Star Trek Beyond: 10 Reasons It's Better Than Into Darkness

10. The Tone Is Closer To The Original Series

It's fair to say that a lot of hardline Trekkie fans don't care for the new rebooted franchise because it doesn't feel like the Trek they grew up loving. For all the good J.J. Abrams did on the first two movies, he freely admits he isn't a big Trek fan and as such ended up crafting his own distinct take.

With Simon Pegg co-writing the script, however, Beyond feels much more like classic 1960s Star Trek, and in fact, this is basically a self-contained, two-hour Star Trek episode, complete with the planet-hopping, outlandish alien characters and superb character banter you would hope for.

Sure, it may lack the grit and complexity of Into Darkness in particular, but the tone also feels a good deal more faithful to the source material, and it's focused more on being fun than taking itself too seriously.