First of all, Meyer's job was more difficult than such a quick description would make it sound like. Given that he was a new director to the Hollywood, that the studio was slashing the budget constantly, it was not exactly a cake walk. Meyer looked to overcome challenges and got the film going, writing a shooting script in about ten days. Oh, and that rewrite was uncredited and against guild rules.
But still, it wasn't the super-impossible thing you sorta described it as.
In addition, sources are that TWOK was the Trek 09 of its day and Meyers the Abrams of his day. It was a fresh take on Trek, from someone unfamiliar with the franchise, that was slightly at odds with Roddenberry's vision at the time. Producers received death threats as part of the production process. So, I'm sorry, I will find it difficult to believe that Meyer and crew didn't have a difficult time.
I may as well let you know...I don't really like the new movies.
I agree there should've been something more to it than just them being lost and immediately knowing how to get home. That's why I keep saying the show suffered from not having a real plot.
And frankly, if it HAD been treated as some big important thing, then they'd just get criticized for that since Kirk and Picard were never that alarmed when it happened to them.
A smaller cast would have helped, but again, it still needs to have characters that can be related too.
And a smaller tighter cast would've made that easier to do.
In all honesty, VOY gets a bad wrap because Trek, overall, was in diminishing returns, but also it kept going for seven years, without really changing, with the same old mistakes still being made.
I agree.
