Could Star Trek V been saved?

[Dukhat]

Which makes arguing any opinion or decision made by the characters in the stories moot.

Yeah, pretty much.

 

[PCz911]

You seem to think that I believe Shatner went to the Paramount executives and said "I want to make a movie all about how great Kirk is, and everyone else plays second fiddle to him."

Shatner wanted to make a movie that was an allegory for the dangers of believing television evangelists. That was his general, basic idea. It wasn't a very good idea, but it was his idea nonetheless. What we ended up with was a nonsensical plot, bad acting, a subpar villain, and a movie focusing almost entirely on Kirk despite the revelation that Spock has a brother we never knew about for 30 years. Deep down, did Shatner really just want to make a self-serving movie? Probably not consciously. Subconsciously? Who knows. But that's how it came across to me.

Shatner can believe whatever he wants. He still believes to this day that his film is great and that it only lacked better VFX to make it a true masterpiece. And he's entitled to his opinion. I have mine.

Do you think that the shat may have been influenced unconsciously by The Way to Eden? Perhaps he recalled the rough concept of that story which also involved a cult like leader. If so, he didn’t pick the best episode to leverage for inspiration.

 

[JonnyQuest037]

Besides, Gene Roddenberry wouldn't make that a negative reason for them. It would make them "free" as a couple. Much like when he married Majel. "We have our own agreement."

I cannot think of something I care less about that what Gene Roddenberry's possible opinion of my headcanon would have been.