You know, I have a terrible memory, so I don’t remember if it was ever addressed, but let me say it anyway.

One thing in Star Trek that is almost never mentioned is the evolution of art - any art, or more specific, Human art.

I mean - art always evolves; the methods and the technology changes the way the art is done, and in consequence, the way that it’s perceived by the public and its meaning.

So, it’s my personal headcanon that the Holograms revolutioned the cinema.

The movie makers saw in the holodecks a great oportunity to change the way that cinema was done.

We have the holo novels, where people can see a story and make part of it and interact with the characters; a holo movie would be slightly different. Instead of the story changing as you interact with the characters, the story is exactly the same every time, but the public can BE in the movie when they want. The characters wouldn’t see and wouldn’t talk with you, but you could see the story from an inside point of view, because you would be literally there with them.

The new generations almost always prefer the holo novels, because they like to interact with the story, but in occasion, there are people that would rather the continuity of a holo movie.