Your immediate reactions on seeing the films (at the cinema)

[Khan 2.0]

II i was too young to fully appreciate it but i remember being scared of Khan (but funny i cant remember what i thought of the brain bugs). also remember thinking the nebula at the end was The Black Hole which id seen recently and that they were going into it LOL. spocks death felt epic like it was really happening. and that he was really dead.​

III was amazing it felt so epic and big like it was really there in space witnessing the giant space station and destruction of the Ent. plus it had abit of a star wars feel to it with the cantina, alien microbes, crew becoming rebels, the klingons, phaser fights/ship battles, and the epic fight at the end with all the lava recalled Temple of Doom.

IV was such a feel good movie and was a great timetravel movie (remember it was only the year after BTTF so timetravel was very cool). i thought it was the best out of the 4 at the time (had seen TMP on tv and later as part of a I-IV marathon at the cinema in late summer 87 - what an awesome day that was)

V i was so hyped for it after IV (still a kid) but i remember thinking something wasnt quite right. the FX werent as good as the previous ones, plus it was too jokey (ok IV was basically a comedy but it was funny...not desperate like the gags in this). and the end felt very rushed. even as a kid when you think every movie you see at cinema is awesome i could tell it didnt click (but i still liked it enough to buy the starlog movie magazine and DC comic as i did for each film )

VI was just amazing from start to finish. Incredible FX (felt like T2 with the blood and shapeshifter), felt like an epic star trek (as in going from planet to planet unlike some of the other films). feel good like IV, epic battle at the end. remember thinking it was the best one of all 6 (not now though) a true continuation and conclusion to Treks II, III, IV. (and totally made up for V. in fact V being like it was kind of made VI feel even more of a treat!)

GEN obviously felt like a real event going in but quickly started to feel like a TNG two parter on the big screen. very disappointing after VI. Kirks death felt forced like it had to happen cos the writers wanted it to. not organic and neccesary like Spocks.

FC was obviously a step up from VII and felt epic and exciting action packed with a Wrath of Khany type feel (2nd improved film, sequel to an ep, Moby Dick) and also felt like part of the Alien invasion genre that was in full flow in 96 (ID4, XFiles), with the added bonus of a new more Enterprise looking like Enterprise & cool new uniforms (again like II). remember being abit underwhelmed by the ending of Data making out he was on borg side, then switching. i dunno what i was expecting (Ent destruction again?) but it just felt like abit of a cop out to me back then (nothing wrong with it though really)

INS felt boring from start to finish. they showed the Phantom Menace trailer before and it just looked amazing and totally blew anything that followed in Trek IX away (this was obviously before anyone knew what TPM would turn out like - not much better than Trek IX LOL)

NEM was again a big disappointment. (which was surprising as everyone was expecting it to be good from the First Contacty/Ridley Scotty style trailers and that it was an even number) i remember being shocked that an even Trek film was no good (although that said the odd bad/even good rule never held for me as id always considered III to be a good one)

ST09 - it was great seeing a full on big budget Trek film from a new team and was great having the original characters again (and Nimoy of course). of course it was strange seeing other actors playing the roles but then again a younger different actor had portrayed spock in Trek III so it helped think it was abit like that. i remember being underwhelmed by the ending however (similar to FC) from when Kirk and Spock beam on the narada - right up to the end when the Ent escapes the black hole. I thought it was too action orientated, typical of a Michael Bay action film complete with payoff oneliners, shootouts. i felt that when they go over to the Narada and aboard Spock Primes ship they were basically going into the ‘Prime Universe’ and messing about with Next Generation/Prime stuff, - so i was expecting abit more resolution on the prime universe/future (and especially Kirks as his upbringing got so screwed thanks to nero) and have it play more of a role in the conclusion. maybe I was just too old now for loud explosions, shooting and fights and wanted something abit more substantial - I would’ve loved the end when I was a kid but now I wanted something deeper with more meaning, maybe even a twist…(Also it took me a while afterwards to realise there was no Shatner cameo!) But really there was nothing wrong with what they did and a good few trek eps and movies ended the same way with a big fist fight or space battle and saving the day ...(anyway Neros 'I know your face....James T Kirk was a great man' etc was kind of a nod/resolution to Shat Kirk and the Prime timeline).

