In memorium: Star Trek

The following is a response to a post I found about the new Star Trek movie.

I used to be a huge Trekker. I liked Voyager best, because I thought the concept was interesting (a starship left to survive on its own? Cool!) but I was also a lot younger at the time, and now I realize (well, I realized it then, but I really realize it now) that there were some really dumb story lines (um...the one where people aged in reverse? That's really the best you can give us?!). Some of the characters were interesting (I liked Janeway, I loved B'Elanna, the Doctor was great, and the idea behind Seven was great, although the fact that she was added solely for sex appeal detracted from that considerably). The idea of having two opposing factions forced to cooperate was great but they didn't use it enough. And the end...well, it was completely anti-climatic.
To me, the death knell was when Brannon Braga joined and obtained a position of power in the francise. He seemed to think that everything had to revolve around sex appeal, and when he was given responsibilities in creating that travesty known as "Enterprise" things went downhill from there. I watched the first episode and it so sickened me that I couldn't bring myself to watch anything more.
When I heard that they were doing "young Kirk and Co." I almost cried. Haven't they tortured Star Trek enough? If they're going to do a movie, why not make it something different? Bring back something else.
The difference with "Doctor Who" was that the essential spirit of the original remained the same. The difference with "Star Wars"...actually, wait, no, the second trilogy just plain sucked.
Rest in peace, Star Trek. You died many years ago, and you are greatly missed.
I'll see it, but probably not in a first-run theater.