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Topic: Star Trek III: The Search For Spock (DVD)
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David Stambaugh
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Posts: 4021
From: Eugene, Oregon
Registered: Jan 2002
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posted 01-12-2003 10:55 AM
Collector's Edition DVD, 2 discs. The feature is on a dual-layer disc, includes commentary by Leonard Nimoy, Robin Curtis, and others. Enhanced Dolby Digital 5.1 audio, sound is very good. Picture quality is mostly very good too.
This is one of my guilty pleasures. I first saw it on its opening night, in 70mm 6-track Dolby, with a group of fellow Star Trek fans from where I worked at the time. I love this film, almost as much as Khan. It successfully deals with themes of loyalty, sacrifice, and "insubordination in the name of a just cause", while keeping a sense of humor and wonder. Takes itself seriously, yet it's interjected with bits of Star Trek humor and not afraid to have a little fun. Explores Vulcan mysticism and hocus-pocus. All the main characters get at least one great moment on screen. Christopher Lloyd is excellent as Klingon Commander Kruge. The special effects by ILM are mostly good, occasionally very good. All this in a nice tight 1:45 running time.
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Andy Summers
Master Film Handler
Posts: 397
From: Bournemouth Dorset United kingdom
Registered: Jun 2005
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posted 07-15-2005 04:54 PM
I have seen this film so many times, the best every presentation was at the CIC Empire Leicester Square screen #1 THX, Star Trek day in-70mm October 8th 1989 admission was £10.00 WOW.
And although I have the Star Trek films on DVD and Laserdisc the DVD are spot on just like the being at the Empire, Star Trek III was a total surprise of entertainment where captain Kirk’s son gets knifed by a Klingon in the chest is very scary you can feel the stabbing of the knife punching it’s way into his chest cavity err…
This happens between 40Hz and 60Hz err, makes my skin crawl it does and the part where the USS Enterprise gets blow to utter pieces is totally jaw dropping KABOOM.
My God, Bones, What have I done? What you had to do, What you always do, Turned death into a fight chance to live.
That’s a dame good line in the film if you ask me,
And James Horner’s score is bass pressing when the USS Enterprise is been taken without permission the sound mixes tension building up and those huge space dock doors opening up on all front channels and the LFE BOOM
Well writing this I’ve placed it on the palter and USS Enterprise going into warp speed leaving the USS excelsior clawing behind and the sound effect editors make her sound like a big joke dame funny like an old banger.
Bugger me man the USS Grissom as just been blow up oh dear, any conclusion this comes close to the road show event with very little split-surrounds, when the film was about to open paramount where paying a lot of money for the TAP/THX program for the presentation in 70mm.
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