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I don't normally read graphic novels or comic books, but I bought this for my 10 year old because we love all things Star Trek. It's a quick engaging read and tells us the fate of The Next Generation characters following their last movie, "Nemesis" released in 2002, as well as being a prequel to the first Star Trek movie featuring younger versions of the original characters (2009). Suffice it to say, time travel is involved.

Recommended if you have seen the movies and are into Star Trek.

So that's how Nero became Nero and had that amazingly big and nasty ship that travels through time in pursuit of Spock. This is the missing prequel to the most recent Star Trek reboot movie. The book makes pretty good use of the characters from Star Trek: The Next Generation, although it is a bit trite that they are the ones that are constantly called out to save the universe. They almost do it, too.

Prelude to the 2009 movie Star Trek, this colour graphic novel weaves Spock (Leonard Nimoy), with Captain Data (returned by way of imprinting his neural nets onto B-4's), Admiral Piccard, and the Romulan, Nero. Also stars Geordi and Worf. Quick read. Also includes the 1967 Gold Key comic "The Planet of No Return" by Dick Wood.

A prequel to the Abram's rewrite. Eh.

Like Federation Old Home Day.

It's a "3-star" if you're a Star Trek fan; otherwise it's probably a 2, because mist of the pleasure comes from meeting old friends like Spock, Data, and so on. The artwork is great, especially the faces and eyes--the artist obviously loves drawing eyes--but this is not a stand-alone story. The reader has to know a lot about the Star Trek universe.

(originally posted to Goodreads)

Summary:

This is the prequel to 2009 movie "Star Trek" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0796366/), explaining how Ambassador Spock came to arrive in the past and have the mission he does, as well as the back story for the villain, Nero.

Spock pleads with the Romulan Senate to do something about a giant supernova that may destroy the planet and beyond. He's backed up by Nero, a Romulan miner who has seen the supernova first-hand. Loyal to his Empire and his young family, Nero vows to risk everything to help Spock. Despite the assistance of Captain Data of the Enterprise and Ambassador Picard, the supernova engulfs Romulus. A furious and vengeful Nero, equips his mining ship with secret Romulan weaponry and proceeds to destroy everything non-Romulan in his path, taking on a large contingent of Klingon ships under General Worf, who is saved by the Enterprise. Spock proceeds with his plan to stop the supernova using Vulcan technology and a special ship designed by Geordi LaForge. Although he succeeds in creating a black hole to destroy the supernova, Spock's ship is pulled into the black hole along with Nero in his ship.

My Reaction:

I like it. Although it's a little too convenient, to have all our favourite characters -- Spock, Data, Picard, Geordi and Worf -- meet up in this Star Trek TNG near-future, it's still fun to see them all in these new roles and stages in their lives. I haven't read a lot of Star Trek graphic novels or fiction outside of the TV shows and movies so I don't get enough of the "so where are they now" speculation. It's also nice to get a little back story that makes us feel for Nero, and I've always thought that we need more Romulan inside story details so it's good to see the Senate politics.

My Recommendation:

Although I bought this at a K-6 school book sale, this work doesn't really seem age-limited. Unless this story-line is available in another more detailed format, I would recommended this to anyone who watched and enjoyed the 2009 movie. It would also be fun to read for any fan of TNG and the characters that make appearances here. Finally, given the place of Star Trek in our culture now and the value of making links between movies and reading, I would recommend this for any medium to large public library, and maybe even a school library or academic library, if funding can support it. (It's a little expensive in my opinion, at a cover price of $10.99.)

A prequel to 2009's fantastic "Star Trek" movie reboot. Nicely done, but ultimately a slightly superfluous venture that overdoes it a bit when it comes to featuring characters from "Star Trek: The Next Generation".

Despite all my expectations to the contrary, I enjoyed the recent Star Trek film immensely, so when a friend and coworker recommended this prequel graphic-novel, and offered to lend me his copy, I jumped at the chance! How glad I am that I did, even if reading Star Trek: Countdown cost me my dinner. Yes, I was so engrossed in my reading yesterday evening, that I left my grocery bag behind me, when switching subways! Still, it could always be worse, no? I mean, a demented Romulan could be intent on destroying my home planet...

Consisting of four comic-book length entries, each of which sets out a chapter of the history between Spock and Captain Nero, this Star Trek prequel is set a few decades after the events of Star Trek: Nemesis. Which sounds impossible of course, given that the new film occurs in the 23rd century, and the events of Nemesis occur in the 24th. Then again, it is Star Trek, so time travel and alternate realities are practically de rigueur!

If you watched the film and wondered: Why do the Romulans have tattoos that make them look more like Remans? Why does Nero blame Spock personally for the destruction of all he loves? How does a "simple" mining vessel gain such advanced weaponry? Then you should probably locate a copy of this book. More to the point, if you want to gain a better insight into the character of Nero, then this is for you. Nothing could make his epic quest for vengeance anything but insanely irrational, but Star Trek: Countdown does give it true pathos. As such, it can only deepen the fan's appreciation of the film - and of Star Trek!

I bought this to help the school's library sale, but it did not wow me. The comic is a gathering of four smaller volumes into one collection, pretty standard stuff. It calls itself a prequel to the Star Trek movie reboot, filling in details of the movie's backstory (from Spock Prime's time, before the time travel), and allowing for bit parts and cameo appearances by a range of TNG characters. I am not the ideal reader for this book, because I don't really enjoy comic books. The main antagonist's motivation of revenge always felt a little weak, and it still does here.

