Star Trek: The Motion Picture 40th Anniversary
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I honestly don’t remember the theatrical version at all. I saw it a lot as a kid, but at much too young an age to retain anything more than a general sense of the movie. And when I later got it on DVD, it was the director’s cut, and that’s all I’ve watched since.
Checking out the differences on a website, I can’t imagine how scenes like McCoy’s “How do we know about any of us” and Spock’s crying coukd ever have been left out in the first place.
Checking out the differences on a website, I can’t imagine how scenes like McCoy’s “How do we know about any of us” and Spock’s crying coukd ever have been left out in the first place.
It would surprise me if that edit was not on a blu ray with the DE, should a DE disk ever appear.
Every so often I'm reminded how many of my favorite 70s movies have TV edits I've never seen (this, Superman, Halloween, Godfather), and I have to do a little mental double-take.
This will be my second Star Trek Fathom Event, the first being the director's cut of The Wrath of Khan a couple of years ago. And there were about five or six other people there, but I was the only one in a costume (blue DS9 uniform shirt with a tribble velcroed to my shoulder & tricorder on my belt - ticket counter dude gave me the senior discount for my ticket because he liked my "ensemble").
Since I'm headed to D/FW for this one, I have no clue what to expect, but back when Star Trek Beyond came out, I was at a sold out, 250 seat theater for the Kelvinverse triple feature on IMAX in Plano. And still, the only one in costume.
Just got my tickets. I'll finally have seen all 13 Star Trek films on screenAnd this is my favorite of them all so I can't wait
After this, I'm still two short - The Final Frontier and The Undiscovered Country.
That's in the DE, too. Much to Billy Van Zandt's excitement. Imagine being him on premiere night in 1979. Three months of hiding out in his dressing room and wearing actual, painted-glass contact lenses for his two lines to end up on the cutting room floor.
Have my ticket to see it here near Buffalo, NY.
This will be my second Fathom event. The first was the DS9 documentary. I was pleasantly surprised by the relatively decent turnout for that.
I initially saw TMP a few days after its premiere date and recall standing in a line that went well past the door of the theatre. I believe that was the only time I experienced that sort of a queue for a movie. However, I hardly ever went to movies on or shortly after premiere precisely because I prefer to avoid 'overcrowded' conditions when possible.
I, of course, purchased the special longer version on VHS many years ago. I just recently digitized that tape, as well as a number of other VHS movies, before the inevitable demise of the last VCR that I have in my home. I obtained the director's edition, and a DVD player, as this was my first DVD, when it was released. Just a couple of days ago, I picked up the BD of the theatrical release at Big Lots ( a closeout store) for $3.75. I'm not planning on watching that until after the Fathom showing.
This will be my second Fathom event. The first was the DS9 documentary. I was pleasantly surprised by the relatively decent turnout for that.
I initially saw TMP a few days after its premiere date and recall standing in a line that went well past the door of the theatre. I believe that was the only time I experienced that sort of a queue for a movie. However, I hardly ever went to movies on or shortly after premiere precisely because I prefer to avoid 'overcrowded' conditions when possible.
I, of course, purchased the special longer version on VHS many years ago. I just recently digitized that tape, as well as a number of other VHS movies, before the inevitable demise of the last VCR that I have in my home. I obtained the director's edition, and a DVD player, as this was my first DVD, when it was released. Just a couple of days ago, I picked up the BD of the theatrical release at Big Lots ( a closeout store) for $3.75. I'm not planning on watching that until after the Fathom showing.
I saw TWOK with my daughter ("Why is this old guy still TALKING?!? When does the movie START?" Heh.) and there was decent turn out. Enough that we were at the very back of the theater because I bought tickets at the last moment.
Doesn't appear to be the case this time.
Doesn't appear to be the case this time.
What I’m hoping for.
The special longer version would never be put on the same disc as the director's Edition it would be put on the same disc as the theatrical cut. The theatrical cut and the special longer Edition have much more in common then the Special Longer Edition and the director's cut.
I imagine it would be a three disc set. Director's and theatrical each on their own Blu-ray's, and the SLV on a DVD.
Took me a minute to understand you, but you are probably right, if I understand branching at all. The sound mix in the Theatrical and the SLV are the same, as well as most of the edits.
Am I right in remembering that all of the scenes from the SLV are on the DVD? Heh, so all the SLV extra scenes are available in SD while the actual theatrical version is not. Weird set of circumstances.
Just for the Hell of it...
That was a hell of a show. I saw it in San Francisco. One fun detail is the guy who was sitting next to me had no idea it was for the new movies, or that it was a sneak preview of Beyond, and had just had the day off and was looking at the movie listings and saw that there was a Star Trek marathon and thought it seemed fun.
I said in another thread a while ago how I wished they'd redone that for ST09 or BEY (because of the anniversary), with the new cast and an appropriately sonorous narrator to succeed Wells (my first choice was Michael Ansara, if they'd thought to do it before he passed), but it just occurred to me that there are those websites where you can hire a number of actual working actors people would recognize to record a thirty-second birthday message or whatever, and the actual editing is well within my capabilities. Hm...
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