STID – immediate reaction was blown away by the sheer scale and epicness but couldnt quite believe theyd done Khan and didnt understand why they didnt address how different he was E.g. In the brig khan says Marcus gave him a new face....and/or then had a brief scene of Spock using the ships computer to unearth a photo of Montalban - the same photo of Khan from the briefing room scene in Space Seed (or that he wasn't khan at all just saying he was and at the end we see the real 1967 MontalKhan in a cryopod)

 

[ALF]

We were in Jr high when Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country came out and saw it at our small town theatre. It was awesome. That was such a sick time to be a Trek fan, TNG was operating at maximum, releasing kick ass episodes every week and then TOS bows out with a very well crafted exciting murder mystery. We left the theater cheering and went to grab some pizza.

Of all the Trek theatre experiences, that one was the most fun.

 

[Timby]

Imagine that you're walking down the street on a beautiful sunny day, and suddenly you come across a $100 bill on the sidewalk.

As you bend over to pick it up, someone runs up behind you and kicks you in the nuts. Hard. With a steel-toed boot.

As you stumble around, half-blind and barely keeping yourself from vomiting, that asshole steals the $100.

That's how we felt as we left the theater following Nemesis.

 

[BillJ]

Imagine that you're walking down the street on a beautiful sunny day, and suddenly you come across a $100 bill on the sidewalk.

As you bend over to pick it up, someone runs up behind you and kicks you in the nuts. Hard. With a steel-toed boot.

As you stumble around, half-blind and barely keeping yourself from vomiting, that asshole steals the $100.

That's how we felt as we left the theater following Nemesis.

 

[Khan 2.0]

i take it you didnt think too much of it then

 

[Melakon]

I was 28 when TMP was released, so my reactions to the films weren't quite as deeply emotional as they might have been for someone 10 or 20 years younger.

TMP - Great to see them on the big screen, but it was awfully slow moving and overly long. Still saw it 5 times.
II-TWOK - Opening fanfare set the mood, and it felt like an improvement over TMP. Battle scenes were great. Saw it at least 3 times in a theater.
III-TSFS - I felt Christopher Lloyd was miscast. Greatest moment: "Don't call me Tiny."
IV-TVH - My least favorite with the classic cast. I don't like it at all. The cast was in fine form throughout, but I didn't care for the emphasis on comedy.
V-TFF - Disappointed with sub-par effects, overly ambitious story, but some good moments as well as bad.
VI-TUC - There was a great advance teaser trailer for this, with scenes from the series projected onto the hull of the Enterprise, with a voice-over by Christopher Plummer I think. The film itself definitely had a momentous feel to it, right down to the signatures at the end. Kim Cattrall - rrrowwwrrr. Iman - rrrowwwrrr.
Generations - I would have preferred the TOS cast not being in it at all, and for Kirk's ultimate fate to remain a mystery. But since he was in there, he should have died at the helm, sacrificing himself to save the galaxy.
First Contact - The cast obviously did their best to make Frakes' first feature film a success. Sadly, he hasn't topped it yet with anything else. Alice Krige - rrrowwwrrr.
Insurrection - Didn't care for the story at all, though it was great seeing Anthony Zerbe in Star Trek.
Nemesis - Please God, make it stop!!!

 

[HaventGotALife]

I started watching Star Trek 25 years ago, but missed The Undiscovered Country in the movie theater. I was a Next Generation fan growing up and I saw Generations for the first time on opening day. Generations (I was 10) was a great action movie, I thought. I liked it (Oh, how I have changed)! I went to First Contact excited to see the Borg on the big screen (after reading a write-up in TV Guide about the new uniforms and the improvements in the Borg technology). I went back and watched it 3 times in the movie theater, I loved it (Oh, how I have changed)! Insurrection was confusing. I didn't know who to cheer for or what the problem was until I saw it a second time. I was dragged to Nemesis because I was burned out on Star Trek. I complained and complained after seeing the movie, not really having anything to complain about.

