^ The mattes in the film are truly terrible - there's a similar shot i noticed earlier where the camera pans and the Earth moves but the matte behind it does NOT. see attached...

They also used the exact same approach and docking shots in TWOK - bad mattes and all! I can't believe i never noticed that before.

adding a 'blink-and-you'll-miss-it' Borg reference could be kind of cool, a bit of a nod that doesn't interfere withg the story being told.

Here's a shot from the comics where they mention Borg tech being used on the Narada...

Did anyone happen to see the TOS fan created series 'Phase II' pilot episode? My memory of it is a little hazy but they had William Windom as an older Decker who had been thrown back in time rather than killed and wound up living on Earth.

I don't know if any of that is useful but it was an interesting idea.

I also started playing with rebuilding the main titles..

I never liked the font they used and aside from Nimoy, Kelley and Shatner the rest of the main cast were crammed onto a single title card....