Were there any liberal talking points in the film?
Loaded question. I am a huge Star Trek fan so I tend to divorce myself from the politics of the series and enjoy the action, the dialogue, the special effects. I guess there were some liberal ideas tossed in but there was a helluva lot of action and a good story on top of it. Judge for yourself, or not, but if you like Trek, buy a bucket of popcorn, take your seat and put your worries on hold for a couple of hours.
Oh yes, at least a dozen or so, both overt and covert.
I would buy the DVD, but only if I could edit out a total of an estimated 3 minutes of gratuitous not so subtle propaganda, that contributed nothing to the plot but was intended merely as clumsy subconscious indoctrination to accept the 'new reality.' A poke in the conservative eye, so to speak. I shall mention the first one.
The year when the story takes place may not have been mentioned, but I'm assuming 23XX or so. The jarring rap music (!) in the first few minutes of the film made me want to walk out even if I didn't get my money back. The only thing that prevented me from walking out right then was not wishing to embarrass my wife.
Yes, spoiled the entire movie for me.
In my entire life that was the fourth movie I should have walked out of. Yes, there was more indoctrination, including the end, where unconditional pacifism is touted as the ultimate achievement of civilized moral and ethical man.
As a result I hated the movie. On my personal scale of 10 I would give it a 2.
Without the offensive 3 minutes it might have been a a 9.