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SwissArmyTin
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All Things Star Trek
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15-Apr-2017, 6:14 PM

pittrek said:

Is there any list of changes they’ve done to it? I have only seen ABC versions of 1 and 2

Oh boy.

Well, for starters, the opening recap was cut (although I can’t tell if that was a recording error my grandfather made back in the day), so it opens right on the casket scene and credits.

After the credits, it cuts straight to the Klingon freighter scene. However, it also omits Kruge destroying the freighter.

No “limp” home scene at all.

Several minor cuts here and there from now on, most notably in the transporter room in spacedock, with “adventure” guy nearly cut out.

Overall, about 20 solid minutes were cut, with absolutely nothing added in. I’ll have to re-watch it and take notes tonight or tomorrow. From what I gather, the film was supposed to get the extended cut treatment like TMP and TWoK, but there was an NFL strike a few weeks before it’s premier so ABC rushed III’s cut to fill the new vacant time slot. It’s…yeah, not very good.