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neeksgeek

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7. Star Trek: The Motionless Picture

Wed Sep 11, 2019, 09:24 PM

Sep 2019

Saw it the first time. I was nine.

At that time, 1979, nearly every sci-fi fan out there was eagerly awaiting The Empire Strikes Back. It was a good time to release science fiction. Alien came out that year, but I didn’t get to see that one until I was older.

So we waited in line for hours at the old Capri Theater in Charlotte, NC to see Jim Kirk chew up the scenery, etc etc. Those were the days.

And it wasn’t Star Wars! It might not even have been Star Trek. Kirk did no scenery-chewing. As a piece of intriguing science fiction, it succeeds. But... it was boring to nine-year-old me.

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'Star Trek: The Motion Picture' flies back into theaters [View all] El Supremo Sep 2019 OP

Some good news! Anon-C Sep 2019 #1

40 years👀👀👀👀👀 irisblue Sep 2019 #2

HS history teacher sent us out of class early JenniferJuniper Sep 2019 #3

It was a disappointment. Marcuse Sep 2019 #4

Oh, it was horrible JenniferJuniper Sep 2019 #5

I have had fantasies about Persis Khambata ever since. El Supremo Sep 2019 #6

Star Trek: The Motionless Picture neeksgeek Sep 2019 #7

So she wasn't bald only on her head? LastLiberal in PalmSprings Sep 2019 #11

Kahn!!! (and the whales) B Stieg Sep 2019 #8

You're not exactly catching us at our best... EveHammond13 Sep 2019 #12

Your experience sounds a lot like mine. Nt BootinUp Sep 2019 #9

I was apparently one of the few who liked it at the time. Ron Obvious Sep 2019 #10