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I have to wonder if calling the destruction of Romulus a genocide is accurate. Unless there's something in (an increasingly irrelevant) canon or the Countdown preview comic to dispute this, it's my understanding that Romulus is the centre of an empire. That would seem to imply quite a few colonies and client-states. How much of the Romulan population was on Romulus?

OTOH, they are pretty xenophobic, so they may have ended up in the same position as the movie's Vulcans.

For my part, I've decided for my own convenience that Nero and Spock didn't create an alternate timeline—they passed through the wormhole into one. Now I can happily ignore any discrepancies between the two pre-Nero alternates.

And for what it's worth, this movie ranks right below Khan for me.

I hope this doesn't sound too silly, but I think what we're seeing in this movie is a change in the Star Trek phenomenon from a fan-supported, canon-based universe to an iconic mythology. It's becoming the same as the way the classic super-hero characters (Superman, Batman and later on, Spider-Man) are able to be periodically reinvented, as long as the core qualities (their myths, perhaps) remain. Similar as to how there are hundreds of versions of the Arthurian legends, but they are all still Arthurian legends.

While the fan community has latched onto the universe of Star Trek and is exploring it's possibilities and progression, the popular culture at large has had time to absorb TOS, digest it, find what it believes to be its core story, and attempt to re-tell it.

I personally found the movie entertaining and felt like it captured much of the spirit of the original TV series. It had a very limited vision, but the original series had 79 episodes in which to explore the different elements that make up Star Trek.

I guess the question that will be debated (mostly amongst the fans) is what IS the core mythology of Star Trek? When you're re-telling the story of Kirk, Spock and Bones, what is the central legend?

Apologies for the writing--it's late and I've had wine :)

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