So I recently watched Star Trek: Continues, which is a fan project of the gap between the end of TOS and the first movie. They had sets and uniforms and all that, and it actually wasn't terrible.
In true TOS fashion, the acting was sometimes suspect and the writing erratic. The special effects involving planets and weapons fire was terrible. The main cast ranged from pretty good (Kirk) to mediocre (Spock) to terrible (Sulu).
One thing that was really missing was the interpersonal dynamics, especially between Kirk, McCoy, and Spock, and there were no aliens more complicated than an Andorian on screen - no Klingons or anything.
Marina Sirtis did the voice of the computer, and guest stars included Clare Kramer (Glory from Buffy), John de Lancie (Q), Cas Anvar (The Expanse) Jamie Bamber (BSG), and Rekha Sharma (Landry from Discovery and Tory from BSG). There was a few continuations of TOS stories, and all in all, a pretty good effort and miles better than Discovery.
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