Who saw this in cinemas back in 84?
-
RussellDunn — 11 years ago(September 21, 2014 06:04 PM)
I remember William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy being interviewed by David Hartman on Good Morning America about TSFS the day it opened. At one point, Hartman said," Leonerd, give it upWhat brings Spock back to life?"
Before Nimoy could answer, Shatner cracks,"I'll answer that. It was the $25 million they paid him to play the part again."
I literally fell out of my chair laughing. -
Blueghost — 11 years ago(November 06, 2014 03:05 AM)
by bozo_500 Fri Oct 18 2013 03:12:18 Flag | Reply |
IMDb member since June 2011
Post Edited: Sat May 3 2014 07:55:07
Who saw this back in the day? What were your memories - the anticipation of seeing it in the weeks/days before, the actually seeing it and how much a big deal was it where you were back then, the crowds, audience etc and after coming out of the cinema what were your thoughts and in the days/weeks that followed.
I was very young but remember thinking it was amazing it felt so epic and big like it was really there in space witnessing the giant space station and destruction of the Ent. plus it had abit of a star wars feel to it with the cantina, alien microbes, crew becoming rebels, the klingons, phaser fights/ship battles, and the epic fight at the end with all the lava recalled Temple of Doom.
I saw it on opening day, and it was a dumb-@$$ film.
In fact I was quietly angry, and didn't say a whole lot about it.
It looked like it was directed by some idiot who knew the characters and some basics about story telling, but not much beyond, and certainly even less about Trek itself.
I thought it was a poor film on nearly every level, and refuse to see it again, much less buy the DVD.
There was no overarching theme that is usually the main focus of the story. It was just an installment to bring back Spock, which I don't mind, but no real message to it.
There was nothing about the planet, other than it was a failed experiment, there was nothing about the Klingons interfering, Kristy Alley apparently wanted a boat load of cash to come back for the role, the script got stolen and Roddenberry dickered with the story out of anger it was just one giant FUBAR.
I'm sorry I saw it. I'm sorry it was made. I wish someone at the executive level would have raised their eyebrows and slapped the producers with a giant restraining order and/or fine for making such a piece of trash. -
Dark_Star1 — 11 years ago(November 20, 2014 10:26 AM)
It was so awful, I actually walked out of the theater with about 20 minutes to go. I couldn't take any more. That was the only time I've ever done that.
What was up with the way the Klingons were talking? Did anyone eve figure out why they were switching back and forth between Klingon and English in the same conversation? It's like the writers and directors didn't even care enough about the whole silly mess to attend to even the most basic details. The whole film was a disjointed, disorganized joke in my opinion. -
Blueghost — 11 years ago(December 14, 2014 10:04 PM)
I have to admit, I wish I had walked out on it, but my friend and I were big Trek fans back in the day, and we had to see the whole thing. In retrospect, walking out would have been the thing to do.
The Klingons switching languages was bothersome, but I was so blinded by the fact that it was a Star Trek film, one that had some fairly high production values, that I stayed to see the whole thing.
To me Trek ended with STII. Spock died, and everyone went on to live their lives. What happens after that is up to fan fiction or speculation. -
philoj — 11 years ago(February 25, 2015 09:08 PM)
We waited in line on opening night. The first 100 people got free commemorative STIII glasses. On the glass it has a synopsis of the plot, including Spock's resurrection. So - years avoiding spoilers in magazines and commercials, and handed a spoiler on walking in.
-
bozo_500 — 10 years ago(July 24, 2015 09:02 AM)
We waited in line on opening night. The first 100 people got free commemorative STIII glasses. On the glass it has a synopsis of the plot, including Spock's resurrection. So - years avoiding spoilers in magazines and commercials, and handed a spoiler on walking in.
these huh?
https://img0.etsystatic.com/061/0/5414645/il_570xN.779642544_7atf.jpg
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-a_90G7lyvcU/U2Jvtg4SBmI/AAAAAAAArVI/sDnqQc3f16A/s1600/spockglasses+001.JPG
they gave away the details of Spocks resurrection and the Ents destruction!!! -
grendelkhan — 10 years ago(August 23, 2015 12:25 PM)
Saw it a couple of times and enjoyed it. I was a bit disappointed that Kirstie Alley wasn't back; but, Robin Curtiss did a good job. It wasn't quite the classic that Wrath of Khan was; but, it was a darn good film.
Fortunately, Ah keep mah feathers numbered for just such an emergency! -
bozo_500 — 10 years ago(January 10, 2016 04:31 AM)
I also saw it again in cinemas in 1987 as part of a I-IV marathon at a local cinema (I remember seeing the ad for it in a comic store and was like I gotta go to that!) It was great as back then buying films (on vhs) wasn't the norm (too expensive) so really you just had to wait for them to come on tv (and tape them off there if you had a home video recorder - which I didn't). TMP id never even seen on the big screen just once on tv (and tvs wernt that great back then were they) so that was an event in itself. II had seen once in 82 but was way too young to appreciate it, and once or twice on tv a few years later. id seen III twice in 84 and had forgotten most of it so this was almost like seeing it for the first time again. and IV had seen a couple of times that year already but that was ok as I couldn't get enough of it
