I am not afraid to admit it- I am not a Star Trek fan. Just thinking about Trekkies reminds me how glad I am to be a different kind of nerd- one who idolizes Rosalind Franklin and Frida Kahlo instead of Captain Kirk. But, nonetheless, I will be seeing J.J. Abram's new updating of the successful Star Trek franchise. Why? Because it looks good, despite it being tagged with the same obsessive fans who have idolized Star Trek their whole lives.

The fact is, this new Star Trek is a Star Trek movie for people who don't love Star Trek. J.J. Abrams has said himself, "I am not a fan." He elaborates by talking about the holier-than-thou aspect of past Star Trek movies. “It always presumed you cared about this group of characters,” he says. The movies have never really been open to people who don't love Star Trek. However, J.J. Abrams seeks to change that in his new, sexy update of the franchise. Abrams says, "I didn't really make the movie just for the people who are already inside, because I like Star Trek but I was never a massive fan."

Abrams' Star Trek tells the origin story of James T. Kirk (played by Chris Pine), a 23rd-century boy who, upon his father's death, enrolls at the Starfleet Academy and later joins up with other beloved characters, including the half-alien, half-earthling Spock (Heroes' Zachary Quinto).

Hopefully J.J. Abrams' sci-fi blockbuster will find the middle ground of not too much nerdiness, but not straying too far away from the mythology that made Star Trek the success it is today either.