They're fine movies (and I think people sometimes forget that Trek movies are, on average, not great), but they're not particularly "trek"-y, aside from reusing

They're fine movies (and I think people sometimes forget that Trek movies are, on average, not great), but they're not particularly "trek"-y, aside from reusing the broad strokes of some historical characters. And personally, I have zero interest in seeing Captain Kirk again. I feel like it was a backwards step to take a broad universe and refocus on the original iconic characters. There are a lot of stories to be told, the Borg are still one of the most fascinating sci-fi creations in years, etc. etc. Basically my objection is that they don't really "boldly go" anywhere, they just retread.