There were Tribbles in Star Trek III you know. 😉
Yeah, but ST III had an actual ST-plot. Similarly to how TFA had an actual SW-plot, hence little Easter-eggs are acceptable. ST 2009 was all Easter-eggs, cameos, references, throwbacks, rehashes, and name dropping. There was so much of it that it took over the plot, which wasn’t really an ST-story to begin with. I don’t mind Easter-eggs, but I need more than Easter-eggs to be convinced that I’m watching a new installment in a franchise.