#Star Trek movie The Last Frontier

[fely-v]

I drew this little sketch for a topic that I probably would like to discuss. I may be wrong somewhere, but these are just my thoughts on the subject of McCoy

I'd like to talk a little bit about McCoy. Throughout the entire original series, as well as the animated series, I knew not so much about him as about his problems. In many ways, the film "The Last Frontier" helped me to look at it from a new point of view.

I was very impressed by the scene of his conversation with Saybok, as well as the words that he was experiencing the most intense pain that tormented his soul for many years.

Spock was able to accept the fact that he was half Vulcan. He was no longer the unwanted child Saibok knew him to be. He finally found himself. Or something like that.

Jim undoubtedly has a lot of skeletons in his closet. Many people died in his life whom he sincerely loved. He made mistakes. But either Jim skillfully evaded the therapy with Saybok, or he really came to terms with the fact of his pain. This is what he considers a part of himself and what he does not want to part with.

McCoy is desperately running away from his past. He couldn't accept the fact that he had disconnected his father from the life support machine. Although, if he had waited a little longer, he could have saved him. He was running away from his failed marriage and all the mistakes he had made. All this remained on the Ground, and he ran away from there to where no human foot had ever set foot.

I was genuinely sorry for him at the moment when the scene with his father was shown. He looked as if he had been cornered and forced to face his fear and pain. And even after a little healing, Saybok says that this is only the first step.

[trek-tracks]

Just let him save them :(

[stra-tek]

This is one of the greatest things ever. Walk around every single version of the U.S.S. Enterprise in photorealistic 3D in your browser, from the Roddenberry Archive. On a phone you just see wraparound 3D pics. On a PC or laptop you get the full 3D interactive experience. They NEED to make this VR compatible, it'll be beyond words.

There are more Enterprises here than Tumblr will allow me photos of, and more will likely be added.

Here's the TOS Enterprise, which appears in several incarnations ("The Cage", "Where No Man Has Gone Before" and TOS proper as well as TAS with the second turbolift!), has the correct original graphics and is perfect.

This is the bridge from the unmade Star Trek: Phase II series (whose pilot episode "In Thy Image" was rewritten to become Star Trek: The Motion Picture), with it's legendary big comfy command sofa seat and tactical display bubble!

The Motion Picture, such an accurate recreation that there's even a very faint flicker on the rear-projection animated screens as seen in the movie.

Enterprise NX-01, looking exactly as it did in "Broken Bow"

Recognise this? It's the briefing room of Discovery season 2's version of the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701. Although at the front of the saucer on the "real" ship, here it's off the second bridge door which may well be where the set was IRL.

I wasn't expecting modern Trek to be represented equally as the originals in this project, but it is. This is the Enterprise from Strange New Worlds, with Pike's Ready Room located just off the bridge.

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier. My favourite version of the classic bridge, as a kid I drew all these control panels and stuck them on my bedroom walls. And now I can look around and look at them all close-up! They've even replicated the noticable TVs stuffed into the panels for the more complex animated screens.

The Enterprise-C bridge from "Yesterday's Enterprise". This one has always fascinated me, being a low-budget TV set (formerly the Enterprise-D battle bridge, originally built from the rain-damaged TMP set's back wall and redressed endlessly though TNG) representing TNG's immediate predecessor. In the episode they mostly shoot the back wall and imply the consoles make a huge circle, but here you can see the set's real dimensions and the weirdness of the classic movie helm/nav console in front of the TNG con/ops panels. I love it.

You know how much I love the Kelvin movies, so seeing this was amazing. For some reason the consoles don't have their screens lit (hopefully this'll be fixed soon), but you can see the saucer under the window and it's shiny and amazing.

The last thing I expected was the U.S.S. Titan-A/Enterprise-G bridge, but it's here. And the lights are on.

Other bridges available to explore which I'm out of pictures to show: The Enterprise-D (of course), Enterprise XCV-330 (the ringship, based on concept art for the unmade non-Trek series "Starship"), the Planet of the Titans U.S.S. Enterprise (again, based on concept art for a cool multi-levelled set) and the "launch" U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701 (based on the very first piece of TOS bridge set concept art), the Enterprise-E, the Enterprise-F (seen on viewscreen for all of 2 minutes in Picard) and the U.S.S. Voyager NCC-74656!

Take a bow lads, you've done good. Now just add VR support!

That link again.

