Comments on: Eddie Murphy Wanted To Be A Vulcan

By: ‘Star Trek’ is back | ZONA MOVISTAR

‘Star Trek’ is back | ZONA MOVISTAR — Tue, 19 May 2009 11:06:44 +0000

[...] fanático, que estuvo a punto de participar en Star Trek IV: Misión: salvar la Tierra (1986), pero él quería ser un Vulcano, y finalmente no hubo acuerdo con la [...]

By: Shi Don Yu

Shi Don Yu — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:01:56 +0000

I have to agree with ety3 (Post #7) : Look what happened when they stuck Richard Pryor into “Superman 3!” It became a bad Richard Pryor movie that Superman just happened to be in!

By: Al Carrs

Al Carrs — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 12:22:28 +0000

Murphy definitely should’ve been cast… as a tree… in a sealed crate… in a .5 second shot in the cargo hold of the Enterprise… in STV… That’s more than enough exposure for him methinks.

By: Trek fan since the 70's

Trek fan since the 70's — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 02:30:58 +0000

I still blame Paramount for the problems with ST:V, very cheap production. They screwed Shatner, and they should have never let that film be released the way it is. Still, I like it better than III – (another cheapo) and IV (hate that dated stupid comedy and refuse to own it). I, II, V, VI are the best, can’t be bothered with TNG and the USS Politically Correct, er Enterprise D/E

By: j. arzola

j. arzola — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 20:14:58 +0000

I think eddie murphy would make a good cameo on the next trek ?

By: SNAKE

SNAKE — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:44:25 +0000

if only theyd come up with something better for Trek V in 89…especially since it was such a competitive year (Batman, Indy 3, GB 2, BTTF 2, LW 2 etc) i dunno what – any ideas?

The Genesis trilogy had been completed so it had to be an all new adventure..

maybe something with the Romulans? as the Klingons had already been done in Trek III..(and were centre stage in VI)

maybe a big budget version of Balence of Terror…not exactly the same but taking elements of it like TMP did with Changeling/Doomsday Machine and TVH did with Tomorrow is Yesterday/Assignment Earth

Could of still had Shatner directing and had the Yosemite scenes but when they go up to the ship the admiral gives them a romulan mission near/in the neutral zone…cue dangerous mission where they uncover a plot to invade earth or something…hide and seek battle scenes with cloaked ships…Sorta building on the Ent/Reliant batlle scenes that proved so popular in TWOK..

Wouldve been apt, getting back to action territory after the light tone of IV..

By: Crewman Darnell

Crewman Darnell — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:34:53 +0000

# 86 – Sean

That deservedly cynical review brought back some memories best left buried. I’d almost managed to forget what a monumentally god-awful movie ST V was. Yeesh! In retrospect it’s amazing that it was ever allowed to happen.

By: Captain Robert April

Captain Robert April — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 06:19:37 +0000

I’ve been saying for years that ST V works best as a drunken ghost story told around the campfire, after a few too many helpings of McCoy’s “secret ingredient.”

KIRK: An’ so we go shootin’ up the shaft, past Deck 10, Deck 23, Deck 72…

SPOCK: Captain, the Enterprise only has twenty-two levels, and in any case, no turboshaft is aligned in such a way as to –

McCOY: Shaddup, Spock! You’re ruinin’ the story! G’head, Jim…(burp)

By: It Could Have Worked..

It Could Have Worked.. — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 04:41:32 +0000

Eddie Murphy is a great comedian and with a good sense for characters. I’m sure that the script would have been worked over so that he would have been happy with the results to play a good role. He’s got the brains to deliver the technobabble lines..look at his work in the Nutty Professor movies.

Looking back, I would have liked him to play different characters in the movie. He could have played the punk on the bus that got nerve pinched by Spock..only this time, Murphy’s character is playing that awful cRAP music to the annoyance of everyone on the bus. Some exchange of words (funny ones) could have been had until Spock takes him out.

My guess is that the REAL story is that Shatner and Nimoy and their collective egos didn’t want to be upstaged by an up and coming entertainer like Murphy. Think about it. Remember the cast’s bios recall Shatner often demanding lines that were given to other members to make him look good.

By: Closettrekker

Closettrekker — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:15:09 +0000

#66—”The Final Frontier doesn’t need saving. ”

Only because it is too late…

#86 and #88—Amen. Those are just SOME of the things wrong with STV: The Great Trek Turd…