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Star Trek Movie Rereleases Beaming Into Theaters – With Souvenir Popcorn Bucket
The sixtieth anniversary celebration is headed to the big screen.trekmovie.com
Incidentally, I wonder which episodes they would have paired with V and VI.
The included snack seems a bit corny, but I like the idea of pairing each feature film with a TV episode semi-related to it. Space Seed/TWOK is clearly the most perfect pairing, of course. The other pairings as mentioned in the article are surprisingly good fits. Might be fun to attend some of these...
A shame that TOS itself isn't getting a 4K remaster; the blu-ray remastering was very solid in fact, but the occasional black crush was noticed and some of the original effects would truly pop in HDR (Tholian Web, Immunity Syndrome, Spectre of the Gun, Wolf in the Fold, others...)
I hope they do V and VI as well... V might be pairable with the parable "A Private Little War", or any TOS episode featuring a prominent Klingon as Kirk was not well-liked. Koloth comes to mind. But V also is mindful enough of established lore as Klaa is shown more as a renegade-- hmmm, maybe that would be aired opposite "The Undiscovered Country". Not sure what could be opposite TFF... "The Trouble with Tribbles", perhaps?
"The Way to Eden" opposite TFF sounds nearly prefect but I like keeping the pairing to the same theme. TFF definitely has Klingons in it, but it also the one film that feels unapologetically like the 1960s TV show and 'Tribbles" would seem to be a shoo-in.
You could also do "Who Mourns for Adonais?" A false god that turns out to be an alien and banters with Kirk in the process.
TFF paired with Alternative Factor. Or Plato's Stepchildren.
My dad suggested that Spock's Brain would be a better fit than Amok Time for the Star Trek III screening, due to Spock being out of it for most of both stories. Plus, he said he has a soft spot for Spock's Brain, while he doesn't care much for Star Trek III (they killed off Kirk's son! Those bastards!).
Gotta love my dad. LOL
Gotta love my dad. LOL
I posted in the other thread about this but other than Space Seed/TWOK, Amok Time and TSFS makes the most sense. They both have the same narrative throughline.
Kirk disobeys orders to take Spock/his katra/his body to Vulcan to perform a ritual to save/restore his life.
The details are different but the thrust is the same.
It's weird that I accidentally timed my reading of TOS numbered novel The Pandora Principle this close to a theatrical showing of The Wrath of Khan and The Search For Spock. The Pandora Principle draws a lot from Vonda McIntyre's novelizations; the backstory created for Saavik. It's giving me TSFS vibes in the sense that a major character is out of the action, the Enterprise leaves spacedock fairly late in the story. And now the movies are there in the theater again, while I'm still making my way through the book and immersed in the tone and continuity of those movies.
I didn't understand the connection between Amok Time and TSFS at first, but a more recent post makes it make sense. I would have thought Journey to Babel would have been an interesting choice to match with TSFS, for the continuity point of introducing Sarek.
I didn't understand the connection between Amok Time and TSFS at first, but a more recent post makes it make sense. I would have thought Journey to Babel would have been an interesting choice to match with TSFS, for the continuity point of introducing Sarek.
Here's my review of the past three days of movie showtimes, in order:
FRIDAY: Started off awesome, as there was a largely empty theater, and two of the few people there were a mother and her daughter who were both wearing Vulcan ears (I was wearing a plain white v neck shirt with my TMP Fansets Command badge and jeans - yesterday, today and tomorrow the outfit is a TWOK Monster Maroon Sublimated T-shirt with black pants). I know now why they call TMP "Where Nomad Has Gone Before" - it's largely the same story, isn't it? Even I can't deny that, although I still think TMP is my preferred telling of the story visually speaking. Speaking of TMP, this viewing was far more enjoyable for me than last time, seven years ago - I managed to keep my interest and pay attention to what was going on this time. And as others have said, TMP is MADE for the big screen, even though I feel ALL the other classic films are, as well. A wonderful day, and a wonderful movie experience. I've seen the mother and daughter at all the screenings so far, and I hope to see them again tomorrow - they were super friendly!
