...To boldly go back to the future

In his review of Star Trek, Roger Ebert protests the direction of the franchise:

The Gene Roddenberry years, when stories might play with questions of science, ideals or philosophy, have been replaced by stories reduced to loud and colorful action. Like so many franchises, it’s more concerned with repeating a successful formula than going boldly where no “Star Trek” has gone before.

I don't know that I'd go quite so far as to say the new Star Trek cares only about "loud and colorful action" (thoug