Jasonisms

Saw the second installment in the STAR TREK reboot this afternoon. Now, to be honest, I'm more of  STAR WARS  fan than  STAR TREK   but I like a good sci-fi movie whenever I can get it, no matter the family it falls within. Since this is Monday morning and all the cool kids have probably seen the movie already, I'm sharing my take on what I found wrong (and somewhat right) with the film. There are a bunch of spoilers in this post, so if you're not interested, don't look. I mean, seriously: don't read any further. There were a lot of problems I found with this movie, problems that were never reasonably explained or just didn't think much of the science  in science fiction. First : In the beginning sequence we see Kirk running from the natives, ala  Indiana Jones, through a jungle whilst dodging spears and arrows. That's great. Why? Because he stole a holy canvas. Why? We don't know -- the only answer that was ever given was simply: "They wer...