posted July 24, 2001 01:37 PM
This is the oddest thread I've ever seen in General Trek Discussion.
Yeah, the ST:TMP drydock sequence is very long. But, at least you get to see a exterior tour of the refitted Enterprise, and you get to see the expanded cargo area and shuttle bay. Those are some pluses.
As for TNN having the latter Trek series, I don't know. They may be The NATIONAL Network now, but I'll always think of them as The NASHVILLE Network. And they're still showing The Dukes of Hazzard.
posted July 25, 2001 04:28 AM
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posted July 25, 2001 05:31 AM
I think the drydock sequence was the high point of the whole film. Then it just went downhill from there.
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posted July 25, 2001 05:44 AM
I think the high point of TMP was in the last two minutes of the film - when the characters actually started to act like themselves.
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posted July 25, 2001 01:30 PM
You know, while the FX sequences are long and drawn out, there is a certain moxee on the part of the creators that you have to admire. Their thinking seems to have been "We've got the greatest ship model ever. Let's film the hell out of it!"
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posted July 26, 2001 06:13 AM
Well, they did film the hell out of the Enterprise-D. We had 7 years of Enterprise-D filming.
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posted July 26, 2001 11:37 AM
I agree in Generations when the Klingon ship blows up it's the same shot from Undiscovered Country when General Changs ship get's destroyed.
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posted July 27, 2001 06:52 AM
Yes, but that would have helped pay for the crash sequence.
Swings and roundabouts.
I do agree with Simon, mainly because I love the refit Enterprise. And no doubt Trek fans loved it. "Our ship looks brilliant!" But it was still a slightly daft thing to do. Even the Star Destroyer at the beginning of Star Wars only got about 7 seconds.
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