 

[Hober Mallow]

TUC: Elation. Loved it. I waited all year to see it, it was the first Trek movie I eagerly anticipated, and it lived up to all the hype.

GEN: A total letdown.

FC: Meh. It was okay.

INS: An even worse letdown than was GEN. Boring as hell. Would have made a bad alien-of-the-week TV episode.

I didn't even bother seeing NEMESIS.

09&ID: I had high hopes for a Trek reboot, especially with JJ Abrams involved, but I was pretty quickly disappointed. The only reason I saw ID was not because I'm a Trek fan, but because I'm a Cumberbatch fan.

 

[Green Shirt]

Imagine that you're walking down the street on a beautiful sunny day, and suddenly you come across a $100 bill on the sidewalk.

As you bend over to pick it up, someone runs up behind you and kicks you in the nuts. Hard. With a steel-toed boot.

As you stumble around, half-blind and barely keeping yourself from vomiting, that asshole steals the $100.

That's how we felt as we left the theater following Nemesis.

Hopefully Paramount put that $100 to good use.

 

[Dale Sams]

TMP: Zzzzzzz...and those unis!
TWOK: (sob!) It's SOOooooo gooood (Sob)
TSFS: Cool. Man, killing off Kirk's son seemed harsh
TVH: Very funny.
TFF: That was just like watching a C average TV episode
TUC: Very very good

 

[USS Triumphant]

TMP. I was four, and was not yet a Trek enthusiast, but my dad was - not a Trekkie, but enough to want to see the movie. I remember seeing part of the Enterprise fly-by, and I remember seeing Spock in a spacesuit going EVA. Other than that, I think I slept through it.

TWOK. I was seven, and had never seen "Space Seed". I enjoyed the ship-to-ship combat, and Spock's sacrifice made a big impression, but I thought the rest was kind of boring, that the eels were disgusting, and even back then I remember that I thought Khan couldn't be too much of a genius if he couldn't see right through that code that Kirk and Spock exchanged in the supposed dig at Saavik.

TSFS. I was 9. We went to go see this with some of my cousins, and I heard the joke about what toilet tissue and the Enterprise have in common for the first time on the way. Loved this one from start to end. Excelsior! And Kruge was a bad guy beyond anything I was used to, having actually killed his agent at the beginning, and then David.

TVH. I was 11. By this point, I was pretty much a Trekkie - I had watched most of the series in reruns, and I had the FASA ship books and was drawing them all the time. I loved everything about this one, too, except the ending left me briefly confused. I kinda thought they would either be going to Excelsior, an Excelsior-class Enterprise, or some other non-Connie, because the pattern of decommissioning the Enterprise and introducing Excelsior in TSFS made me think the Connies were old tech. Didn't expect to see a NEW one.

TFF. I was 14. Mom and Dad were fighting when we went to the theater, and on into the first 20 minutes or so of the film (which must have been a joy for the other attendees) until Dad stormed out. So I was kind of out of sorts, but I liked most of it, and thought Caitlin Dar was one of the sexiest people I had ever seen. (14, remember? ) The biggest problems I had were how easily some of the crew gave into Sybok, and that the scene where we were shown Spock's pain - his birth on Vulcan - was radically inconsistent with "Spock's World", and mildly inconsistent with what I had seen of Sarek on screen, even aside from the book. All of the nitpicky crap like "Deck 78" I pretty much ignored until later when I had the Internet and other friends to tell me how bad movies I would otherwise enjoy are.

