Three films in......all very similar.
Three movies into the JJ universe, and all three movies are very similar.
All three movies share the following themes or scenes:
* A villain with a beef with Star fleet.
* Action sequence with Kirk, flying through outer space or zero g.
* Someone hanging off a ledge.
* Earth / or space station that lets face it may as well have been earth directly under threat.
* Villain defeated in a fist fight.
The original TV series and the movies had much more varied plots, featuring space gods, time travel, deep space exploration,political intrigue, philosophy, the relationship between Kirk, Spock and Bones - it's what set Star Trek apart from other sci-fi - big ideas to me, were the very core of what Star Trek was about - (and yes I know there was plenty of action and fist fights too.) I just wish Nu-Trek would explore these ideas too, instead of just relying on action and explosions.