1. No, we have not seen the new Star Trek movie.
2. Yes, I plan to.
3. No, I don’t know when. Soon, I hope. (Ponders calendar.)
4. I am taking responsibility for avoiding spoilers by only glancing at a few reviews. All I ask in return is holding off on the ST mentions inside of non-ST articles (“Obama’s comment at the press conference was as unexpected as when Spock killed that Klingon with the Vulcan Death Grip in the new movie”).
5. The reviews I’ve seen — from ST fans and non-fans alike — have been quite positive. So if you haven’t seen it yet, it appears to be worth seeing.
I made the mistake of reading past a spoiler alert. More and more, I think that this movie is going to bug the heck out of me. Too many years of watching TOS five days a week on KCOP and KTLA, I guess.
On the plus side, it’s often nice to go into a movie with low expectations. I’m sometimes pleasantly surprised.