Star Trek: Insurrection gave it a score of six out of ten. The British newspaper "The People" also said it was an extended television episode. "The Independent" said that "Insurrection" "never stops being familiarly jolly and antiquated", and called the entire "Star Trek" film franchise "old-fashioned". "The Washington Post" also called the film old fashioned, but "in the best sense of the word", and said that the film did what the "doctor – make that Dr. 'Bones' McCoy – ordered". British journalist Simon Rose, writing for "The Daily Mirror" was more critical of the film, saying that it failed to break the odd-numbered
Sexuality in Star Trek fiction which began to dominate fan publications in the mid- to late 1970s, references to bisexuality occurred in Gene Roddenberry's 1979 novelization of "". In a foreword written by James Kirk, the Captain cleverly avoids confirmation or denial of a romantic relationship with Spock. In 1972, "Grup", the first sexually themed "Star Trek" zine was published, to controversy in the fandom. In 1974 the first "publicly published" "Star Trek" slash fiction was presented in "Grup #3". Kirk/Spock fan fiction was the first prominent slash pairing. In 2000, a group of "Star Trek" fans created their own low budget "Star Trek"