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Spanning two decades and countless light years of interstellar adventure,
Star Trek: The Motion Pictures Collection is a testament to the enduring goodwill of Gene Roddenberry's optimistic sci-fi concept. Long before
Star Wars sparked an explosion of big-screen science fiction, Roddenberry had planned a second
Star Trek TV series; the project fizzled, but its pilot script evolved into the first film in Paramount's most lucrative movie franchise. Despite its sluggish pace and bland "pajama" costuming,
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) offered a welcomed reunion of the "Classic
Trek" cast, packed with Douglas Trumbull's still-dazzling special effects. Trekkers were even more ecstatic when
The Wrath of Khan (1982) revived the spirit of the original series, even though director Nicholas Meyer was a
Trek neophyte. With Leonard Nimoy directing,
The Search for Spock (1984) began where
Khan left off, with a thrilling (albeit contrived) obligation to resurrect the formerly ill-fated Mr. Spock.
A box-office smash, Nimoy's The Voyage Home (1986) is the franchise's most accessible adventure--a high point offset by William Shatner's comparatively dreadful Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989). Meyer (and his penchant for quoting Shakespeare) returned for The Undiscovered Country (1991), a conspiracy thriller that put the series back on track, inspiring fans to invoke the "even number" rule in...
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