The film was made by a group of kids in 1978. The sad and sorry fact is that I saw worse acting and production values in some episodes of the original Trek.
The original cast was asked to comment:
Star Trek is For Kids
Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 41 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.