JJ will kill the new movie if get Shatner to act there! C´mon think about it! Do you really want to see a fat and old Cap Kirk? I don´t.
Please! It will be a nightmare!

Brace yourself, I stumbled across this at the LA TIMES:

articles.latimes.com/1999/jun/12/local/me-45666

apparently in fact checking DeForest Kelley’s obituary post publication back in 1999 they came up with this:

“Of the first seven STAR TREK movies, the most successful was the first, STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE which grossed $138.8 million worldwide, according to Exhibitor Relations Co., which tracks box-office receipts.” – Elaine Woo, TIMES Staff Writer, LOS ANGELES TIMES, June 12, 1999, article: DEFOREST KELLEY, ACTOR BELOVED AS DR. MCCOY ON STAR TREK, DIES AT 79, under the section: FOR THE RECORD

According to ERC’s FAQ:

http://www.ercboxoffice.com/index.php?section=faq

they’ve been at it for more than 30 years.

I did too. And it was a “success”,

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“Production has begun on STAR TREK II, Paramount’s sequel to its successful STAR TREK – THE MOTION PICTURE.” – BOXOFFICE, December 1981 issue, Vol. 117, No. 12, page 8, in the column HOLLYWOOD REPORT under the subsection PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT, 4th paragraph

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“STAR TREK successfully journeyed from small screen to big as STAR TREK:THE MOTION PICTURE.” – BOXOFFICE, July 1987 issue, Vol. 123 No. 7, page 30, in the article PARAMOUNT: STILL THE BEST SHOW IN TOWN under the subsection A DECADE BEYOND, 9th paragraph

But I suspect TMP largely gets a bum rap because it isn’t experienced in its proper venue.

“I still love my movies to be seen in the cinema. That’s where they’re meant to be shown.” – Robert Wise, Director

But I would have to agree than a casual viewer would likely not find much about it that was appealing. I enjoy it because I am invested in the characters, and the V’Ger incident is an important part of their journey in the film era. Without that “built-in” interest, I certainly would not have seen it at least 50 times in the three decades since it has been released. But that interest in the characters is there—-and so I have.

Thanks! :>)

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Say what you want, but Trek XI was anything but boring!

Same with “Star Trek XI!” I walked out on that polished turd and still didn’t miss a thing!