Comments on: The Definition of Unwarranted: Appreciating the Slow, Boring Star Trek Movie http://medialoper.com/the-definition-of-unwarranted-appreciating-the-slow-boring-star-trek-movie/ Chasing the long tail of digital media Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:18:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Beer http://medialoper.com/the-definition-of-unwarranted-appreciating-the-slow-boring-star-trek-movie/comment-page-1/#comment-29719 Beer Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:16:37 +0000 http://www.medialoper.com/hot-topics/the-long-tail/the-definition-of-unwarranted-appreciating-the-slow-boring-star-trek-movie/#comment-29719 Wow, nice read man. Thanks for sharing! However I'm having trouble with ur rss feed. Does anyone else have problems with the rss? Wow, nice read man. Thanks for sharing! However I’m having trouble with ur rss feed. Does anyone else have problems with the rss?

]]> By: SpaceDisco http://medialoper.com/the-definition-of-unwarranted-appreciating-the-slow-boring-star-trek-movie/comment-page-1/#comment-23997 SpaceDisco Sun, 30 Sep 2007 17:27:01 +0000 http://www.medialoper.com/hot-topics/the-long-tail/the-definition-of-unwarranted-appreciating-the-slow-boring-star-trek-movie/#comment-23997 those were exciting days, i remember being inspired and nearly moved to tears by such similar things, gazing upon a giant 70mm image of groundbreaking FX by Doug Trumball, brilliant Jerry Goldsmith music, sigh. It's over now. Btw, speaking of Packard's SpaceDisco One, the poster art pays homage to Star Trek TPM (artist Bob Peak) those were exciting days, i remember being inspired and nearly moved to tears by such similar things, gazing upon a giant 70mm image of groundbreaking FX by Doug Trumball, brilliant Jerry Goldsmith music, sigh. It’s over now.
Btw, speaking of Packard’s SpaceDisco One, the poster art pays homage to Star Trek TPM (artist Bob Peak)

]]> By: Chris Johnston http://medialoper.com/the-definition-of-unwarranted-appreciating-the-slow-boring-star-trek-movie/comment-page-1/#comment-23970 Chris Johnston Fri, 28 Sep 2007 21:51:34 +0000 http://www.medialoper.com/hot-topics/the-long-tail/the-definition-of-unwarranted-appreciating-the-slow-boring-star-trek-movie/#comment-23970 Thank you, Sherilynn, for letting me know that I'm not alone in loving the Drydock sequence, for the exact reasons you mentioned! Just watched the DE DVD last night, after having bought it for about the third time (keeps getting traded in and re-purchased), and noticed the guy in the porthole for the first time! I remember chaining my bike in front of Grauman's Chinese the morning of December 7, 1979. I got there a little bit late, so I came into the theater just as the opening credits started to roll (Missed the overture, like an idiot!), but my jaw was soon on the floor, and the Drydock sequence almost had me in tears. My friend from the local hobby shop was a true cinephile, and we talked endlessly about TMP. Later, he got himself one o' them newfangled LaserDisc players, and the first disc he bought was a no-brainer. We jumped straight to the Drydock scene before watching from the beginning, as a test. I'm trying to remember if my Dad saw TMP on cable before or after we went to see TWoK together*, but his one comment was about "that stupid scene where they're flying around ogling the ship," then mocking Kirk's loving expression and rolling his eyes. That hurt. Ever since then, everywhere I've turned, that's been pretty much the concensus. Until I found your blog post, and then <i>this</i> forum thread... <b>The Trek BBS: Ent in TMP</b> http://www.trekbbs.com/threads/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=8136286&page=0&vc=1&PHPSESSID=#Post8136286 ...I thought I was the only one on the planet (besides my hobby shop buddy) who liked that scene! Thanks again! *My Dad really enjoyed TWoK! The father/son bonding theme made it a warm fuzzy moment for us. P.S. I also liked what you said about letterboxing, because I'm always trying to explain the "it's <i>adding</i>, not <i>subtracting!!</i>" concept to everybody. The best way, I've found, is to show Arthur C. Clarke's cameo (feeding pigeons in front of the White House) in <i>2010: The Year We Make Contact</i>, then flip the disc to the Full-Screen version and ask, "Where'd he go?". http://www.coseti.org/whitehs1.htm Thank you, Sherilynn, for letting me know that I’m not alone in loving the Drydock sequence, for the exact reasons you mentioned!

