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Space... the Final Frontier... these are the voyages of the hardly tip-top condition Starship Enterprise... its 10x minute mission... to save some hostages... to end getting raided and finding God... to boldly go where no other Trek movie has gone before... to the bargain bin!
*sigh*
Perhaps I'm being a little overboard. The movie, disliked by many, is not half bad on paper. The only thing is that this thing seems rushed and the final product was less than subpar. Supposedly, Bill Shatner wanted to redo the movie in time for the DVD release, similar to what Robert Wise did with The Motion Picture. Alas, Paramount wanted nothing to do with a special edition of Trek 5 (at the time I write this - perhaps they've changed their minds later). They're probably thinking that a odd-colored "god" being is a much better sight than a much-improved rockman scene that Shatner originally invisioned for the movie. It's too bad, really. On the other hand, it's nice to see Bill cared enough to want to improve the movie.
Oh yeah, I'm supposed to be reviewing this movie as it is... a movie with potential but brought down by crap special effects and confusing story, possibly due to editing. Not even seeing a half-naked woman can save this movie as it is...
If only they had that Rockman, things would have been different. Oh well...
Space... the Final Frontier... these are the voyages of the hardly tip-top condition Starship Enterprise... its 10x minute mission... to save some hostages... to end getting raided and finding God... to boldly go where no other Trek movie has gone before... to the bargain bin!
*sigh*
Perhaps I'm being a little overboard. The movie, disliked by many, is not half bad on paper. The only thing is that this thing seems rushed and the final product was less than subpar. Supposedly, Bill Shatner wanted to redo the movie in time for the DVD release, similar to what Robert Wise did with The Motion Picture. Alas, Paramount wanted nothing to do with a special edition of Trek 5 (at the time I write this - perhaps they've changed their minds later). They're probably thinking that a odd-colored "god" being is a much better sight than a much-improved rockman scene that Shatner originally invisioned for the movie. It's too bad, really. On the other hand, it's nice to see Bill cared enough to want to improve the movie.
Oh yeah, I'm supposed to be reviewing this movie as it is... a movie with potential but brought down by crap special effects and confusing story, possibly due to editing. Not even seeing a half-naked woman can save this movie as it is...
If only they had that Rockman, things would have been different. Oh well...