And unofficially, we'll get the movie on 4K Blu Ray in September.
March 24, 2022, 05:47 PM
Orguss
I named one of my Eve Online characters after Decker's girlfriend, Illia. Otherwise, that's all the impact that movie has had on me.
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March 24, 2022, 06:58 PM
joel9507
There are easier ways to get to sleep than watching that movie....but I can't think of any offhand.
March 24, 2022, 06:59 PM
flesheatingvirus
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Originally posted by joel9507: There are easier ways to get to sleep than watching that movie....but I can't think of any offhand.
I’m a Trekkie, and I agree.
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March 24, 2022, 07:25 PM
DanH
The Director's Cut that came out in 1999 actually turned this into a good movie. The only difference now is Paramount didn't cheap out and only render it at 480p.
March 24, 2022, 10:26 PM
PASig
Now do ST II: The Wrath of Khan
March 27, 2022, 10:27 AM
Expert308
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Originally posted by PASig: Now do ST II: The Wrath of Khan
Hell, yes! Best movie of the bunch, going away. Most of what was interesting in TMP was over after the initial encounter between the Klingons and VGer, and the Kohlinar scene.
March 27, 2022, 11:59 AM
kz1000
Is the Director's Cut shorter?
------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Yidn, shreibt un fershreibt"
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March 27, 2022, 01:16 PM
oddball
quote:
Originally posted by joel9507: There are easier ways to get to sleep than watching that movie....but I can't think of any offhand.
I remember seeing this movie in a theater with friends in its first run. It was "50 Cent Night"; Weds night 50 cent ticket, sodas, and popcorn.
We all walked out after maybe an hour. The first and one of the few movies that wasn't worth $ .50
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March 27, 2022, 03:15 PM
DanH
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Originally posted by kz1000: Is the Director's Cut shorter?
It’s 10 minutes shorter and jams in more scenes. It doesn’t turn into an action movie, but it feels like a movie with an actual plot instead of just endless montages. There’s an actual beginning, middle, and end now.
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Now do ST II: The Wrath of Khan
They did. Since no VFX shots needed finishing, the Director’s Cut has been on DVD, Blu Ray, and 4K.
March 27, 2022, 09:35 PM
cas
I've said it before, the best part of that movies was the novelty of it. At the time. Old Tv show brought back as a movie. Seeing these characters again for the first time in over a decade.
Here and now that's all gone. The idea is old and beaten to death. After that we saw them again and again, maybe too much.
March 28, 2022, 02:54 AM
46and2
Bah, I could watch 4k flybys of just the ships.
March 28, 2022, 08:41 AM
Green Highlander
I was a huge Trekkie and 11 years old when this came out. Looked forward to it more than Christmas and could not have been more excited to see it. And the it just . . . Sucked. A massive disappointment. It was unwatchable let alone rewatchable.
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March 28, 2022, 10:41 AM
DanH
So none of you ever knew that Paramount let the director Robert Wise fix and reedit this movie 20 years ago before he died? You’re all just living on nostalgia of an incomplete movie rushed into theaters before it was finished back in 1979?
March 29, 2022, 08:42 AM
lyman
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Originally posted by DanH: So none of you ever knew that Paramount let the director Robert Wise fix and reedit this movie 20 years ago before he died? You’re all just living on nostalgia of an incomplete movie rushed into theaters before it was finished back in 1979?
I'll watch it,
I saw the original in the theater as a 14yr old Star Trek fan,
was it slow,, yes, but to see all that on the big screen was awesome
Originally posted by joel9507: There are easier ways to get to sleep than watching that movie....but I can't think of any offhand.
I’m a Trekkie, and I agree.
Yup, snooze fest. I finally woke up thanks to the fireworks at the end. Lol.
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March 29, 2022, 09:07 AM
pedropcola
Was that the one where the aliens found Voyager souped it up and it tried to kill everyone? If so I don’t give a shit what the director did to try to save it. It was horrible.
Enjoy your flybys.
March 31, 2022, 11:36 AM
redstone
Is this only being released for streaming? I was not able to find a pre order for the 4k disk version.
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March 31, 2022, 11:59 AM
RogueJSK
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Originally posted by DanH: So none of you ever knew that Paramount let the director Robert Wise fix and reedit this movie 20 years ago before he died? You’re all just living on nostalgia of an incomplete movie rushed into theaters before it was finished back in 1979?
Pretty much.
I'm a Star Trek fan, but that film was so terrible that I basically haven't given it a second thought ever since I saw it the first time.