[ape-apocalypse]

Road To The Kingdom - My Planet Of The Apes Retrospective

With the hype for Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes on the rise, I decided to do a bit of a deep dive into the trilogy of reboot movies starring the incredible Andy Serkis and the various tie-in titles.

Why ramble on about a series that most people seem to overlook? Well, I think back to an interaction I had here on Tumblr in 2017, just one week before War For The Planet Of The Apes came out. While scrolling through the POTA tags, I found a post that wondered if anyone was actually excited for the new film or if the studio hadn't gotten the message and was making it for an audience that didn't exist. I responded that I was genuinely excited for the new film, that I loved the motion capture apes and the action scenes and the surprisingly engaging story, and would be seeing it opening weekend. The other person seemed surprised by my honest answer and apologized for their snarkiness (a truly shocking turn of events in the history of the Internet!).

I explained that I'd gone into these films thinking of them like Jurassic World series; I wasn't there for a great story and deep writing, I just wanted to see dinosaurs destroy things. So when I went into the POTA films, just expecting to see fun action movies with monkey chaos and apocalyptic results, I was surprised that I was swept up in the characters and their stories. I loved seeing the life of Caesar from tiny carefree baby to resilient revolutionary to fearsome leader, and the lives of all the humans and apes around him. The other poster said they hadn't actually seen the movies, just expected them to be shallow cash-grabs on reboot nostalgia, but they might have to reconsider giving them a shot after my enthusiastic response.

So if I can sway the minds of anyone who has written off these films, more movie tickets sold might mean more films and other media told in this ape apocalypse world!

And even if you already know and love the films, I also want to give some love to tie-in materials. Books, comics, YouTube shorts, video games; POTA has a surprisingly large catalog of bonus material for a series not considered mainstream like Marvel or Lord Of The Rings or Star Trek. I don't see them get many mentions in the fandom so hope a little spotlight on them can help them shine. They have delicious tidbits of world-building and character backstory, filling in gaps between the movies. I already have my fingers crossed there will be some tie-in material covering some of the huge time jump between War and Kingdom. With three hundred years passing between them, there is so much to learn about the ever growing and changing ape societies. I'm eager for any scrap of info they'll share!

But really, even if nothing I write changes anyone's mind about this franchise, it's still fun to gush about one of my favorite fictional universes.

My brief history with POTA was that I didn't know much about the original films before going into the new Andy Serkis trilogy. I'd heard enough about the original film to know the main beats of the first movie (quotes like 'damn dirty ape', the reveal of the planet being Earth with the Statue of Liberty). I saw the Tim Burton film which didn't leave any kind of impression other than the incredibly realistic costumes/make-up, so much so that I was apprehensive of the CG apes. Since getting into the new films, I've started watching the originals and may cover those just for fun.

So whether you're a long-time die hard fan or a fresh face to Caesar's legacy, I hope you'll enjoy my thoughts on the Planet of the Apes franchise!

Links to all my posts as they are released:

- Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes Film

- Prelude and Contagion Comics

- Motherboard YouTube Shorts

- Firestorm Tie-In Novel

- Fall Of Man Comics

- Dawn Tie-In Comic

- Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes Film

- Revelations Tie-In Novel

- Last Frontier Video Game

- Crisis Video Game

- When Worlds Collide Comics

- War For The Planet Of The Apes Film

- War Tie-In Comic

- Caesar's Story Novel

[pinesource]

Following last night's news that Ryan Gosling is set to star in Shawn Levy's untitled Star Wars movie, it seems Lucasfilm may be looking to cast another A-lister for a project we never expected to see the light of day.

Though nothing has been officially confirmed, a recent report claimed that the Rogue Squadron movie we first heard about over four years ago is once again in active development.

It was assumed that Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins' feature was well and truly dead in the water at this stage, but the project is now believed to be moving forward, and the studio may have found its lead.

According to scooper MTTSH, Chris Pine is being eyed to star (whether this means he's actually in talks or simply on Disney's radar is not clear).

Pine played Captain James T. Kirk in Paramount's rebooted Star Trek trilogy, and was reportedly all set to return for a fourth film before the decision was made to take the franchise in a different direction with an all-new cast. It's entirely possible that the actor simply got tired of waiting and left the Final Frontier behind to explore the Galaxy Far, Far Away.

The actor also appeared as Steve Trevor in Wonder Woman and its sequel, Wonder Woman 1984.

