tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1867678243594042401.post433297529171856481..comments2024-01-18T02:11:31.995-05:00Comments on GLENN GREENBERG'S GRUMBLINGS: STAR TREK THROUGH FRESH EYES, PART SEVENGlenn Greenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13080935309485100122noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1867678243594042401.post-57602217110412461922011-09-22T19:09:14.844-04:002011-09-22T19:09:14.844-04:00Another great review and analysis, Glenn and Maddi...Another great review and analysis, Glenn and Maddie. These are fantastic. <br /><br />I'll never forget the Enterprise blowing up! You're right about the gasps - I have to this day not been in a theater that collectively gasped the way we did at the Cumberland Twin back then.<br /><br />"You. Help us or die."<br />"I do not deserve to live..."<br />"Fine, I'll kill you later."<br /><br />Thanks!B McMolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02706178983936146307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1867678243594042401.post-46756123365193503692011-09-20T10:08:47.400-04:002011-09-20T10:08:47.400-04:00HA! I have to say that the tale of me asking you t...HA! I have to say that the tale of me asking you to be ready to jam a spoon in my mouth in case I suffered a seizure is 100% accurate; and yes I was in the hospital the morning the film came out and was desperate to get out to see it. Ah memories :)<br /><br />I wish my 8 year old was as into the movies as much as Maddie. My daughter loves science and space exploration but she's more into the Discovery Channel and the Science Channel and their in-depth looks at individual planets and other facts rather than Star Trek or Star Wars (she actually doesn't like the Star Wars series at all). I'm raising a nerd for sure, but I do enjoy taking her to the planetarium. Maybe one day she'll have the patients for the story telling...or maybe she's destined to blow up the science lab in high school. Either way I'll be proud :)<br /><br />I will enjoy Maddie's take on Star Trek IV for sure though.Craig Chamidesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1867678243594042401.post-68968601359980245182011-09-17T11:54:53.563-04:002011-09-17T11:54:53.563-04:00I can hardly wait to read her review of Voyage Hom...I can hardly wait to read her review of Voyage Home. These are still so, so awesome, Glenn.John Mietushttp://www.icompositions.com/artists/Beatle128/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1867678243594042401.post-1874496691639639402011-09-17T10:56:09.545-04:002011-09-17T10:56:09.545-04:00"I know that I was one of the retro reviews t..."I know that I was one of the retro reviews that asked the question about how Kirk knew that Spock's tube had soft-landed."<br /><br /><br />Indeed, your review was one of the ones to which I was referring, Zaki--but yours was by no means the only one. It always amazes me that Hollywood can be so sloppy when it comes to editing movies, and it's frustrating when you find out that a film's plot holes, inconsistencies, lapses in logic, etc., were not present in the screenplay. A similar thing--though not quite to the same extent as here--happened in STAR TREK VI, which I'll presumably address when I get to that movie.<br /><br />Nimoy--and Bennett in particular--should have recognized the domino effect that moving scenes around had on Star Trek III's storytelling and clarity. Revising Kirk's line in the opening log entry was just the tip of the iceberg in terms of what should have been done to address the editing changes--in which case, it would have been a lot easier to just switch everything back and have the film adhere to the script.<br /><br />That said, I remember that I LOVED seeing the movie start off with the Enterprise. (It's the only film in the series to do so.) But upon reading the comic book adaptation and the actual screenplay, I came to the conclusion that either the film needed to be edited better, or it should have just been sequenced as Bennett wrote it, because he really did account for nearly everything.Glenn Greenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13080935309485100122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1867678243594042401.post-79202614248548393432011-09-17T09:32:44.205-04:002011-09-17T09:32:44.205-04:00I'm loving this review series. I know that I w...I'm loving this review series. I know that I was one of the retro reviews that asked the question about how Kirk knew that Spock's tube had soft-landed. I remember seeing the scene placement that you describe in DC's comic adaptation, which clued me in that the shooting script probably had it that way too. I think it's a needless change that added a level of confusion that didn't need to be there. Overall though, I agree with your assessment that the cast and crew are all in such top form that one is able to look past the structural and story flaws.Zakihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014455379015009582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1867678243594042401.post-45313776347430594922011-09-17T03:37:20.289-04:002011-09-17T03:37:20.289-04:00I don't hate this film by any means, but I do ...I don't hate this film by any means, but I do find it to be rather weak. It felt like a made-for-TV movie — which was a real bring-down after the heights to which WRATH OF CORINTHIAN LEATHER soared — and bout the only thing i it that really did anything for me was the destruction of the Enterprise. One of the friends who saw it with me on opening night was as big of an Original Series goon as I was, but his thing was spaceships and seeing the Enterprise explode was for him like watching his best friend get raped, doused in gasoline, and then immolated. I swear on my mother's eyes that he wept openly. (This same guy kept a photo of Mad Max hidden behind his car's closed driver's side sun visor, where it served as some sort of holy talisman of the road.)Bunche (pop culture ronin)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11831085937894725459noreply@blogger.com