Rate TMP

[Ward Fowler]

Did the producers and director go overboard on the the special effects shots? Yes. Did the writers create a more thoughtful and intelligent movie than nearly all the other Star Trek movies? Yes.

 

[TigerOfDarkness]

The SLV compared to the theatrical version added back the self-destruct order and comments in engineering.

The delf destruct thing's in the in DE as well.

I *get* that people miss certain lines, but to my mind those two of three gems that aren't in the other versions are not worth suffering through all the added padding and bad scenes in the SLV.

I know that is why I said compared to the theatrical version. Now Decker's line is the who crux of the plot (originally called In They Image.)

If Decker's line is the whole crux of the plot, how come the director left it out of his DE? The question of would an artificial intelligence believe in a god and if so what sort of god could make an interesting movie. If that is what TMP is about though, they did a pretty good job of burying it.

 

[Warped9]

Give a 1 to 5 rating to your favorite version of TMP

By the way, I mean 1 to 5 based on Star Trek movies not against all-genres.

I'll give it a four. And I think of the TMP DE as the more definitive version of the film.

I like its big ideas, its grandeur and that as a Star Trek story it also feels like genuine science fiction. It wears better with age.

But it stumbles with not quite enough going on story wise. And it could have use just a bit more colour visually.