Hey man I'm a Trek fan too, Wrath of Khan is one of my favorite movies ever, but for completely different reasons than the reboot.
Anyway, to actually add something productive to this, I think the thing is that people just forget about old, crappy, yet succesful movies. Big budget showmanship has always been succesful, but it isn't timeless and memorable. There's always been a balance of both in Hollywood (well, since the advent of special effects) and it'll be that way forever. I don't think you have to worry about awesome high quality plots and acting disappearing anytime soon, they'd be long gone by now if all anyone cared about was special effects.
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