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Star
Trek: The Motion Picture
(The
Director's Edition)
(Paramount Home Entertainment)
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Release Date:
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November
6, 2001
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Length:
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136 mins.
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| Rated:
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PG
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Widescreen (2.35:1)
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Languages:
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English
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English
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| Extras:
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Screen-Specific Audio Commentary, Subtitle Fact Track,
Featurettes, Deleted and Additional Scenes, Storyboard Archive,
Liner Essay by Robert Wise, Theatrical Trailers, TV Spots
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The first Star Trek movie, and it's been
given a director's cut treatment. I had always found the original
version to be lacking something and saw the middle as excruciatingly
dull. Thankfully, this new edition not only had scenes re-edited, but
used digital techniques to punch up the old special effects. The
result however, wasn't all that drastic. Sure, everything looked much
better, but it still lingered long enough during that fly-through
sequence to be boring. And the build up to the unspectacular
conclusion left me wanting, just as it did before. But I suppose most
of the enjoyment was derived from being re-introduced to the cast of
characters. That experience remained untarnished.
This two disc set, really didn't have as many extras as it would
appear. Disc two contained three interesting featurettes which in
total ran about fifty minutes and dealt with how both versions came to
be. There was also an area which explored how this cut differed by
showing five additional scenes, a collection of trimmed scenes, and a
camera test, all from the theatrical run as well as eleven of the
deleted ones from the television variant. Unfortunately none had
commentary with them. Rounding out this disc were, four trailers (for
this director's cut, the new TV series, and two for the original
movie), eight TV commercials, and a look at some storyboards. Disc one
had the movie as well as a commentary from director Robert Wise,
effects directors Douglas Trumbull and John Dykstra, composer Jerry
Goldsmith and actor Stephen Collins. While interesting, it was a
little difficult to make out what Wise was mumbling most of the time.
An informative text commentary from Star Trek expert Michael Okuda was
also included on this first disc.
Not terribly action oriented, this movie served better as a launching
pad for further adventures.
| The Movie: |
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4/10 |
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4/10 |
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| Recommendation: |
See
It If It's Free |
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