![]() ![]() ![]() But in 1979, there had only been 79 episodes of TOS. Whether it's 1979, 1983, 2001, or 2022, the film is still a fairly humorless, slow-paced, and derivative of a pre-existing TOS episode, “The Changeling.” These days, homages and Easter eggs in Trek feel normal, considering there’s so much material to work with. Neither the 2001 nor the new 2022 Director’s Edition have these kinds of problems, but that doesn’t mean Star Trek: The Motion Picture is a perfect movie. In 1983, a “Special Longer Versions” of the film hit VHS, which notoriously spliced in footage from one of the film’s deleted scenes, creating a continuity error in which Kirk is wearing two radically different spacesuits just seconds apart. In other words, just like there have been multiple “Special Editions” of the 1977 Star Wars or the 1982 Blade Runner, this isn’t the first time Star Trek: The Motion Picture has been re-released. Back then, director Robert Wise was still alive and approved a few of the movie’s bigger changes, which, for the most part, are very minor. Overseen by David Fein, Daren Dochterman, and Mike Matessino, this cut of the film is, essentially, a spruced-up version of a previously released “director’s edition” from the year 2001. On April 5, 2022, the new 4K restoration of Star Trek: The Motion Picture: Director’s Edition debuted on Paramount+. The Enterprise leaves spacedock in the 4K version. ![]()
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