Star Trek: The Motion Picture

[Werewolf]

I like STIII. I think it's fun and I liked the return of the Klingons.

[Earth 2 Chris]

^Awesome! My 6-year old daughter was in and out, but watched most of both movies. She hid her eyes during the Ceti eel scenes.

We'll probably watch IV and V soon. Andrew watched VI recently, but he's never seen V. Despite it's crappy effects and rambling ending, I still like V for it's character bits.

Chris

[jds1911a1]

After suffering through TMP, my son said I owed him a viewing of Wrath of Khan. And hey, when your 12 year old ASKS to watch classic Trek with you, don't look a gift horse in the mouth!

So we watched not only II, but III today. I think III is vastly under appreciated. I mean, II deserves every ounce of praise it gets, and it probably is the best of all the Trek films, but III is a solid follow-up. And as I said earlier, it's got a special place in my Trek-lovin' heart for being my first in the theater. Whenever I watch the Enterprise death scene, I'm immediately transported back to 1984, I'm 9 years old again, and my Dad lowly utters "DAMN" as the Enterprise carcass careens through the sky.

Chris

HA HA AH I did the same thing I binged on 2-4 last night with my Daughter.

[Godzilla]

I've never understood the hate for III either. I find it a solid action/ adventure and to follow killing Spock by killing the ship was a tremendous move.

Like everyone I have fond memories of TMP but I understand its flaws. I still enjoy watching it for what it it, but it is certainly slow.

[kisstour03]

I watched TMP for the first time in years a couple of months ago. I liked it better than I ever had before. I think the last time I saw it I was in my mid teens. It has it's flaws for sure but there's enough there I'll watch it again sometime this year when I go on a Trek binge.

[huedell]

Star Wars and no more colorful shirts were the two deal breakers for me (Hey, I was 8 years old!)... as an adult, it still doesn't catch me, and, frankly, neither do the others w/the original crew all that much really---
---except ST6: TUC.... and I actually liked Kirk and the rest of the old-guard in ST7 (although, you don't have to tell me public opinion is in conflict with giving ST7 it's props).

[YoungOnce]

But you had to be there in 1979, when there was no new Trek since the 1975 cartoon episodes and no new live action Trek for a decade.
The theater erupted when each ofthe stars names came on screen and then again as each character showed up, it was amazing and fun.
Of Course when we left the theater we realized it was basically 3 episodes of the Originalseries thrown together, But Star Trek was BACK!

Yeah, that was me too. My dad took us boys to the theatre on opening weekend and the place was packed. There was a buzz in the air and applause throughout the movie for character reveals and the ship. It plods along now without a doubt, but I have fond memories of the night it debuted.

[Earth 2 Chris]

After suffering through TMP, my son said I owed him a viewing of Wrath of Khan. And hey, when your 12 year old ASKS to watch classic Trek with you, don't look a gift horse in the mouth!

So we watched not only II, but III today. I think III is vastly under appreciated. I mean, II deserves every ounce of praise it gets, and it probably is the best of all the Trek films, but III is a solid follow-up. And as I said earlier, it's got a special place in my Trek-lovin' heart for being my first in the theater. Whenever I watch the Enterprise death scene, I'm immediately transported back to 1984, I'm 9 years old again, and my Dad lowly utters "DAMN" as the Enterprise carcass careens through the sky.

Chris

[jds1911a1]

How funny I literally did the same thing I broke out my laserdisc and watched it for the first time in about 10 years. I was 7 when TMP came out and I was SO hyped, I had literally grown up on trek cartoons then the reruns and my mego's. Was it perfect no, but I was awestuck when I saw the spacedock shots of Enterprise in the theater and the theme as they fly around her put a lump in my throat then (and it still did last night). The interplay in the main cast was good, knowing now that this story was originally intended as the pilot for phase 2 makes me wonder if it would have been a lot better on a tv budget. First you'd surely lose about 20-40 minutes of the ship flying through v'ger which made the pace even slower, second Ilia and Decker weren't supposed to die in the original phase 2 plot so you'd lose the 10-15 minutes of decker trying to connect to the ilia probe. The basic bones of the story weren't bad and while not as exciting as Khan it was certainly in line with several stories in classic trek
I never liked the uniforms except for the retention of the arm stripes (which I always felt was the weakness in the later film uniforms)
But it was NEW trek and without it's commercial success there wouldn't have been St2 which is I would argue the best of all the trek films including the reimagined ones

[Hedji]

I remember at the time, there was a local appliance store using the Goldsmith theme for their television ad (I'm sure illegally). As a kid, I thought that was the coolest commercial.

And I remember staring at that Happy Meal box artwork for what would be an eternity to an attention deficient child of today.

I remember Topps used to sell multipacks of trading card overstock in clear cello wrappers, and they had TMP cards sealed in Empire Strikes Back packaging, surely skirting the rules of any licensing agreements.

[palitoy]

I melt when I see TMP merchandise and it immediately takes me back to a happy time. I will always love it.

But dammit, it's boring.

It's on netflix and I put it on all the time, rarely get past 40 minutes. Some great performances, awesome visuals but they're on the bridge for just too long.

I pestered my dad to take me to this and I remember the awkward silence on the drive home, dad wasn't a big fan....

[Hedji]

I don't care what anyone says, I did TMP.

When you boil it down, the movie is about Spock learning to accept his human side.

I dig it too, you're absolutely right. And yet, there are some real pacing problems and tone issues. I like to imagine what it might have been like if the first Star Trek film experience were more of a rip-roaring adventure.

[Werewolf]

I saw STTMP in theaters as a child. I pestered my parents unmercifully to take me. I had the Mego toys, story books and even the Happy Meal toys. I still have a lot of nostalgia for it and do like it. But it did and does have a lot of flaws.

[mego73]

I don't care what anyone says, I dig TMP.

When you boil it down, the movie is about Spock learning to accept his human side.

[fallensaviour]

I remember it at the theatre.I was like seven and it was awesome.
The directors cut just makes it flow so much better.
It's still a turd but at least they polished it.