Believe me, I know ALL about the history of this movie. I also know that Gene sabotaged the writing the entire way, that no one wanted to work with him, and that people thought it was boring even back in 1979. The studio thought it was boring, Harve Bennett's first words upon being asked about Star Trek was that he thought the movie was boring. George Takei's autobiography had nothing good to say about it. Jimmy Doohan's didn't either. Nor did Shatner's. Nimoy thought Roddenberry had absolutely no idea what he was doing and said, and I quote, "What's it got to do with a story?" Yeah, it was a big deal. It was such a big deal it almost killed the franchise all over again, and it's why TWOK was seen as such a godsend.