Just watched the DE DVD last night, after having bought it for about the third time (keeps getting traded in and re-purchased), and noticed the guy in the porthole for the first time!

I remember chaining my bike in front of Grauman’s Chinese the morning of December 7, 1979.
I got there a little bit late, so I came into the theater just as the opening credits started to roll (Missed the overture, like an idiot!), but my jaw was soon on the floor, and the Drydock sequence almost had me in tears.

My friend from the local hobby shop was a true cinephile, and we talked endlessly about TMP.
Later, he got himself one o’ them newfangled LaserDisc players, and the first disc he bought was a no-brainer.
We jumped straight to the Drydock scene before watching from the beginning, as a test.

I’m trying to remember if my Dad saw TMP on cable before or after we went to see TWoK together*, but his one comment was about “that stupid scene where they’re flying around ogling the ship,” then mocking Kirk’s loving expression and rolling his eyes.
That hurt.

Ever since then, everywhere I’ve turned, that’s been pretty much the concensus.

Until I found your blog post, and then this forum thread…

The Trek BBS: Ent in TMP
http://www.trekbbs.com/threads/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=8136286&page=0&vc=1&PHPSESSID=#Post8136286

…I thought I was the only one on the planet (besides my hobby shop buddy) who liked that scene!

Thanks again!

*My Dad really enjoyed TWoK! The father/son bonding theme made it a warm fuzzy moment for us.

P.S.
I also liked what you said about letterboxing, because I’m always trying to explain the “it’s adding, not subtracting!!” concept to everybody.
The best way, I’ve found, is to show Arthur C. Clarke’s cameo (feeding pigeons in front of the White House) in 2010: The Year We Make Contact, then flip the disc to the Full-Screen version and ask, “Where’d he go?”.
http://www.coseti.org/whitehs1.htm

]]> By: Sherilyn Connelly http://medialoper.com/the-definition-of-unwarranted-appreciating-the-slow-boring-star-trek-movie/comment-page-1/#comment-23451 Sherilyn Connelly Mon, 23 Jul 2007 18:10:40 +0000 http://www.medialoper.com/hot-topics/the-long-tail/the-definition-of-unwarranted-appreciating-the-slow-boring-star-trek-movie/#comment-23451 Agreed, Tim; I like the new commentary, and find it a lot more illuminating than the Wise/Collins one on the DVD itself. Thanks for pointing it out. Agreed, Tim; I like the new commentary, and find it a lot more illuminating than the Wise/Collins one on the DVD itself. Thanks for pointing it out.

]]> By: Tim http://medialoper.com/the-definition-of-unwarranted-appreciating-the-slow-boring-star-trek-movie/comment-page-1/#comment-23450 Tim Mon, 23 Jul 2007 17:45:10 +0000 http://www.medialoper.com/hot-topics/the-long-tail/the-definition-of-unwarranted-appreciating-the-slow-boring-star-trek-movie/#comment-23450 Actually, after watching the Director's Edition, and doing the audio commentary with the producers it does give me a sense of what they were trying to achieve. I never had a warm, fuzzy feeling about TMP, but this certainly goes a long way towards rectifying whatever it lacked. The commentary is interesting in its own right, traffic be damned. Actually, after watching the Director’s Edition, and doing the audio commentary with the producers it does give me a sense of what they were trying to achieve. I never had a warm, fuzzy feeling about TMP, but this certainly goes a long way towards rectifying whatever it lacked. The commentary is interesting in its own right, traffic be damned.

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