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Star Trek: 30 Years & Beyond / Documentary
List Price: $14.95 Our Price:
VHS Tape - 03 November, 1998
Paramount
Availability: Used and ThirdParty
Director: Louis J. Horvitz
Number of Media: 1
Features: - Closed-captioned
- Color
- HiFi Sound
- NTSC
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| VHS Tape Description Originally broadcast on network television in 1996, this tape might almost be seen as a companion to William Shatner's Star Trek Memories. Indeed, the companionship is so close that, on occasion, the two share anecdotes, film clips, and even phraseology. Constructed as a tribute hosted by Ted Danson, it features ample helpings of classic Star Trek, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Deep Space 9 and Star Trek: Voyager TV shows, as well as the various Star Trek movies, in several well-crafted montages of film clips. All of the principals are on hand (live or on tape) and a number of them give speeches, along with such celebrities as Jerry Stiller (who riffs on the depth of his Star Trek obsession) and Joan Collins (who recalls her role in the popular 1967 Star Trek episode "The City on the Edge of Forever"). There are, in fact, probably too many speeches--and what was the deal with that Voyager skit featuring the cast of Frasier? High point: a clip from The Simpsons, spoofing the movies featuring the original (and aging) cast. --Marshall Fine |
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Poor Documentry This is a rather poor documentry on Star Trek, mostly in the narration and the interviews with the various cast members are not well set up. It seems that Paramount rushed this program through production and it shows in the finished show.Not reccomanded for fans.
A good rental for the Star Trek enthusiast only Set in an awards show style setting without the awards, I felt the show was very contrived and slow paced. It basically consists of cast members and a few other celebrities giving a teleprompted narative of how Star Trek affected them, followed by a series of clips from the various shows. It's greatest quality was the fact that all the cast members were present (minus Patrick Stewart and Leonard Nimoy) and we could see them all in their civilian clothing as real people. But the tone felt very thrown together, as when people are reading lines that are unrehearsed. I personally bought this in a bargain bin for 3.99 which was worth it, but I would rent this one before spending fifteen bucks.
A good rental for the Star Trek enthusiast only Set in an awards show style setting without the awards, I felt the show was very contrived and slow paced. It basically consists of cast members and a few other celebrities giving a teleprompted narative of how Star Trek affected them, followed by a series of clips from the various shows. It's greatest quality was the fact that all the cast members were present (minus Patrick Stewart and Leonard Nimoy) and we could see them all in their civilian clothing as real people. But the tone felt very thrown together, as when people are reading lines that are unrehearsed. I personally bought this in a bargain bin for 3.99 which was worth it, but I would rent this one before spending fifteen bucks. |
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