{"id":1709,"date":"2024-09-15T21:18:27","date_gmt":"2024-09-16T04:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/?p=1709"},"modified":"2024-09-15T21:18:27","modified_gmt":"2024-09-16T04:18:27","slug":"retro-movie-adventures-star-trek-the-motion-picture-1979","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/2024\/09\/15\/retro-movie-adventures-star-trek-the-motion-picture-1979\/","title":{"rendered":"Retro Movie Adventures: Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:51,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.vice.com\\\/en\\\/article\\\/how-klingon-became-a-real-language&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20250923152339\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.vice.com\\\/en\\\/article\\\/how-klingon-became-a-real-language\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-02 10:46:33&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-29 15:19:16&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-06 06:17:55&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-12 13:46:12&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-11 21:20:46&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-01 17:19:34&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-15 19:18:41&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-15 19:18:41&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/star-trek-the-motion-picture.webp\" alt=\"Kirk, Spock, and McCoy. Movie bar for Star Trek: The Motion Picture\" class=\"wp-image-1710\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/star-trek-the-motion-picture.webp 800w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/star-trek-the-motion-picture-300x38.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/star-trek-the-motion-picture-768x96.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When I saw this movie during opening weekend, I when with Mike and Jon, two friends from elementary school. Mike and I were Star Trek fans. Jon wasn&#8217;t anti-Trek, but didn&#8217;t really watch the show. After it ended, I excitedly said &#8220;Let&#8217;s stay and watch it again!&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mike said &#8220;Yeah!&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jon said &#8220;What? Why? No!&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Can you believe he was bored by the movie? The philistine!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When I watched again today I thought &#8220;Man, how could he <strong>not <\/strong>be bored by this?&#8221; It&#8217;s a fan service movie. There are ten minutes of gliding around the Enterprise so you can see the new design! No dialogue, no action, no plot development- just Kirk and Scotty slowly flying around the ship in a pod that looks like the eraser end of a pencil. Characters show up like you should already know them. And then: more slow flying, looking at stuff!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There&#8217;s a lot I enjoy in this. It gives us the theme, the new look (and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en\/article\/how-klingon-became-a-real-language\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en\/article\/how-klingon-became-a-real-language\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">accidentally the language<\/a>) of Klingons, and some fun ship designs. It also easily could have been a single episode of a Trek show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One more thing. This is the original poster for the movie:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"461\" height=\"699\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/star-trek-the-motion-picture-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1711\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/star-trek-the-motion-picture-1.jpg 461w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/star-trek-the-motion-picture-1-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Q: How is this poster like a chicken nugget?<br>A: It has no Bones!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DeForest Kelley must have been thrilled to be replaced by a newcomer. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More like Star Trek: The Slow Motion Picture, amirite? 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