Star Trek: Beyond the Final Frontier
The History Channel
2007
Reviewed by William I. Lengeman III
(previously unpublished)
Very Short Review
Gee whiz, ain't Star Trek nifty?
Slightly Longer Review
In which assorted and sundry denizens and luminaries of the Star Trek universe - all five TV series and ten movies worth - get together to muse upon the essential wonderfulness of the whole endeavor. Shatner doesn't weigh in, but Leonard Nimoy takes on the hosting duties and offers a few of his own reminiscences.
Nostalgic tales abound on the expected topics - wardrobe, makeup, props, conventions, Trekkies/Trekkers and so on - and it's all punctuated with cleverly chosen snippets from the show. But enough with the "fascinating" already. Sheesh.
If this were just a show speculating about how Star Trek became such an enduring phenomenon, the two-hour run time would almost certainly have been overkill. Fortunately it's rescued from being a non-stop love fest by including a sub-plot looking at the preparations leading to a big whopping Christie's auction of Star Trek junk. The big-ticket item here - a mock-up of one of the versions of the Enterprise that sells for a half a million bucks.
Copyright 2007, William I. Lengeman III
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