TUC. I was 16. Mom and Dad had split shortly after TFF, and she and I moved to South Carolina. Dad and I weren't talking, and I had the impression that he more or less thought he had fulfilled his obligations to me since we were gone. The girl I was completely in love with and devoted to, back in Missouri, and I had kept in touch by letter and occasional phone call, but I had just finally broke things off completely a few months before, when I went back to visit and found out she was seeing another guy. And I had my license and a car, so I went to go see this movie by myself. I thought it was excellent all the way through. And then the end, while beautiful, seemed completely appropriate to me. OF COURSE my adventures with Kirk, Spock, and crew were ending, too - *everything* was.

Generations. I was 19. I went with two Trekkie friends to see this - one dressed as a Klingon, one as a Borg, and I in a TOS Command uniform. I thought it was excellent until almost the end, but then thought that Kirk's death was really really dumb, and the arguments about how to reconcile what we had just seen with Scotty's comments about Kirk saving him in "Relics" began almost immediately after.

First Contact. I was 21, and went with my wife, son, and some friends including the two from Generations. Worth noting is that I had been on the Internet for about 4 years at this point . Oh, man. Why can Picard hear the Borg? Didn't Crusher remove everything? The Borg Queen? What the hell is *this* crap?! We KNOW how the Borg work, this is just stupid. That looks *nothing* like Zefram Cochrane from TOS, and wasn't he from Alpha Centauri, anyway? Data is supposed to be betraying everyone AGAIN? Wouldn't he have done something about this sort of thing after what happened with Lore? When they get back to the "present", there should almost certainly be some changes after everything that just happened. Oh, they aren't even going to SHOW that?! :walking out: That was awesome. Let's argue all of this.

Insurrection. Same group went to see. Boring, stupid, "a flotation device", a gorch, no, um, captain, er... dude, she's MARRIED, no, how would Geordi's eyes regenerate to work when they are the result of a genetic defect? No. A G**D*** *joystick*?! (I think I *have* that joystick!) Holy crap, a Black Hole Sun video ripoff. And, no. Why? Just... why?

Nemesis. Same group. Well, this is kind of dark and slow. Dune buggy? Now we can just scan Soong type Androids from across deep space? Stupid, no. Where the heck does this B4 fit into Soong's android lineage? Seems like if he came before Lore he'd have been stored where Lore was, so how did he get scattered like this? I wonder if he's a really stupid plot device. *Admiral* Janeway giving orders to Picard?! F*** NO. That is way too small to be the Romulan Senate. Remans? There's no such thing - these people needed to reread Diane Duane's books. Shinzon looks nothing like the young Picard we saw on TNG. Um, boy, this scene with Troi sure is awkward as hell. Remans? Ramming speed? Okay, dumb, but cool. Remans?! Oh, hey, Romulans working with our good guys - cool. Remans?!! Oh, look - Data is "sacrificing" himself, and B4 IS a really stupid plot device. REMANS?! :walking out: We shall never speak of this again. Didn't happen.

 

[2takesfrakes]

I ... thought Caitlin Dar was one of the sexiest people I had ever seen. (14, remember? )

Caitlin Dar is CUTE!!! No need to be apologetic about thinking so, at any age, because she's quite lovely. If she were only a little taller, she'd be just perfect ... otherwise she really should've left her metallic ear muffs at home.

 

[Clark Terrell]

I wasn't born when TMP and TWOK were in theaters and was too young for TSFS and TVH. I saw TFF as a six-year-old and remember wanting to leave right after the scene in which Scotty was knocked out by the low-hanging pipe, so I didn't see how the movie ended until the following summer.

My mom took my brother and me to see TUC shortly after it came out. I loved it and was sad that the TOS crew's adventures were ending but was glad they got a proper sendoff. I saw TUC a second time a few weeks later with a friend who had seen only TNG and didn't understand why Data wasn't in the movie.

I skipped Generations due to my having gone through a phase during adolescence in which Star Trek wasn't cool anymore but saw FC few weeks after it came out and liked it and made a point of renting the movie several times once it was released on VHS.

I didn't see Insurrection after a friend told me it sucked, but saw Nemesis with a group of friends while home from college during Christmas break. I didn't like it much, and my opinion hasn't changed in the decade that's elapsed since it came out. Good grief! What were they thinking?

