"Excuse me...What does God need with a starship?"

[GoddessOfGuinness]

Star Trek V is on...

[ogradda]

1. o goody sci=fi channel?

n/t

[GoddessOfGuinness]

4. AMC

Who'd have thunk?

[LastKnight]

2. wasnt that the one that was just a shatner ego trip? nt

[GoddessOfGuinness]

9. I'm not sure...

But Shatner certainly has enough ego to trip. :)

[Gracie43]

26. Isn't everything he does an ego trip?

He directed it ... and badly.

One can take a certain enjoyment in watching Nimoy cringe his way thru the role.

(Thought balloon) "I'm going blow my freaking brains out" or "The money's good; the money's real good."

[politicat]

3. Oh, you'd be surprised... those trips to the Ferengi minimall in the Delta

quadrant... It's such a WASTE to just materialize!

And even God might want the cool factor... It's like the porn star that buys the red Corvette....

Pcat (removing tongue from cheek and waiting for things to be thrown at her...)

[GoddessOfGuinness]

7. I like Bones' line:

"Jim, you don't ask the Almighty for his I.D.!"

[UpsideDownFlag]

5. star trek geeks are the worst.

lol.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

11. The worst what?

:beer:

[UpsideDownFlag]

14. the worst of all the geeks of geekdom. the list goes something like this

in descending order

1) trekkies

2)star wars geeks

3)x files geeks

4)reniassance geeks

5)political geeks

i'm a political geek, personally.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

17. What if you're all of the above?

:shrug:

[UpsideDownFlag]

19. then you drown your worries in guinness.

it's a good life.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

21. Sounds like a plan...

:beer: Cheers!

[kiahzero]

32. What about the real (ie, computer) geeks?

Where do we fit?

[UpsideDownFlag]

33. you guys encompass all the others to one extent or another.

[Pale Blue Dot]

6. Who will build the cities on rock 'n roll?

Try to get that song out of your head for the rest of the night. :evilgrin:

[Rabrrrrrr]

8. I know a lot of people hate it, but I love that one

Cuold have been better - and by Shatner's own admission, it should have been better, but he ran out of money and had to change the ending because, as he admits it, he didn't budget time and money properly as a director.

The ending he wanted to do was awesome! had a lot more to do with God and stuff.

But even as it is, there's a lot of excellent Trek in that movie. A lot.

[The Traveler]

10. One of its messages is

beware of false gods and deluded prophets.

Remind you of anyone???????

[Rabrrrrrr]

12. Excuse me, but...what does God need with a war in Iraq?

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[GoddessOfGuinness]

16. Ain't THAT the truth?!

Well said!

[The Traveler]

24. Hence the reference to false prophets

like ex-cheerleader presidents who think they were annointed by God.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

15. Hmmm...

A message being sent, maybe?

[AntiCoup2K4]

25. Well, at least Sybok had a brain (unlike Junior)

His downfall that he was too emotional. For a Vulcan, that's bad shit!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

13. I'd have liked to have seen what he originally intended...

But I'm geeky like that. :)

Ever see "The Abyss"? When I bought the DVD, I got a deluxe edition that included an alternate ending which was totally different from the one I saw on the big screen.

[Rabrrrrrr]

20. Yeah, th deluxe version actually makes sense

I loved it in the theater - such beautiful filming! Great story! And then WHAMMO, the ending made no sense at all. My friends and I who saw it couldn't make heads or tails of it. But we loved it anyway! one of the most gorgeous of all films.

Then I saw the deluxe film, with all the stuff that EXPLAINS the aliens put back in, and I thought, "Wow! That DOES make sense, and it's AMAZING."

Then the asshole went on to make Titanic. Fucker.

i still love the AByss, though. One of the best films, and a highly and sadly underrated film.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

22. Never saw Titanic

Icky poo.

[ProfessorGAC]

30. Me, Too!

I like the whole hanging philosophical message that god might just be a really powerful alien who occasionally finds a telepathic pipeline to a few receptive people. Not really god, at all, just powerful beyond our puny comprehension.
The Professor

[jpgray]

18. Can't watch

But I do have a Guinness in the fridge I will now consume.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

23. Enjoy one for me too!

My sinuses are bugging me, else I'd join you. :toast:

[Selwynn]

27. Excuse me... what does god* need with 87 billion dollars?

We need more people willing to ask questions like that in the face of power. :)

[Selwynn]

28. Let me explain why Star Trek V is better than everyone says it was

As Shatner's directorial debut, it was a little on the weak side. The script was perhaps not as great as some of the others.

But here's the thing: what was great about that film was the story centering around the family relationship between the holy trinity of star trek - kirk, spock and mccoy.

The opportunities for the characters to really talk about their deep friendship and family bond, especially as all star trek fans knew we were not likely to see them much longer, was really great.

Plus the scene in the brig is hilarious. :)

[GoddessOfGuinness]

31. "It's a song you green-blooded.....Vulcan!

...You sing it! You're supposed to have a good time singing it!"

"I am truly sorry doctor. Were we having a good time?"

"God, I liked him better before he died."


"Captain...?"

"Spock, we're on leave. You can call me Jim."

"Jim...?"

"Yes, Spock?"

"Life is not a dream."

"Go to sleep, Spock."

"Yes, Captain."

[terrya]

29. Oh, oh....Shatner's bloated ego fest. A number of problems with this film.

1) The dicey preposition of mixing God and sci-fi. Handled right, it could be intriguing. Boy, this sure wasn't.

2) Did my eyes deceive me, or was there some sort of romance between Scotty and Ulhura? Not one word of exposition on this.

3) The whole premise was shaky. A not very realized storyline.

The 2nd worst in the "Star Trek" films. Right after "ST-TMP"