Read the story behind the creation of "The Final Frontier" sometime. It's a real eye opener.
You'll find, despite all the nerd raging to the contrary, that Shatner's legendary ego had little to do with why it's not among the best Trek films.
You piqued my interest. Is there a particular book or article to look at? I'm a huge fan of Shatner and always believed the producers wanted to drive the story arc in a new direction following the so-called Star Trek trilogy. For me it's the tone of the movie. But now I'm curious to find out the behind the scenes stuff.
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"Go and have a wee, the second act gets considerably weirder." -Tim Minchin
You piqued my interest. Is there a particular book or article to look at? I'm a huge fan of Shatner and always believed the producers wanted to drive the story arc in a new direction following the so-called Star Trek trilogy. For me it's the tone of the movie. But now I'm curious to find out the behind the scenes stuff.
Most of it comes from interviews and discussions I've read over the years with the various people who were involved with the project. Some of it comes from Shatner's candid book "Star Trek Movie Memories", which was surprisingly well written and corroborated by the aforementioned other material. In other words, the Shat is able to let go of the ego bit and write an unbiased book, warts and all (even admitting to his own flaws and insufferable behavior in those days). I would recommend this book, and the first one titled "Star Trek Memories" to any Star Trek and Shatner fan.
In a word, Shatner and Bennett wanted a more ambition film that would "bring the house down" dealing with the power friendship in the face of adversity, God, and faith. What they ended up doing was making the best of what was handed to them.
what does god need with a starship?
and why does sybok need to believe in a god when he had logic? :rolleyes:
Sybok rejected Vulcan repression of emotion. I'm not sure he followed the same path of logic as other Vulcans.
In Syboks case, visions sent from the entity drove him to take the actions he did. He believed he was acting in the best intrest of mankind.
Even Vulcans themselves are very spiritual people, their practices are borderline religious.
Ive also read a little about the troubles "behind the scenes" on The Final Frontier.
I read that Nimoy had wanted to play a dual role. But Luckinbill was cast anyway.
Supposedly Nimoy was sore about it for half the filming of the movie.
Another interesting tidbit I read, is that the special effects company hired were a bunch of amateurs with almost no experience.
Which would explain the corny special fx.
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You piqued my interest. Is there a particular book or article to look at? I'm a huge fan of Shatner and always believed the producers wanted to drive the story arc in a new direction following the so-called Star Trek trilogy. For me it's the tone of the movie. But now I'm curious to find out the behind the scenes stuff.
"Go and have a wee, the second act gets considerably weirder." -Tim Minchin
and why does sybok need to believe in a god when he had logic? :rolleyes:
Been around since Dec 2010 on STO and bought LTS in Apr 2013 for STO.
Most of it comes from interviews and discussions I've read over the years with the various people who were involved with the project. Some of it comes from Shatner's candid book "Star Trek Movie Memories", which was surprisingly well written and corroborated by the aforementioned other material. In other words, the Shat is able to let go of the ego bit and write an unbiased book, warts and all (even admitting to his own flaws and insufferable behavior in those days). I would recommend this book, and the first one titled "Star Trek Memories" to any Star Trek and Shatner fan.
In a word, Shatner and Bennett wanted a more ambition film that would "bring the house down" dealing with the power friendship in the face of adversity, God, and faith. What they ended up doing was making the best of what was handed to them.
Sybok rejected Vulcan repression of emotion. I'm not sure he followed the same path of logic as other Vulcans.
In Syboks case, visions sent from the entity drove him to take the actions he did. He believed he was acting in the best intrest of mankind.
Even Vulcans themselves are very spiritual people, their practices are borderline religious.
Ive also read a little about the troubles "behind the scenes" on The Final Frontier.
I read that Nimoy had wanted to play a dual role. But Luckinbill was cast anyway.
Supposedly Nimoy was sore about it for half the filming of the movie.
Another interesting tidbit I read, is that the special effects company hired were a bunch of amateurs with almost no experience.
Which would explain the corny special fx.