Are there any fellow Motion Sickness fans out there??

[Kruge]

I'm going to come out and say it, even though it may cost me my membership here

I loved TMP, it is my second favorite Trek film after Khaaaan!

I realize it's flaws...the drab, pastel colored disco-era uniforms, the endless reaction shots, the plot that was lifted from previous episodes...

Still, I think it's an absolutely fabulous film...as excited as I am about Star Trek hitting theatres in a week, I don't think the Enterprise has ever looked so beautiful and sleek as it did in TMP...some may bemoan the lenghty shots of the ship in drydock, but seriously, we are supposed to be looking at a massive starship...it's a shame that today's films cannot take such care in conveying majesty the way TMP did...and the warp core/engineering deck STILL stands the test of time, as do most of the effects...

Are there anymore TMP fans lurking in the shadows? I'd really like to know if anyone out there actually got to see it in theatres when it was released ( I was born in 1984, so no luck), and if you were excited, if it was a big event for you, because the release of Star Trek this year is certainly an event for me...I may not have been there in 1979, but I want to make this premiere as memorable as possible!!

Am I alone ? (echoes)

 

[cardinal biggles]

You obviously haven't been here long if you think you're alone in your opinion.

There's plenty of folk here who love The Motion Picture; some of them even believe it to be better than Wrath of Khan. (Personally I'm not one of them, though TMP ranks high for me. When I saw the Director's Edition, it was like I was watching it for the first time, and finally appreciating the well-intentioned effort and flawed final product.)

A little advice, though — your thread title may give folks the wrong impression about your true feelings for the movie.

 

[Gojira]

Count me as another who just loves TMP. Sure a little more action would have been nice but it really has some great character development. It really has the spirit of the original show and it is very epic in feel and scale.

I love the scene where Spock first appears on the bridge. What a great moment.

 

[Kruge]

You obviously haven't been here long if you think you're alone in your opinion.

There's plenty of folk here who love The Motion Picture; some of them even believe it to be better than Wrath of Khan. (Personally I'm not one of them, though TMP ranks high for me. When I saw the Director's Edition, it was like I was watching it for the first time, and finally appreciating the well-intentioned effort and flawed final product.)

A little advice, though — your thread title may give folks the wrong impression about your true feelings for the movie.

You're probably right, but I love giving my favorite films nicknames, like Save the Whales, or Khaaaaaaan!!!!

The director's edition is how I first saw it too....am I the only one who thinks this new film would be fantastic with an overture? I mean, have audiences become so impatient that they just wouldn't stand for it?

What has happened to us???

 

[Eddie Roth]

^^ Good point. Just the other day, I watched TMP again, and I loved the overture. What better introduction to a movie could there be? And since they're playing music in theaters anyway before the film starts, might as well be something special. I suppose modern audiences are thought to not have the patience for it.

Oh, and by the way, I'm a big fan of TMP as well. I rank it fourth behind IV, II and VI. The whole odd-numbered film curse was always bullshit in my eyes.

 

[cardinal biggles]

The TMP DE and NEM took the even/odd curse and threw it out the window. And even though XI will be an odd-numbered film, the early reviews are so overwhelmingly positive that I think we could possibly put any notion of the curse to bed forever.

 

[Basill]

It's one of my all time favorites.

 

[RyanKCR]

I saw TMP in the theaters when it was first out. I had already seen Star Wars and loved this one better. I was only around 9 at the time. I've then seen the SLV and that is my favorite version and TMP is my favorite Trek film.

 

[Maurice]

I saw TMP on it's first Saturday in release...and when my ride didn't show up after the show was over, I watched it a second time. It's my favorite Trek film despite it's numerous faults, because it's the only film that tried to treat the world the characters inhabit as a real place with thought given to how things work, and despite the derivitive plot, had science fiction concerns. I'd hoped the inevitable sequel would address the film's deficiencies, but build on its strengths. Unfortunately, the approach that was taken was to throw the baby out with the bath water, and the subsequent films suffered a certain level of dumbness that the franchise never recovered from.

 

[ncc-1017-e]

I love it to death!

 

[Therin of Andor]

I'm going to come out and say it, even though it may cost me my membership here

Are there anymore TMP fans lurking in the shadows? I'd really like to know if anyone out there actually got to see it in theatres when it was released

Apart from random episodes of b/w TAS, and selected episodes of TOS when colour TV came to Australia in 1975, ST:TMP was my introduction to the whole Star Trek phenomenon at age 21.

Seeing TMP on the big screen, having managed to have ignored the "Star Wars" phenomenon a few years earlier (I was amazed seeing a SW movie poster with a banner across it saying "Our 14th big month!"), was amazing! Here in Sydney, TMP opened at the aptly-named Paramount Theatre, a beautiful art deco masterpiece of architecture, now long-gone.

