. I could actually go either way with the castings of Uhura, Scotty, and Sulu. But Karl Urban as McCoy must be defended at all costs.
Abrams, when it comes to Star Trek and Star Wars feels like he's making what popular culture thinks of those franchises and not what the franchises themselves are all about, if that makes sense. It's almost a parody.
yeah, he's trying to make money. you do that by appealing to the LCD, violence and sex and easy to digest plots full of tropes.
thoughtful sci fi is niche, it doesn't make any money.