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A little bit of info on every movie, on facts and little pieces of Trivia that I have found from one place or another, and made it to one super size addition of behind the scenes information you possibly did not know....
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| Star Trek: The Motion Picture | |
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Did you know?
That producers and studio honchos were already looking foward to a second Star Trek series but feared Shatner's salary demands might rule him out. Stephen Collins was seen as a possible next starship captain.
That Marcy Lafferty, who plays DiFalco, was married to William Shatner at the time. No, that's not the wife who drowns. Shatner's next (3rd) wife, Nerine Kidd is the Lady of the Pool.
That Uhura's communications earpieces are the only original props from the original TV series. They were dug out of storage when it was realized someone had forgotten to make new ones for the movie.
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| Star Trek: The Wrath of Kahn | |
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Did you know?
That this is a continuation of the TOS episode "The Space Seed" which aired February 16,1967, the 22nd story of the first season.
That it is a therefore a bit odd that Khan recognizes Chekov inasmuch as Walter Koening wasn't in the original episode as he wasn't yet a cast member?
That Leonard Nimoy had to be promised a great death scene for Spock before he would sign on. But producer Harve Bennett cleverly asked Nimoy to do a mind meld just in case they wanted to bring Spock back in another movie.
That's Khan's final monologue is taken from Herman Melville' book "Moby Dick" which Capt. Picard will quote in Star Trek: First Contact.
That all of Khan's men were Chippendale dancers at the time.
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| Star Trek III: The Search for Spock | |
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Did you know?
That the only way they got Leonard Nimoy back was to offer him the job of director.
That those are the same self-destruct codes for the Enterprise as those used in "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield," a TOS episode? Wouldn't you think they'd change them once in awhile?
Did you spot the Tribble at the bar when McCoy is trying to rent a spaceship?
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| Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home | |
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Did you know?
That Eddie Murphy was considered for the part that became Dr. Taylor? But Paramount nixed the idea.
That great scene with everybody splashing in the water was ad-libbed. James Doohan fell in the water and everbody else dived in!
That the success of this film finally convinced network execs to do another Star Trek TV series.
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| Star Trek V: The Final Frontier | |
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Did you know?
That the mountain Captain Kirk is climbing in Yosemite is named El Capitan.
That ILM, Industrial Light and Magic, George Lucas' special effect shop was unable to work on this Trek as they had on the others. They were too busy with "Ghostbusters 2" and "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade." Regrettably, it shows.
That they wanted Sean Connery to play Sybok. Now that would have been cool.
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| Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country | |
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Did you know?
That William Shatner fought Sulu's promotion to Captain of a starship.
That Gene Rodenberry died 2 days after he first viewed this film.
Another death - Merritt Butrick who played Kirk's son David Marcus died in 1989 of AIDS. His picture appears on Kirk's desk.
That Klingon blood is purple in this movie but red in the TV series?
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| Star Trek: Generations | |
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Did you know?
That Kirk's home, farm and horse in the Nexus are really William Shatner's.
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| Star Trek: First Contact | |
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Did you know?
That this was directed by Jonathan Frakes, who got the nickname "Two Takes Frakes" because he often nailed the scenes in 2 takes.
That Zefram Cochrane's character is established in the TOS story "Metamorphosis" which aired Then the part was played by Glenn Corbett.
Herman Melville's "Moby Dick" is referred to by Lily and Capt. Picard in this movie as well as by Khan in Star Trek: Wrath of Khan. Of note, at the time of filming, Patrick Stewart was starring as Captain Ahab in a TV movie version of Moby Dick.
When Lily and the Captain enter the Forties era holodeck, did the guy who greeted them sound familiar? Well, he should. That's Ethan Phillips who plays Neelix in Star Trek Voyager.
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| Star Trek: Insurrection | |
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Did you know?
Brent Spiner sees himself as "skating on thin ice" in regard to growing too old to play Data. He feels he has maybe one more Trek film in him even though they could come up with an excuse for the change in Data's appearance. He feels that certain elements of Data require a youthful presence and "child-like naiveté" that aren't attractive on a guy in his mid-fifties.
They tried to repeat a Deep Space Nine cameo a la Robert Picardo's cameo in First Contact as the holographic doctor by having Armin Shimerman make an appearance as Quark at the end of the film. But unlike the Picardo appearance, Quark's was more of a standalone tag at the end of the film that it really didn't fit in and was cut. Max (Rom) Grodenchik's cameo as a Trill in the library scene remains if you look closely. Originally Grodenchik threw a spitball at Riker in the scene, but that was cut out also.
Star Trek: Insurrection is composer Jerry Goldsmith's fourth score for a Star Trek film, in addition to scores for both Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Goldsmith likes the fact that director Jonathan Frakes is a trombone player because it means he understands music and it makes it easier for them to discuss music for the films.
Because the cast wants to put a little more space between films, to maintain the interest of the fans in the meantime, Spiner suggests that the regular Next Gen get together and do a non-Trek film with each actor playing very different roles. Since it would not be science fiction, the budget would be much smaller and it could attract a larger audience. This alternate film could come out in about two years and then be followed by a Trek film in another two years. Frakes thinks it's a wonderful idea he plans to take to Paramount. He would also like to direct it.
The opticals for the final explosion in STI were dropped as recently as November 30.
Spiner doesn't like heights, but he enjoys swimming so he loved the scene of Data walking in the lake. He wasn't as fond of having to take a helicopter to the mountains for some scenes, though it did give him an excuse to hold Donna Murphy's hand.
An executive at Viacom sold Frakes on the title Star Trek: Insurrection rather than Star Trek: Prime Directive by pointing out that it was Cecil B. DeMille-like. They were also concerned that than Star Trek: Prime Directive would be "too inside" because "Prime Directive to non-Trekkers means 'important memo,'" said Frakes.
Jerry Goldsmith was approached to write a Star Trek opera. Goldsmith was interested but turned it down to other commitments. Frakes thinks it's a fabulous idea and hopes someone else does it.
To hedge the odd-numbered sequel curse, Frakes referred to Insurrection's
"nine of ten," a joking reference Voyager's beautiful Borg.
Patrick Stewart is a big fan of the old TV show Thunderbirds and one of his ambitions was to appear in an episode of Doctor Who.
Spiner originally had mixed emotions about the his action figures but then figured, "if it's good enough for Alec Guinness [Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars]..." then it was good enough for him.
When discussing ideas for the next film, Frakes wondered what it will take for Picard and Riker to get promoted because characters on every other incarnation of Star Trek have been promoted except the two of them.
While Star Trek: Insurrection has some elements of a Western, Spiner feels that the films are more like Tarzan movies with Picard as Tarzan and himself as Cheetah.
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| Star Trek: Nemesis | |
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Did you know?
That this was the longest gap between Star Trek movies. 4 years.
That Brent Spiner has wiriting credit and was an instigator in the idea to scarifice Data.
That Wil Wheaton (Wesley Crusher) was in the movie, remains in the credits, but all of his scenes were cut.
That Michael Shanks of "Stargate SG1" tried for the part of Shinzon.
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