SATURDAY - Sadly at my local theater we had a mild incident because a bunch of idiots behind me kept laughing at EVERYTHING during Space Seed ("thats not even Shatner, thats his stunt double!" was one thing i heard). During the final scene of the episode when Kirk tapped the bell three times to start the hearing about what to do with Khan, they all laughed hysterically again, and the poor guy directly to my left (who was actually a nice guy and just wanted to enjoy the film) had enough and turned around, and yelled at them to be quiet. They started cussing at each other, and ended up going to the front desk outside the auditorium to resolve it. I don't know what happened there but everyone was allowed to stay, with one lady who had laughed the loudest saying "I'm just gonna laugh harder now!" Then there was another idiot directly to my right who put his stinky feet up on the back of the seat in front of him (and nearly right behind the mother and daughter, which I felt was really rude and selfish) and laughed VERY loudly and awkwardly at other stupid things, even through TWOK (when Spock Vulcan nerve-pinched Bones in the engine room during the climax, just prior to "remember", the idiot cackled again, although that time I actually glared at him to let him know to shut up). My thing is, why go to the movies if you're just gonna laugh at the unfunny parts? I was still able to salvage the enjoyment of this viewing of TWOK for at least 75% of the time, and like TMP I've already seen it on the big screen so no big loss.
SUNDAY - Amok Time on the big screen was amazing! And I had never seen TSFS before, so today's showing was important to me that we get it right. Fortunately, it was a largely empty theater again (for TMP I would guess we had 8-10 total audience members, then 30 some odd audience members for TWOK - today it was back to less than ten). Seeing the stealing the Enterprise scene for the first time on the big screen was phenomenal, and I actually failed to hold back tears watching her self destruct in orbit over Genesis. I've come to realize as I said before that all the Star Trek films were made for the big screen, but specifically, they are just plain BETTER on the big screen. There are things you miss watching on the TV screen, and the emotions aren't nearly as intense. TSFS was a brand new movie when I saw it today. And I love it even more now.
Standby for tomorrow, I will be updating this status to reflect my viewing of City on the Edge of Forever and TVH!!!
FRIDAY: Started off awesome, as there was a largely empty theater, and two of the few people there were a mother and her daughter who were both wearing Vulcan ears (I was wearing a plain white v neck shirt with my TMP Fansets Command badge and jeans - yesterday, today and tomorrow the outfit is a TWOK Monster Maroon Sublimated T-shirt with black pants). I know now why they call TMP "Where Nomad Has Gone Before" - it's largely the same story, isn't it? Even I can't deny that, although I still think TMP is my preferred telling of the story visually speaking. Speaking of TMP, this viewing was far more enjoyable for me than last time, seven years ago - I managed to keep my interest and pay attention to what was going on this time. And as others have said, TMP is MADE for the big screen, even though I feel ALL the other classic films are, as well. A wonderful day, and a wonderful movie experience. I've seen the mother and daughter at all the screenings so far, and I hope to see them again tomorrow - they were super friendly!
SATURDAY - Sadly at my local theater we had a mild incident because a bunch of idiots behind me kept laughing at EVERYTHING during Space Seed ("thats not even Shatner, thats his stunt double!" was one thing i heard). During the final scene of the episode when Kirk tapped the bell three times to start the hearing about what to do with Khan, they all laughed hysterically again, and the poor guy directly to my left (who was actually a nice guy and just wanted to enjoy the film) had enough and turned around, and yelled at them to be quiet. They started cussing at each other, and ended up going to the front desk outside the auditorium to resolve it. I don't know what happened there but everyone was allowed to stay, with one lady who had laughed the loudest saying "I'm just gonna laugh harder now!" Then there was another idiot directly to my right who put his stinky feet up on the back of the seat in front of him (and nearly right behind the mother and daughter, which I felt was really rude and selfish) and laughed VERY loudly and awkwardly at other stupid things, even through TWOK (when Spock Vulcan nerve-pinched Bones in the engine room during the climax, just prior to "remember", the idiot cackled again, although that time I actually glared at him to let him know to shut up). My thing is, why go to the movies if you're just gonna laugh at the unfunny parts? I was still able to salvage the enjoyment of this viewing of TWOK for at least 75% of the time, and like TMP I've already seen it on the big screen so no big loss.
