Not to mention the starfield isn't even centered, plus it dissolves into itself at a random point towards the end.
When was the last time you saw Star Trek The Motion Picture?
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Indeed!
it was definitely not only on the DE: I saw that cut the first time around 2019 and my DVD around 2008 was pretty much the same of my old VHS but had the overture.
No. Due in 2022.
About 13 years ago I rewatched all the Star Trek movies with my wife
But that's the wrong guy. The one coming through the door with Kirk - with no moustache - and mentioning the "Federation funny farm" - is Gary Faga. Yes, the guy that Kirk drops is the same one that Spock drops in TMP.
Can you imagine him, disillusioned, departing the Enterprise after being neck-pinched by the First Officer, only to be knocked out by his former captain?
Last watched TMP with the 4K+BD set arrived of I-IV. Still own The Director's Edition 2-Disc DVD.
I have the DE and watch it once in awhile. I’m looking forward to the updated DE next year.
Of all the films I find the TMP (DE) has aged best. It really stands out compared to the TNG and JJtrek films. The latter films were made for kids and adolescents. TMP is much more adult oriented in that it doesn’t feel compelled to explain everything and throw it at you at loud breakneck speed.
It can also be bittersweet to watch, particularly the ending, hinting of further adventures in that era that we never got to see. In that respect it’s somewhat akin to “The Cage.” And don’t bother trying to mention Strange New Worlds given thats a production being made near sixty years after the fact, and made by people generations removed from the perspectives and sensibilities of the original creators. “The Cage” was a fresh page with a future unwritten while SNW will be influenced by fifty plus years of an existing franchise as well as everything else thats happened since.
Of all the films I find the TMP (DE) has aged best. It really stands out compared to the TNG and JJtrek films. The latter films were made for kids and adolescents. TMP is much more adult oriented in that it doesn’t feel compelled to explain everything and throw it at you at loud breakneck speed.
It can also be bittersweet to watch, particularly the ending, hinting of further adventures in that era that we never got to see. In that respect it’s somewhat akin to “The Cage.” And don’t bother trying to mention Strange New Worlds given thats a production being made near sixty years after the fact, and made by people generations removed from the perspectives and sensibilities of the original creators. “The Cage” was a fresh page with a future unwritten while SNW will be influenced by fifty plus years of an existing franchise as well as everything else thats happened since.
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The Cage will always be that part of Trek history I miss the most.
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