The new opening -

I really like the idea of starting with the station and then cutting to the Klingon ships but then we lose the cool Klingon theme music. Given that it cuts out a lot of the badly matted FX shots I wonder if there is still a good 'best of both worlds' approach.

opening with a prologue sequence and then a main title sequence has a very 'television' feel and takes away from the grandeur of a feature film a bit.

I wonder if there is a good compromise to combine main titles with Ilia's theme and some good exposition involving V'ger?

I like the idea of saving the main theme for the Enterprise reveal / leaving spacedock.

I feel like the 'final frontier' speech works better as a closing statement

Vulcan footage as a flashback -

I really like this idea and it plays out well for the most part. there are some moments where several quick cuts look a bit distracting. Maybe this could be resolved by including some of the conversation dialogue [like when McCoy first inquires about Kohlinar] over flashback footage..

I'd also love if you could remove the second time Kirk asks Spock to 'pleeeeease sit down!'. it's just incredibly bad.

I wonder if it would be worth showing the cloud when Spock mentions that he sensed V'ger?