Jenkins reportedly parted ways with the movie to focus on directing the now defunct Wonder Woman 3 amid rumored creative differences with Kathleen Kennedy, and it was officially taken off Lucasfilm's release schedule back in 2022.

[twinkboimler]

after posting a fic late last night I realized it was my 25th star trek fic so! I just want to highlight my personal favorites that I've written!

An Endless Stream of Tomorrows: TOS movies-era spirk. After the events of The Voyage Home, Jim and Spock are back on Earth in Jim's apartment and Jim is overcome with the need to immediately propose. what remains unsaid: TOS-TOS movies-era. Five times Jim thought he should leave a note or write a letter and the one time he finally did regarding Carol Marcus and David. Takes place across the years as Jim finds out about David and considers reaching out. I'm just a sucker for this one LOL intuition: AOS spirk. While delivering supplies to a mining colony, Jim gets hurt and Spock has to save him. Good ol' Vulcan touch telepathy to force them to confess their feelings. Under the Surface: AOS spirk. Multi-chapter. Kinda a character study that somehow hit 30k in length. I really tried to get into Jim's head with this one. This fic is so near and dear to my heart. shore leave at yosemite, take two: TOS movies-era mcspirk. Expands the final scene in The Final Frontier when the three of them are all camping together. Literally just three elderly men confessing their feelings before going at it. What I've Been Meaning To Say: AOS spones. Post-Star Trek: Beyond, the bridge crew all rent a beach house together for a week for some needed shore leave. Leonard shows up late and finds when they all go to bed that there has been a miscalculation in the number of rooms they needed. Bed sharing + feelings realization and confession.

Enjoy!

[t0ast-ghost]

Here’s my thoughts on Star Trek V: The Final Frontier

There’s swear words, star trek, and spoilers oh my!

Start it up:

- “The planet of galactic peace.” Somehow. I don’t believe that.

- This guy on his horse looks like death

- “Let us explore it together.” Come take my hand. Let us take ibuprofen together.

- It’s hard to dislike Sybok when he smiles like that so they have to add in a somewhat evil laugh

- Epic music is a go (Music by Jerry Goldsmith)

- “‘You’ll be able to relax’ you call this relaxing? I’m a nervous wreck. If I’m not careful I’ll end up talking to myself.” Kirk convinced him to come here and now he has to watch his idiot husband climb a rock

- Kirk knows Spock and McCoy are there to catch him when he falls but goddamnit if they aren’t both really tired of his shit

- No but seriously what is with science fiction and thinking ‘yeah there’s a race of cat people’ looking at you too doctor who

- Caithlin Dar is awesome already.. I don’t trust Talbot (edit: haha too bad they’re characters don’t really do anything anyway)

- Scotty narrating is my favourite actually

- UHURA IS AWESOME

- are Uhura and Scotty dating?

- “Admit it. We’re lost!” “All right, we’re lost. But we’re making good time.” Didn’t know I needed Sulu and Chekov to go hiking together but I do

- “Yes uh- yes, we’ve been caught in a blizzard.” *Chekov starts blowing into the microphone* god I love them. He just went with it!

- Bones ringing the triangle out of spite and love

- The husbands sitting down and eating beans. Why would they make star trek about literally anything else

- Coming back strong with the extra wh sound (it was in the last movie when McCoy said whales)

- The trivia panel is telling me that one of the goofs is Kirk calling Tennessee whiskey bourbon and it looks like something Spock would write

- McCoy laughing and talking about Spock’s Vulcan metabolism and Spock indulging by saying he’s also half human and McCoy responding with “well it certainly doesn’t show” to which he knows Spock’ll take as a compliment. Yes I do need old married mcspirk.

- “You know, you two could drive a man to drink.” Then Kirk with all the innocence and nonchalance in the world says, “me? What did I do?” “What did you do? You really piss me off, Jim.”

- McCoy is lecturing Kirk cause he can’t take anymore of his almost dying bullshit

- “I knew I wouldn’t die because the two of you were with me.” “I do not understand.” “I’ve always known I’ll die alone.” I’m about to cry because this is true. He dies in a distant future without either of them. Thinking about it they all somewhat die alone. Maybe Spock was there for McCoy but we never see his death. And Spock dies in an alternate past :(((

- “It’s a mystery to me what draws us together…Other people have families.” “Other people, Bones, not us.” They are each other’s family.

