Because of the wonky sound mix, I may have missed it. Is it ever explained who the retro 1950s evil aliens are and what their motives are at all?
Yes, just a species that has come out of hibernation and is hell-bent on destruction because that’s their nature.
Seen it yesterday, as others have noted the sound mix is VERY problematic and the direction and script sometimes confusing, the acting, on the other hand, is often very good.
The confusion was so much that at times I wasn’t really sure what was going on, for example I have no idea on why they were going outside the ship at warp.
Story was relatively simple but the character have a lot of potential, if a sequel is ever made I hope they get explored more.
Effects were quite a letdown...I was really curious on how the enterprise model would look and well...they would have been much better off using CGI, imho.
The pacing was a real issue too and the Horner score felt very out of place to me.
Probably the same footage could be cut much tighter and with a better audio mix turn out being a great film, but right now it feels unfinished to me.
All in all, anyway, thumbs up for the effort and hope the special version remedies the issues of the current one.