David Eckert

The actors are good, characters are good, but to many sub plots muddy it up. In one way it grips you, but it ambles on and on and never seems to come together. Instead of a 2 season show it should have been a 5-6 episode mini series. The episodes don’t build on each other quick enough, hard to follow.

The first movie my late wife and I saw so it has a special place. That aside it’s a very bizarre and well done movie. Ahead of its time for 1980, still watchable and entertaining 4 decades later but given that be kind!

I was debating between 3&4 stars. As a 62yr old Trekkie I found it watchable, entertaining and overall worth it. On the down side I wish it were a little less Ninja & Star Wars and a little more Roddenberry if that makes sense. Also, I think it would have been much better if they caught Patrick Stewart perhaps 5 years younger as Picard was portrayed. Of coarse I thought the 1st Star Trek motion picture was great but it was critically panned for being too Roddenberry and not Star Wars enough, what do I know!