Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special (1991)
This documentary is hosted by William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy and they take us through the history of Trek. We also get to see bloopers from the original series and the current space program and how progression has been in reality, hosted by LeVar Burton.
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Sadly Over-hyped
Your blood may run cold, but you now find yourself pinioned to the story.
It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.
All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.
As I just have finished Shatner's "Star Trek memories" , which is a sincere and lively backstage account of TOS, I was interested to watch this documentary. I got it as a bonus tape with the box release of the six TOS movies. My first surprise was to notice that after 20 years, the tape is still good and that the blur isn't an eye defect but only technology induced!This documentary is as much about TOS than TNG. Kirk and Spock host the show but strangely they don't interact with each other. They tell us about the series, the movies, the fans and space exploration. It has bloopers, interviews, footage, behind the scenes. Thus, if it's deep, it's also superficial because the sequences are on warp speed. Sure, it's also highly positive and too much one-sided (no lines about the conflicts, the feuds, the jealousy, the consuming hard-work, the affairs, the network censorship and cancellation) but at last, Gene Rodenberry has a lasting testimony of his mythic (and not American) vision. And the stars were with him because he still appears fine while he would suffer and die not long after! Even if as a French, Trek never really takes root here (we waited the end of the 80s for TOS!) and I was born as a Jedi, the more years pass, the longer I live and prosper as a Trekkie !