8/10
What is it with you, anyway?
15 August 2004
That comment is one the priceless moments in this the last movie of the Original crew. It could be the best of the bunch, or at least close to the Wrath of Khan and The Voyage Home. Its got a good story and upscale 'guest' casting. Even Christian Slater sneaks in for a cameo. The story was intended to mirror the Cold War tensions and eventual dissolution of the Soviet Union. It works, sort of. The crew gets around pretty good but if they'd done another movie some of them would be in wheel chairs. As Sulu says, 'it was good to see you in action one more time', and a reminder that Shatner and Nimoy really did do Star Trek before they started advertising for Priceline.

I saw this on the Special Edition DVD. I didn't see and don't know of anything that indicates that the film is any different than the earlier single disc release. Possibly there was less compression since the movie was on a disc pretty much all by itself. There's quite a few extras. I didn't watch them all but did see most of the individual cast member's thoughts about the movie and Star Trek phenomena. Some thought that there would be another original crew movie. I also watched the tribute to DeForest Kelley who had a lot to do with what made the original cast work so well, and also uttered this review's summary line to Kirk after he was smooching with the female changeling. The extras are nice but I didn't find a 'making of' anywhere which would've been nicer than just more armchair reminiscing and blabbing. Its worth it for the Kelley tribute and cast interviews. I'm not so sure I'd get any more 'Special Edition' Star Trek DVDs, however, since I already had the full set.
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