tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8707040.post1480396438796212830..comments2024-02-25T12:47:03.941-06:00Comments on Johnny LaRue's Crane Shot: From Hell's Heart, I Stab At TheeMarty McKeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02084642122976337263noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8707040.post-5511736422723927582007-06-11T08:41:00.000-05:002007-06-11T08:41:00.000-05:00"MAAARRRRRRTYYYYY!!!""MAAARRRRRRTYYYYY!!!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8707040.post-84602793165859390702007-06-06T04:02:00.000-05:002007-06-06T04:02:00.000-05:00It's a great movie no matter how you perceive it ...It's a great movie no matter how you perceive it - as science fiction, as adventure, or even as a character drama. I saw the first four STAR TREK films at the exact same theater - auditorium one of the sadly extinct Lougheed Mall - in big screen glory, and in fact saw the second film with my Dad. The perfect venue for this film.<BR/><BR/>The odd thing is the genesis (no pun intended) of STAR TREK's big screen presentation. Originally the resurrection of TREK was to be for TV. When shifted to the feature film wing it was modestly budgeted at $4 million, to be directed by Philip Kaufman. The budget progressively grew, Kaufman was replaced by Robert Wise, more than $4 million was squandered in an initial special effects debacle that saw the eleventh hour involvement of Douglas Trumbull & John Dykstra to save the day....and that modest budget swelled to a then-gargantuan $42 million. Even though the movie made money it was not the STAR WARS type hit Paramount had salivated for, and when STAR TREK II did arise it was once again farmed back to the television division. Harve Bennett was a small screen vet, and he was now the man in charge. The budget on the second venture was $12 million. Despite the dramatic restructuring it succeeded magnificently, both due to Bennett's commitment to the film and most certainly due to Nicholas Meyer's vision for the type of story he wished to tell. Both men also deeply believed in the characters and gave the actors the material they really deserved to work with.Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15072833878836137632noreply@blogger.com