Somehow, Romulus star went supernova and threatens to destroy the entire galaxy.
>the entire galaxy
They didn't say that.
It destroyed the planet/s in its own solar system and did some damage to its stellar neighbors, but was still a small event on a galactic scale
>Somehow, Red Matter™(???) will magically solve this problem
>>213789580The destruction of Vulcan is immediately visible from lightyears away so Old Spock can have a dramatic moment.
JJ Abrams and his cronies (Kurtzman etc.) are the worst thing that happened to Star Trek.