- SPOCK ROASTING A MARSHMALLOW (not sure why they call it a ‘marsh melon’)

- This is the silliest thing they could have possibly put in a movie (this is like a comfort fic but a movie and I am so here for it)

- “God, I liked him better before he died.” McCoy is getting nasty and Kirk is now like ‘well time to sleep’

- “Life is not a dream.” “Go to sleep, Spock.”

- Why is the head Klingons outfit so cunty. Why’re the Klingons so silly?

- They caught Spock in his jammies

- “Well gentlemen, it seems shore leave has been cancelled.” They can’t go on ONE DATE

- Why’re they huddled together on the ship like that?

- “‘All I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by.’” “Melville.” “John Masefield.” “Are you sure about that?” “I am well versed in the classics, Doctor.” “Then how come you don’t know Row, Row, Row Your Boat?” Spock makes the most frowny and tired face imaginable. I think McCoy was justified in biting back there cause imagine you wake up, get in a shuttle, and then get corrected. All I’m saying is Spock was being a bit of a know it all (wouldn’t have him any other way)

- “*laughs* I don’t think I’ve ever seen him happier.” McCoy is so jolly in this one

- The yeoman with Kirk’s jacket is played by Shatner’s daughter

- HE ACTUALLY HAS A SHIRT THAT SAYS ‘go climb a rock.’ omg

- That fucking outfit oh my goodness

- “What’s the matter, Jim?” “I miss my old chair.” And then it switches to Spock who’s going :[

- Love how the Klingons all know who Kirk is. Like he’s THAT important

- Aww Kirk can’t write his diary :((

- Their silhouettes are so cute (34:06) (also they look like how aliens coming out of a spaceship look, I just think that’s neat)

- McCoy has to turn on the lights like, ‘stop sulking in the damn dark.’

- “Imagine that, a passionate Vulcan.” What McCoy? You want Spock to be more passionate?

- “This is Captain Pavel Chekov speaking.” He’s so silly for that. But also it’s probably best he doesn’t say ‘acting captain’ as that would arouse suspicion cause as everyone knows the captain is always the first to go on dangerous away missions

- What’s going on? Why is Uhura dancing ? What.

- What. Was. That. Scene. Why.

- “Spock.” “Yes, captain?” “Be one with the horse.” “Yes, captain.” Oookay

- “Hold your horse, captain.” Good one.

- Spock just. He just nerve pinched that horse.

- Spock does not know how to deal with seeing his estranged brother again (yeah I was spoiled) so, “you are under arrest for seventeen violations of the neutral zone treaty.” Is what he went with

- Sybok complimented and then winked at Kirk HE IS TAKEN

- “We’re going to forego the tractor beam and fly her in manually.” “Manually?” “How often have you done this?” “Actually it’s my first attempt.” Personally wouldn’t trust anyone else to attempt that other than Sulu. He is THAT bitch (/pos)

- EXPLOSION!!!!! CRASHHHH

- whooo space stuff! Sorry the photon torpedo just missing as the enterprise went into warp was cool

- Spock’s got a gun!

- McCoy comes out of the ship and is so confused and looks to Spock and Kirk

- Ohhh no. Sybok is gonna do his thingy magic thing to Sulu and Uhura with Scotty watching ‘em from above

- “What you have done is betray every man on this ship.” “Worse. I have betrayed you. I do not expect you to forgive me.” “Forgive you? I ought to knock you on your goddamn ass.” “If you think it would help.” “You want me to hold him, Jim?” “You stay out of this. Why, Spock? Why?” Lots to think about in this dialogue. But I think McCoy offering to hold Spock is him going ‘Jim you’re overreacting can’t you see he’s already remorseful?’ I could be misreading but if you understand it as the idea of McCoy holding him down is so redundant because Spock is strong enough to get out of his grasp easily but probably wouldn’t resist in this moment then it’s just like aughhhhhh

- Also Kirk asking Spock to shoot someone is bad enough. But the fact that it was his brother…

- Kirk is in disbelief. He didn’t know his own husband has a brother (half brother technically. Same Spock same.)

