Star Trek - Special Effects Sequences Tribute Part 1of3

A vintage Special Effects Homage to Star Trek the Motion Picture. All Model SFX Scenes are cut together in chronological order. And in Star Trek the Motion Picture it's tons of Special Effects. 30 Minutes SFX. I had to split it into 3 parts.

Quote Wikipedia: The special effects for the movie became one of the biggest production problems. Half way through production it was decided that original effects company working on the project, Robert Abel and Associates, were not up to the task of producing the large number of scenes. In March of 1979 Paramount offered Douglas Trumbull's effect company, Future General, a virtual blank check if they could get all the effects work done by the Christmas release date. Most of the work done by Robert Abel up to that point was scrapped (the wormhole sequence seems to be the only "Able" effects scene that made it into the final film). Trumbull went ahead with the job to re-visualize and rework most of the effects scenes, using the same crew and equipment from the just finished Close Encounters of the Third Kind and even subcontracted work out to John Dykstra

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Film & Animation

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• Sci-Fi
• Special
• Effects
• 1979
• Vintage
• Science
• Fiction
• Spaceship
• Model
• Design
• Star
• Trek
• retro

[rgda3rd]

modern cgi is way overrated. the older effects with models look way cooler.

[chrisman737]

I remember well then this was first released, some people were bored by the film, but most really GASPED at these special effects, there were so amazing. They are still beautiful. No CGI -- just a lot of artistry, model building, and painting.

[oortichi1]

I usually watch this movie only for the special effects.

[doceigen]

@pbanta62 I still have those holographic masters, I should probably consider remaking those for a small production run so that current hobbyist film makers could duplicate the effects?

[pbanta62]

@danielodors Certainly, CGI is an awesome tool when it is used to enhance a great story, but sadly too many movies these days are all about glorifying the enhancement. A canvass simply covered in exquisite brushstrokes full of vibrant colors does not a portrait make. Pixar, Dreamworks (and occasionally) Disney know this. Some like Michael Bay have yet to learn.

[pbanta62]

@vodude CGI is now cheap, quick, eye-candy that sells tickets at the box office. Just ask Michael Bay whose films are the end-product of this unfortunate turn of events. I'll take imperfect art over perfect, shiny, charlatanism every time! That goes for J.J. "Lensflare" Abrams as well.

[pbanta62]

@doceigen They've been "cleaned up" in the re-releases. I can remember watching this movie in the theater a few times when it came out and can remember noticing numerous glitches and artifacts in the special f/x because it was rushed through post-production to make its release date. However, it was still awesome to a 16 year-old and still has some of the best pre-cgi cinematic space art I've seen. And that Klingon battle group flyover rates right up there with the opening of "Star Wars".

[pbanta62]

Oh, I'm so tired of hearing how boring this movie was! This was the pace of most sci-fi movies in the 60's and 70's when ambiance, suspense, and "awe" counted as much as raw, adrenaline-pumping action. "Alien", "Blade Runner", even "Star Wars" had slow moments. This was cinematic storytelling for a generation removed from today's frenetic pace. True, this didn't work for ST:TMP because it belies the faster-pace of the old tv show and Rober Wise, while a great director, was just a bad fit.

[11DerKaiser]

Love the music at the start when the Klingon attack cruisers first encounter V'ger.

Haunting but gives space meaning.

[ClemyNX]

@rgda3rd because they were more random

[doceigen]

The opticals were really great?! WOW!... thanks. It's nice to get older anad have people like some of the work you did.

[vodude]

@rgda3rd Agreed. I just bought the Blu-ray's of TOS & it has the new CGI effects on it. It's kinda cool to see things that TOS effects couldn't show (Cooler outside shots of the Enterprise, More realistic planets, etc) but as good as it is, it still looks fake & they pale in comparison to the models that were made by ILM for the first Trek films. I wish filmmakers would lay off the CGI (unless they absolutely need it) & incorporate models in Sci-fi films again. Newer isn't always better.