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I have been and always will be a fan of STAR TREK (both Tv & Movies) it's the way I hope we as a race will go one day & this is where i think I got my spirit of adventure, discovery & exploration from.

The Original 1960's Tv series is still my favourite, although each and everyone of the tv series that followed it had their moments...

The Next Generation, Voyager, DS9 and Enterprise which is far better than some would have you believe (the pilot episode especially was very inventive involving that old Trek favourite...Time Travel) and coming soon "Discovery" which is very unlikely to air on free to air Tv here in Britain but as I have SKY i'm hoping is bought up by Sky Atlantic or Sky One?

As for the movies there's only ever been one disappointing one with "Nemesis" which has a super pre-title sequence with the Romulans but then dive bombs badly! even with Tom Hardy as the villain!
The rest of the movies I LOVE to various degrees...YES even The Final Frontier which has a strange sense of bravado about it...going looking for GOD (why not?) ALL of JJ's three directed or produced films have been super fun (venturing a little off the ideas and thoughtful science fiction and more into action and daring do but still a GREAT DEAL of FUN)

I went to see Star Trek : Beyond at the cinema on IMAX and thoroughly enjoyed it, although I remember coming out of the cinema and thinking it didn't quiet feel as epic as the first JJ Abrams film or Into Darkness but I ordered it anyway on Blu Ray and having just watched it again i can confirm it's wonderful, it isn't as epic and as a big as those first two JJ outings but what it does have is CHARM, WIT (Karl Urban as Bones is just terrific) & CHEMISTRY (the cast make this in it's way a film every bit as good as those first two outings)

Oh and I just thought I'd share this truly BEAUTIFUL 3D lenticular Artwork that came with the UK 3D Steelbook version with you all (i'd seen a preview of the normal 3D shop version which comes with a lenticular slipcover but has the words Star Trek emblazoned across it along with a large in 3D, it's nice! but this one although it cost a few pounds extra has no such wording or numbering on the magnetic lenticular display and it's something I would whole heartedly recommend, especially as this UK version comes limited to just 2,000 copies so not bad for £23 when compared to the normal 3D Blu Ray at £18 and you get the steelbook case too with a nice art design on the back)

Swooping art style actually reminded me of Mike who once used to post terrific artworks here on the LM1 forums miss those, I LOVE Artwork.

Would make a GREAT present for any Trek fan.

It's not a bad photo above and gives an idea of the wonderful Artwork but not the three dimensional depth it has (when moved from side to side you can see behind many of these clouds in the background, the colours are also a little dark here whereas in the actual print they are very colourful.

Of course this shows the Enterprise zooming through the clouds which of course in the movie BEYOND it never does...not as a whole anyway

So artistic license has been made but why not it's a BEAUTY ain't it?

It would be nice if they bring Alice Eve back for the next one (Dr Marcus) I liked her in "Into Darkness" but I can't quiet put my finger on why?