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11-03-2020, 12:26 AM | Topic Starter |
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StarTrek: "Undiscovered Country" - best Trek movie of all time?
Is it possible that "Star Trek: The Undiscovered Country" is the best Star Trek Original Series movie, and not "Star Trek: Wrath of Khan," as most people have always thought?
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11-03-2020, 12:57 AM | #2 |
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Directed by the same guy, Nick Meyer.
He knows his shit. And Shakespeare. And he wrote the screenplay for Star Trek IV. Basically, Nick is a genius. |
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11-03-2020, 02:09 AM | #3 |
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I like both Star Trek II and Star Trek VI, but I would have to give the edge to Wrath of Khan...too many classic moments.
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11-03-2020, 06:32 AM | #4 |
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Star Trek II. VI is really good, as is First Contact, but II is pretty much untouchable. Best villain, great special effects that still hold up today, and it also saved the franchise; another outing like the first movie would pretty much been the end of it, at least for a long time. Imagine a world where there was no Next Generation or Deep Space Nine, and instead we went straight into the Jar Jar Abrams reboot. *shudder*
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11-03-2020, 06:52 AM | #5 |
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Khan beats it, but Undiscovered Country is still very, very good.
Christopher Plummer created a pretty good villain too. |
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11-03-2020, 08:11 AM | #6 |
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What would have been the best part of Undiscovered County sadly never happened. Meyer wanted the Valeris character to be Saavik, but Roddenberry shot it down. That would have made her betrayal of Kirk and Spock far more poignant.
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11-03-2020, 01:24 PM | #7 |
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Interesting......never heard that before. II is my favorite but VI is definitely my #2. I loved the space battle at the end of VI and always preferred the Klingons as bad guys!
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11-03-2020, 03:58 PM | #8 |
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I did not know that. That would've been really good. Wonder why GRod shot the idea down?
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11-03-2020, 01:29 PM | #11 |
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1. II - The Wrath of Khan
2. VI - The Undiscovered Country 3. IV - The Voyage Home 4. Beyond 5. First Contact 6. Star Trek (2009) 7. III - The Search for Spock 8. I - TMP ----shit line---- 9. Insurrection 10. Generations 11. Nemesis 12. Into Darkness 13. V - The Final Frontier |
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11-03-2020, 02:02 PM | #12 |
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I have to admit i haven't even seen all of those, but the whale one was definitely the worst one i have seen.
That being said, i haven't seen one better than II. |
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Star Trek needs a good villain. A mindless alien probe trying to talk to whales just doesn't cut it. |
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11-03-2020, 02:27 PM | #14 |
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Well double dumbass on you!
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11-04-2020, 10:23 AM | #15 |
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my favorite part of IV... as soon as Sulu gets some cash, he decides to split off from his team and go to the docks to talk to sailors.
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