Goes nicely to the edge with gimics. Capt Pike on a 'board,' 'water' on the floor. Expect a big statement, action shifts. A whiff, not a big stinky pile of politics. Mr. Scott’s doe eyed robot is seen only a few times unlike Star Wars. Young Spock kisses Uhura in the elevator & returns to logical Spock when doors open. Transporter kissy face scene goes on too long for this Vulcan to be credible. Old Spock turns ending into a liberal PC moment telling young Spock to follow his feelings rather than logic in life. The final inevitable PC moment is Spock reading the "Space the final frontier..." lines. Unfortunately, he had to modernize it a la TNG by replacing "no man" with "no one." Other than that Mrs. Lincoln, it really was a great movie.