Amph [NERRRD] Observations, rhetorical questions, comments & 55 Years of Star Trek (General Thread)

There's one big problem with cutting the opening scene with the Klingons: it's tied with the Enterprise reveal as the best sequence in the movie.

As for the movie itself, the big problem I have is that there's little real humanity in it. One of the great things about "Wrath of Khan" was that they seemed a lot more like actual people, and weren't so stern all the time. Especially Kirk; in TMP, Shatner seems to be not so much playing Kirk as doing a stereotypical Shatner impression, especially during the Star Fleet HQ scene with Sonak. In TWOK, though, he's more relaxed and delivers a fine performance.

I tend to go along with those who feel that TMP is closer to "2001" than "Star Trek". It's not a bad movie, just slow and kind of cold.

And, should Rifftrax ever do TMP, I can just hear them saying how "V'Ger Flyover" has become the new "rock climbing".

 

Look at this:

Spoiler

I hope Berman is going to upload it somewhere...

 

Source

I really would like to read that script.

 

Ugh, they wanted to "These Are the Voyages..." Kirk.

 

They actually did it, eventually, in Ship of the Line. While on Cardassia Prime, Picard runs holodeck simulation that includes an ultra-advanced hologram of Captain Kirk.

 

That wouldn't mitigate the financial risk, really. Plus it's probably fairly safe to say RDM is pretty much done with Star Trek. I just read an article recently where he talked about finally being able to watch it again after however many years it's been since DS9. Also, he just started Outlander.

 

The aliens trying to return to their home sounds a bit like "Lonely Among Us" and another episode which I'm trying to recall.

 

Anything as of late in regards to Trek 3?

 

The Voyager episode with the aliens from the holographic universe?

 

It will probably suck. That is all the news you need.

 

I'm hoping they use Sheldon's fan fiction as their source material.

 

Just because this can't be said enough, and try imagining it in Lewis Black's voice...

Bob Orci, Bob Orci, Bob Orci, Bob Orci, Bob Orci, Bob Orci, Bob Orci, BOB ORCI...

 

I haven't watched much of "Voyager". But the one I'm thinking of is TNG.

 

One day, I'll get past the first 8 episodes or so of Enterprise

 

The Loss? The 2D aliens that affected Troi's empathic powers.

 

That's it.

 

Well yeah of course it will. I just want a link to Bob Orci's Twitter feed.

 

So... why did they use footage of Kira and Bashir, instead of actual Voyager characters for the inside of the shuttle?

 

https://twitter.com/live2tivo/status/505860074636849153

 

And yet, they introduced the Delta Flyer in Season 5 in order to give Voyager a long range shuttlecraft.