The Messy Legacy of Star Trek: The Motion Picture

Is Star Trek: The Motion Picture a spectacular failure, or an underrated gem? Author and film critic Simon Dillion joins me to discuss/debate...

Simon's Substack: https://substack.com/@simondillon
Simon's books: https://simondillonbooks.uk/

My TMP recap/review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PttRjXaHOs&list=PLBvHvhpVxyDEwayn2ep-VnbC99FbJoQqs&index=1&pp=iAQB

00:00 - Introduction
00:37 - Overall thoughts on TMP
00:53 - Big screen versus small screen
02:11 - How the film came to be
03:25 - Does the film feel like it was supposed to be a TV show?
04:09 - Borrowing from TOS episodes
05:35 - TMP's influences
06:30 - VFX
08:52 - Score
10:56 - Simon doesn't like the Enterprise reveal
12:39 - Great visuals isn't enough
13:49 - First time watching
16:49 - Different cuts
18:04 - Exisential themes & religion in TMP
21:08 - Shifting worldviews in the sequels
22:14 - How to score? Do you even score? What is a score anyway?
27:56 - Robert Wise
29:40 - Different types of directors
32:00 - Wise' unfinished business
34:19 - We almost forgot to talk about the uniforms
35:29 - We also almost forgot to talk about the humour (or lack of it)
36:08 - Let's wrap this up
36:23 - Simon's plugs & we're outta here

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