The Beauty of Star Trek III

Dude, are you interpolating frames? This has that shot-on-videotape look.

Yeah, really nice edit. That reminds me. I think it only took me about 40 years to figure out that the USS Grissom was named for Mercury astronaut Gus Grissom. William Shatner, 94; Christopher Lloyd, 86; George Takei, 87; Walter Koenig, 88; Robert Hooks, 87; Robin Curtis, 64: and Allan Miller, 96, the alien charter captain actor are all still alive. Dame Judith Anderson who was born in 1897 is NOT alive. James Sikking passed away less than a year ago at the age of 90.

Star Trek 3 is my favorite Star Trek movie!!!

Oh, but now I have to ask you about the technical details of this edit! How did you isolate Kirk's and McCoy's dialogue from the soundtrack? So many edits, you hear that soundtrack mixed in with the dialogue, but this sounds really clean. Since the part that you DON'T want (the soundtrack alone) is easy to find, I suppose that there must be programs that can do a "If you have A+B on one hand, and you have A on the other, then remove A from A+B so you can get just B." Just haven't seen anything like that myself. Also, was there any graphical cleanup? It looks super crisp and clean, way more than my DVD transfer does; this must be a very good BluRay transfer..

I think I have gone back and forth about this movie. The Klingons are a bit half-baked, and I think the transition from Kirstie Alley to Robin Curtis was a little jarring (though I've read arguments that Curtis gives the best non-Spock Vulcan portrayal in all of Star Trek). But I've always been super fond of the movie and I have a vague recollection from way back when I was in high school in the 1990s, someone asked me what my favorite movie was, and I said "Star Trek III!" So it's always had a fond spot for me.

This video's fantastic!

I love this movie. 🖖 Great edit

I'm glad we at least agree on this film Alex😋. I've always loved this one, controversially more than Khan so i'm glad you guys do too. However it is only my third favourite movie. My favourite 2 are The Undiscovered Country and Generations. I know your thoughts on one of those, i guess i'll find out how you feel on the other in about a year, possibly less depending how soon you get to 3 a week. My favourite part of this is the section where they steal the Enterprise, including scenes before and after. Obviously Kirk blowing the ship up is a very close second. Tasha is often considered the first main character to die for good (even though I love Denise Crosby sometimes still having a guest role), what about the Enterprise, just ask Jim and Scotty, she was a character too. I know technically Spock had just died, but i did say for good!

I always loved that at the core of Kirk's character, whether he's a hardass like in early TOS or a bit "shut up and point me to the danger" like in the movies and late TOS, he's always analyzing his decisions (even after making them) like, "is this what I should do/should have done?". It's something I feel Picard was lacking, though he had his own strengths.

I really don’t understand your love for this movie. It’s called the search for Spock……. So they…. You know…. Search for Spock. Except they don’t really have to search, because they already know where he is, and clearly they aren’t going to say “oh no, we can’t find him!” And then the secondary plot with a random Klingon is a literal rehash of Star Trek 2, using the same footage of the genesis machine. And then we have the death of Kirk’s son who no one cares about anyway. Yes the destruction of the enterprise is moving, but nothing else really happens in this movie of any substance.

It's been my favourite of the TOS movies since I first saw it on VHS when I was nine. Seeing it in 4x3 like this really brings that feeling back...

It’s the film that made us realise the Enterprise was a beloved member of the crew too.

“This isn’t reality. This is fantasy!”

ST:3 is very underrated, which is to say that despite legitimate flaws, what it offers is grand. Kirk explaining to Spock at the end that the needs of the one outweighed the needs of the many, is perfect poetry to the pure logic that saw Spock sacrifice himself himself to save the Enterprise crew one movie earlier.

Kirk: How many fingers am I holding up? 🖖 Bones: That's not very damn funny, Jim Kirk: You're suffering from a Vulcan mind meld Bones: That green-blooded son of a bitch! This is his revenge for all those arguments he lost

I remember at 14 in 1984 balling my eyes out for the death of the Enterprise…far more tears than I ever shed for the death of Spock. How I love this movie! 🖖

ILM at the height of their practical FX powers.

some great moments in that movie! Definitely a favorite of mine! :)

Due to the quirks of tv scheduling Star Trek 3 was my first Star Trek movie and it will always be special for that.

Poor Scotty

I have the soundtrack for the movies and some trek TV scores. The music from the Genesis planet is beautiful.

I'm glad you guys love Star Trek III as much as I do.🖖

Great stuff there!

Nice edit! So much happens between the sun setting and the sun coming back up...

3 and 1 have always been my favorite of the Trek movies.

Sad seeing the Enterprise destroyed. But happy we got the Enterprise-A.

I may not agree with some of your movie takes *cough* Nicholas Meyer *cough* but I agree that 3 is heavily underrated.

Excellent!