Star Trek: The Motion Picture on DVD

[BillJ]

Is there any other version of Star Trek: The Motion Picture on DVD other than the directors' edition?

Watched it last week after a couple of years and found it highly enjoyable. But know there were some lines of dialogue missing.

I've searched GOOGLE and have only found the one version on DVD.

 

[GodThingFormerly]

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Edited because you can't send people to download copyrighted material, TGT.

 

[dave_R_treker]

Is there any other version of Star Trek: The Motion Picture on DVD other than the directors' edition?

Watched it last week after a couple of years and found it highly enjoyable. But know there were some lines of dialogue missing.

I've searched GOOGLE and have only found the one version on DVD.

I think when DVDs first came out Star Trek the Motion Picture was out as the original release version. But I think once the director's edition came out the number of the other copied dwindled away. Unless someone here has a copy, I don't think you will find it. Except maybe ebay.

 

[dave_R_treker]

If you want they do have the original version on VHS on ebay.

 

[cardinal biggles]

I think when DVDs first came out Star Trek the Motion Picture was out as the original release version. But I think once the director's edition came out the number of the other copied dwindled away. Unless someone here has a copy, I don't think you will find it. Except maybe ebay.

The Motion Picture was never released in either its original or Special Longer Version on DVD, at least not in Region 1.

 

[Good Will Riker]

TGT, didn't you rave about how you bought 2 copies of the Director's Edition when it was released, and how you were going to throw out your VHS copy of the original?

...then you saw it, and changed your mind.

 

[cardinal biggles]

Yeah, I seem to recall him raving about how he repeatedly took a hammer to the DVD until the pieces were small enough to be safely flushed down the john.

 

[GodThingFormerly]

Don't remind me...

TGT

 

[Kronos]

Cruel thing to do to a toilet.

Anyone know what version of TMP is up on iTunes?

 

[cardinal biggles]

I believe it's the theatrical version.

 

[Therin of Andor]

I think when DVDs first came out Star Trek the Motion Picture was out as the original release version. But I think once the director's edition came out the number of the other copied dwindled away .

No, it wasn't released. The TOS movies started with ST VI on single disc, then went backwards till the DVD DE twin-disk set of TMP, then onwards again with two-disks up till ST IV. (I heard there was a very limited UK version of the cinema release on early DVD, but definitely never in the US. UK members of this board have, alternatively, said it wasn't true about a UK release.)

But... Paramount was offering the TMP widescreen cinema release on direct download last year (iTunes?), and people were happlily burning their own copies. Not available outside of USA, IIRC.

 

[Leandar]

How anyone can like the theatrical version better than the DE is amazing to me, other than some of the sound effects that is. But then, to each their own and I can't condemn anyone for that. heh

 

[BillJ]

How anyone can like the theatrical version better than the DE is amazing to me, other than some of the sound effects that is. But then, to each their own and I can't condemn anyone for that. heh

There is also some missing dialogue as the crew explores V'Ger.

 

[Procutus]

How anyone can like the theatrical version better than the DE is amazing to me, other than some of the sound effects that is. But then, to each their own and I can't condemn anyone for that. heh

I have to say that at this point, I barely remember the theatrical version, the way it was prior to the various changes. The DE copy works for me, especially the new Vulcan and SF scenes.

 

[Data Holmes]

I always liked the "extended cut" and still have my, worn as it is, copy on VHS.

 

[Kronos]

I always liked the "extended cut" and still have my, worn as it is, copy on VHS.

My favorite part of that is the guy in blue jeans hanging around outside the Enterprise when Kirk leaves, maybe he helped him change space suits between then and when Spock arrives

 

[guardian]

^^

That non-air-breathing alien was there as a set-up for a future movie.
His replacement of sections of the ships hull with wood was hidden from the ship's sensors.

In the sequel, the crew was to investigate his space-suit changing-hull replacing powers.

I frankly, prefer TWOK to another super-powerful alien entity episode.

I think that's why it was cut, the studio felt it just didn't make sense.

 

[Borjis]

How anyone can like the theatrical version better than the DE is amazing to me, other than some of the sound effects that is. But then, to each their own and I can't condemn anyone for that. heh

I'm in FULL agreement with you.

that scene near the end when you see the sparkles moving
in to create a surface for the crew to walk on outside the
enterprise is gorgeous. They even made the deflector
dish go into low power mode on that shot (dimmed beige color)

 

[Data Holmes]

How anyone can like the theatrical version better than the DE is amazing to me, other than some of the sound effects that is. But then, to each their own and I can't condemn anyone for that. heh

I'm in FULL agreement with you.

that scene near the end when you see the sparkles moving
in to create a surface for the crew to walk on outside the
enterprise is gorgeous. They even made the deflector
dish go into low power mode on that shot (dimmed beige color)

Nice concept, but it still looked like a cut scene from a cheap video game...

And I hate what they did with the sound. What little sound effects were in the film should have been left in and built upon, not replaced by sounds from a "the sounds of TOS" CD. What happened to the large amounts of sound effects which were developed for the film but never used, and showed up later in TWOK? Why couldn't they use them?

 

[Therin of Andor]

Paramount was offering the TMP widescreen cinema release on direct download last year (iTunes?), and people were happlily burning their own copies. Not available outside of USA, IIRC.

It seems it IS now available internationally. Downloaded my widescreen theatrical version from iTunes last night.