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Nature Physics 5, 375 (1 June 2009) | doi:10.1038/nphys1291

Film: Boldly going...where?

Edmund Jackson

The most recent voyage of the Starship Enterprise is without doubt the most exciting and thrilling in many a ringed moon — massively enjoyable. With Star Trek, J. J. Abrams and crew have performed the seemingly impossible task of taking a franchise equally enriched and encumbered by a considerable canon, and producing something new and vital, all while pleasing existing fans by acknowledging this heritage.