date, The Final Frontier might just have been the victim of bad press. Following in the wake of the massively successful fourth instalment The Voyage Home didn't help matters (notoriously, even-numbered entries are better), nor did having novice director and shameless egomaniac William Shatner at the helm. But if the story, conceived and cowritten by Shatner, teeters dangerously on the verge of being corny, it redeems itself with enough thought-provoking scenes in the best tradition of the series, and a surprisingly original finale. Granted there are a few too many yawning plot holes along the way, and the general tone is over-earnest (despite some painfully slapstick comedy moments), but the interaction of the central trio (Kirk, Spock and McCoy) is often funny and genuinely insightful; while Laurence Luckinbill is a charismatic adversary as the renegade Vulcan Sybok. The rest of the cast scarcely get a look in, and the special effects betray serious budgetary restrictions, but with a standout score from Jerry Goldsmith and a meaty philosophical premise to play around with, Star Trek V looks a lot more substantial in retrospect. Certainly it's no worse than either Generations or Insurrection, the next "odd-numbered" entries in the series. --Mark Walker
date,The Final Frontiermight just have been the victim of bad press. Following in the wake of the massively successful fourth instalmentThe Voyage Homedidn't help matters (notoriously, even-numbered entries are better), nor did having novice director and shameless egomaniac William Shatner at the helm. But if the story, conceived and cowritten by Shatner, teeters dangerously on the verge of being corny, it redeems itself with enough thought-provoking scenes in the best tradition of the series, and a surprisingly original finale. Granted there are a few too many yawning plot holes along the way, and the general tone is over-earnest (despite some painfully slapstick comedy moments), but the interaction of the central trio (Kirk, Spock and McCoy) is often funny and genuinely insightful; while Laurence Luckinbill is a charismatic adversary as the renegade Vulcan Sybok. The rest of the cast scarcely get a look in, and the special effects betray serious budgetary restrictions, but with a standout score from Jerry Goldsmith and a meaty philosophical premise to play around with,Star Trek Vlooks a lot more substantial in retrospect. Certainly it's no worse than eitherGenerationsorInsurrection, the next "odd-numbered" entries in the series. --Mark Walker
Production Year: 1962 - War - Director: Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Bernhard Wicki, Richard Fleischer, Kinji Fukasaku, Toshio Masuda - Original Language: English - Classification: Parental Guidance
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Advantages: Refreshingly different. Disadvantages: Pitiful extra features.
...So we reach Star Trek 9 and by all rights you would think that it should be time to call it day. Fortunately Insurrection absolutely oozes originality.
It is a credit to all that the decision was made to take a risk and not go for the easy win action feature.
Complemented by excellent acting from the great ensemble cast, you will laugh and in places even be moved.
It is a slight shame that the extra features amount to a rather pitiful television extended trailer. I'm sure that somebody could have been a little bit more creative....
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Advantages: More than just the episodes on the disk Disadvantages: short(ish) running time
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Id love to see the other star wars films made into a family gut episode as i believe they would improve the Star Wars fanbase. I hope that Star Wars doesnt start to die out and Family Guy has not only inproved the fanbase but keeps the Story alive for years to come.
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Advantages: Being a Star Trek movie! Disadvantages: Being the second of the series when it should have been the 1st
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