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Simon Pegg Jokes About Odd-numbered Star Trek Movie Curse

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By GustavoLeao / 06:16, 28 July 2008 / Star Trek: Nemesis

Hollywood.com posted a new interview with actor Simon Pegg, in which he talks about the U.S. release of his series Spaced on DVD, and talks briefly about Star Trek. Here is an excerpt.

American fans will see a show that was a commentary on pop culture, before the creators joined the pop culture landscape themselves.

Simon Pegg: It is quite like the snake eating itself. I think when we started making references to Spaced in Shaun of the Dead that's was the most crystal moment of self indulgence ever. In Spaced there is a line where Tim says something about every odd number Star Trek movie being shit which is a huge irony considering I'm starring in Star Trek 11. So it is funny how those things come back to haunt you. Obviously the rule doesn't apply anymore [laughs].

The full interview is here.



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By: cdydatzigs (Odo's file, contact) @ 11:31:20 on Jul 28, 2008

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PS - I also love Star Trek V, but dont tell this to anyone.

That film suffered from a hastily thrown-together ending when funds for the storyboarded ending could not be produced. In addition, the quality of the special effects was not up to ILM standards.

Aside from that, the story, score, sets and actor charisma was among the best of the bunch. The dialogue between Kirk, Spock and McCoy was probably the best and most natural of ANY of the TOS-era films. As someone who was in an orchestra for 8 years, the musical score was also among the best.

If you sat down today to watch the film on DVD, and look at the material up until the ending? It's a good film -- wish more people would realize that, and get off the "Final Frontier sucks period" bandwagon.

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By: cdydatzigs (Odo's file, contact) @ 09:16:02 on Jul 28, 2008

...but expect a debate to ensue over whether or not every Star Trek film followed the odd-even rule. [sigh] So predictable...

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    By: GustavoLeao (Odo's file, contact, web site) @ 09:57:15 on Jul 28, 2008

    Well, lets start the debate.

    I loved the director's edition of Star Trek The Motion Picture and everybody here knows Star Trek Generations is my favorite TNG movie.

    Gustavo

    PS - I also love Star Trek V, but dont tell this to anyone.

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      By: captainkoloth (Odo's file, contact, web site) @ 12:03:40 on Jul 28, 2008

      Star Trek III was good too. TMP was also quite nice, even with its flaws. ST:V was, well...lets just say it could have been better. The "odd number" thing is just a long running joke that has nothing to do with the facts.

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        By: GustavoLeao (Odo's file, contact, web site) @ 12:26:48 on Jul 28, 2008

        Yeah, The Search for Spock is a good movie. Good acting, great FX and wonderful music by James Horner. Regarding Star Trek V, yeah, it could be better if ILM had done the FX and the original ending with the rockmen and hell was not deleted, but it is still one of my favorites, thanks to beatiful focus on the Kirk/Spock/McCoy relationship and friendship.

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          By: seventhstar (Odo's file, contact) @ 16:29:52 on Jul 28, 2008

          The odd-numbered bit probably comes from the odd-numbered TOS cast Trek films not really being mainstream films. TWOK and TVH were films that a non-Trek audience could relate to. With TSFS and TFF, you had films that were more for the Trek audience. You basically had to have some understanding of the relationships between the characters in order to really appreciate those two films. And, with TUC, you again had something more open to the mainstream audience, though perhaps not as much as TWOK or TVH.

          And I don't think any TNG film ever really accomplished what the TOS films did. In the TNG movies, the focus always seemed to be Picard and Data, which really felt forced as they didn't really have that same type of relationship in the series.


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            By: GustavoLeao (Odo's file, contact, web site) @ 16:37:37 on Jul 28, 2008

            I think one of the mistakes they did with the TNG movies (with the exception of Generations) is that they turned Picard into an action hero, a man of action. In the TV Series, he was a cerebral character, almost an ambassador more than a captain. Picard is my favorite character and he was out of character in most of the TNG movies. Regarding what you said about the TOS movies, you are probabaly right.

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