... Star Trek was meant to be MY series, MINE. I was the star. First billed. I was the one who was meant to get all of the girls and who the series was meant to be based around. But instead that SOB Leonard Nimoy got too much credit. Just for sticking on some pointy ears and pretending to have ... Read review
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It's Stardate 8454.130 and vacationing Captain Kirk faces two challenges: Climbing ... more
Yosemite's El Capitan and teaching campfire songs to Spock. But vacations are cut short when a renegade Vulcan hijacks the Enterprise, and pilots it on a journey to unco...
Contains episodes:- Night- Drone- Extreme Risk- In the Flesh- Once Upon a Time- Timeless- ... more
Infinite Regress- Nothing Human- Thirty Days- Counterpoint- Latent Image- Bride of Chaotica!- Gravity- Bliss- Dark Frontier, Part 1- Dark Frontier, Part 2- The Disease- Course: Oblivion- The Fight- Think Tank- Juggernaut- Someone to Watch Over Me- 11:59- Relativity- Warhead- Equinox, Part 1
Production Year: 2007 - Science Fiction - Director: Francis Lawrence - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Alice Braga, Charlie Tahan, Dash Mihok, Will Smith, Salli Richardson, Willow Smith
Advantages: All of the regular cast return Disadvantages: Erm, everything else
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"I'm fed up. Star Trek was meant to be MY series, MINE. I was the star. First billed. I was the one who was meant to get all of the girls and who the series was meant to be based around. But instead that SOB Leonard Nimoy got too much credit. Just for sticking on some pointy ears and pretending to have no emotions. When the show finished he got straight onto a starring role on Mission Impossible, and I got to do hardly anything and even ... ...effects and bad effects. It's Star Trek - they'll come anyway.
"What? You'll only let me direct 1 film? But Nimoy directed 2. It's not fair. I'm going to throw a tantrum. Oh, it's not going to work? OK then, I'll just make a rubbish movie, that'll show you..."
"I'm fed up. Star Trek was meant to be MY series, MINE. I was the star. First billed. I was the one who was meant to get all of the girls and who the series was meant to be based around. But instead that SOB Leonard Nimoy got too much credit. Just for sticking on some pointy ears and pretending to have no emotions. When the show finished he got straight onto a starring role on Mission Impossible, and I got to do hardly anything and even had to live out of my car for awhile. I was meant to be the star. I was meant to be the one who'd get work as a lead on another show straight away, but no, Nimoy gets it. I have to wait until the 80s to get another successful TV show, TJ Hooker. And that was rubbish.
"OK, so finally we get to make a film in the late 1970s. It was meant to be a new TV show and Nimoy wasn't going to do it, but once it became a film he came on board. Well there's a surprise, a chance for higher exposure in a film of course.
"Then he only agrees to come back for the second film if he gets killed off because he doesn't want to play the role anymore.
"Then he only agrees to come back for the third film if he gets to direct.
"Then he only agrees to come back for the fourth film if he gets to direct and come up with the story.
"Well now its my turn. I want to direct. I want to come up the story. Oh bugger, I can't think of anything. I know, let's have Kirk and his crew meet God, or at least someone pretending to be God, that always seemed to work in the old series.
"Nimoy'll want to have something worthwhile to do or he won't come back. I don't care, I don't want him back, this is meant to be MY series. Ah well, I guess the audience probably won't come if he's not there, the fools. Let's give him a brother then. That's right - audiences have known this character for over 20 years, but they'll swallow a brother that they never knew about.
"What about the rest of the cast? Well they don't matter, let's not give them much to do, they're not important anyway. Oh hang on a minute, let's have 50-odd-year-old Nichelle Nichols do a flirty semi-naked dance in silhouette on a ridge. Yeah, that'll bring the young lads in to the theatre. Stupid fools.
"Special effects? Damn, the studio haven't given me much money to make the film. Never mind, let's make the special effects out of papier mache where we can, that'll save some money. The audience'll never know the different between good effects and bad effects. It's Star Trek - they'll come anyway.
"What? You'll only let me direct 1 film? But Nimoy directed 2. It's not fair. I'm going to throw a tantrum. Oh, it's not going to work? OK then, I'll just make a rubbish movie, that'll show you..."
Advantages: It's Kirk! Spock! Bones! Disadvantages: They are getting on a bit, and ummm William Shatner directing
...fifth outing of the original Star Trek crew. By now Kirk has a bit of a paunch, but Spock looks as cold as ever. The crew have all aged, but being a fan of the series we ignore that.
A renegade Vulcan has taken several ambassadors hostage. The Enterprise is called to Nimbus III to deal with the situation. It is found that the Vulcan is a relative of Spock. He hijacks the Enterprise and takes it on a journey to find the supreme being, or God as we ... ...given to Robert Wise in Star Trek - The Motion Picture Directors Edition. Who knows what kind of movie it would have made. As always the Star Trek discs are provided with plentiful extras and are varied enough to hold the interest of the most jaded fan.
Here is a quick run down of the dvd.
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It is presented in its original aspect ratio of 2:35 and is anamoprhic widescreen, It is a good quality transfer but does look a little dull compared ...
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After watching StarTrek 4 - Journey Home, and enjoying the quality of effects, the excellent plot and the very good acting I was looking forward to the next installment of StarTrek - 'The FinalFrontier'. The initial previews looked good, so I settled into my cramped seat in the Odeon Theater in Cardiff, surrounded by several funny looking aliens and began to munch on my popcorn.
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Release details
DVD Region
DVD
Studio(s)
PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT; TECHNICOLOR DIST. SERVICES
Release date
22/12/2003
No of Discs
1
Catalogue No
PHE 8340
Barcode
5014437834034
Director of Photography
Andrew Laszlo
Languages
Main Language
English
Technical information
Special Features
Commentary - 1. William Shatner - Director, Text Commentary - 1. Authors of the Star Trek Encyclopaedia, Featurette - 1. HERMAN ZIMMERMAN: A TRIBUTE, 2. ORIGINAL INTERVIEW: WILLIAM SHATNER, 3. COSMIC THOUGHT, 4. THAT KLINGON COUPLE, 5. A GREEN FUTURE, 6. HARVE BENNETT'S PITCH TO THE SALES TEAM, 7. ROCK MAN IN THE RAW, Deleted Scenes, Documentary - 1. THE JOURNEY: BEHIND THE SCENES, Star Trek V Press Conference, Trailers, Makeup Tests, Pre-visualisation Models
Sound
Dolby Digital 5.1
Dubbing Sound
Dolby Digital 5.1
DVD Description
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