SUNDAY - Amok Time on the big screen was amazing! And I had never seen TSFS before, so today's showing was important to me that we get it right. Fortunately, it was a largely empty theater again (for TMP I would guess we had 8-10 total audience members, then 30 some odd audience members for TWOK - today it was back to less than ten). Seeing the stealing the Enterprise scene for the first time on the big screen was phenomenal, and I actually failed to hold back tears watching her self destruct in orbit over Genesis. I've come to realize as I said before that all the Star Trek films were made for the big screen, but specifically, they are just plain BETTER on the big screen. There are things you miss watching on the TV screen, and the emotions aren't nearly as intense. TSFS was a brand new movie when I saw it today. And I love it even more now.
Standby for tomorrow, I will be updating this status to reflect my viewing of City on the Edge of Forever and TVH!!!
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I watched The Wrath of Khan on Saturday, and it was a pretty great experience. I was fascinated by how the sound mix made it different. Some explosions during Khan's first attack were shorter and more staccato than I expected. The movement of the ships looked different in an uncanny way, more fluid that I was used to. Something major that's stayed with me is how the starships have a constant rumble in the background that makes environment more claustrophobic and intimidating, and gave the dangerous edge that the second movie already had a renewed sharpness and menace.
The Search for Spock was a similarly subtle experience. I thought the collapse of the Genesis planet would be more harrowing, as the tectonic rumbling established itself early as kind of intimidating, but it didn't keep up the deep rumbling. The first appearance of the bird of prey has always been great, and on the big screen it was a grand, frightening reveal. I was struck anew by the shift in tone throughout the movie made more pronounced, from morbid and meditative, to the action-oriented center half of the movie, to the grand spirituality of finale, it's tonal changes felt much more pronounced.
Watching The Search for Spock was interesting, as I have distorted memories of watching it when I was very young...it's one of the earliest movies I remember watching when it originally came out. I've watched it many times in the intervening years, but there's something of a sense of coming full circle by seeing it in the theater once again, after so long.
Although I'm reading The Pandora Principle, which is strongly connected to TWoK and TSFS, and I thought maybe the book might influence my view of Saavik, I ended up with the sense of the movies and the books (including the novelizations) as more separate than I thought. Saavik in the movies might just be a full Vulcan, without the traumatic past of Hellguard. I'm still processing this.
The audiences I was with were mostly kind to the television episodes that were paired with the movies.
The Search for Spock was a similarly subtle experience. I thought the collapse of the Genesis planet would be more harrowing, as the tectonic rumbling established itself early as kind of intimidating, but it didn't keep up the deep rumbling. The first appearance of the bird of prey has always been great, and on the big screen it was a grand, frightening reveal. I was struck anew by the shift in tone throughout the movie made more pronounced, from morbid and meditative, to the action-oriented center half of the movie, to the grand spirituality of finale, it's tonal changes felt much more pronounced.
Watching The Search for Spock was interesting, as I have distorted memories of watching it when I was very young...it's one of the earliest movies I remember watching when it originally came out. I've watched it many times in the intervening years, but there's something of a sense of coming full circle by seeing it in the theater once again, after so long.
Although I'm reading The Pandora Principle, which is strongly connected to TWoK and TSFS, and I thought maybe the book might influence my view of Saavik, I ended up with the sense of the movies and the books (including the novelizations) as more separate than I thought. Saavik in the movies might just be a full Vulcan, without the traumatic past of Hellguard. I'm still processing this.
The audiences I was with were mostly kind to the television episodes that were paired with the movies.
Thanks for the interesting post. Two questions:
1) Was TMP the original theatrical version, or the newer Director's version? I can't believe I didn't think of this before, and it's probably been documented somewhere and I missed it.
2) You'd never seen TSFS at all, or not in a theater?
My wife and I went to see Amok Time and TSFS last night. Including us, there were 6 people in the theater. Which was great except that there's was no audience energy. No laughs, no gasps, no tears. That was a disappointment. Usually there's some kind of audience energy but with all of us so far apart, I probably just missed it.
