I still think Bob is being too generous in regards to Abram's Star Trek. As a dumb sci-fi/action movie, it's average at best, but as a Star Trek movie it's terrible. Empty is the perfect word to describe it. It felt like a movie masquerading around in a Star Trek skin suit, not unlike the bug in Men in Black.
Bob does touch on an important point, one which Jim Sterling has also commented on - this apparent rise in the acceptance of mediocrity. I think part of the problem is that there appears to be an increasing number of people out there who don't appear to understand that it is possible to like something while simultaneously criticising its flaws, and yearning for better (it certainly explains why some people think that Yahtzee hates everything). Another possibility is that people are increasingly afraid to be seen as complaining too much - the trouble is that if you don't complain at all it creates the false belief that all is well and perfect (when it clearly isn't).
Bob does touch on an important point, one which Jim Sterling has also commented on - this apparent rise in the acceptance of mediocrity. I think part of the problem is that there appears to be an increasing number of people out there who don't appear to understand that it is possible to like something while simultaneously criticising its flaws, and yearning for better (it certainly explains why some people think that Yahtzee hates everything). Another possibility is that people are increasingly afraid to be seen as complaining too much - the trouble is that if you don't complain at all it creates the false belief that all is well and perfect (when it clearly isn't).