 

[JT Perfecthair]

I sure remember the guy beside me at TWOK, as the credits neared and the scene focused on Spock's torpedo/coffin he was saying softly "open open open open..."

 

[Warped9]

TMP - I was 20 years old and walked out of the cinema saying, "Wow! I mean...Wow!" I still had an inkling of something being off, but that didn't clarify until I saw it a second time. Then I started to see what I thought was missing. But overall, still "Wow!"

TWOK - I was 23 and eager to see what they had wrought. I got caught up in the energy and action and character moments and having fun. But even so question marks were popping into my head: but, but, but? It was still fun, but there were lingering questions of a different sort than what I had experienced with TMP. The one thing that I did not like at all upon my first viewing were the new uniforms. Still don't like them.

TSFS - I was 25 and wanted to see what the followup would be. Overall it was okay and fun at times, but I was really bummed out by them destroying the Enterprise. That was a real WTF moment that I've never forgiven them for. I did not walk out of that cinema elated for a new Star Trek because they had wrecked one of the central things I loved about it. Yeah, they gave us back Spock, but took the Enterprise in exchange. It just didn't sit well with me.

TVH - I'm 27 and it's Star Trek so let's see it. Starts out okay, but then it shifts into comedy and laughing at the characters. Yes, that's the sense I got: laughing at the characters rather than with them. I also didn't buy into time travel treated as a comedy after how it was generally treated in TOS. Yeah, they offered up an Enterprise replacement, but it was no longer the real Enterprise.

TFF - I'm 30 and the trailers for TFF made it look more like a classic TOS style adventure. I went with fingers crossed. Yep, on the plus side it is more like a classic adventure going "out there" and the music is good. But then they ramp up the overdone comedy and treat the new ship as a lemon. Didn't help either that the production looked, cheap, cheap, cheap.

TUC - I'm 32 and it's Classic Trek's swan song. I still feel some sense of attachment so I feel somewhat compelled to see it. It has energy and some okay character moments, but overall it's really hammering home that this is the end. I can see more beyond the action now and question marks are pinging in my head: but, but, but??? And then there's more of Nick Meyer's retro style Trek. I walk out thinking it was "okay," but there was a sadness in y heart.

GEN - I was 35 and curious as to how they would croos the two eras. The TOS stuff felt like fanfic and all the NextGen parts were as dull as how I saw most of TNG at the time. The film livened up some when Shatner was on the screen. I say Shatner because I didn't see Captain Kirk on the screen. I saw Shatner. Nonetheless I was saddened to see Kirk's death. I walked out of the cinema feeling down, even more so than when they had destroyed the Enterprise in TSFS. Captain Kirk is so symbolic of the Star Trek I love and killing him off made me feel like Trek was now dead to me. Throughout the '80s I was hearing something of a bell tolling mournfully in the distance. It rang more loudly during TUC. It was loud and clear during GEN. Largely speaking I still feel that way even though there's a bit more of early TNG I like than I did initially.

FC - I was 37 and I didn't see this in the cinema. The lacklustre impression I got of the NectGen crew in GEN and my sour view of TNG as a whole at the time dissuaded me from going to see it on the big screen. I finally saw it on video and I wasn't impressed in the least. They were really overdoing the "everything has gotten dark" sensibility. The writing and the characters were not suited to big screen adventure. They didn't even have the charm the original cast had in their features. Suffice to say I again disliked how they treated the time travel element and how they portrayed Zefram Cochrane. I still feel that way.

INS - I was 39 and I did see this in cinema. A friend and I had had dinner together and said to each other, "What the hell. Let's go see what they've done." We walked out shaking our heads after two hours of groans and cringes of disgust.

NEM - I was 43 and didn't bother going to see this in cinema, particular since I thought all the TNG films were bust. I finally saw it on television. Totally bust and totally forgettable. It was excrutiating to get through.

