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I've often considered writing a note to Nicholas Meyer with that simple sentiment: Thanks for saving Star Trek.
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I wasn't aware it "needed" saving.
Am I the only one here who actually enjoyed STAR TREK:THE MOTION PICTURE? So there wasn't a lot of action and shoot 'em ups....big deal. It was a more intellectual piece of scifi. Plus the incredible WOW factor of seeing the Enterprise on a 70mm screen in near life-size proportions accompanied by Jerry's sublime score in 6 channel surround (at least at the Newport Beach Cinema) The V'ger Cloud and flyover sequence was custom made for the same audience members who went to see 2001's light show in an "altered state". (I can vouch for it's effectiveness) 
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If you're taking "saved" literally, you're misconstruing the entire salvo. To deny there were serious deficiencies in the first film (the ridiculous lack of adequate preparation and post-production time, the endless demands and rewrites, ect) isn't to negate what worked (with Goldsmith's masterpiece being, to our mind, the singular most successful element -and even THAT didn't emerge full-blown without revisions).
[ Oh, and, yeah, we caught its original release on Hollywood Boulevard, too, so we can vouch for your passionate pronouncement re how pleasurable it was to witness WAY UP HIGH. ]
Despite the money made, there are those who continually need to be richly reminded there was considerable trepidation in the Paramount executive suites about making another film UNLESS it could be brought under control budget-wise (which Harve's television background particularly qualified him for) along with a stronger storyline more in keeping with what the audiences (and the principal actors themselves) recognized would be necessary - hell, absolutely essential - if the rebirth was to continue.
That's all we're saying and we do so with the cautionary caveat nothing's so untouchably sacred
it can't be vastly improved upon. Olive branch? ... 
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I actually preferred the uniforms of the first film over those awkward, sweaty-looking red tunics and marching band pants.
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Although I love Treks II - V (yes! Final Frontier!) and I do like TMP a lot (it was more Silent Running/2001-ish than Star Wars, which is why it has not been thought kindly of by the majority), I think Undiscovered Country was not very good and paved the way for the disasters of Generations onwards.
I do love those Trek II uniforms, so much so I considered getting me, my friend and my fiance's brother-in-law in movie uniforms for my impending wedding! They are so smart. I've never dressed up in a movie costume (except when I was ten years old and was dyed green and wore ripped shirt and trousers as the Incredible Hulk for a fancy dress show on horseback) but these are the best costumes EVER.
Needless to say, we're not wearing Trek uniforms but normal suits.
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Who saved Star Trek?
The fans. No shit.
The fans saved the series from (possible) early cancellation.
When the show was axed, the fans kept it alive for 10 years in syndication. Paramount saw money to be made and bankrolled a film. It was a critical failure, but the fans made it a hit. Cha-ching!
Paramount saw a virtual bottomless pit of profit, so they gave the fans a movie more in line with what they wanted. Fans loved it.
Doesn't matter who Paramount put in charge, if the fans were not there willing to support and pour shitloads of money into the Paramount bank accounts, then Star Trek would have had the lifespan of Firefly.
And when the fans got tired of the "same old" thing in the laster years, we stopped supporting them.
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Am I the only one here who actually enjoyed STAR TREK:THE MOTION PICTURE? So there wasn't a lot of action and shoot 'em ups....big deal. It was a more intellectual piece of scifi.
"Star Trek: The Motion Picture" is EASILY the best film of the series.
Sterility?
I think not. Simply because people aren't wearing their emotions on their sleeves doesn't make the movie sterile...
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You want sterile....watch SPACE 1999 year one
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