The View from the Bridge

When Nicholas Meyer was asked to direct the troubled second Star Trek film he was something less than a true believer. A best-selling author and successful director he had never been a fan of the TV series. But as he began to ponder the appeal of Kirk Spock et al. he realized that their story was a classical nautical adventure yarn transplanted into space and - armed with that insight - set out on his mission: to revitalize Trek.