Video: How Trek Trips Itself Up

Fans of Star Trek are watching and waiting eagerly to see whether director J.J. Abrams' upcoming reboot movie measures up--and, especially, how much havoc Abrams and screenwriters Roberto Orci and Alexander Kurtzman wreak on their beloved canon.

Well, judging from recent videos posted on YouTube.com, the fans should lighten up and Abrams/Orci/Kurtzman should breathe a sigh of relief.

As most true Trek fans know, Trek "canon" is--like the U.S.S. Voyager's bio-neural gel packs--fluid.

Captain Kirk (Chris Pine) on the new bridge of the Starship Enterprise.

A quick review these videos reveals the extent to which the various Star Trek TV shows and movies have contradicted themselves and the facts and events of the Trek universe over and over and over again. And this from the people who were supposedly the faithful keepers of the Trek canon.

All of which should give Abrams & co. license to do what they will to breathe new life--and new civilizations--into the careworn if beloved franchise. (Thanks to YouTube user GeneralGrin!)

Anton Yelchin (from left) is Chekov, Chris Pine is Kirk, Simon Pegg is Scotty, Karl Urban is McCoy, John Cho is Sulu and Zoe Saldana is Uhura.