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Post #396814

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Ziz
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Ideas and Suggestions for :Star Trek The Motion Picture (True Fan Edit)
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Date created
8-Feb-2010, 12:29 PM

FanFiltration said:

 

1) The film will now start out with a written prologue (with footage of the moving star-field in background) explaining that the Enterprise had returned from it's five year mission in 2270 and it is now 13 months later and the crew of the enterprise is now ready for it's continuing mission with new captain William Decker and Kirk is now an Admiral at Starfleet command.  I want to leave the drama and tension between these two characters alone in this edit.

 

All this is basically explained in the dialogue between Kirk and Scotty at the space complex and in the travel pod, so the written prologue really isn't necessary.  Text scrolls aren't part of Trek's style like they are with Star Wars, and when I see text at the beginning of other films, it makes me feel like the filmmakers didn't have the time, money or intelligence to work that info into the story.