Simon Pegg knowsStar Trek.
Pegg shared his thoughts on the first six movies in theTrekseries.
The Motion Picture
The first one was very talky.
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SO when this came out in 79, it wanted to be a little more like2001.
It was a little more grand, austere.
When you watch it back, its a little more still than you might imagine it being.
The Search for Spock and The Final Frontier
IIIa weird one.
[The original films] suffered a little bit from budgetary restraints, particularlyV.
But it is an absolutely genius piece of filmmaking.
And virtually every thing, person, creature you meet cant really be human.
So the further away you get from Earth, the more expensive the film becomes.
So when you look atThe Voyage Home, it was set in 1987, on Earth.
They come back in time, the whole thing with the whales… itsgenius!
The Undiscovered Country
I think its a bit of an underrated movie, actually!
I dont think it was anyones fault other than the economics.
The sixth one, I think, is pretty damn cool.
Doug and I really enjoyed watching it.
Its one worth revisiting, if you havent seen it for awhile.
Theres some great performances, wonderful stuff with Kirk and his fairly reactionary opinions about Klingons.
