Watched Star Trek 1-10 or what ever number nemisis is. I still like these films... not sure why everyone thinks they are so bad.. they are no worse than any of the tv eps.. just longer. I am also in the small minority as i think the first movie is the best of the lot.
Looking forward to the new film... it is set on the madin voyadge of enterprise with kirk and spock. That guy that plays Siler is playing Spock and That english dude from Shaune of the dead is playing scotty....
* Chris Pine as James T. Kirk.[4] For some time it was widely rumored that Matt Damon would play Kirk in the movie. Damon, upon hearing the rumors, including comments from William Shatner giving him a "seal of approval" for the role,[5] contacted Abrams to ascertain the truth, only to be told that the Kirk in the film was a younger man and he was "too old" for the part.[6][7] Damon commented that if they do the progression then he'd be interested in playing Kirk.[5]
* Zachary Quinto as Spock.[8] Adrien Brody discussed playing the part with director J. J. Abrams.[9]
* Karl Urban as Leonard McCoy.[10]
* Simon Pegg as Montgomery Scott.[11] Paul McGillion auditioned for the role.[12]
* Anton Yelchin as Pavel Chekov.[13]
* Zoë Saldaña as Uhura.[14]
* John Cho as Hikaru Sulu.[15]
* Eric Bana as Nero, the villain of the film.[16]
* Leonard Nimoy as the older Spock.[17]
While original Kirk William Shatner has indicated that he will not be appearing in the film,[18][19] Abrams said in July 2007 that the production was "desperately trying to figure out a way to put him in" but that to "shove him in...would be a disaster."[20] Original Sulu George Takei has also expressed hope he will be in the film.[21] Tom Cruise has denied rumors that he would be playing Christopher Pike.[22]
yeah. his acting skill were a bit below the WWE guys, if that's possible. 
In fact, I'm pretty sure they didn't. So, while "300" might be an awful movie that I'm glad I never saw, there's really no saying if it is historically correct or not, is it? All we know of Spartans was written by other cultures, most of them were their enemies, and taking anything of that seriously would be like believing all Greek tablets on history of Persia are true and all Persian men were rather boning their own dogs than going in bed with a woman. And we all know whom Greeks were rather boning, right? I mean, we all have to come to terms that all we know of Spartans is a political propaganda written by their enemies. For all we know they could have been really nice people and Greeks have done something terrible to them without proper reason so they decided to rewrite history. So why would you end the movie with a quote that might have nothing to do with Spartan way of life and convictions at all? If anything, the ending should include a disclaimer "All characters and events in this picture are fictitious. Any resemblance with current events in the middle east countries and politics of our western leaders is completely accidental. This picture is not suitable for heterosexuals. Parental guidance is not advised as they might find them self explaining sexual habits of people they clearly have nothing in common with or they only tried once in their college years but they did not inhale." 
Also, you write that Athenians were self-aggrandistic etc but you would take their word on other cultures? What I mean is, if something catastrophic happened to the North America (like US troops returning home 
I mean, let's face it, you Americans also love to be talked about even if you have to force praise of others at gun point, you'll even run it repeatedly on CNN (every hour on the hour) along with info in what hotels around the world an American can feel like being wanted and important for afters, when in fact nobody likes you and we're only in this charade either cuz we're being polite or in it for the buck. 