ST09 - I was 50 and did not see this in the cinema. I did have a sense of curiosity upon hearing this would be a reboot. And then with every bit of info and new photo released concerning this reboot I kept shaking my head in disappointment. When I finally saw the revised ship design...I went ballistic. I was seriously thinking WTF??? eventually a coworker gave me a copy of his download and I watched it on a day I was home from work sick. I told myself maybe this won't be as bad as I think it might be. Holy fuck, it was worse. Suddenly some of the NextGen films and even the weaker TOS films looked decent. Sometime later a coworker lent me his DVD and urged me to give it another try. Okay, the uniforms were an okay colour, but I still thought it was a thoroughly stupid piece of filmmaking through and through.

STID - I was 54 and certainly didn't go see this in the cinema. I caved and watched someone's DVD. I can only say


I'm still remembering that bell I heard in 1991 and '94.

 

[Ssosmcin]

Ooo, this sounds like fun!

TMP: I was about 12, but was a Trekkie since I was 4, so I was jazzed as all hell to see this. I remember falling asleep during the cloud Trek scenes, but otherwise, I remember enjoying it. I was crushed, though, they didn’t use the TV theme in the credits.

TWOK: I saw this at the end of the summer, thanks to being grounded for a month for something stupid. But when I did, I soaked it up. LOVED IT! My mom was in tears, but not over Spock. She cried at David embracing his father. My immediate thought upon leaving the theater, I remember to this day, “I wonder how they’re going to bring Spock back.”

TSFS: Ecstasy! This remains my favorite of the films and I was left on pins and needles at the end. This was Trek’s answer to The Empire Strikes Back. A grand middle chapter in n awesome trilogy! I couldn’t wait to see the next movie!

TVH: I was very disappointed (shades of Return of the Jedi). I thought the story was too soft to follow the darkness of the previous film. I was never a fan of Trek’s full out comedies and this was no exception. It was the fim “everyone liked” that I didn’t. I mean, I didn’t hate it, but it remains my least favorite of the films. At this point, Shatner stoped playing Kirk. He was just Shatner in a Star Trek costume.

TFF: Bucking the popularity trend, I loved this one. I was thrilled there was a serious storyline amid the humor and I really felt like Shatner did well. The next day, I found out I was the only person to feel like this.

TUC: Fun and exciting, especially the climax. A really great final mission for the original crew (and none of the original cast was killed off). I loved this until the VHS extended edition. After that, I liked it far less. Thanks to the Blu-Ray, I’m in love with the theatrical edition again.

GEN: Also loved this one. I loved the whole ethereal feel of the movie. The mystical music and stylized effects were perfect (the BoP stock explosion, however, was a boner killing titkerchief). Hated Kirk’s death, but I loved the movie overall. Fully aware of its flaws, it remains special to me.

FC: I was underwhelmed first run. I grew to enjoy it more and think it holds together better than most TNG films, but the magic was missing.

INS: Meh, I thought it was okay. Nothing great. A long episode with come cheesy humor. Harmless.

NEM: Much like TFF, I was the lone voice in the void. I fricking loved it. Such fun and a great action score by Jerry Goldsmith. I was sad to realize only I and friends of the cast apparently paid to see it.

2009: Liked it, but found it contained some of the worst plotting of any Trek film in years. I felt disconnected to it. It wasn’t my Star Trek.

STID: Loved it! The most fun I had in the theater in years. It doesn’t hold together all that well, but it’s still full of great action, performances and music. As good as Abrams trek is probably gonna get.

 

[Campe]

TSFS - I was 4. Don't remember too much of it really except my Dad and I snuck in a big bag of Reese's. I remember being a little creeped out by the overgrown microbes and thought the ceremony at the end went on a little long but I was happy to see Spock alive.

TVH - Here, I remember a little better. Again, my Dad and I went and saw this. And I remember thinking it was very funny and that I was excited to see what happened next with the newly demoted CAPTAIN Kirk!

TFF - I remember being very excited that Captain Kirk was going to direct this. I remember, again, laughing a lot but to be honest I didn't take a lot away on this one.