For fans of the new 2009 Star Trek movie that reboots that franchise, this graphic novel should be required reading. This is a compilation of a four-issue comic book series that explains a lot of what happened before the events of the 2009 film, focusing on the life of Nero, the Romulan who is driven to genocide in the film, and Spock, the legendary Star Trek character whose time-travelling creates the alternate timeline that now exists in the Star Trek universe. The storytelling, by the writers of the movie, is emotionally engaging, and the artists do a remarkable job o capturing the likenesses of the actors from the film. In addition, characters from Star Trek's Next Generation era feature fairly prominently...something that woud have been impossible on the big screen, but is a treat for long-time Trek fans. Non-Trekkies won't get it, but this is a valuable addition to the Star Trek mythos for those in the fandom.

Originally reviewed for my local library's website: http://www.lincolnlibraries.org/depts/bookguide/srec/staffrec09-12.htm

This book acts as a prequel to 2009 Star Trek movie. It gives more background to the character of Nero and his interactions with Spock prior to the movie timeline.

Unfortunately the story is more like "what have the Star Tek: The Next Generation been up to." Data, Picard, Geordi and then Worf show up to save the day. If you are big fan of that series, I suppose it's interesting to see those characters come back and play a role in the prequel to the big movie.

But why mix the different universes? It didn't work in the movie Star Trek: Generations and doesn't work here. I found it merely distracting.

I have no background in Star Trek other than my boyfriend sitting me down to suffer through The Wrath of Kahn. I bought this comic for his birthday due to his increasing excitement for the upcoming movie and he finally convinced me to read it. I like comics. I was going to see the movie. Why not?

I find Spock to be a very intriguing character and this comic book created additional depth for the movie (which is pretty much crazy awesome), both to the plot of the story as well as the character's background (or former future - it makes sense, trust me). The interplay of species and the entire game of who trusts who and why made a quick yet intriguing game of politics to follow. The story moves along quickly and a nice introduction to the universe for newbies like me.

In this limited series from IDW Publishing, we get a prequel story to this year's big Star Trek movie. Focuses heavily on Ambassador Spock and Captain Nero, how they initially agree to work together to try to save Romulus and many other planets from a star about to super nova and how their plan goes awry, ending in them all traveling through a singularity into the past and Nero seeking revenge against Spock.

In many ways, this is a Star Trek: The Next Generation story. Taking place eight years following the events of Star Trek: Nemesis, the final ST:TNG movie, we get to see what has become of Captain (now Ambassador) Jean-Luc Picard, Lt. Commander (now Enterprise captain) Data, Geordi La Forge, and Worf (now a general in the Klingon fleet). Data's presence in this story, eight years after his "death" in Nemesis, is briefly addressed.

Not a bad lead in to this summer's movie. In essence a swan song for The Next Generation as well as a prequel for the new movie with its resultant brand new Star Trek timeline (although the original timeline will doubtlessly continue to be featured in various novels and comic books for many years to come).

This story is originated by the writers of the Star Trek movie, Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, who speak of their admiration for Star Trek: The Next Generation ("This book has had particular meaning for us in that we fell in love with Star Trek through the characters of The Next Generation").½

I enjoyed this prequel, which provides a great deal of back story for the villain Nero of the 2009 Star Trek movie franchise reboot. As the screenwriters say in their brief afterward, this prequel is more a love letter to some of their favorite characters from Star Trek: The Next Generation than anything else. That's the real highlight here: seeing TNG favorites like Picard, Data, LaForge, and Worf in their later lives. Each is woven believably and seamlessly into the Spock/Nero Vulcan/Romluan storyline. If you're a fan of TNG (as I am) you'll relish these characters in their new roles. (And you'll be happy to see they quickly undo Data's lame "return to innocence" from Star Trek: Nemesis.)

The weakest part of the story is consequently the weakest part of the entertaining new Star Trek movie; Nero's motivation to destroy Vulcan and just about everyone else in the universe is tenuous at best. Why exactly is it Spock's fault that Romulus was destroyed, when he seemed to be the only one trying to stop it? Well, the Romulans have never been logical, and neither is that part of the story. I'll let it pass. More interesting to me is that all the nutty, unexplained details in the movie--Nero's tattoos, his pointy staff, his almost omnipotent and clearly alien ship, and more--are given plausible, even entertaining explanations here.

An enlightening and enjoyable companion to the blockbuster movie.

This is the official prequel to the new Star Trek film, showing the 24th-century events that lead up to Spock and Nero's journeys back in time. "Ridiculous" is probably the best way to sum up this book, sometimes in a good way (the Enterprise-E with Captain Data in command shows up to save Nero from Remans), sometimes in a bad way (Worf is a general in the Klingon Empire now... and also an idiot). Weirdly, Vulcan seems to have withdrawn from the Federation by the time of this story, but such a development is apparently not worth explaining or exploring. This book's biggest successes are giving Nero a reasonably interesting backstory (he's still no Khan, though) and showing a Geordi La Forge who is actually doing something with his life. Oh, and David Messina's art, of course.

prequel... this comic series is supposed to tie what we know about TNG to the new movie coming out this year!! There might even a chance of Data being brought back to life thru his older brother B-4 - omg!! I have no idea, there's just not enough info out on this yet....