Justin Lin is directing Star Trek XIII

And instead, it was glorious.

 

Brace your ears for romance!

[yt]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QXn1ymzbZw[/yt]

 

There was a lot of rewrites. You can take a quick look at the "Making of Star Wars" book on Amazon and see some brief notes from the preview. Suffice to say that the film was not only saved by the rewrites but also but a reediting of the final attack on the Death Star.

Both Sir Alec Guinness and Peter Cushing provided a lot of support for Lucas among the British crews, so he was helped by that.

Lucas was terrified of it, in point of fact. It was something that could have bankrupted him quite easily.

 

The first time I heard this was when I got the three disc soundtrack by La-La Land Records. I'm enjoying a lot of the Goldsmith work, and then that song comes up. I think I stared up at the wall for like five minutes after it finished.

I avoid it now like I avoid "It's a Long Road" because I'm not gonna let a banal pop song sully music I associate strongly with Goldsmith.

 

Yea, brother.

 

That song grew on me quite a bit over the years. I think it captures the idea of Star Trek quite well, even if I would've prefered a more international accent from the singer.

 

It should have been a closing credits song, not an opening credits song.

I think that Voyager's theme is the best of the modern era Trek shows.

 

As a ST fan, I will go and see the next movie. But, as time progresses, I am finding myself less and less enchanted with them.

Perhaps JJ leaving is a good thing? He obviously loves Star Wars.

When Spock yelled out in the last movie, I rolled my eyes. He and Kirk were not portrayed as close enough in the two movies to warrant such a reaction IMHO. What still irks me the most is this: If you go through the trouble of creating an alternate timeline to do you own thing, why go back to KNS in the very next movie?

Oh well. I remain hopeful. Heck, I own a copy of Insurrection. It is not like Paramount is not going to get my money.

 

I don't associate that song with Goldsmith. I *do*, however, think it fits perfectly with your avatar!

 

I own a copy of Insurrection, too. It's never been opened.

(The soundtrack album, on the other hand, gets a lot of play.)

 

Guys/gals, I was talking about the song in FIRST BLOOD, not ENT's "Where My Heart Will Take Me". "It's A Long Road" is basically a pop song version of Goldsmith's main title in the Stallone film.

Goldsmith's beautiful theme:

[yt]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOqTNlbZyFE[/yt]

Then there's the pop song "It's a Long Road":

[yt]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RawdCW0WCKU[/yt]

 

Not really.

 

Insurrection is my least disliked of the TNG movies, personally.

 

Heh, I have that book. Most of the ideas that Coppola, Spielberg and the rest Lucas' USC film school buddies told him were bad ended up in the prequels.

 

That's awesome in a terrible sort of way.

 

It's like something Stone and Parker would have done for TEAM AMERICA.

 

It's actually pretty interesting to watch the evolution.

Spielberg pretty much got to the point where he recognized that he had to let Lucas do his thing, regardless of the consequences.