Benedict, you’re a very baaad man!

I couldn’t wait! Just back from the first screening (bar last night’s midnight one) at my local cinema of Star Trek: Into Darkness, the second outing for the young classic Trek crew.

I’m not going to tell you any of the story except that Benedict Cumberbatch, with a spectacularly basso profundo voice, was truly wonderful as Kirk’s adversary. However everything else was in place – here are a few slightly cryptic notes:

• The crew from the previous movie are all present and correct;
• Kirk breaks the prime directive – again;
• Uhura and Spock have sparks flying off them!
• There are plenty of laughs;
• Simon ‘Fat boy’ Pegg gets to do lots of running as Scotty;
• The Enterprise gets shot up of course;
• It’s no tribble at all for Bones;
• Future adventures are (retrospectively) set up, and references abound;
• Spock gets to be an action hero – he melds, he pinches … and he cries.

LOVED IT!!!  Want to see it again.