Re: Pure Star Trek Discussion
1851Why can't these people make up their minds? https://trekmovie.com/2018/01/12/report ... e-company/
"Olorin I was in the West that is forgotten...."
Kind of indifferent to the news, to be honest. However, if this is the kick in the butt that Paramount needs in order to bring Trek movies back in line with the Prime universe of TV Trek, then I'm all for it. Problem is, the only Trek currently on TV is Discovery, and despite multiple assertions by the writers, it's anyone's guess as to whether we are actually witnessing a third timeline of some kind.Olorin wrote: Fri Jan 12, 2018 12:49 pm Why can't these people make up their minds? https://trekmovie.com/2018/01/12/report ... e-company/
There were two brief scenes from that episode that I will always remember because I thought that they were kind of clever.Olorin wrote: Sat Feb 24, 2018 12:46 pm https://trekmovie.com/2018/02/24/reveal ... he-action/
Michael Piller wanted TNG to do a sequel to "A Piece of the Action." I am glad they did not do this. "A Piece of the Action" was one of my least favorite non-3rd season episodes of TOS. Still, I think it would be interesting to know all the story ideas that got pitched and never made.
I have to disagree here, and you only have to look at Pine's reason for walking away to understand why. After all the good will and excitement built up by the first movie, Paramount squandered it all by green-lighting an extremely subpar sequel and awful rehash of an older movie that every ST fan considers the holy grail of the franchise. They should have left Wrath of Khan well enough alone, but instead succumbed to hubris and tried to remake a classic. After the critical drubbing and fan contempt that Into Darkness received, they follow it up with a snooze-fest of a movie with a boring villain and uninteresting plot. You know ST is in trouble when they have to throw in motorcycles and rock n' roll music to spice things up. Predictably, the box office returns declined with each subsequent outing, and it's easy to see why.Olorin wrote: Fri Jan 11, 2019 2:33 am the Kelvinverse represented a time when Paramount actually treated Star Trek like its crown jewel instead of a red headed step child. Also they had a great cast, which I would be sorry to see dissolve now.
That's ok... I'll dance a jig for you.Olorin wrote: Sat Jan 12, 2019 6:47 am I will never dance on their graves, if this iteration is indeed dead.
Yes, you're right, and I was speaking in general terms in that ST 2 is usually regarded as the high-water mark of Trek movies. Like you though, many feel that Voyage Home, Undiscovered Country, and First Contact are their favourites. For me, all of those come a very close second to Wrath of Khan, although I know you have a fair number of issues with 6. I've never really considered the Abrams movies as real Star Trek anyway, so no loss for me here, and I don't count them as being contenders for favourites. I did enjoy a fair bit of the first one, but the other two didn't need to exist (in my opinion.)Olorin wrote: Sat Jan 12, 2019 6:47 amBTW, I don't agree that "every" ST fan considers ST:II the holy grail of the franchise. It's a great movie but personally I prefer ST:IV, and I know there are at least some others out there that do also.
Actually in my mind whenever I think of which ST movies are my favorites, I always make a mental separation between the TOS movies and the TNG movies. But I would definitely put First Contact neck-and-neck with II and IV. Those are hands-down the three best Star Trek movies.Valkrist wrote: Sat Jan 12, 2019 2:04 pm Yes, you're right, and I was speaking in general terms in that ST 2 is usually regarded as the high-water mark of Trek movies. Like you though, many feel that Voyage Home, Undiscovered Country, and First Contact are their favourites. For me, all of those come a very close second to Wrath of Khan, although I know you have a fair number of issues with 6. I've never really considered the Abrams movies as real Star Trek anyway, so no loss for me here, and I don't count them as being contenders for favourites. I did enjoy a fair bit of the first one, but the other two didn't need to exist (in my opinion.)
Just ever so grateful that the new Picard series is doing its small part to right this wrong, which was the foray into an alternate universe. Trek has done that plenty of times, yet at the end of the episode/movie, they always came back to where they belonged.
That would be quite fantastic!Olorin wrote: Tue Apr 09, 2019 1:34 pm https://trekmovie.com/2019/04/09/watch- ... ips-in-hd/
Oh, to have the whole series remastered for Blu-ray...
I agree with BC....I prefer OWNING the movies I like.BladeCollector wrote: Wed Aug 07, 2019 3:21 am I am still a supporter of physical media!!! I just can't bring myself to move over to digital only. Might be the collector in me, I feel the NEED to own the movies in physical format.
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