The Rebel Faction

Well... it sounds official.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/24/jj-abrams-star-wars-director_n_2545526.html

I really don't know what to think.

Abrams admitted he went too far with the lens flare, and that he'd cut that down, so there should be less of that.

Also, it didn't disregard the original. There are a LOT of homages. For one, Kirk eats an apple while solving the Kobayashi Maru, and Kirk, in STII, is eating an apple when he explains how he did it. He also sat in the captain's chair the exact same way the original Kirk does.

The Romulan ship didn't look Romulan because it was way before they met them in the original series.

I think if JJ Abrams can cast it, he'd do a great job.

Sounds good to me, I dont think JJ Abrahams did a bad job with the last ST film, I also caught a good 10-15 minutes of the new one and that looks pretty good too.

I am actually feeling quite opimistic about it all so far...

I'll see it.

I hope it's better than the previous ones, in pacing and plot sense, and without the need for characters like Jar Jar.

Seriously.

I've heard speculation that it might be a little straightforward action, and less emphasis on storytelling and characters. But maybe that is only because of the direction of the Star Trek movies?