I'm a fan of all Star Trek.
I really enjoyed Star Trek 09 (especially the opening, which ranks among the best pre title sequences in my opinion) but found Into Darkness underwhelming. I could forgive many of the story faults in ST09 because it had the impossible task of reintroducing so many characters and getting them all in the right place without making a ham of it, and it succeeds immensely in that regard. With the characters now firmly established once more, Into Darkness' story had to be good and it just didn't land. The action is great and dazzles the first few times round, but there's no depth to keep me coming back. Overall I think JJ Abrams did a great job with a bad script.
That said I have no problem with the new direction seeking to take cues from Guardians of the Galaxy's success. Star Trek has always been full of weird alien characters. If anything it could be a call back to Trek of the past.