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Insignificant Update: I still think many of you are assholes, and I'm mad at you for needlessly picking on such a sensitive writer.
Significant Update: Just purchased and watched the SE and STV is still not a good movie. God, the original Shatner interview is just painful to watch. And some of the indulgent crap he says on the commentary is really cringey. Watch the part where he introduces his crewmates at the Press Conference. It hurts. I think I need to believe he was just so busy with the production... I mean I still adore the man, but jeeeez.
The big three scenes are really terrific, even better than I remembered. The God scenes and other action scenes were even worse than I'd remembered. It's too bad. Seems like there could have been a very cool movie in there somewhere, but it kind of got mucked up in Hollywood egos, crap writing, budgetary restraints (hopefully none of which was ever spent on Ralph Winter's sweaters), and studio interference. Still the flick has some very enjoyable performances, surprisingly terrific camera-work (and some of the best rear-projection work I've ever paid attention to), and a few good laughs. A lot of the extra features are more or less crap and no one at any point really admits that pretty much everyone thinks this one is the stinkiest potato in the sack...
Nits:
Dude, did Sybock get the ritualistic pre-Sha Ka Ree haircut before setting down?
C'mon, 72 decks? PH4ZZOR$ ON KLILLL!!!1!!
C'mon, Sulu's a better pilot than that.
So, uh, was Uhura naked? The extras didn't say. The cryptic bastards.
Galactic center's Great Barrier? Great Barrier! No, but. Great Barrier?
Surviving a Photon Torpedo strike at 10 meters? Priceless.
Action is paced all stupid
Not enough deleted scenes AT ALL
Not enough behind the scenes AT ALL
Like, ZERO acknowledgment of the fact that people totally fucking hate this movie.
Mike Okuda's jaw is getting huge now.
Possibly I'm just rationalizing the money I spent on it, but I'm glad I own this DVD.
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So you're proud of owning a movie that you yourself admit is shit? Good for you! I bought Two Towers special edition for only five bucks more than that steaming pile of excerment. Enjoy your movie.
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If you take a vidcap and ramp up the gamma, you can see what Uhura's wearing.
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quote:Originally posted by Jason Abbadon: ...I bought Two Towers special edition for only five bucks more than that steaming pile of excerment. Enjoy your movie.
Well clearly the Two Towers SE would be the priority. I'm just saying that STV shouldn't be automatically lumped in with the Fullscreen Steven Segal, Zalman King, Krap Kung Fu video transfer mono-audio discount discs (you know? The ones listing "Interactive Menu" as a sole special feature.) It's above that. OTOH, I do generally tend to spell excrement correctly.
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It was the Special Edition of TT. ANd any movie (like STV) that I wont watch for free on TNN is nothing I'll ever buy.
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Are you arguing against points people aren't making, again?
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