Just for curiosity’s sake, what is you guys’ opinion of Search for Spock? I personally think it’s the most underrated Trek film, and one of the best in the series.
I don’t think it’s bad, I always watch it as part of the mid series plot line. I really like the first half at Starfleet, it gives all the characters a moment and it feels like a fun heist movie. The word is no, into the closet etc etc. The second half becomes kind of shlock with the classic bad Star Trek planet and the punching. Like some TOS series of course. But the pacing goes off for me at this stage and the death of David doesn’t feel earned since we never see him doing anything with his dad. Thankfully they work this into his early motivation in STVI which is a great idea.