Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979): 20 Things You Never Knew!

[@GrahamDallas]

I saw this in the cinema aged 5 and most of it went over my head. I'm 50 now and my appreciation for the movie has grown over the years, it's a beautiful old thing, still looks stunning and give you plenty of time to drink up the visuals. I enjoy it even more with each viewing. Thanks for the 20 things, I knew several but not them all.

[@igrim4777]

One of the few times I've known everything on one of these lists but still worth the watch. Thanks for helping me feel like a Trekkie.

[@HardChair]

Excellent choice! Love that movie and this was a very interesting video! Thanks for making it!

[@leftpastsaturn67]

I might be in a minority who thinks this was the best of the Trek movies. By far.

[@coffinwood-blackheim]

I find it to be the opposite: the worst - or at least second worst - entry. Star Trek lacks a compelling story, most acting is terrible, as is the overall aesthetic. The movie tries to copy Space 2001 too much with its overlong shots and scenes. Compared to its direct successor, one of the best ST movies, it really can't hold up.

[@leftpastsaturn67]

@@coffinwood-blackheim Nothing to do with it involving more thought than the low-effort & generic sequels then?

[@karenschneberger2655]

I didn't mind this Star Trek movie either. I quite enjoyed it.

[@ArtistryBranson]

It sure was fun.

[@seanryan3020]

I saw it in the theater when I was 8 years old. Didn't really appreciate it then, but over the years, it came to be my 2nd favorite film of the series.

[@Willpower-74205]

Although I would sometimes nod off during parts of the film, I do recognize it as a technical and special effects masterpiece. Those models and sets were awesome! 🖖😎👍

[@extremeconcepts1]

imagine how valuable those happy meal boxes and any toys would be today

[@paulmcnamara2908]

Knew some but most of these facts are new to me!

[@Mesarim]

Nice didn’t know half of these!

[@johnwalsh4998]

Fascinating

[@wolfhodgkinson6866]

Geez... Don't say "You didn't know" about something just because YOU didn't know.

[@dinomonzon7493]

Star Trek: The Motion Picture is best appreciated when viewed in tandem with Gene Roddenberry's novelization of the film. Compared to Star Trek: Insurrection (that comes off as a TV movie), ST: TMP had a more cinematic feel. Jerry Goldsmith's main title theme was one of the best movie tunes. A variation of it, 'Enterprise' can be heard during Adm. James T. Kirk's and Cmdr. Montgomery Scott's inspection of the refitted USS Enterprise in Spacedock.

[@MrWhipple42]

It's one of my favorite movie scores. Absolutely beautiful.

[@kjodleken8810]

Insurrection comes off as a TV movie? That seems about right. I'll take it, as it's Star Trek, but it certainly isn't Star Trek at its best. I'm glad I didn't pay to see it in a theatre.

[@jacktribble5253]

Seeing this at a relatively young age, I would never have guessed there were so many complications. You never think about how weird the process of production might have been when you see the end product. I just went to the theater exited to see a big screen Star Trek. The nagging thoughts kind of disappear. Suspension of disbelief I think they call it.

[@kimrice394]

Watching this film, I can only imagine they thought everyone was on acid and they would love the effects.

[@Steve-gc5nt]

I was. And I did.

[@p0k314COM]

Taking into account the costs, the whole thing looks like a money grab, a typical embezzlement.

[@77NARF]

Read the mission statement of the Enterprise again! STTMP is the VERY definition of the mission!! For the original cast, this one comes in at #2 behind STTWOK!!

[@wrlord]

Waiting for something I didn't know.

[@stevejones6247]

who knew that there were extras in the Star Trek movie

[@johntiggleman4686]

It's pronounced "Dikestra," not "Dickstra."

[@stevejones6247]

you would think with all pennies,that they would use a scale

[@andyfromtheuk]

Star Trek : The Motion Picture is a good film, tho a little slow. But Star Trek II : The Wrath Of Khan will always be the best of the Trek movies. And it's Star Trek at it's very best.

[@1pcfred]

It's actually illegal to settle a debt of more than 53 cents in pennies in the US because that stunt has been pulled before. We don't particularly care for that sort of petty spite here much.

[@onknight]

This movie was so not trek the plot was thin. We really didn't get Star Trek in the movies until Wrath of Khan

[@Steve-gc5nt]

But it was still a thrill seeing the crew and the E back.

