AG Monday
What does God need with a starship?
We continue our coverage on the TOS era of Star Trek movies with what nearly everyone agrees was the low point, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier. But how low did it go? We didn’t love it when we saw it, but how do we feel about it today, after a re-watch? Why didn’t this movie work as well as the others, despite the fact that the general premise didn’t ipso facto doom it to mediocrity?
Future camping technology! Pop psychology in spaaaaace! A surprisingly easy trip to the center of the galaxy! Bushy-haired Klingons! Chintzy special effects! Its all here.
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About halfway through.
What I recall most about this movie, is Siskel and Ebert mocking parts of it during their review.
I know I saw it on TV (didn’t look good there, either), long after it ran on theaters. I recall very little about it, past Spock’s brother and something about some god and a starship.
There’s an ep of Big Bang Theory where Leonard says Howard told him he has a DEFCON 1 situation, so it’s not urgent. he and Rash are under the impression DEFCON 5 is the really urgent matter. Somehow they get into which is worse when Sheldon, naturally and inevitably, corrects them.
I think he asks how can 5 be worse than 1, and Rash said “Star Trek 5, worse than 1.”