Amok Time: I didn't expect to get into it as much as I did. It's not one of my favorite episodes even though I consider it a classic. But having it on a huge screen drew my focus into the acting and script more than usual. Nimoy was outstanding throughout. The script was tight and really spelled out Pon Farr and everything that goes into it. It's amazing how much was ignored later and they focused on a never-specified time regular 7 year interval, even though it was implied quite strongly that this was Spock's first time dealing with it. But, that's a discussion for elsewhere.
Arlene Martel does a lot with her material and Celia Lovsky is perfect as T'Pau. Special shout out to Shatner and Kelley for demonstrating their friendship and commitment to Spock. This is the cornerstone of the entire story. Even Majel gets to be a little touching, but man Chapel only exists to love Spock. Something that's a lot more obvious today.
It was great to see this episode on such a large screen. I didn't even mind the TOS-R effects. The expansion of Vulcan works great and ties into TSFS. The only glitch is that when they do the new pull out as Spock beams up at the end, everyone at the ceremony is gone. And the HUGE screen really makes Nimoy standing around in the background relaxing a lot more obvious.
At least the stunt guys were a little less obvious than in Space Seed. But Those were always easy to pick out.
Onto the movie: it moves so much better in the theater. No distractions. No phones, no Amazon deliveries, no dogs barking. And for an hour and 40 some odd, I was entranced again. The image wasn't as vibrant as Amok Time, at times it seemed a little washed out. But the film itself was great fun to see in theaters again. All of the big set pieces work better off the TV. The score, the performances, the feel are all larger and more operatic. While Nick Meyer provided a better script in TWoK, Nimoy delivers a more cinematic film in the action spots. The budget does reveal itself in some places, but it remains the only TOS movie after TMP to not use stock footage to save time or money. Only the recap has reused bits.
And, as per usual, the movie for me doesn't end until the final Paramount logo comes up. I always stay to the logo. There's something special about the experience of these films in theaters. And I savored every minute.
@Doug Otte they are showing the TMP new directors edition.
Amok Time: I didn't expect to get into it as much as I did. It's not one of my favorite episodes even though I consider it a classic. But having it on a huge screen drew my focus into the acting and script more than usual. Nimoy was outstanding throughout. The script was tight and really spelled out Pon Farr and everything that goes into it. It's amazing how much was ignored later and they focused on a never-specified time regular 7 year interval, even though it was implied quite strongly that this was Spock's first time dealing with it. But, that's a discussion for elsewhere.
Arlene Martel does a lot with her material and Celia Lovsky is perfect as T'Pau. Special shout out to Shatner and Kelley for demonstrating their friendship and commitment to Spock. This is the cornerstone of the entire story. Even Majel gets to be a little touching, but man Chapel only exists to love Spock. Something that's a lot more obvious today.
It was great to see this episode on such a large screen. I didn't even mind the TOS-R effects. The expansion of Vulcan works great and ties into TSFS. The only glitch is that when they do the new pull out as Spock beams up at the end, everyone at the ceremony is gone. And the HUGE screen really makes Nimoy standing around in the background relaxing a lot more obvious.
At least the stunt guys were a little less obvious than in Space Seed. But Those were always easy to pick out.Onto the movie: it moves so much better in the theater. No distractions. No phones, no Amazon deliveries, no dogs barking. And for an hour and 40 some odd, I was entranced again. The image wasn't as vibrant as Amok Time, at times it seemed a little washed out. But the film itself was great fun to see in theaters again. All of the big set pieces work better off the TV. The score, the performances, the feel are all larger and more operatic. While Nick Meyer provided a better script in TWoK, Nimoy delivers a more cinematic film in the action spots. The budget does reveal itself in some places, but it remains the only TOS movie after TMP to not use stock footage to save time or money. Only the recap has reused bits.
And, as per usual, the movie for me doesn't end until the final Paramount logo comes up. I always stay to the logo. There's something special about the experience of these films in theaters. And I savored every minute.
