The Final Frontier - the best of the series?
- Thread starter Ken Dodd
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I love Star Trek V.
Unfortunately, I believe that is an overwhelmingly unpopular sentiment.
I know I'm johnny come lately here,
but I disagree with your sentiment so much I kinda wanna fight you
the banter and chemistry between bones, spock and kirk save it for me.
Easily my favorite to watch for their conversations.
I know I'm johnny come lately here,
but I disagree with your sentiment so much I kinda wanna fight you
Disagree with my love for it, or disagree that my love for it is an overwhelmingly unpopular opinion?
It's a shit movie by every objective measure (except I'd argue cinematography, music score, and character).
That said, for me, it's like a warm blanket...and I find it to be one of the most fascinating original cast adventures. I loved it the day I saw it with my dad back on June 9 in 1989...still love it today...warts, detractors, and all!
In fact, I have a ton of TFF memorabilia, including a movie poster autographed by Shatner, Nichols and Takei (all in person) and a cardboard 3D movie theater display that is very rare.
So...yeah...judge me!!! I probably deserve it!
In fact, I have a ton of TFF memorabilia, including a movie poster autographed by Shatner, Nichols and Takei (all in person) and a cardboard 3D movie theater display that is very rare.
So...yeah...judge me!!! I probably deserve it!
is the display of the main one sheet (Kirk/Spock)? or the teaser seatbelt ? (im assuming the signed poster is the main one)
It's tough to argue with a Goldsmith score. Character is (mostly) V's saving grace. (Excepting nonsense like Scotty cracking his head on a bulkhead.)
But I'm interested to hear what you think of the cinematography. I never thought much for the look of V, but then I haven't paid that much attention to it.
To me the best shot of the TOS films is IV. I think part of that is because so much of it is in the real world which allowed more scope. But I also loved the look of the 23rd century parts of the film as well.
I have both the teaser (Why Are They Putting Seatbelts...) and the theatrical for Trek V. The Theatrical is the signed one.
The theater display is set up with the color scheme of the teaser poster (red, black, silver) and is in the shape of a big roman numeral "V". It's one of my favorite pieces in my entire collection because I remember it vividly from seeing the film on opening night and I know it's very rare (I looked and waited for years and years and finally caught it on Ebay one day).
I took a bunch of pics of my collection months back and posted them in the "Memorabilia" thread. Let me see if I took a shot of that and I'll link to it.
The planetside stuff is very nice looking, I think. I particularly like the images of Sha Ka Rhee and Yosemite. I also love the look of the observation room scenes...very moody...and the image of the Barrier out the window...slowly getting bigger and bigger as the scene progresses is a very nice touch.
In general, I like how Shatner keeps the camera in motion a lot. The shuttle crash scene has a ton of movement and kinetic action to it that is really fun, for example. He tracks along in scenes on the bridge and through the corridors quite a bit too. It was a pleasant departure from the very static styles of Meyer and (more so) Nimoy.
Final Frontier, the best of the series? Nien!
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