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'Star Trekkin' across the universe,
On the Starship Enterprise under Captain Kirk.
Star Trekkin' across the universe,
Only going forward 'cause we can't find reverse.
Lt. Uhura, report.
There's Klingons on the starboard bow, starboard bow, starboard bow;
there's Klingons on the starboard bow, starboard bow, Jim.
Analysis, Mr. Spock.
It's life, Jim, but not as we know it, not as we know it, not as we know it;
it's life, Jim, but not as we know it, not as we know it, Captain.
There's Klingons on the starboard bow, starboard bow, starboard bow;
there's Klingons on the starboard bow, starboard bow, Jim ...'
I was in good voice and my Dodge Charger was rockin' to that classic summer holiday tune of yesteryear by The Firm and my six-year-old son, little Stan, was looking with a bemused smile from the back seat as we made our way to the cinema.
I didn't do any of the dance floor actions because even the short drive from the Dilmun Club to the Saar Multiplex deserves full attention and both hands on the steering wheel at the weekend.
I had managed to blackmail little Stan into accompanying me to the flicks with the promise of a new Yu-Gi-Oh game for his PSP.
Being a Star Wars fanatic I hoped I was just one small step for mankind from making him love Star Trek too.
Although I wouldn't call myself a Trekkie, I'm a child of the 70s and Capt Kirk and the crew of the Starship Enterprise were a positive part of my cultural upbringing, so I was klingon (sorry, couldn't resist it) to the hope that my son and I could share a special bonding of inter-galactic proportions.
That's why I was singing and so excited that Farishta, our regular movie reviewer, could not make it to the cinema this week.
After endless adverts and trailers, finally the film flicked into action with a dramatic space fight between Kirk's dad George (Chris Hemsworth) and the Romulan Capt (nasty) Nero (Eric Bana).
The First Officer had taken command and sacrificed himself and the ship by ramming it into the Romulan enemy in order to allow the rest of the crew to escape. During the escape, his wife Winona (Jennifer Morrison) gave birth to a son: James Tiberius Kirk.
About 22 years later, Kirk (Chris Pine) had grown into an intelligent but reckless young man.
He met Uhura (Zoe Saldana) and Captain Christopher Pike (Bruce Greenwood) in a bar, where Pike convinced Kirk to enlist in Starfleet Academy and follow in his father's footsteps.
The 11th Star Trek movie, the first since Nemesis in 2003, is a prequel to the original Star Trek television series.
The movie boldly goes where no Star Trek franchise has gone before, writing the history books, even if they change somewhat confusingly throughout the movie.
The fate of the galaxy, of course, ends up resting in the hands of Kirk, our thrill-seeking farm boy and half-Vulcan, half-human Spock (Zachary Quinto), who had been raised in a logic-based society that rejected all emotion.
As fiery instinct clashed with calm reason, their unlikely but powerful partnership became the only thing capable of leading their crew through unimaginable danger.
And, the best thing is, late on in the movie, you get two Spocks for the price of one!
Director J J Abrams and writers Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman have indicated one of the movie's prime objectives was to introduce a new generation to the Star Trek phenomenon.
Did little Stan enjoy it? You bet, as he expertly made Spock's 'live long and prosper' sign as we left.
We'll be back for the next one ... or maybe even a new TV series!
