Comments on: Review – Star Trek V: The Final Frontier

By: Jinitial

Jinitial — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 11:28:43 +0000

First, Star Trek 5 had to compete with other huge blockbusters at the time. Second, there were budget problems and due to Shatner’s lack of experience he had to conceal to others’ point of view trying to please everyone. The plot of the film was already difficult and probably based on Rodenberry’s own old idea of making a film about God. The special FX department screwed Kirk’s efforts as well.

By: DrTaylor

DrTaylor — Sat, 03 May 2008 18:27:24 +0000

I doubt anyone’s still paying attention, but this movie makes Spock’s behavior in “The Way to Eden” much more logical

By: anti-Matter

anti-Matter — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 23:06:17 +0000

I just finished the JM Dillard novel of the film (something I decided to do after this article came out) and I have to say that I fills out the story much more.
you should read it if you’ve not already.

By: Holger

Holger — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 18:59:32 +0000

Surely the effects in Nemesis were not even in the same league as those of STV. But beyond that, the story in Nemesis was just a sequence of implausibilities (by in-universe standards) and plot holes. And while the effects were good in a technical sense, much was over the top, like that Scimitar spaceship design or that odderon-radiation thingy. Not to mention Starfleet CARS in the 24th century.
But perhaps we should pause the discussion until Nemesis is reviewed. Remember: I’m not saying STV was good, only that Nemesis was even worse. This would make STV the second-worst movie.

By: MikeG

MikeG — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:31:37 +0000

#317 Katie G

My understanding is that David Loughery wrote the screenplay, and I’m sure some of those lines made the actors cringe. I do tend to agree that the director is ultimately responsible, but the director should be given “the goods” from the studio, in order to bring in the best possible film. I know Shatner was extremely unimpressed with the FX, but by that time there was nothing he could do about it.
And, yeh, I agree, the topic has been talked about to death. But it’s like one of those moments you have when you do something that doesn’t work out, and then keep replaying it over and over in your head, thinking about all the ways you could have done something differently. I think it’s a form of coping….

By: Joel Roller

Joel Roller — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 22:21:13 +0000

NEMISIS was noe BIG cringe, through out!

By: Simon

Simon — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 21:34:16 +0000

335. Holger – “STV is certainly not a good Star Trek movie, and its defects have been well described in the above review, but I think Nemesis was MUCH worse”

Um, describe how exactly it was worse.
I don’t recall cringing during NEMESIS.

By: Thomas L Brown

Thomas L Brown — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 17:57:30 +0000

Star trek five was better than any TNG cheese whiz film.

By: Finnegan

Finnegan — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:54:08 +0000

You people are nuts. ST V was an abomination. At least Insurrection and Nemesis didn’t have the crew forgetting how to run a starship and ignoring all the things they’d “normally” do if the Enterprise was being taken over. What, were Kirk and Scotty and Spock having a “bad day” when Sybock boarded the Enterprise? They never would have let the intruders out of that shuttle bay if they were their real characters. Flood the damned thing with Anesthezine gas or something. I guess Scotty just froze and shit himself when he saw the shuttle land, huh? Please. I could go on and on. This scene just happens to be the one that’s pissed me off since I saw it in the theater. There are many more.

By: Canon

Canon — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:09:59 +0000

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