A probe we sent out came back after it was tinkered with by machines.
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The only time the movie is a little interesting is the few times they leave the Enterprise including the ending. It’s just mostly monotone characters looking through the view screen for 45 minutes and the rest of the time just talking (endlessly) in rooms and on the bridge. So I was actually a bit excited about it because I thought maybe with enough time away I would see it with new eyes and enjoy it more which happened with Enterprise for me back in 2013 when I gave that show another chance.īut nope, I was just as bored and couldn’t wait for it to be over just like the last time I watched it. I’ve only seen it twice and the last time was probably 20 years ago. As you know, I did a grand rewatch of the entire franchise this year and a very big reason I did it was to watch stuff I haven’t watched before (like TAS )) or episodes and films I haven’t watched in ages, which includes TMP.
This movie is sooooo dull and passionless for me I can not even pretend to muster any enthusiasm for it.Īnd that was affirmed to me recently. I know that I’m coming across as a contrarian here, but it needs to be said that many there were original fans of TOS were not thrilled or blown away by TMP.Īs another original TOS fan, I am right there with you. So, I’m open to see if a higher quality sound mix and visuals can add anything to TMP. This would compare to most of the rest of the TOS movies ( again excluding V) that I saw several times in theatre in there original runs and many times subsequently on video or DVD. I’m willing to sit through it, and I rate it higher than the Final Frontier, but really only watch it for completeness. Once as part of an marathon where I attended grad school, and again with our kids when we borrowed the DVD set from our public library. My experience of the video, in a friend’s living room with supper on trays, was partly better because I knew what to expect, but also because the theatrical experience was a negative.īy the way, I’ve seen it at least twice since. The reveal that it was V’Ger, yet another 20th century unmanned space probe gone awry, landed with a thud in our group.
The story wasn’t original enough to hold our attention through the sensation of dreariness through a long stretch that should have been building suspense. That was also the experience of the group of enthusiastic teens and university student that I’d gone to see TMP with. I felt as though I’d spent at least 45 minutes of the run time being subjected to a dull trip in a dark cave. The visuals and sound were a lot of the problem.