Comments on: The Great Star Trek Moviepalooza #2 http://wayofthegeek.org/2007/06/the-great-star-trek-moviepalooza-2/ Your One Stop Geek Shop Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:37:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Devin de Gruyl http://wayofthegeek.org/2007/06/the-great-star-trek-moviepalooza-2/#comment-2347 Devin de Gruyl Wed, 20 Jun 2007 17:24:27 +0000 http://wayofthegeek.org/2007/06/the-great-star-trek-moviepalooza-2/#comment-2347 As far as <i>The Voyage Home</i> being too similar to the first film's plot, there is one subtle, but significant, difference that does make it a different story. With V'Ger, the focus was on identifying the probe and determining what it wanted. With the "flying cigar" of this movie, those elements are de-emphasized, and the impetus is rather on the <i>response</i> to the probe, figuring out how to get it to stop picking on us. There's one cute anectdote about the "nuclear wessels" bit. According to more than one source, the people that Chekov was pulling aside were, for the most part, <i>actual</i> passers-by who had no idea what was going on, sort of like a <i>Candid Camera</i> setup. Thus, the incredulous looks they're giving Walter Koenig are, in fact, quite legitimate expressions of "WTF are you smoking, dude?" I just thought that was funny. I can't wait till your next post. I have some rather interesting comments regarding <i>The Final Frontier</i>, from the perspective of someone who actually <i>doesn't</i> consider it the worst <i>Trek</i> film of all time. (I have another nominee for that dishonor, but it'll have to wait until you get into the <i>TNG</i> era...) As far as The Voyage Home being too similar to the first film’s plot, there is one subtle, but significant, difference that does make it a different story. With V’Ger, the focus was on identifying the probe and determining what it wanted. With the “flying cigar” of this movie, those elements are de-emphasized, and the impetus is rather on the response to the probe, figuring out how to get it to stop picking on us.

There’s one cute anectdote about the “nuclear wessels” bit. According to more than one source, the people that Chekov was pulling aside were, for the most part, actual passers-by who had no idea what was going on, sort of like a Candid Camera setup. Thus, the incredulous looks they’re giving Walter Koenig are, in fact, quite legitimate expressions of “WTF are you smoking, dude?” I just thought that was funny.

I can’t wait till your next post. I have some rather interesting comments regarding The Final Frontier, from the perspective of someone who actually doesn’t consider it the worst Trek film of all time. (I have another nominee for that dishonor, but it’ll have to wait until you get into the TNG era…)

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