TUC - This was released just a few days after my 12th birthday. My dad and some friends and I went for a birthday party. I thought the Excelsior and the space battles were cool. But really I didn't appreciate this until I was a little older.

GEN - The first film I saw for the first time without my Dad (but we would go later). I was a Freshman in high school now and went with a buddy. I liked it a lot but was bummed Kirk died and that they destroyed the Enterprise. Went to school the next day (it opened early on Thursday night) and some upper classmen asked what I thought and if Kirk died. I didn't spoil them on it.

FC - Again, an early preview. Again, without my dad. I'd have been a junior in high school and I can't remember if I went with a girlfriend or some friends. I remember being very impressed with this one and wondering where the Borg Queen had been all this time.

INS - I definitely did not go opening weekend to this one. I was a freshman in college and finals were going on. Came home and saw it with my girlfriend and some friends. I wasn't that impressed and really wondered what the hell the deal was with the joystick?

NEM - I was 23 then. I was a few weeks from graduating from college. I definitely didn't go opening weekend being very annoyed with this film's marketing. My dad and I went when I got done with school right before Christmas. We really didn't say anything leaving the theater. It was pretty terrible.

ST09 - Midnight screening with some friends. It had been six years since Trek had been on the big screen and I was excited. I loved it. I thought it was a fun romp and had some nice takes on classic characters. Of course it wasn't going to quite delve into what TOS did but it was enjoyable.

STID - Took the day off to go see this with some friends and was glad I did. Although the Khan reveal was fairly transparent, I really enjoyed seeing these characters again and the expansion of JJ's universe. Spock's "KHAAAAAAAN!" took me out of the movie though. I laughed. A lot. At that line.

 

[Green Shirt]

TMP - I was 20 years old and walked out of the cinema saying, "Wow! I mean...Wow!" I still had an inkling of something being off, but that didn't clarify until I saw it a second time. Then I started to see what I thought was missing. But overall, still "Wow!"

I was also 20 for TMP. My two biggest recollections were almost being the third car in a two car accident on the way to the movie, and knowing the story in advance 'cause I read the novelization before seeing the film. Kinda took some enjoyment out of it.

 

[Khan 2.0]

NEM was again a big disappointment. (which was surprising as everyone was expecting it to be good from the First Contacty/Ridley Scotty style trailers and that it was an even number) i remember being shocked that an even Trek film was no good (although that said the odd bad/even good rule never held for me as id always considered III to be a good one)

I should add to Nemesis that I was quite shocked at how much it took from TWOK (esp after FC had pretty much been TNGs WOK) and some of the other TOS crew movies...I remember going through them in my mind after seeing it:
II (genetically created vengeful villain with a grudge specifically against the captain...kirk had an angry son/Picard has an angry clone neither were mentioned before...shots of the crew preparing for battle….nebula messing up ships systems...Ent disabled so cannot escape super weapon countdown….Destruction averted by death of science officer who has planted his memories in another – there was even abit of TWOK Horner-esque music where Data says 'goodbye' as Picard gets beamed away)
III (riker booting the baddie off into oblivian...the last 5 mins with the 'absent friends' & revelation another holds the science officers memories that could return fully)
VI (supposed final voyage...approaching peace with a sworn enemy...ship that can fire while cloaked/end multiple ship battle)

I also remember at the time thinking there was even a tip of the hat to the 1st film at the end with the Ent as TMP spacedock theme played - sort of bringing the movie series full circle.

before the JJ treks none of the movies had been so referential to the previous films as Nem and at the time immediately after seeing it I was pretty disappointed by all that like why couldn't they just do something different and original whyd they have to remake II/III/VI (in a cloaked way) but I rewatched it a couple weeks ago for 1st time in years and found myself enjoying it more and all the callbacks to the movies (and noticing similar stuff that was adapted and used in ST09) - like a greatest hits of the best of the previous Treks

 

[LMFAOschwarz]

Star Trek: The Motion Picture
I saw this at the drive-in the summer after it was released (I was eighteen or nineteen at the time, I'd sworn off Star Trek...I was "too old" or something...). The next day, a friend asked me what I thought of it, and I remember telling him "It blew my head apart!". The crew seemed very, very serious and none of the old reliable technology worked. I think that transporter scene gave me a weird chill which kind of set an unsettling tone. (Someone on this site referred to getting a feeling that trusty old Enterprise now seemed like a flying death trap, and based on my memory of the time, I have to agree.) Overall, I think the movie confirmed that either I had indeed grown past Trek...or perhaps it had grown beyond me. I did end up buying the soundtrack, which haunts me to this day (in a positive way ).

