Thirty-Three
Thirty-Six
Thirty-Nine
History of the Future
I’m finishing up the non-episodic features of this wonderful blu-ray set.
Seeing footage, deleted scenes, ‘new’ bloopers from 50 years ago is amazing. The interviews with the actors who were in the selected episodes are great.
All the stories told here, by the people who were there, is like rediscovering Star Trek all over again.
And there’s an option to watch the episodes with the non-remastered, original effects, which is very nostalgic.
Highly recommended to Star Trek fans everywhere.
All Wings Report In…
Eventful
The last week has been rather eventful, both good and bad.
The CW successfully showed that a multi-night multi-series crossover with superheroes can work. And it was awesome.
At work a division director was ‘retired’, and a coworker was lost in the Oakland warehouse fire. And through all that, I’ve actually managed to stay sane. Angry and upset, but sane.
And other stuff happened.
Right now I’m focused on getting through the rest of this year, with Rogue One and Christmas waiting in the next couple of weeks.
Here’s to an uneventful rest of 2016.
Tickets Acquired
30 Years
November 26, 1986:
Memory is VERY hazy, but according to the interwebs, today (11.26.2016) is the 30th anniversary of the release of Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home.
Earlier in the year it was announced that the film was shooting in San Francisco, and I recall a couple of times that Glenn and I tried to check out locations where they were supposedly shooting. We never found them.
On the day before Thanksgiving, a bunch of us went down to… Regency I(?) to stand in line for an evening showing on premiere day.
Come to think of it, except for The Motion Picture and the last two TNG films, I think I’ve seen all of the Trek films on opening day. As I said, memory is hazy.
I remember how different I knew the movie would be just from the opening theme. The familiar notes from the TOS theme was heard, but the rest of the music over the opening credits was very different from Goldsmith’s and Horner’s previous. It seemed more playful, as opposed to the nautical feel of the Horner themes.
And that’s what we got, a playful, almost slapstick story surrounding an important ‘save the world’ mission for our crew.
It was a fun movie to watch. And despite some location inaccuracies (they wanted a ride to San Francisco while walking along the Marina?), it was great seeing my hometown and surround areas get some screen time in a Star Trek film.
I think I’ll find some time later this weekend to give it a viewing.
