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All 6 movies on Blu-ray for under $100, or only $16 each! I've pre-ordered... can't wait!

Kirk: We are gathered here today to pay final respects to our honored dead. But it should be noted that this death takes place in the shadow of new life, the sunrise of a new world; a world that our beloved comrade gave his life to protect and nourish. He did not feel this sacrifice a vain or empty one, and we will not debate his profound wisdom at these proceedings. Of my friend, I can only say this: of all the souls I have encountered in my travels, his was the most... human.

Star Trek: Original Motion Picture Collection (The Motion Picture / The Wrath of Kahn / The Search for Spock / The Voyage Home / The Final Frontier / The Undiscovered Country) [Blu-ray]

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garyfritz · Joined: 08 Apr 2006 Posts: 12088 Location: Fort Collins, CO

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MikeEby · Joined: 24 Jun 2007 Posts: 5237 Location: Osceola, Indiana

These marketing guys are very clever......The blu-ray's are released just a few days after this.

http://www.startrekmovie.com/

Mike

garyfritz · Joined: 08 Apr 2006 Posts: 12088 Location: Fort Collins, CO

emdawgz1 · Joined: 14 Mar 2006 Posts: 7949

My rating...the EDAWG scale!

Wrath o Khan
Undiscovered Country
First Contact
Generations
Search for Spock
Insurrection
Final Frontier
Voyage Home
TMP
Nemesis

Nemesis is my least fav. They find the Data head... my first thought "It's lor!" No! no lor There is no LOR????

They find this new race, they are the Remans! Well are they related to vulcans as well?? Nah that story line was tossed as well. It's easier for the new audience this way!?!?!

I hate that movie.
I'd rather laugh at TMP.

MYoung · Joined: 24 Feb 2007 Posts: 369 Location: Madison, WI

Just ordered mine! Bummer it never made it to HD DVD cuz right now it'd be $30! Ha, ha! To all the TMP haters, have any of you seen the "director's edition" that was released in 2001?

I liked The Voyage Home. It was something different. There were some pretty funny parts as well. I thought it was a welcome return to some of the humor of the original TV series. The Undiscovered Country, The Wrath of Kahn, and The Voyage Home are probably my favorites. The scene with the gravity boots in Country -- AWESOME! I know that The Final Frontier doesn't get much love, but I think that was the first one I saw in theaters back in 1989 when I was a wee lad, so that one is kind of special just for that fact.

The films after The Undiscovered Country I didn't really care too much for. To me, Star Trek just isn't what it is without the original cast. I thought bringing Kirk into Generations was a little hokey.

Mr. Green · Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 2:41 am Post subject:

I like TMP with the commentary on. I have the DVD set with the Original Crew. Maybe the set from 2001 mentioned above.

I also liked Final Frontier. I think most people don't like it because it dances around religion too much. Let's go meet God, whoopsie he's not on this planet, just some pi$$ed of alien! Besides, there were some great lines in it. I love the whole scene regarding breaking out of the brig.

My biggest complaint with Star Trek movies is the over use of the F'n bird of Prey. Not to mention the footage. The Bird of prey blowing up in Genrations is the exact same footage as Undiscovered country.

I watched all 6 original movies in order one weekend, then watched them all again (Voyage home) with the commentary. If you like behind the scenes info, they are worth watching with the commentary on. It was neat to hear how they made certain shots happen and how they made the extras react to the crew in Voyage home. Good stuff.

I liked they brought Kirk into Generations. It was cool to see how Kirk used "old school" fighting and Picard kept getting his a$$ kicked. They needed to kill him to complete the self made prophecy about how he knew he'd always die alone. Not to mention they wanted to stop making original crew movies. Another movie wouldn't have been the same without Deforrest Kelly (Bones).

REALLY looking forward to the new one. Hopefully this director actually watched some Trek unlike the Nemises director.

**AnalogRocks** · Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 5:10 am Post subject:

You mean the Nemises director wasn't a Trek Head? WTF?!

