Being a movie director doesn't make one automatically a good movie director either -- just look at Michael Bay and Zack Snyder. Nothing guarantees goodness, but the fact that Clarkson has an amazing amount of experience compared to most Trek movie directors has got to count for something if you're remotely interested in being fair rather than just looking for excuses to be negative.
Yes, exactly, and Clarkson has directed six times as many TV episodes as Frakes had before he got his first movie gig. So how could she possibly be less qualified?
And don't try to tell me that it only counts if they've directed Star Trek. There's nothing magical or unique about Star Trek from a direction or production standpoint, and these days it's not even that special from a writing standpoint, now that there's so much other high-quality SF alongside it. And being limited mainly or exclusively to directing Trek is a handicap compared to having a wide, eclectic range of experience on dozens of shows. Wide experience is always good, because it means you have more you can bring to the table to create something fresh and substantive. And it proves you can easily adapt to doing something you haven't already done.
