Comments on: Shatner Touts ‘Legacy’, Has Advice For New Kirk (+ New Legacy Shots)

By: Darth Ballz

Darth Ballz — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 05:30:48 +0000

I have a friend who worked for ILM and now for Lucas Arts. There was no work or bid from ILM on Trek V becasue they were working on other projects, Indiana Jones, Ghostbusters 2, Back to the Future, etc. There was no b, c, d team for this. As far as a writers strike that had nothing to do with the writing of Star Trek V. Bennett and Shatner wrote it after not finding a writer they wanted or could afford. The strike did delay production though. I was trying to invoke some light humor to the post and sorry if I offended anyone….

Darth “lite r up” Ballz

By: MichaelT

MichaelT — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 03:47:08 +0000

I agree Scott, but I wonder if there would be enough revenue generated to make it profitable enough for Paramounted.

By: Scott

Scott — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 00:48:20 +0000

No amount of tinkering can turn Star Trek V into a great movie, but underneath its poor box office and terrible reputation, the film does have its charms and its moments, and thus, the potential to be remolded into a better and more entertaining movie. Go back to the rushes and re-edit the film from the ground up, get Shatner and/or Nimoy to loop a ship’s log or two to patch up some of the ludicrous scientific liberties, CG every model shot in the film, and substantially overhaul the ending into something genuinely spooky or suspensful and closer to Shatner’s original intent (a la the ‘gargoyles from the pit chase sequence’), and you get a movie in the C+ to B- range, instead of the D to C- range of the theatrical version. It would sell a fair amount of DVDs based on curiosity alone.

There’s a decent movie in there somewhere. Not great, but decent.

By: Sybok

Sybok — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 21:15:08 +0000

Bill Shatner wanted to do a “Director’s Edition”, but the “suits” vetoed it. Now if only Anthony Pascale could co-produce with Daren Doc and CBS Digital a Star Trek V: The Final Frontier Remastered HD DVD I’d be thrilled!

It does have potential, truly, with editing. Darth’s comment is not appropriate for this forum.

ILM’s main team was not available, and their “test” was poor according to Harve Bennett. Bran Ferren’s team did not have enough time, I think the strike of the Writer’s Guild created problems.

That was all documented in a book Captain’s Log , which is no longer in print.

By: Darth Ballz

Darth Ballz — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 23:28:08 +0000

The symptoms of anal fissure include:

Pain during, and even hours after, defecation
Visible tear in the anus
Blood on the stool or on toilet paper or toilet bowl
Constipation
Burning, possibly painful, itch
Watching Star Trek V

Darth “zoiks” Ballz

By: LD

LD — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 19:59:24 +0000

sorry, second from the top

By: LD

LD — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 19:58:58 +0000

rookie mistake, gentlemen. the top picture is flipped the wrong way! Or else this is a shot from the “mirror” universe

Take a look at the arrangement of the continents of what is supposed to be earth

By: DB

DB — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 19:20:19 +0000

There’s nothing that could have saved ST V conceptually or as a film, sorry.

I saw it in a preview screening in Baltimore a day before it opened, and a couple of film critics walked out *well* before any substantial effects shots — their estimation of the film was, understandably, based on the direction and broad, off-key performances (”where did you get this power?” was a howler that came up before the opening credits) rather than whether the Shat got his rock monster on or not.

Shatner’s been making excuses and blaming other people for this turkey since the day it was released. No go.

By: Darth Ballz

Darth Ballz — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 19:09:43 +0000

ILM was busy with other movies and couldn’t do the effects, with all the love for tos now they should redo the effects shots and have a dvd re-issue. It’s all about the cash, yo!

Darth “dolla’s” Ballz

By: John N

John N — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 19:07:28 +0000

Not sure how you guys feel about fan edits, but I found this site a while back that has some ambitious plans for Star Trek V. It looks like it will take a while for him to realize his vision, given his limited resources.

http://www.geocities.com/phineasbg/trek5se.html

There’s also a link there for a petition to get Paramount to do a Director’s Cut if you are so inclined.