[Tall Guy]

I’m old enough to have watched Star Trek in its first run on UK television, and really liked it.

I went to see ST:TMP in 1979, terribly excited to pick up where TV had left off. I was gutted. There’s that clip on The Big Bang Theory where Sheldon slags off every aspect of it, and I’m afraid I’m with him. I’ve seen most of the original cast films and didn’t warm to any of them.

On the other hand, I really enjoyed the 2009 reboot. I felt that the new cast actually got the spirit of the TV series more even than the original actors, whose aging at least matched the glacial unfolding of the V’ger story. And sorry but I think Giacchino also nailed the scores better than Goldsmith, as revered as the latter is among your average film music fans, including many of whom I admit to being very fond.

And I thought the animated series “Below Decks” was clever and hilarious.