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The first Star Trek Beyond trailer was met with mixed emotion as it was heavy on action and didn’t feature much else.

Star Trek veterans George Takei and Wil Wheaton weren’t big fans, and Hollywood and DC Comics writer Max Landis had more than a few things to say about it.

Now with all the criticism having hit the net, director Justin Lin comes out to defend the trailer.

Speaking with Slash Film, Lin offers it’s only the first tease, that it’s just a minute and a half, and that they are trying to be bold and take risks.

You can view the Star Trek Beyond trailer here.

Well, its a minute and a half, you know… And again, there were other versions that were much more traditional and I can see where maybe the hardcore fans could probably see that as, “Oh.” But with trailers you’re putting a two-hour movie into a minute and a half, and the one thing I wanted to make sure is that it hopefully represents that we are trying to be bold and take risks, whether we are successful or not, I don’t know.

Regarding use of the Beastie Boys music:

It’s in the DNA of this canon. It was in the ’09 Trek, and we went through different iterations of the teaser and I wanted to make sure whatever here is using all the elements from the film. It’s been a part of this Kirk’s journey and so I felt it was very organic, and it will ultimately be in the finished film.

Lin also seems to say that he really didn’t put the trailer together himself as he comments on the motorcycle scene as well as the question if he made a Fast & Furious movie set in the Star Trek universe (note: it’s often the case that the studio will put the trailers together and not the director).

Yeah, and I don’t know if that’s the case here. When I saw the teaser, I’m like, aw shit.  You really have to put the motorcycle in there? So I get it, I get it, I get it.

“Star Trek Beyond” has a July 22, 2016 release directed by Justin Lin starring Chris Pine, Zoe Saldana, Simon Pegg, Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban, Anton Yelchin, Sofia Boutella and Idris Elba.

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Max Landis isn’t the only one not to like the recent Star Trek Beyond trailer.

Sulu himself, George Takei, wasn’t thrilled with what he saw in director Justin Lin’s first trailer.

“Oh, my. It doesn’t have that element that made Star Trek – Gene Roddenberry’s Star Trek – what it was,” Takei told Tech Insider in the below video.

Takei did note, it may not be all that bad.

“It looks like a terrific action-adventure movie,” Takei said. “A lot of clinging on cliffs and getting smashed against rocks [laughs]. It should be a very successful Star Trek movie… I didn’t, in the preview, note anything of the substance of what made Gene Roddenberry’s Star Trek so engaging, and it was the commentary on social justice, political realities of the time, current events of our time…”

Regarding Wil Wheaton, whom some may argue shouldn’t be saying too much as a lot of Trekkers weren’t too happy with his Next Generation character, Wesley Crusher, offered the following on Twitter: “I saw the weirdest trailer today. It was for a generic science fiction action movie, but it was all dressed up in Star Trek costumes.”

William Shatner has yet to offer up his own thoughts.

“Star Trek Beyond” has a July 22, 2016 release directed by Justin Lin starring Chris Pine, Zoe Saldana, Simon Pegg, Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban, Anton Yelchin, Sofia Boutella and Idris Elba.