Comments on: ST:TMP in 10 Minutes

By: Matt Wright

Matt Wright — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 23:42:57 +0000

I had the record and book of TMP, Star Trek II and III, Return of the Jedi, The Last Starfighter, The Back Hole, and a few others, they are still around in a box somewhere… I loved ‘em

By: snake

snake — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 16:32:01 +0000

yes – those as well…

remember they did Wrath of Khan in b&w – that sucked

By: marbpl

marbpl — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 16:24:30 +0000

True. Remember the photonovels?

By: snake

snake — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 09:38:08 +0000

yeah but VHS players were damned expensive

By: marbpl

marbpl — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 18:42:56 +0000

Uh Snake…TMP came out in December 1979; I seem to recall the VHS being available in summer 1980 on VHS and Beta, along with a few of the TOS episodes (2 episode per tape).

By: snake

snake — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 10:50:53 +0000

i used to have Trek II and III talking books before the books got lost and the tapes destroyed – ha ha – but never TMP

But they used the same music as II and III – i guess Horner and Goldsmith wouldnt let them have the rights unlike Lucas and Williams..(they used the proper music for Indy and SW)

i havent heard that rainbow talking books star trek music or those fake Shatner/Nimoy voices in YEARS…

at the time these were the closest things to getting the dvd…we’re really spoiled now in that u can buy the movie on dvd a few months after the cinema release..back in the 80s u had to wait till it was on the TV about 5 years later!

I’m sort of suprised they bothered doing a TMP one….U can imagine the disappointment of a young kid unwrapping his xmas or bday present from granny to find the ST TMP talking book instead of Star Wars LOL

any u tubes links for the talking books to Treks II and III?

By: Jon G

Jon G — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 01:10:32 +0000

I loved this book as a kid… It was really my first foray into Star Trek. The youtube version is somewhat more animated than i remember though. Perhaps it has gone through a Directors Cut Enhancement itself?

By: Woulfe

Woulfe — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 21:25:30 +0000

The Enterprise Entered The Cloud S L O W L Y…..

Oh really ?

* Times the scene off the DVD….. *

Yup, good call, S L O W L Y indeed…..

- W -
* Yea it took only a good 30 mins of screen time for the cloud / vjer flyover *

By: Lendorien

Lendorien — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 05:20:19 +0000

What’s sort of sad is that this talking books version is more exciting than the movie was. At least… it wasn’t half as boring.

Space ship

Reaction shot.

More space ship.

More reaction shots.

Still more space ship.

Still more reaction shots.

Ad infinitum.

By: THEETrekMaster

THEETrekMaster — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 02:49:27 +0000

#31, Actually the saucer section was designed to include the landing gear. There was an excellent cutaway view poster of the Enterprise that came out around the time ST:TMP did that shows the landing feet stowed inside the saucer section…and you can see the doors for them on the Enterprise miniature if you look closely enough.

So, this was a very intuitive toy feature on Mego’s part.

TTM