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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Ryan McReynolds: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by mrneutron: [qb]The picture is the bigest revelation here. I'd forgotten how good looking this movie was, remembering all those bad and washed out video and laser disc transfers rather than how it looked in the theater. The lighting and cinematography are top notch. This really looks like a movie, moreso than most of its cinematic progeny.[/qb][/QUOTE] That's what I thought as I watched it, too. [i]The Motion Picture[/i] is, in my opinion, the only [i]Star Trek[/i] movie that feels like it was taking advantage of being a movie, rather than simply being an elaborate episode. Everything about the [i]Enterprise[/i] as it appears in this film, from the sets to the equipment, just has a level of realism that disappeared as early as [i]Star Trek II[/i]. The uniforms, while perhaps bland, are diverse, as one would expect on a semi-military ship. It was futuristic without delving into the stylized caricature of itself that became [i]Star Trek[/i] style in later years. It is also the only movie, with the possible exception of [i]Star Trek III[/i] or [i]V[/i] to have a true science fiction plot, one that can't easily be tweaked into any other genre. Khan was fun, for instance, but it really just boils down to Khan's revenge and Spock's sacrifice... you could tell that story anywhere. I'm going to go out on a limb here. Ignoring the [i]execution[/i], I think that [i]The Motion Picture[/i] was the high point of [i]Star Trek[/i] in terms of theme and plain old intelligence. Because the show hadn't really became a "franchise," [i]The Motion Picture[/i] was the last [i]Star Trek[/i] that was essentially undiluted by demographics and mass appeal. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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