1 I can think of a lot of things I'd rather do than go see the new Star Trek movie.  Molt.  Pick nits out of my wings.  Disembowel myself with a melon baller.  That sort of thing.

2 From what I've seen of the snippets at their website, I'm going to hate it. That's not going to stop me from seeing it. I've never missed a Star Trek movie, not even The One That Shall Not Be Named. (Hint: Shatner directed.)

I still wonder if it's entirely a coincidence that I got horribly ill for two weeks after seeing it...

3 I don't know if I'm going to see it or not. I keep thinking of it as Big Gay Star Trek*, ever since I've seen the first publicity stills (and the first trailer, even more so.) I wonder how many of the reviews on Rotten Tomatoes are by people who are longtime fans of the series (too lazy to check.) *Not that there's anything wrong with that.

4

I saw it last week (sneak preview). I really enjoyed it, though I should note that I'm not a fan of the original series (but I loved TNG). I'd be curious to see what someone who loved the original series thought, as JJ Abrams did change some things. It's also more of an action movie than other Star Treks, but that worked fine for me.

With apologies for self promotion, there's a mostly spoiler free review at my blog.

5 Hm, it turns out that longtime fans hate it: Fans hate new movie(video)

6 Rick, that's the Onion.

7 It is the Onion, but the Onion's whole trade is being uncomfortably close to the truth. I recall their piece on NASA's safety inspector delaying launch. Their inspector was a copy of the actual inspector.

8

Yes, but the point of the Onion's segment was that fans were bashing on it because it was good.  Whether it is or not, I will know in a few days, but the point it made about TOS and TNG was spot on.  The fight with the Gorn had me grinning like a madman.

And from Mark's review, I gather they're actually going to address the retelling in such a way that any canonical differences going forward are actually addressed.  (Although they'll still find ways to violate canon, anyway.)  I've followed it closely enough that I have an idea why, though it's a spoiler. The previews allude to it; the plot of the movie is that someone is coming back into the past -- multiple times -- to make damn sure the career (if not the life) of "the Federation's greatest captain" gets stopped before it gets started. Wonder if the Temporal Corps will be involved?

9 I got started on TNG and quit watching Trek during the Voyager years.  Voyager highlighted everything wrong about the franchise.

10 Here's another review, very upbeat.

11 Steven: yes, I know it's the Onion. Like ubu said, the premise was that fans hated it because it was good, and that Paramount said it would seem just as cheesy as the original in a few years. That's wildly funny. Especially to me, since I dislike the pompous blowhardiness that took over the series when Captain Surrender was in charge.