STAR TREK V DIRECTOR´S CUT

[Damian]

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I have always liked TFF , even with all of it's problems, simply because it aspired to be different than the prior four films. Also, I like this film because of the 1701-A Hangar set complete with shuttlecrafts actually being built for this film. I think a Director's Cut would be great if Shatner had the budget to revise TFF the way he wanted it to be.

I also always liked the forward observation room. That was one of my favorite sets in the film (and one I wished Meyer had retained in TUC--instead of a dinner in a redressed TNG conference room a social event in the forward observation room would have been great)

 

[Smellmet]

Not much optimism around

If they're not going to give TMP a 1080p blu ray release of the DE, then there's no way TFF is getting a sniff.

 

[urbandefault]

I have no problem with the movie just the way it is.

 

[Galileo7]

I have no problem with the movie just the way it is.

Agree, it is fine as is. However, if there is a deleted scene that was filmed that would enhance TFF, then I would like to see it edited into the film.

Escape From The Planet Of The Apes(1971) had a scene filmed on the interior set of the ANSA Spaceship. The scene depicted the ANSA crew Cornelius, Zira and Milo in Earth orbit as it was destroyed by the Alpha-Omega bomb. They time warped from the shockwave to splashdown off California in 1973. I would like to see that scene inserted back into Escape From The Planet Of The Apes(1971).

 

[Smellmet]

I have no problem with the movie just the way it is.

I would definitely find it more palatable with better FX, like the stealing of the enterprise scene from TSFS for example, there was no enterprise porn in it whatsoever. The enterprise is a character as we all know. Not in this film, it was a joke. Not happy with that. A star trek film needs a bit of big E porn. Even just a few seconds of it.

It's a shame because the interplay with the crew was really good and touching in parts. The score was great too.

Almost everything else was dire though in my opinion.

TFF needs some work for me to be anywhere near acceptable.

What do I know though, I love nemesis...

 

[Kor]

Perhaps Shatner could foot the bill for the project himself, and have it released in a MOD format, similar to Warner's "Archive Collection." Then Paramount/CBS/whoever doesn't have to worry about recouping manufacturing costs for a bunch of discs when only eight people buy them.

Kor

 

[urbandefault]

Perhaps Shatner could foot the bill for the project himself, and have it released in a MOD format, similar to Warner's "Archive Collection." Then Paramount/CBS/whoever doesn't have to worry about recouping manufacturing costs for a bunch of discs when only eight people buy them.

Kor

Yeah, tell Shat that he can do his project but only if he pays for it. Good luck with that. He'd like to see it done better, but he's not going to foot the bill.

He stays busy as it is, doing what he likes to do and getting paid for it. At his age it's a good thing.

I enjoy TFF for what it is: an enjoyable adventure in the Trekverse with all of my favorite characters. That's enough for me.

 

[AnotherGalaxys]

DE of STV is possible. I think i will join forces with 2-3 people interested and then start a petition or something and announce it in all forums and places with ST fans.

 

[Firebird]

DE of STV is possible. I think i will join forces with 2-3 people interested and then start a petition or something and announce it in all forums and places with ST fans.

The economics and market are simply not there, even with well-intentioned fan support. Paramount is the absolute stingiest studio in terms of home video releases of catalog titles - they don't do limited releases, they just don't release the movies at all. It took a limited 5-year contract with Warner Home Video to have WHV distribute the movies, not Paramount. A film like TFF, with limited commercial and fanbase appeal? They'll laugh the petition out of the office in a hot minute. That's not being a naysayer, that's the reality of the current marketplace.

 

[Solariabsg25]

As someone else said, a Director's Cut of TFF would never truly be Shatner's vision as he never got to actually film many scenes or was able to put the real script he wanted on screen.

 

[MANT!]

I remember seeing TFF in the theater back in 89...It was like watching a plane crash at an airshow..you can't tear your eyes away..
Entertaining, but I felt guilty for seeing it.

Now Nemesis..put me to sleep.. I'll take TFF anyday over that turdburger..

 

[Uncle_Lou]

I've only seen pieces of IV, V, VI, and Generations. Wrath of Khan, Search for Spock, and First Contact being my favorites.
Not a big fan of the current stuff. Barely made it through the first film.

 

[Damian]

If they're not going to give TMP a 1080p blu ray release of the DE, then there's no way TFF is getting a sniff.

I think you may see a DE of TMP on Blu-Ray some day. The creators of the effects said they have all the material and it can definitely be done. All Paramount needs to do is call. I really wouldn't be surprised to see a 40th anniversary edition of it next year.

But I agree about TFF. It's just not going to happen. We're probably lucky they did a Blu-Ray of the version they have. I'd love to be proved wrong, but I can't see it. It has it's fans among Trekkies, but outside of that, no, most of the general public probably barely knows it exists. Some 'bad' movies get a cult following, which help them get special releases, but frankly TFF doesn't even have that.

 

[Maurice]

A few points:

The TNG blurays proved there's too limited market for DS9 & VOY, which were less popular. If they found the TNG sales disappointing, imagine the other shows.

Even if they tried it, there's no way they'd go back to models. Almost no one has a motion control rig these days and the models are in the hands of collectors. It'd have to be CGI.

As stated upthread, the production stopped working on the rockman scenes on location and never went back to them, so there's really nothing to put the rockmen into.

The script is a mess. It's basically unfixable.

 

[XCV330]

TMP has so many haters but it will always be the queen of the Star Trek Movies.

Like a Queen Ant, it gives birth to everything that comes after, but she herself is non-moving, huge, and dull.

 

[Khan 2.0]

Hey, Man, I sympathize. I feel your pain. But the fact that The Final Frontier is thirty years old doesn't mean anything to anyone but us. And there ain't enough of us to make it worthwhile, cost-wise - to put money into it. They just wouldn't sell enough copies to make it worthwhile. They'd put more money into the ten-year anniversary of the reboot before sinking any money into The Final Frontier.

wonder if Par. are planning anything for ST09s 10th? maybe they could get Shats to film the holo birthday scene and edit it in the end of the movie. and instead of paying him they fund his Trek V DC

 

[Mirror Tuvix]

Mos def. Give those Shatastic rock monsters the 1997 CGI Jabba Hutt remix treatment. Tasty.

 

[Lestatdelc]

I agree about the silly scene, but there are some real problems beyond just the cat woman and the feather dance. The entire Roman, Klingon, Federation ambassador scene are just outright painful. Poorly thought out story wise, lame dialog and not well delivered (at least in the case of Cynthia Gouw's scenes). Not trying to be harsh on her as an actress, but there was just some dumb stuff in that one. Some not so bad, some good, but on balance, not sure if the film is redeemable even with a DC.

 

[Dukhat]

I agree about the silly scene, but there are some real problems beyond just the cat woman and the feather dance. The entire Roman, Klingon, Federation ambassador scene are just outright painful. Poorly thought out story wise, lame dialog and not well delivered (at least in the case of Cynthia Gouw's scenes). Not trying to be harsh on her as an actress, but there was just some dumb stuff in that one. Some not so bad, some good, but on balance, not sure if the film is redeemable even with a DC.

But their dialogue could have been Shakespearian and it still wouldn’t have fixed the fundamental flaw of the plot: these ambassadors are on a planet that no one cares about, and two-thirds of the governments don’t even care enough about them to rescue them, and the only one who does sends a broken-down ship with a crew of geriatrics to save them. It’s utterly ridiculous.

Now if the plot had focused instead on a dramatic rescue of the ambassadors instead of Spock’s half-brother’s search for “God,” it could have been a salvageable film. But it didn’t.

 

[lurok]

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