That's my point really, if you chase away everyone but the hardcore fans, you'll eventually chase those away too.
Poll Do you intend to watch SECTION 31?
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Much quicker way to do it than watching Picard season two, that's for sure.
That would be Star Trek V and several other Trek movies. Section 31 is Citizen Kane compared to V
You don't have to be a homer, it is okay to admit when something is just plain bad. Star Trek V is largely a bad movie but has a solid emotional core with Kirk, Spock and McCoy which makes it worth watching. Even Insurrection, my personal worst Trek film until this last Friday, had the Gilbert and Sullivan routine that helps save it, even if just a little.
I just found nothing redeeming about Section 31. Which is why, for me, it is at the bottom of the pile. Though I do wonder why we are comparing a TV movie to feature film outings?
Star Trek II was made by Paramount's television unit 
I think it's fair to compare a feature-length story to another feature-length story as as long as you're aware of the context they were made and you're not judging a film with no theatrical release on its box office.
Hey, I'll compare anything to anything. Section 31 was worse than Calypso but better than Ephraim and Dot.
I think it's fair to compare a feature-length story to another feature-length story as as long as you're aware of the context they were made and you're not judging a film with no theatrical release on its box office.
Hey, I'll compare anything to anything. Section 31 was worse than Calypso but better than Ephraim and Dot.
It was. Because originally it was going to be a TV movie.
It would be more fair to compare Section 31 to feature length TV productions. Things like the pilots and the Voyager TV movies.
Trek V is not good, per se, but it has it's moments. The trio scenes, oft cited, are good. 'I need my pain' scene is good.
It still felt more like Trek than S31.
Mind you, S31 looks like Shakespeare compared to those Very Short Treks
It still felt more like Trek than S31.
Mind you, S31 looks like Shakespeare compared to those Very Short Treks
i think Osunsanmi directed those too!Star Trek II was made by Paramount's television unit
I think it's fair to compare a feature-length story to another feature-length story as as long as you're aware of the context they were made and you're not judging a film with no theatrical release on its box office.
Hey, I'll compare anything to anything. Section 31 was worse than Calypso but better than Ephraim and Dot.
Wait, i think he directed Calypso and The Girl Who Made the Stars.
How do you go from the quality of Calypso, to S31? I don't know
Script quality. Micheal Chabon wrote Calypso, so it was really good. I didn't even dislike Section 31, but it's not on the same caliber at all. The directing isn't the problem, it's the writing.
Very Short Trek was just a fun anniversary nod, not meant to be taken seriously.
Speaking for myself, the directing is certainly a big part of the problem.
Speak for yourself, "she has cheated on me many times" is the absolute defining line of Ethan Peck's Spock. It shall never be forgotten
It started production with the Television division (it was to be the first of a 4 TV movie series for NBC.)Star Trek II was made by Paramount's television unit
But actual production was handed to the feature film division once the decision was made to make it a theatrical film release
I wasn't thrilled by the idea of it before it released and now it's out, it's getting roundly panned so... it's very unlikely I will waste any time on this.
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