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Captain James T. Kirk's final words, setting a new course for the Starship Enterprise.
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Warp Speed to Nowhere TIME December 17, 1979
Star Trek- The Motion PictureIt used to be that special effects were created to serve a movie's story, to permit the camera to capture that which could not be found -- or recorded on film -- in the natural world. But now, in the post-Star Wars era, stories are created merely to provide a feeble excuse for the effects. Star Trek consists almost entirely of this kind of material: shot after shot of vehicles sailing through the firmament to the tune of music intended to awe. But the spaceships take an unconscionable amount of time to get anywhere, and nothing of dramatic or human interest happens along the way. When the crew are not jabbering in technocratese, they are into metaphysics, one of the characteristics of the old Star Trek television show and a major reason for its cult vogue among the half-educated. Star Trek is, finally, nothing but a long day's journey into ennui. -- Richard Schickel
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