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MOVIES
This is a massive value collection containing 14
Cd's for the 7 movies in the Star Trek Series (costs about £27*) and let
us follow the History of the Enterprise crew.
* Depending
on the current £ to $ Exchange rate.
1. The Motion Picture:
Released in 1979 - yes it really was that long ago. A life form know as V-ger threatens to destroy earth. Kirk and the Enterprise crew intercept to investigate and end up ... oh that would give away the plot. The Plot is very clever although thin with an I should have seen it coming sort of appearance, and this film was better than I remembered it.2. The Wrath Of Khan:
This movie was released in 1982 and Kirk and his crew in the Enterprise go to protect the genesis project. This is my second most favourite film of the series and it is the one that sees the death of Spock. This film leaves you waiting for the follow up to see what has happened to Spock. (You thought that the main characters could never die.)3. The Search For Spock:
I remember seeing this one in the cinema as a young lad back in 1984 - oh those were the days. There was a scene in this film that scared me witless but now it all seems so pleasant and nice! The crew return to recover Spocks body and they get more that they bargained for on the new mystery planet. This follows on from 2. and it is unique as no 2 Star Trek Movies have been as plot interwoven as this.4. The Voyage Home:
This is my favourite film of the series and was released in 1986. Kirk and his crew have to whiz around in a Klingon Bird of prey (No Enterprise this time!) and save the universe again. Very much a save the whales campaign the crew return to earths distant past the early 1980's when leg warmers were fashionable. It's so funny to see the enterprise crew trying to blend in with 1980's life on earth.5. The Final Frontier:
This movie from 1989 sees Spocks half brother Hijacking the Enterprise to find God who he believes lives through the frontier as the distant side of the Galaxy (A barrier which no man has ever passed). When they get there things are not quite what they seem and the intrepid Kirk leaps into action.6: The Undiscovered country:
Released in 1991 we see McCoy and Kirk wrongly accused of assassinating a Klingon chancellor - something which did not impress the Klingon empire. There mission is to escape and find the killers before more damage is done to a peace treaty between the Klingons and the Federation. Yes the Enterprise is in this one too!
7: Generations:
This is the last of this set. Released in 1994 we see the change over to the Generations crew. Kirk dies twice! A mad Dr Soran is desperate to get back into the Nexus a utopian place where time does not exist. His plans however see the destruction of a whole Galaxy and even the Enterprise has to eject it's warp core and crash land. Excellent plot with lot's of twists. The intro sequence with the generations crew is hilarious. There are two Enterprise in this one and the new Enterprise does not have too good a time!