20 Things You Didn't Know About Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) Part 3 

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Don’t forget The Day the Earth Stood Still.

I think there may be misunderstanding here. The point being made is that there hasn't been an A-list director for Star Trek since Robert Wise, meaning Robert Wise was the only director of a Star Trek film who was an A-list director at the time of directing the film. JJ Abrams had only directed the film Mission Impossible 3 prior to directing Star Trek 2009; therefore, he had not yet achieved A-list director status.

@@richardvinsen2385 I didn't know if I should even mention The Andromeda Strain as well.

He was definitely A-List, but his career went on the decline by the time he got the gig for TMP.

It’s really not though. It’s just a Trek version of 2001: A Space Odyssey. The story itself was just recycled TOS fare. I would argue that 2 was a better space opera with classic fantasy tropes and compelling character development. And 4 stands alone as one of the first sci-fi comedies and is brilliant in execution.

@@projectgoatse Hmmm 🤔 First - it’s not a copy of 2001 - thematically the message of 2001 is that humanity has evolved and advanced thru extraterrestrial help and assistance In ST: TMP the message is the exact opposite - we’re in control of our own destiny - we decide our future - ‘The Human Adventure Is Just Beginning!’ Second- the criticism that TMP lifts storytelling ideas from A TOS episode I read an interesting StarLog article decades ago - in it Roddenberry explained he approached the TOS episode as a ‘short story’ and TMP as an expanded ‘novel’ of those themes addressed in that episode I’m fine with that explanation Remember- this is a fictional world Also, at the time it was unheard of for a television show to be transformed into a big budget feature length film Roddenberry believed this was his only shot to bring his vision of a humanist utopian future to the big screen The idea this film would lead to a film series and subsequent multiple sequels was not expected - at that time it was unheard of

That's true, however I don't think people are really crediting Doohan with creating the "language" (quotes for emphasis) which we see extensively following The Search For Spock, however Okrand built upon the brief snippets we see in The Motion Picture. Doohan had a hand in creating the "sound" and a few words of the language, whereas Okrand expanded it into a functional language, even making minor alterations on the fly during filming, not only during The Search For Spock, but also in The Undiscovered Country, where he added "to be" into the language. Thus, where the word "proper" fits in, I think all involved are "proper" creators as the language could have turned out quite differently had it not been for the short guttural barks in The Motion Picture.

do you know what a "granfalloon" is?

@@varanasiwalks1451 yes

@@GenuineMattyC me too! Respect 🖖

@@varanasiwalks1451 😂 veryyy funny 😉

This is true, both saurians, same as a unnamed saurian in the motion picture