I've heard that the new movie will be an alternate-universe, which suits me fine. Seems like every incarnation of Trek that comes along is a slightly different version of the same beast. The movies don't fit the series (or each other!) "Enterprise" seemed completely out of step with TOS. The longest run on consistency was TNG/DS9/Voyager.
Just thinking about Trek, I'd say my three favorite starship battles:
"Best of Both Worlds" otherwise known as the Battle of Wolf 359. And it was, minute for minute, the best of all Trek worlds.
the Doomsday Machine: with a great 3-way cat-and-mouse game between the crippled Constellation, the Enterprise and the unicorn horn from hell.
The Wrath of Khan: just a perfect movie on so many levels. A great reboot to the film series.
The new movie (Trek XI) is not alternate universe, it is officially a "reboot"... very much like the last James Bond movie. It doesn't disavow canon per se, but the story & action will be the most important. Its not a movie for Trek fans (and SFB fanatics, not one and the same I would say since none of FB is Trek nor canon.. yes, I feel the outrage, but hey, I play SFB and FC, so I am a fan), but it is for the casual movie fan that we want to get them hot for Star Trek again.
Thank God Shatner isn't in this movie.