The element that was not in the books that the showrunners addd was particularly hard to watch.

That is a goo subject.  I think the ones that work as narratives into their own are the best.  The ones that come to mind are:

Hearts of Darkness
Killing Priscilla
Overnight
Gimme Shelter (sort of)
Lost in La Mancha

All of those have stories an messages of their own to convey.  As much as I love the LOTR BTS features, they're purely informational and dot necessarily pass the Lecture Test for me.

I enjoyed it fine as a movie, completely separated from what makes Satr Trek worthy of its fandom.  That said, I lament the wasted opportunities they could have told.  It's my similar gripe with the last three bond films.  The end of Skyfall basically establishes, "OK, THIS is the Bond you've been waiting for."  It just took three movies to get there.  By the end of ST:ID, we've finally moved the characters into a place were they had grown enough to be worthy of the legacy.  I thought we had done that at the end of the last movie.  So while it was fine as a movie, I just am getting a bit tired of waiting or them to be these characters.

Ill edit it in FCP.  Not hard.

Kickstarter is in the works.

Thanks man!  Honestly, who knows.  All voting is subjective.  They made a point of saying that in my rejection email.

That article has largely been dismkssed by everyone.

4 and parts of 5.

Or...the Old Testament, really.