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They relied too heavily on computers, and the quality just wasn't there yet. I agree that the effects look atrocious - they were bad for the era and haven't improved over time!

That's not how I remember it. I recall there being a lot of sentiment to end the original series movies after ST V - it was a struggle to get them to do another one...

Yeah, but I think it's a stretch to believe that those tie-ins made it a success. They could have contributed to the movie's gross, but had the movie stunk, it would've done a lot to kill the franchise as a theatrical enterprise (no pun intended). ST VI did well because it was a good movie -...

I think the best cure for any form of "burn-out" would be a piece of high-quality product. Remember that after Star Trek V tanked, everyone thought there was nothing left for the original series crew and that audiences were sick of those characters. ST VI changed a lot of minds. Give the...

Yeah, maybe, but I don't understand why a break is viewed as a cure-all. If this were a case in which we wanted a specific writer or director to take a break to recharge, that'd be one thing - people get burned out. But a concept can't get burned out - it depends on the talent behind it...