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
By this time I had started watching the episodes on TV again (I must have regressed ). The ads for the movie looked fun, and I did enjoy it very much. As many did, I fought back the tears when Spock died. I went back five or six times to see it, though specific memories are vague at this point.

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
Fun movie! Good old buck-the-establishment Kirk, but even more so than we'd seen before. Definitely a sense there were going to be consequences this time...but doing the right thing was worth a career...not unlike Amok Time!
Even the enclosed-feeling planet sets evoked the series, and, Chekov's 'Lord Fauntleroy' outfit notwithstanding, it was fun to see them all in civilian clothing, and it nicely underscored that they were doing all of this "on their own time"

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
For the most part, I liked it. I enjoyed the early part of the movie, setting up the story well, and giving a few fun character scenes, which did seem long overdue. I remember wondering if the 'smoky' look of the bird of prey interior was some trick to reduce wrinkles on camera) I wondered (and still do, frankly) what Saavik was doing with her "I have not had the opportunity to tell you about your son. David died most bravely. I thought you should know." scene. Would Kirk not have been well aware of all this? The 80's scenes were very 80's, of course...though I find now it definitely has a time-travel feeling for the viewer as well, much as Tomorrow is Yesterday does. Not my favorite movie...but overall it satisfied me. I remember a friend I saw it with liked Chekov's eel skin jacket (or so he identified it as).

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
Some good stuff mixed with weird scenes and, frankly, pretty dumb humor. I had trouble with the half-brother of Spock appearing out of nowhere, but I did like Sybok regardless. The "I need my pain" scene was vintage Kirk, and the closest thing to a Kirk-speech I'd seen since the series. I also remember thinking that this would indeed be the final film. I also was a bit let down by the special effects, but I thought maybe it was an intentional call-back to the more limited days of television. And why is Scotty suddenly yelling all of his lines? He kept making me think of Ritchie from The Dick Van Dyke Show, "HI, DADDY! DID YOU BRING ME ANYTHING?"

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
I wasn't sure if I liked it...and to be honest I still don't know. It's the least-viewed of the original crew films for me (twice to be exact). Fore some odd reason, I can't remember specifically where I saw it or who with (though I suspect I saw it by myself). Some good visuals, though. Also, Kirk in this movie was a far cry from The Motion Picture "I think we gave it the ability to find it's own sense of purpose out of our own human weaknesses...and the drive that compels us to overcome them" Kirk. I also remember thinking that Spock's ears didn't look right.

Star Trek: Generations
A bit of a letdown for me. I remember thinking it came out too soon after the series, and I stand by that belief to this day. The characters came off as a lot more incompetent than they had been established to be. I didn't care for Soran, and I remember wondering if Malcolm McDowell wears the same outfit in every role he plays. Overall, the whole movie seemed 'off'.

Star Trek: First Contact
Entertaining. Borg Queen!? I kept wondering (and still do) who might have been a better choice to play Cochrane. This guy was ubiquitous in those days in movies, much like John Lithgow was in the 80's. I did like his telescope, though (a hobby of mine).

Star Trek: Insurrection
I saw it. I was kind of bored with it, as I kept checking the time.

Star Trek:Nemesis
I saw this one, too. Once.

Star Trek (reboot)
In all fairness, I saw this one in the grip of a raging toothache, so it may have tainted my impression of it.

Star Trek: Into Darkness
Never saw it, and to be honest I don't really have any plans to.