- “Stop it, Jim! Spock could no more kill his own brother than he could kill you. If you want to punish him for what he’s done, why don’t you throw him in the brig? Besides, we’ve got bigger problems to deal with.” Bones not only defending Spock, but also getting them back on track

- Apparently both Gene Roddenberry and William Shatner didn’t like that Sybok was Spock’s brother. Roddenberry didn’t think that Sarek would have a child with another woman (I kinda agree but also Pon Farr would’ve made him become engaged to a Vulcan before he met Amanda, so it’s not completely unthinkable). And Shatner didn’t like it cause it was too much like ‘a soap opera plot line’ but they went with it so that Spock’s actions made sense with the way he acted towards Sybok. I personally like that Spock has siblings he never told anyone about. It’s funny.

- lmao this time Kirk gets to stand on top of Spock to reach something (See patterns of force)

- Spock talking about himself in the third person because he doesn’t want to admit that he couldn’t get out of the brig

- “The bond between these three is strong, difficult to penetrate. This will be quite a challenge.” IT’S CAUSE THEY’RE MARRIED

- It’s funny that- canonically - Sybok can sense a really strong bond between them

- Kirk and McCoy’s ass I mean- oh look it’s Spock. With rocket boots!

- Spock holding onto Kirk and McCoy for their dear lives

- “I believe I overshot the mark by one level.” “Nobody’s perfect.” McCoy keeps saying this to Spock and I think it’s healing. Also flirting.

- They’re lit really nicely

- McCoy is NOT having this “Sounds like brainwashing to me.” You’re so right, back OFF Sybok

- (drawable moment 1:08:17)

- “Your pain is the deepest of all. I can feel it. Can’t you?” OH WAIT WE GET TO SEE MCCOYS PAIN WHAT

- I have no words for this scene. Holy Shit.

- Forced therapy

- Oh they all get to see each others pain cause they’re connected

- Spock gets to see his own birth… why. What.

- young Sarek 😧😳😳😳

- “So human.” YOU FUCKED THE HUMAN SAREK. God he’s such a bitch.

- SPOCK FOR THE WIN!! He’s not leaving

- MCCOYS STAYING WITH HIS HUSBANDS!!! YEAH LETS GOOO! (Personally I don’t think McCoy would go with Sybok at all, but I wasn’t sure what the writers were gonna do and I was scared they would make him leave)

- I know we’ve moved on from this but maybe Sarek saying that Spock was human was like saying ‘he’s got your eyes’ like comparing Spock to Amanda in appreciation. We’ll never know but it’s still a bitchass thing to say.

- Kirk has a plaque with ‘To boldly go where no man has gone before’ what a nerd

- They’re really hot in their uniforms

- hi god

- Kirk wants to ID god. Fair enough.

- There’s McCoy in the corner. Losing his religion

- “I doubt a God who inflicts pain for his own pleasure.” YEAH McCoy’s not standing for this shit

- Oh so Sybok wasn’t the enemy. Yeah that’s a good ending for his character. Saying bye to sock and asking for forgiveness

- “Beam up Spock and Dr. McCoy now.” “Now, just a damn minute-” Kirk said that so fast so that his husbands couldn’t argue with him

- “I am a foolish old man.” “Damn you, sir. You will try.” Spock ain’t fucking around. Also he picked up a couple of words from McCoy

- “I thought I was going to die.” “Not possible, you were never alone.” Throw me out an airlock I need some air

- SORRY the immediate moment after that was SO MUCH WORSE “Please, captain. Not in front of the Klingons.” THEY WERE ABOUT TO MAKE OUT SLOPPY

- “Cosmic thoughts, gentlemen?” “We were speculating. Is god really out there?” They were having a nice quiet conversation and it’s a shame they didn’t show it :(

- KIRK TALKING ABOUT SAM??? Oh no he was implying it was Spock

- this ending- I’m not okay.

Unfortunately I really enjoyed this one. William Shatner made a movie that was so shippy and was oblivious to it the entire time.

I know it took a really long time for me to post this one because I wanted to watch undiscovered country first, I haven’t watched it yet but I felt I needed to finally edit and post this one. I hope you enjoyed my silly little thoughts.

Star trekking across the universe. Get that stuck in your head.

Masterpost

[affixjoy]

I watched Star Trek V: The Final Frontier tonight. Pretty weird movie, huh?

I knew a little of what to expect and there were parts I liked a lot! But tonally it was weird. My husband said “the last one was a delight but this was just old men farting around” which… yeah. And there’s fun parts of that and parts that are just kind of weird or boring.

Here are some thoughts:

💫 Sybok is interesting! I don’t have a ton to say here, but secret brother who rejected logic is a fun addition to Spock’s family tree.

