It took a bit of lobbying, behind the scenes, to get Paramount to agree to fund the project. (If I recall correctly)

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Bee Dee I’m acquainted with Daren Dochterman from the Star Trek Set Tour and I was his 1st AD on a Phase 2 episode. He’s an amazingly talented individual, with an eye for detail. He “gets” and loves Star Trek like we fans do. In fact, he’s just an uber Trek fan, who has worked, very hard, honing his talents, to actually work for the franchise on different productions. This film, with his other co-workers on the re-mastering team, is in good hands.Goldsmith scored The Motion Picture over a period of three to four months, a relatively relaxed schedule compared to typical production, but time pressures resulted in Goldsmith bringing on colleagues to assist in the work. Alexander Courage, composer of the original Star Trek theme, provided arrangements to accompany Kirk's log entries, while Fred Steiner wrote 11 cues of additional music, notably the music to accompany the Enterprise achieving warp speed and first meeting V'Ger. [37] :90 [47] The rush to finish the rest of the film impacted the score. [37] :89 The final recording session finished at 2:00 am on December 1, [40] only five days before the film's release. [48] An almost 6-second addition was made showing the entity of V’ger ascending, then imploding. This shot was recreated for the 2022 version, which puts the ship head on instead of in profile. Shatner, William; Kreski, Chris (1995). Star Trek Movie Memories. New York: HarperCollins Publishing. ISBN 0-06-109329-7. The Enterprise never looked better than it’s depiction in Star Trek: The Motion Picture. The detail, the depth of size and scope! That’s not exactly, what transpired here. I’ve seen “Der schlafende Tiger” in 1972 – here in Good Ol’ Germany. It preceeded STII by far. ;-)

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My favourite part of the whole film is when the Klingon commander puts up his hand, and says ‘Ishhh’, and then fires the torpedo at V’ger from the Klingon D7. Are you sure? Including the scenes where DS9 is turned into a weapon with lots of turrets etc.? Or the big battle scenes happening around DS9 towards the end of the run? That’s rather impressive. a b McQuarrie, Ralph (2007). The Art of Ralph McQuarrie. Dreams & Visions Press. p.124. ISBN 978-0979158001. The bridge ceiling was redesigned, with Michelson taking structural inspiration from a jet engine fan. Minor built a central bubble for the ceiling to give the bridge a human touch. Ostensibly, the bubble functioned as a piece of sophisticated equipment designed to inform the captain of the ship's attitude. Most of the bridge consoles, designed by Lee Cole, remained from the scrapped television series. Cole remained on the motion picture production and was responsible for much of the visual artwork created. To inform actors and series writers, Lee prepared an Enterprise Flight Manual as a continuity guide to control functions. It was necessary for all the main cast to be familiar with control sequences at their stations as each panel was activated by touch via heat-sensitive plates. [15] :85–6 The wattage of the light bulbs beneath the plastic console buttons was reduced from 25watts to 6watts after the generated heat began melting the controls. [15] :160 The seats were covered in girdle material, used because of its stretching capacity and ability to be easily dyed. [15] :88 For the science station, two consoles were rigged for hydraulic operation so that they could be rolled into the walls when not in use, but the system was disconnected when the crew discovered it would be easier to move them by hand. [15] :160 I respect that opinion, I just think in this case it’s a grey area considering the film’s unfortunate circumstances. It didn’t even get to live up to 1979 standards when it was released, and the lovingly-made 2001 edition was falling into obscurity as an SD curiosity fans would have to seek out in a dying media format.

V’ger emerges from the cloud

I’d dearly love that. Of the two DS9 is my favorite, but I love Voyager as well, and if either show got the TNG treatment that would be wonderful, and most especially if it happened with both. I think you guys are way over-analyzing this. This looks damn good compare to the original version distorted geometry.

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The new shot replaces this random shot of an explosion with the stage ceiling visible. This shot was recreated using an original optical VFX plate with a new CG Enterprise and a different explosion from the 2001 version which reflects against the hull.

In addition to his work on the various iterations of Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Drew’s blog Star Wars Visual Comparisons also contains a forensic analysis of the many versions of the original Star Wars trilogy. Last chance to see on the big screen TV, Film Composer Jerry Goldsmith, 75". The Washington Post. Associated Press. July 24, 2004. p.B4. Archived from the original on November 18, 2020 . Retrieved March 1, 2009. I’m sorry but for something that’s been talked up as the “definitive” version that they worked on for so long, there are still far, far too many errors and bad decisions in this thing. I went over them in detail on the original post following release, but let’s recap: You got that right about the Cen 22. I don’t know if you remember me telling you, but it was playing at the Plaza in Campbell a couple months later and I saw it there and it was so much brighter!

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a b Eller, Claudia (December 11, 1998). "Lower Costs Energize 'Trek' Film Profits". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on November 18, 2020 . Retrieved May 21, 2020. This Limited-Edition Collector’s Set includes all of the above, plus an additional 4K Ultra HD disc containing: Hats off to all those involved in the making of this film, to David C. Fein, Mike Matessino, and Daren R. Dochterman for carrying the Director’s Edition torch (Congratulations, gentlemen!), and to everyone at Paramount Home Entertainment and Paramount+ who provided the resour a b Kraemer, Ross; Cassidy, William; Schwartz, Susan (2009). The Religions Of Star Trek. Basic Books. ISBN 978-0-7867-5022-1. The glaring scale and proportion mistakes in the 4k maneuvering is even more pronounced in the theater – it actually seems to be much worse than the original theatrical which I saw a few years ago in a theater.Paramount Home Entertainment released the film on VHS, Betamax, LaserDisc, and CED videodisc in 1980 in its original theatrical version. [70] Roddenberry firmly believed that throwaway clothes were the future of the industry, and this idea was incorporated into the costumes of The Motion Picture. William Ware Theiss, the designer who created the original television series costumes, was too busy to work on the film. Instead Robert Fletcher, considered one of American theater's most successful costume and scenic designers, was selected to design the new uniforms, suits, and robes for the production. Fletcher eschewed man-made synthetics for natural materials, finding that these fabrics sewed better and lasted longer. [15] :129 As times had changed, the brightly multicolored Starfleet uniforms were revised: the miniskirts worn by women in the original series would now be considered sexist, and Wise and Fletcher deemed the colors garish and working against believability on the big screen. Fletcher's first task was to create new, less conspicuous uniforms. [15] :123–5 King, Susan; John Thurber (July 23, 2004). "Jerry Goldsmith, 75, prolific film composer". The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on November 18, 2020 . Retrieved March 1, 2009.