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The First Four "Star Trek" Films Return to Theaters For 1 Week Only to Celebrate the Franchise's 60th Anniversary (i.postimg.cc)
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More than 750 theaters across the U.S. will screen restored 4K presentations of classic Star Trek films paired with episodes of STAR TREK: THE ORIGINAL SERIES making their theatrical debut, from Sept. 4-8. Fans attending will also have the first opportunity to purchase limited-edition Star Trek “Enterprise” popcorn vessels and commemorative drink cups at participating theaters, while supplies last.

  • Friday, September 4: Star Trek: The Motion Picture — The Director's Edition + S02E03 "The Changeling"
  • Saturday, September 5: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (Director's Cut) + S01E22 "Space Seed"
  • Sunday, September 6: Star Trek III: The Search for Spock + S02E01 "Amok Time"
  • Monday, September 7: Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home + S01E28 "The City on the Edge of Forever"
  • Tuesday, September 8: Star Trek: The Genesis Trilogy (TWoK, TSFS, TVH)

AMC and Regal will also be selling popcorn buckets to commemorate the occasion:

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[–] 4 points 2 months ago (1 child)

Those popcorn and drink uniforms! I’ve been cutting down on my mindless collecting, but I’d totally eat and drink out of those for a month if I could get one.

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    • [–] 4 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    I only saw the first one in theater, and I was so damn young, all I really remember of the experience is some of the exterior shots. But, considering how young I was, that's still a telling thing about how well it was done.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago

    Those exterior shots really stuck with me as well. I can't imagine growing up with blurry spaceship models viewed on a CRT tv to the giant, sweeping, detailed close up and wide shots we get in that opening shuttle scene. Now people laugh about how long it goes on for but I have to imagine for a lot of fans it was still not long enough!

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    • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    That's a lot of rainbow, especially considering space has no atmosphere - somewhat famously, I might add. An interesting design choice

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    [–] 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    I decided I'm going to go to one of these but can't decide which!

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    [–] 17 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    I saw STIV in the theater. I was 6. Whales are cool.

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    • [–] 13 points 2 months ago (6 children)

    Why no Undiscovered Country? Why???

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  • [–] [S] 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    IMO they should've re-released all 13 of the movies, make a whole month of it.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Undiscovered Country was the first Trek film I saw in theatres. Very glad I had the chance. That ominous music over the opening credits had such an impact.

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    • [–] 6 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    Can someone explain to me the pairing with seemingly random episodes? I'm not super familiar with the original series. Am I missing something?

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  • [–] 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

    Yeah, it’s anything but random. All the episodes chosen have elements and themes shared with the movie they’re paired with. In particular, Star Trek II is a sequel to Space Seed, the episode that introduces Khan.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago

    Spoilers for films plus episodes

    • Star Trek: The Motion Picture + S02E03 "The Changeling", both have similar plots, an Earth space probe merges with an alien and causes problems.
    • Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan + S01E22 "Space Seed", the episode introduces "Khan Noonien Singh" who is ultimately defeated. The "wrath" of Khan is his revenge film. Basically the film is a sequel to the episode.
    • Star Trek III: The Search for Spock + S02E01 "Amok Time", the episode largely deals with Spock and Vulcan customs, the film has similar themes. It's a weird pairing, but Amok Time is a famous episode. I suppose Kirk and Spock's friendship is also a big theme in both.
    • Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home + S01E28 "The City on the Edge of Forever", both plots deal with time travel.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago*

    Yes, you are missing something, because you're not familiar with the original series. You can watch it, or go see the the movies with the episodes and understand.

    I'm not not explaining to be a dick, watching the episodes before the movies would be cool. Consider yourself lucky to have this opportunity.

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    • [–] 6 points 2 months ago

    Don’t include a link or anything, wouldn’t want to find out more

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    [–] 4 points 2 months ago

    Dammit. This is tempting.

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    [–] 3 points 2 months ago

    I think it's cool they're also showing relevant episodes also.

    I remember like several years ago in Toronto a theatre showed a few episodes of TNG for an event and it was awesome. seeing TNG on the big screen was just perfect.

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    [–] 3 points 2 months ago

    Nah it's cool, we have Star Trek at home.

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    [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    Pfff. You can't fuck that bucket

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    [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    Is this USA only?

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