Mr. Green · Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 8:44 am Post subject:

I watched the commentary and "making of" footage. the director didn't even want to see what he was supposed to direct. Apparently he didn't know there are a few hundred million Trek fans world wide that knew more about the film than he. The end result was a complete disaster. Way worse than Star Trek 5 in my opinion, because it was made by someone who didn't even care about the franchise/universe/everything. Another race from vulcans on the moon of Romulous who happen to make the most powerful ship ever in secret, with a Picard clone set to destroy earth? Are you f**King kidding me? Why did they even bother? No wonder there have been no other films since. It was an abomination and if they ever want to make another Trek film again, I hope they got the new one right. I still think the choice for Scotty was bad. It takes more than a scottish accent to pull of that character. Except for him and Uhura, they all look pretty close to the originals which I think was VERY important.
I am annoyed that the enemy is (I believe) a Romulan. According to Trek Lore, there were Romulan encounters, but none "face to face" until the original series did an episode about it. How do you do something in the crews past that they seem to have no idea about in that episode. Not very well thought out as far as the timeline and continuity is concerned. However, if Voyager can be shipped across the universe not even a season in, write in a Romulan to an episode, then I guess anything is possible. Am I the only one who thought the Kazon looked like pu$$y Klingons with bad hair? I'm rattling on though. Can't wait to see the flick and I'll be a lot less hard on them than hard core fans. I guess I am to some degree, but I never bought into clubs or anything. Yes, I'd love to experience a convention to see what it's all about. Just from watching countless re-runs do I see the many things wrong with timelines and such. I even noticed when they said they were on a certain deck and they went through a door that said an entirely different deck. I'd let it slide because I know full well there are only 6 doors for the show and not a full scale ship. Still that's what transparencies and printers are for. Seriously... Wink

Brooklyn · Joined: 17 Sep 2007 Posts: 494 Location: Morgan Hill, CA

MikeEby · Joined: 24 Jun 2007 Posts: 5237 Location: Osceola, Indiana

Thanks for posting the new trailer Brooklyn. Interesting, if you go by TOS story Christopher Pike was the first captain of Enterprise. I wonder if they are going to break from that history, Looking at the trailer it doesn't look like that would hold true. Guess I'll just have to wait and see.

Mike

Mr. Green · Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2009 4:00 am Post subject:

Maybe not a movie, but an episode. They didn't bring out a bird of prey until Star Trek 3 and they didn't destroy that one. Star Trek 5, they didn't blow that one up either... I think the Undiscovered country was the first movie. Guess I'll have to watch them all again... Wink

I thought about Captain Pike too. I doubt they'll even mention it.

WanMan · Joined: 19 Mar 2006 Posts: 10270

I'm guessing there is a possibility that there are ST fans that got created with or after the STTNG series and not from the original series. Or even maybe fans that were seeded from the movies and not the TV series at all. Anyway, I am going into this new movie much like I did with the new James Bond re-invention.

**AnalogRocks**

Mr. Green · Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 11:41 pm Post subject:

I've just heard today a bunch of die-hards are pissing and whinin about the continuity for the timeline. Whatever, there's always been continuity issues with the Star Trek universe. Give it up people and be glad they are trying to revive the franchise! I personally look forward to a new Trek movie every couple of years. IF the ship fights look as good as they do on the trailer it should make a great BR reference disk.

bbfarmht · Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 12:31 am Post subject:

There's going to be a sneak peak of the next S.T. movie during Heros on NBC, tonight at 8 pm central!!

MYoung · Joined: 24 Feb 2007 Posts: 369 Location: Madison, WI

Man, the 6 movie set is really getting slimed on Amazon right now! There's not much love for Paramount not making it an ultimate release with restorations of all the films (not just The Wrath of Kahn) and only including the theatrical releases, not the director's cuts. I do think the cover art is pretty generic and uninspiring and I hope it's not a reflection of the quality of the release. Regarding lack of restorations on all but The Wrath of Kahn, I don't think something has to be restored to look good in high def. I guess we won't know how good they'll look until they're released!

emdawgz1 · Joined: 14 Mar 2006 Posts: 7949

Let me say this Paramount is a Crappy Studio... for Star Trek.

They dont care about the franchise, It's only a vehicle to make them money. If only they'd recognize...."Caring for the franchise would make them MORE MONEY!!!!!"

I must say though... the new Eddie Murphy movie does look funny

http://www.paramount.com/paramount.php

Mr. Green · Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 12:10 am Post subject:

They really don't seem to care about it much. The failure of "Enterprise" after 4 years should have told them they need to put a little more effort into the franchise.

I just watched the trailer for that new Eddie Murphy movie. Looks good. Really liked him in Haunted Mansion.