Watchable Version of Star Trek: The Motion Picture

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mirth

June 12, 2017, 08:18:13 AM
"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus

bbmike

#1
June 12, 2017, 01:47:10 PM
The original is plenty watchable.  :knuppel2:
"My life is spent in one long effort to escape from the commonplace of existence."
-Sherlock Holmes

"You know, just once I'd like to meet an alien menace that wasn't immune to bullets."
-Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

"There's a horror movie called Alien? That's really offensive. No wonder everyone keeps invading you!"
-The Doctor

"Before Man goes to the stars he should learn how to live on Earth."
-Clifford D. Simak

mirth

#2
June 12, 2017, 01:48:24 PM
Quote from: bbmike on June 12, 2017, 01:47:10 PM
The original is plenty watchable.  :knuppel2:

With frequent naps.
"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus

bbmike

#3
June 12, 2017, 02:14:46 PM
You are as soulless as a Horta on an ocean planet.  ::)
"My life is spent in one long effort to escape from the commonplace of existence."
-Sherlock Holmes

"You know, just once I'd like to meet an alien menace that wasn't immune to bullets."
-Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

"There's a horror movie called Alien? That's really offensive. No wonder everyone keeps invading you!"
-The Doctor

"Before Man goes to the stars he should learn how to live on Earth."
-Clifford D. Simak

mirth

#4
June 12, 2017, 02:16:57 PM Last Edit: June 12, 2017, 02:22:13 PM by mirth
I'm one of the few people who genuinely likes TMP (and rates it above many of the other Trek movies), but I have to admit it has some major dull spots.
"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus

bbmike

#5
June 12, 2017, 02:38:06 PM
Like when Spock takes a nine hour EVA trip outside of the Enterprise?
"My life is spent in one long effort to escape from the commonplace of existence."
-Sherlock Holmes

"You know, just once I'd like to meet an alien menace that wasn't immune to bullets."
-Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

"There's a horror movie called Alien? That's really offensive. No wonder everyone keeps invading you!"
-The Doctor

"Before Man goes to the stars he should learn how to live on Earth."
-Clifford D. Simak

mirth

#6
June 12, 2017, 02:39:03 PM
Quote from: bbmike on June 12, 2017, 02:38:06 PM
Like when Spock takes a nine hour EVA trip outside of the Enterprise?

Was it really necessary to film it real time?
"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus

Tpek

#7
June 12, 2017, 02:49:28 PM
That scene was meant to be watched under the influence of various narcotics.

mirth

#8
June 12, 2017, 02:58:02 PM
If you do that, it can be quite...fascinating.
"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus

Nefaro

#9
June 12, 2017, 09:29:51 PM
Quote from: mirth on June 12, 2017, 02:58:02 PM
If you do that, it can be quite...fascinating.

As are many other things.

bbmike

#10
June 13, 2017, 05:19:54 AM
Quote from: mirth on June 12, 2017, 02:39:03 PM
Quote from: bbmike on June 12, 2017, 02:38:06 PM
Like when Spock takes a nine hour EVA trip outside of the Enterprise?

Was it really necessary to film it real time?

It was. Roddenberry even had to add filler to that to get the full twelve hours you actually see onscreen. 
"My life is spent in one long effort to escape from the commonplace of existence."
-Sherlock Holmes

"You know, just once I'd like to meet an alien menace that wasn't immune to bullets."
-Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

"There's a horror movie called Alien? That's really offensive. No wonder everyone keeps invading you!"
-The Doctor

"Before Man goes to the stars he should learn how to live on Earth."
-Clifford D. Simak

JasonPratt

#11
June 14, 2017, 08:44:38 AM
Just remember, that was brought to you by an ultra-respected classic 50s sci-fi director who reaaaallllllyyyyyy wanted to make 2001.


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