Great movie! I've seen it three times already and want to see it AT LEAST seven times more! I loved everything about it except ONE THING: Vulcan being destroyed and all the Vulcans dying in agony. That was horrible.
But then I had a thought.
I don't think Vulcan has really been destroyed. Think about it. Think about it carefully. What do we know about red matter? It makes black holes. Now no one knows for sure what would happen if you flew into a black hole in real life. Some say it would kill you. Some say you'd come out the other side but be inside out. Some say other things. But no one KNOWS. But we DO KNOW from this movie what happens when you go through a black whole IN STAR TREK. You travel back in time!
The Narouta went through a black hole. It came out in the past. Spock's Jellysquid went through a black hole. It came out IN THE PAST. Are you seeing a pattern here?
Vulcan hasn't been destroyed. It has been sucked through a black hole BACK IN TIME or possibly to another universe. Yes, it looked like it was collapsing in on itself. But we don't see a big shockwave like when Praxis blew up in Final Frontier. Or any debris. That is because there was no shockwave or debris BECAUSE VULCAN WASN'T DESTROYED.
Maybe it will come out inverted, who knows, but it WILL come out the other side somewhere. Bank on it. I think the next movie will be about the search for Vulcan, just like the second original movie was about the search for Spock. It's a mirror. I can't wait to see it. Vulcan lives on...and prospers.
No, it hasn't been destroyed. We can see it in Star Trek III-the search for Spock" and since the events in that movie takes place after the events in the current movie, Vulcan is still there.