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Originally Posted by timun
I think the thing that really made it feel so slow for me was that I had already seen The Wrath of Khan, The Search for Spock and The Voyage Home before seeing The Motion Picture, and although I understood the context of TMP being the first time there was new live-action Star Trek content in a decade, I didn't really appreciate that context.
Why did the fly-by scene revealing the refit Enterprise last so long? Because it was the first time it had been seen in a decade, and it looked spectacular, and the filmmakers wanted to lovingly show it off.
Why did the fly-by entering V'ger's interior take so long, and mostly consist of back-and-forth shots of the special effects contrasted with the bridge crew, mouths agape? Because it was trying to establish scale that I didn't understand and appreciate watching a VHS copy on a 19" CRT TV at home. It was meant to be seen on a big screen. I couldn't tell that this:
Was supposed to be like THIS:
... so that I could see the teeny, tiny little Enterprise flying by! |
It was also the best scene in the entire film.
Whatever else you want to say about TMP that Enterprise was gorgeous.
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