OK, OK, I have an admission to make, and no better place than to do it here.

For the last several weeks, I've been mouthing off at how terrible the trailers to New Trek looked (well, they were terrible) and then jumping to what seemed like a fair conclusion that the movie would likewise be terrible. I was wrong.

I went last night to my local AMC—skipping the $6.50 surcharge for the so-called IMAX Experience screening and instead watched it on a "standard" screen—and I was blown away*. I mean, I am as Old Trek as you can get (as in I experienced TOS when it was still in original airings—yeah, that old. Anyway, the movie was simply fabulous.

OK, enough "for the record" conscience clearing nonsense. Now please carry on with talks about astronauts.

*Well, the actor who played Bones did not impress me, but the rest, even Chris Pine, were just right.