As any Trek aficionado knows, the series movies were cursed by the “even number good, odd number bad” theory. Witness the Wrath of Khan (no 2), the Voyage Home (no 4) and First Contact (number eight) versus – amongst the worst in the franchise, the Final Frontier (no 5).
From net reports and twitter postings overnight, it would seem that Hollywood wunderkid J. J. Abrams has finally and thankfully managed to break that curse, delivering from two almost simulanteous premieres (an official Opera House one in Sydney, but an unnofficial and earlier one in Texas with Leonard Nimoy) a rip roaring adventure that looks like it has finally managed to inject much needed new life into the franchise.
Live long and proser indeed. For a good aggregation of the current net chatter, the redoubtable Harry Knowles over at AICN is your best bet!
