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Re: The Motion Picture

Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 1:48 pm
by Deepcrush
*guns Rochey down as he runs*

FEAR ME NOT FOR I BRING YOU THE EMPEROR'S PEACE! :twisted:

Re: The Motion Picture

Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 3:42 pm
by Nickswitz
Don't run. It's no use. Just shoot back. Wait pointless as well. I forfeit.
:: we need a waving white flag emoticon::

Re: The Motion Picture

Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 3:55 pm
by Sionnach Glic
we need a waving white flag emoticon
Meh, this one works well enough: :france:

Re: The Motion Picture

Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 8:31 pm
by Deepcrush
:laughroll: :lol:

Re: The Motion Picture

Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 8:32 pm
by Nickswitz
:laughroll:

Re: The Motion Picture

Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 6:16 am
by Mithrandir
me,myself and I wrote: BLASPHEMER!!!

How dare you speak of such things?!?!? We will have no foolish thoughts of On-Topic-ness in this forum ( :DITL: )!!!
Well, thank you for -erm- answering! :lol:

Re: The Motion Picture

Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 3:05 pm
by Mikey
I will bring no threats against you, for I deem you comments to be out of ignorance rather than malice. Just remember: May the Emperor have mercy on you... because we won't.

Re: The Motion Picture

Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 11:30 am
by Josiah Thompson
TMP... what a classic. You get many Trek constants from there:
- The infamous one-piece uniform
- The Jerry Goldsmith theme
- The classic Constitution refit

Yeah, I think it's underrated. Many people think Sci-Fi is all about action (think Star Wars or Wrath of Khan). Well, TMP was a philosophical quest into what defines "human" or "alien". Our curiosity for things, how it may be our own downfall... all of that and much deeper things are explored.

Definitely a good movie, but not exactly the best of Trek.

Re: The Motion Picture

Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 12:45 pm
by Sionnach Glic
I've nothing against non-action sci-fi. I just felt TMP was lacking.

Re: The Motion Picture

Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 1:36 pm
by Teaos
Its the fact that back in the day they were showing off all there cool new special effects, now that those special effects are so increadably dated the whole thing is just boring.

Re: The Motion Picture

Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 3:01 pm
by Mikey
I think the ideas are more cliched than the SFX. I still enjoy the film, but I think the problem some folks have with it is the whole, "the incredibly powerful, destructive alien entity just needs a hug" idea.

Re: The Motion Picture

Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 6:35 pm
by Sionnach Glic
Pretty much, yeah.
The whole twist about it turning out the be the Voyager Prove was pretty cool, though.

Re: The Motion Picture

Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 6:47 pm
by Mikey
There were definite positives in that movie, and even the hackneyed theme was done well. All I'm saying is that even done well, it's a theme that had been seen before.

This is all probably due in part to TMP being developed as an alternative to ST:Phase Two rather than being developed in a vacuum.

Re: The Motion Picture

Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 3:48 am
by Bryan Moore
Rochey wrote:I've nothing against non-action sci-fi. I just felt TMP was lacking.
Seconded. I was fine with the ideas behind it, but so much of it was sitting watching the state of the art graphics... not my thing. The score was beautiful though.

Re: The Motion Picture

Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 5:51 pm
by Sionnach Glic
Agreed, good music.