Star Trek: The Motion Picture - The Director's Edition

My favorite Star Trek film for the longest time was The Voyage Home. As a Star Wars fan, it appealed to me the most. But, after a re-watch of all twelve Trek films, Star Trek I: The Motion Picture – The Director's Edition is by far my favorite. With this cut, Wise not only made a masterpiece, but an experience. Something that leaped beyond just being a motion picture. If you were to ask me which is the best Trek film, I would say either this or The Wrath of Khan. If you've never seen the film, watch this version! Skip the theatrical cut! And if you have only seen the theatrical cut, watch this movie as a double feature with The Wrath of Khan. You will realize what a perfect bond they form. 4/4 Stars.

I was so excited to see this directors cut of a movie I have been a fan of for many years. After downloading and watching the movie for the first half hour I noticed the subpar quality which I now understand to be standard definition not high definition. I actually went back and watched the original non-directors cut and the quality is unbelievably better. Hard for me to Watch the directors cut even with the new scenes. That it seems her absolutely not worth the extremely low quality of the picture. I feel like I've been ripped off

This is the only Director’s Cut that’s SD. Will buy it if made available for sale in HD only

I saw the original as a child….THIS is the movie that started EVERYTHING. The following films the resurgence of Trek on TV, everything….and this REMASTERED and RECUT version with UPDATED CGI and AUDIO….it should have been re-released in theaters for the world to see…DEAR APPLE please release the DIRECTORS CUT in HD!

LOVER OF STAR TREK!!! I love all the movies they've made and this is great too!

Would have loved to pick this up on this week's Star Trek $9.99 HD sale, unfortunately this appears to be the ONLY Star Trek film without an HD version on the iTunes store still! Been waiting…waiting…waiting….

This was not the newly restored edition. it was faded and all the graphics had dark matted black halo's around them. I have seen the restored edition and it is why downloaded this but I got ripped. This is the old version

I very much enjoyed the movie. I suppose the original theatrical version could be worse, but I can't imagine it being much worse. Not the most action-packed Star Trek, but I found it very entertaining.

I think the big issue, with how people accept this movie today, has a lot to do with the fact I think many who judge it now were not around in 1979 to understand its place in Star Trekdom. It was the rebirth of a franchise in a breath-taking way. The film is filled with some of the most amazing and sophisticated special effects, that I think still rivals some of the CGI we have been fed in more recent years. Don't misunderstand me, CGI has come a long way, and movies like Avatar are gorgeous. However, STTMP I think still has some of the most beautiful special effects in the history of large-budget sci-fi feature films. And that should come as no surprise given the same man that gave us the amazing effects of Close Encounters also gave us this masterpiece. It was just a good space adventure. It wasn't a blockbuster, that I will give you. But it was a story that was well written, and produced in a thorough fashion. The film progressed nicely. It wasn't choppy or disjointed, although maybe a little slow in development. The one criticism I have with this movie was the wardrobe. Those uniforms looked awful, even then. The blood-red tunics used the rest of the way in the TOS movies was much more tasteful. However, the monochromatic look for sci-fi was very in in 1979, so it mirrored the times, even though I never fell for it then. Of course this movie looks a little lacking compared to the movies that followed. It was a first time out in many ways. But I think it came off well. The director's cut made some subtle modifications to some SFX that I think work very well, especially with the V'Ger meeting where they redid the "floor" forming in front of the Enterprise so the crew could walk to see V'Ger. I only wish they could CGI those uniforms into something less gross.

I liked this version better than the original edit but it does not work on my Macbook Air. I have to run Quicktime instead. At the same time all of the other movies after it work in this version of iTunes. Why?