I agree with most of what you said here. I liked the film a lot and think they did a pretty good job with the cast. I was surprised at the relationship you aluded to here (I hadn't seen the episode where it was hinted), but thought it made for an interesting twist. I adored Quinto as Spock, and agree that it would be almost impossible (not to mention illogical...lol) for anyone except Nimoy to play the character "right", but Quinto did an awesome job! I don't want to do a spoiler for anyone else who might read this, but there was one glaring paradox that they did NOT address in this movie (that I could see, anyway), involving Spock's mother. That bugged me. Other than that, I was surprised at how well this "prequel" turned out to be - I don't normally like pequels anyway, but I have to admit I loved this one - it will be one I eventually own. :)