@Doug Otte they are showing the TMP new directors edition.
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I would have liked to go to all 4 days. But the closest theaters are in Milwaukee over an hour away. Annoyed my local Marcus Theater did not get this. Considering the first 2 movies are often released I went to 4pm showing of Search for Spock yesterday and loved everything about it.
Frustrated that The Voyage Home is being shown today at 7pm at same theater. I work at 6am on Tuesday. On the fence but decided to go to other theater chain little farther away. But 6pm. Won’t be getting home so late. Star Trek IV was first of these movies I saw in a theater at age 8. Have not seen in a theater since. Had to go. Love time travel stories. So impressed with how Amok Time looked on big screen. Looking forward to City on the Edge of Forever as much as movie. So cool to see screen widened when episode was over.
Frustrated that The Voyage Home is being shown today at 7pm at same theater. I work at 6am on Tuesday. On the fence but decided to go to other theater chain little farther away. But 6pm. Won’t be getting home so late. Star Trek IV was first of these movies I saw in a theater at age 8. Have not seen in a theater since. Had to go. Love time travel stories. So impressed with how Amok Time looked on big screen. Looking forward to City on the Edge of Forever as much as movie. So cool to see screen widened when episode was over.
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Saw all four and loved it.
The first Trek movie I saw in theaters was The Final Frontier. I had managed to see The Motion Picture (theatrical cut) and The Wrath of Khan (the director's cut) on re-release, but I've never found a re-release of The Search for Spock or The Voyage Home until now. Now I've finally seen all 13 theatrical films in theaters! And seeing The Director's Edition of TMP in theaters + the episodes was a huge perk.
Though my completionist streak may still require me to see the theatrical cut of The Wrath of Khan if it comes around since both of the re-releases I saw were the director's cut. But honestly other than the director's cut showing that Peter Preston is Scotty's nephew I couldn't tell you the differences off the top of my head, so I can live with just seeing the director's cut in theaters.
I can live with it.
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The first Trek movie I saw in theaters was The Final Frontier. I had managed to see The Motion Picture (theatrical cut) and The Wrath of Khan (the director's cut) on re-release, but I've never found a re-release of The Search for Spock or The Voyage Home until now. Now I've finally seen all 13 theatrical films in theaters! And seeing The Director's Edition of TMP in theaters + the episodes was a huge perk.
Though my completionist streak may still require me to see the theatrical cut of The Wrath of Khan if it comes around since both of the re-releases I saw were the director's cut. But honestly other than the director's cut showing that Peter Preston is Scotty's nephew I couldn't tell you the differences off the top of my head, so I can live with just seeing the director's cut in theaters.
I can live with it.
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I'd argue it might have been a better pairing with The Voyage Home since the scene of Spock and Sarek at the end bookends the story from "Journey to Babel," and in fact may seem out of nowhere for someone who hasn't seen the episode.
Also, note that while (prime) Sarek is in three movies, I believe that scene is the only time he and Spock interact in the films.
Looks like your first question was already answered above, but to answer your second question, I've seen TSFS dozens of times but never on the big screen. And believe me, it made all the difference!
Noticed big differences in seeing Amok Time and City on the Edge of Forever at different theaters, part of different chains. The first was an AMC which expanded the curtains for the wider Search for Spock. But Edge of Forever was clearly framed so top of original image was cropped off and wider. Which was at Marcus Cinemas. It was most noticeable when Edith first discovered Kirk and Spock in basement her head was crop of on top. Overall Amok Time played much better in a theater. Always more theatrical. Though great to see New York backlot with so much detail.
Not surprising many more people at The Voyage Home. Though I suspect part of that to is that theater is its own building. The one previous night is part of mall. Weird experience, by time movie ended theater was still open but everything in Mall completely shutdown and closed. Had to find alternate way to get to my car.
Just overall great experience.
Not surprising many more people at The Voyage Home. Though I suspect part of that to is that theater is its own building. The one previous night is part of mall. Weird experience, by time movie ended theater was still open but everything in Mall completely shutdown and closed. Had to find alternate way to get to my car.
Just overall great experience.
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