Mind Blogging. Mind Boggling.

We know the Star Ship Enterprise's mission is "To boldly go where no one has gone before". Well, the movie sure did NOT swear by that mission, for it "Tamely went where many a movie has gone before". Boring, commonplace storyline, and every little joke and plot twist has certainly already been done to death in past sci-fi flicks. For a consumer with a honed taste in sci-fi, I'd say: Stay away- there's nothing new here.

And, coming to the lowlight of the movie- the most appalling stereotype at which my jaw dropped. There's this all righteous, Westerner crew and this token Asian guy, at the helm of USS Enterprise - yes yes, not much to protest so far if you aren't a radical globalist. Now this crew is in hot pursuit of, and tormented by, this evil guy who's already murdered a bunch of innocents and blown up a bunch of standard Hollywood issue 22nd century skyscrapers. Now what's this bad guy's name - KHAN Noonien SINGH! This badass guy actually introduces himself with the sentence, "My Name is...Khan"; and all of us Bollywood-watchers can actually complete for him- "And I AM a Ter__rist!".(Disguise incendiary words: N_A is watching!)

Now I know this is an old TV show, and you gotto stick to the original script, but they have to tweak it to modern sensibilities. This stereotype is wrong at so many levels, because it violates so many basic principles of 21st century civility-

1. Do not mix Khan and Singh- Gurudwara massacre in the US because of this confusion
2. Do not stereotype Khan as Ter__rist
3. Do not stereotype Asian as Ter__rist