I'd be OK if I live the rest of my life without seeing another article/review/preview say that a Star Trek movie is "warping into theaters".

As far as him "slinging" it, I think he's earned some goodwill with how the previous movie turned out. Complain all you want about "Lost," but he basically didn't have much to do with that after the first season (if not the pilot), so any faults with that probably don't lie with him. From what I've seen, he's good at telling stories in a 2 hour format (the Lost pilot, the first Star Trek movie, even "Super 8" -- even if it was more of an homage to / rip-off of Spielberg, etc.).

dsbrady