Walking out after the movie, back through winding curtained corridors, with the Ilia Theme being piped through the sound system, I was on that starship.

TMP rocks!

 

[arch101]

HUGE TMP fan. I saw it first-run in '79 and still think it's the best Trek film. Coincidently, I watched it again just last weekend. The enormity of the concept continues to impress me. This film will be on the epic shelf with Ben Hur and 2001 in 50 years.

 

[Amaris]

I'm glad you made this thread, because I have to revise my previous standing of The Motion Picture.

I just watched it tonight, the Director's Edition on DVD as part of my 10 Star Trek films in 6 days movie marathon. I just finished TMP (the end music is still rolling as I type), and for some reason, this time it touched me on a more profound level. The movie really made sense, was well done, and I appreciated all of the accentuated touches they made. You could see this movie was made with loving care. I noticed detail not seen before, nuance in the characters faces. It was almost like watching a totally different movie than what I had seen before. It's not that I didn't comprehend the concept, it's just that it never really hit me until now, as someone who has gone through a long spiritual journey (and still travels it). It just connected with me, and I don't see how I missed it before.

Therefore, The Motion Picture moves from position #7 on my Star Trek movie list, to position #3, right behind Star Trek V (#1) and Star Trek II (#2).

J.

 

[Kruge]

I'm glad you made this thread, because I have to revise my previous standing of The Motion Picture.

I just watched it tonight, the Director's Edition on DVD as part of my 10 Star Trek films in 6 days movie marathon. I just finished TMP (the end music is still rolling as I type), and for some reason, this time it touched me on a more profound level. The movie really made sense, was well done, and I appreciated all of the accentuated touches they made. You could see this movie was made with loving care. I noticed detail not seen before, nuance in the characters faces. It was almost like watching a totally different movie than what I had seen before. It's not that I didn't comprehend the concept, it's just that it never really hit me until now, as someone who has gone through a long spiritual journey (and still travels it). It just connected with me, and I don't see how I missed it before.

Therefore, The Motion Picture moves from position #7 on my Star Trek movie list, to position #3, right behind Star Trek V (#1) and Star Trek II (#2).

J.

Really? Star Trek V? May I ask why?

 

[Amaris]

Really? Star Trek V? May I ask why?

Certainly.

Cinematically, I love the feel of Star Trek V. Yes, the special effects left much to be desired, but the feel of the movie for me was an epic adventure, embarking upon a real quest to seek the unknown, the face of God. I am a Christian Mystic (if I may say so), and the basis of my faith is on the idea that inherent in the universe is the ability to touch God (and until recently I did not realize that TMP addressed this same issue to a degree). I also love the comeraderie between the Big Three. I believe TFF was the most like the Original Series, and it showed, even through the subpar effects and odd plot twists.

Emotionally and sentimentally, this movie was the first one my mom purchased for me when I was 11 years old. It was on VHS and cost almost $20 (this was 1991). She is as big a fan of Star Trek as I, and introduced it to me when I was 4 years old, and I have never forgotten it. She showed me my first taste of Trek, and it has stayed with me more than 25 years.

Combine them together, and well, no mere movie could even compete.

J.

 

[trevanian]

Therefore, The Motion Picture moves from position #7 on my Star Trek movie list, to position #3, right behind Star Trek V (#1) and Star Trek II (#2).

J.

1, 2 & 5 are my tops as well, though figuring out the order is probably a matter of mood more than quality. I've certainly seen those three movies at least twice as many times as any of the other trek films ... who am I kidding, I've seen those films a helluva lot more than that!

 

[Amaris]

Therefore, The Motion Picture moves from position #7 on my Star Trek movie list, to position #3, right behind Star Trek V (#1) and Star Trek II (#2).

J.

1, 2 & 5 are my tops as well, though figuring out the order is probably a matter of mood more than quality. I've certainly seen those three movies at least twice as many times as any of the other trek films ... who am I kidding, I've seen those films a helluva lot more than that!

Yep. I do enjoy the other movies, but those three are my favorite.

J.

 

[Captain Pike]

TMP is awesome. I don't know why it gets canned by so many of the not-we's. Well ok, I do, but it's still the best or 2nd best of the films for my money (my opinion sways now and again).

It looks absolutely gorgeous and has a really thought-provoking, ultra-cool concept - for these two reasons alone, it pretty much eclipses all the other films. The characters are all still pretty close to their TOS roots too. Sure, it's long and drawn out, but then when it was made the pace of films in general was slower, people had to have longer attention spans than today and the film tries and in some respects succeeds in being really high-concept science fiction (ala 2001), as opposed to just another action flick.