[@brucemclaren4115]

I always loved it

[@greghong5010]

The first hour’s music and special effects were cool. The rest of the film was dull. Wrath of Khan was the best episode! 👍

[@MrWhipple42]

TMP is closer to Gene Roddenberry's vision of Star Trek than any of the other films. He wanted a cerebral epic, not an action-adventure popcorn flick. If any movie is Star Trek, it's the first one. (I love TWOK, BTW.)

[@BlackLung911]

Too many Indians, not enough chiefs comes to mind for Roddenberry & the rest of the production team.

[@sureshmukhi2316]

The only Indian in this movie was Persis Khambatta.

[@BlackLung911]

@@sureshmukhi2316 😄😄😄

[@Willpower-74205]

​@@sureshmukhi2316 Living proof that bald is beautiful, though she wept a bit as her hair was being shaved off for her role. 🖖😎👍

[@sureshmukhi2316]

@@Willpower-74205 yes, I have seen that video. She grew it back after the movie

[@ChristopherCampbell]

There isn't a single iota of new or unexpected information in this video... waste of time and effort.

[@polychromide]

What we really need is Star Trek The Motion Picture Special Shortened Version

[@bald_engineer]

Remastered

[@georgegbalzano9239]

Star Trek: The Motion Picture: Where NOMAD has gone before!!!

[@Monkofmagnesia]

Exactly!

[@joblesswideo-fb7nj]

Only thing you need to know about The Motion Picture is that its crap

[@derekblaustein6013]

I feel like one of the main appeals of this movie was that it was sort of officially welcoming Star Trek to the big screen, and welcoming the cast back after many years, and making Star Trek more relevant again. They re-introduced the classic characters, introduced new characters, showed off the USS enterprise, brought back all the old terms, and the favorite things on the ship like the transporter, phasers, and photon torpedoes. So I think it had a strong appeal when it first got released, but it didn't age as well as many of the other Star Trek films with the original cast. The main reason being, it wasn't really that good of a movie! It was much too long, slow moving and boring, and even when you get to the big finish, it wasn't all that amazing, interesting or impressive. Also, the new uniforms that were introduced in this film were completely changed by the 2nd film, several of the new characters who were introduced were already gone by the end of the movie, and basically, there wasn't much that was introduced in this movie that had any relevance in any of the future films. So it just makes Star Trek - The Motion Picture feel somewhat irrelevant, out of place, boring and unnecessary. I do enjoy watching it from time to time for nostalgia, but I honestly think they could have just skipped this movie and "The Wrath of Kahn" could have been the first official Star Trek movie.

[@JonTanOsb]

A lot of Trekkies wanted to see the cast, not a lot of fancy CGI. We dubbed it, Star Trek the Motionless Picture. Jon in rural BC, Canada

[@newfun6]

The quickest way to get me to turn off any video about Star Trek is to use the word “Trekkie”

[@p0k314COM]

An exceptionally unsuccessful piece of cinema. The ending made me laugh. A veritable circus in which a supercivilization leans over a pile of scrap thrown into space. Probably because it said "made in USA". What nonsense.

[@ThomasGAinsworth]

Star Trek : Motion Picture was the reason why Gene Rodenberry was not allowed near the rest of the films, or the Uniform designs the rest looked good but those Uniforms were awful, it was boring at times, the effects and visuals were and still are impressive, the new ship is impressive, The Wrath of Khan is a true Star Trek film, the gritty edge, slightly dirty ships and smart red uniforms and real Military/Navy Ranks and Rank pins and more substantial insignias on the smart red Uniforms which made the actors walk taller

[@Me-qp8vz]

This movie is almost 46 years old. No offense but we already know this. Try something that the whole world doesn't know already.

[@cartoonraccoon2078]

Right. We should only post about things you, Master of All Film, don't know. That's going to require a lot of email back and forth with you, but I know you are up to it.

[@weldhutch2857]

Arsehole

[@kratibnoi10310]

You may know things, but that doesn’t mean everyone else does.

[@seanryan3020]

Why don't you try it?

[@JohnAnderson-jy2js]

Everything you mentioned everybody knows about this how about mentioning that director Robert Wise took the subplot the animosity between Captain Kirk and Commander Decker with the commander feeling extremely resentful after temporarily being replaced as Captain from his classic movie run silent run deep also the character of xon being a full Vulcan and wanting to experience The human condition better with the crew would sometimes display human emotions that character and a character called questor a Android from a failed Gene Roddenberry pilot the questor tapes would be integrated and lieutenant Commander Data was born bet you didn't know that