I do think Kirk needs to demand a full, annotated family tree from his husband at this point.

💫 Not in front of the Klingons?? While he’s gently holding his shoulders the same way he does every woman he kisses in TOS??? I know I’m not the first to lose my mind at this. Iconic, delightful, I love it.

💫 Who doesn’t love Bones in this one? His cute little camping outfit, his heartbreaking scene with his father, the way he steps in when Kirk is mad at Spock. I don’t know guys, I just love the cranky old bastard.

💫 Cuddle time! I was pretty delighted by this scene, I thought it was well executed! It was funny and cute and made for all of us who like McSpirk. Honestly, a lot of the movie was made for McSpirk stuff and those were the parts I liked most haha

💫 These two are cute af and I now understand everyone who ships them. They’re very sweet together and I love how close they clearly are, regardless of shipping.

💫 Speaking of ships, these two on their own little shore leave date is also cute af. I bet Chekov had a million ways the camping is better in Russia.

💫 I don’t know, the stuff with fake god had like an interesting kernel of an idea, but the way it played out didn’t really work for me. I’ll be interested in reading more about what other people think of it.

💫 I did like the scene where Kirk refuses to give up his pain. It felt very Kirk and very Trek to me. The way pain aids is in being ourselves, being human. It’s an interesting concept and I wish they had explored it a little more.

Overall this one didn’t really work for me. I’m glad I watched it but I don’t see myself rewatching it any time soon.

My current ranking of the movies I’ve watched:

Wrath of Khan and Voyage Home tied for first

Search for Spock

Star Trek (2009)

And then I think tied for last is The Motion Picture and Final Frontier.

[nerds-yearbook]

After Leonard Nimoy directed Star Trek III & IV, William Shatner directed Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, which was released on June 9, 1989. Financial constraints, failed special effects, and studio forced edits hampered Shatner's original vision. Despite some early positive reviews, the movie was quickly panned and was the first Star Trek film to be nominated for a Golden Raspberry for Worst Picture, which it also won. It was also released during very competive movie season with blockbusters Batman (June 23), Indian Jones and the Last Crusade (May 24), Licence to Kill (July 14), Lethal Weapon 2 (July 7), and Ghost Busters II (June 16) battling it out in the theaters. ("Star Trek V: The Final Frontier", Flm, Event)

[quasi-normalcy]

Most overrated episode by Trek series:

TOS: "The Enterprise Incident"

TAS: I guess "Yesteryear" takes this one by default just because it's literally the only episode that people actually talk about.

TNG: "The First Duty"

DS9: "The Way of the Warrior"

VOY: "Dark Frontier"

ENT: "Borderland" / "Cold Station 12" / "The Augments"

DIS: "What's Past Is Prologue"

PIC: "The Last Generation"

LWD: "Cupid's Errant Arrow"

PRO: "Kobayashi"

SNW: "Charades"

Movies: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

[familyparadox]

No one else has ever gotten into Star Trek the way I did. When I was younger we had two Star Trek DVD’s and I would often watch them these two DVD’s where “the Final Frontier” and “insurrection” for years these to movies where all of Star Trek that their was. Latter I caught Tv showing of the Motion Picture and the first half of Wrath of Kahn. I finally watched Star Trek beyond when it came out in cinema only to immediately follow it up with a Next Generation season 1 dvd. Latter I did watch all the other movies and have watched all of Star Trek with the exception of the last season of disco. But Final Frontier is not a place I would recommend anyone starts.

[inmediaslex]

Star Trek Section 31 is humiliating to the name of Star Trek.

From minute 10 to the finale every scene laughs in the face of what Star Trek should be. I used to have to debate about the worst Star Trek film, but now… I’ll have an answer at last.

I cannot believe they made a movie more insulting than Insurrection.

More incoherently stupid than The Final Frontier.

More antithetical to Trek than Nemesis.

This movie oscillates between boring exposition and incomprehensible action in a way that can only be described as “Suicide Squad.” And neither of them are even remotely watchable. Instead of being watchable this movie aims for “rushed” and “idiotic” and “worthless.” It tries to pack an entire TV series into an hour and a half.

Once upon a time I spent my birthday, January 24th, in the hospital as Dad got emergency surgery for colon cancer. That is the only reason that this movie isn’t the worst birthday present I’ve ever received.

If this is how Star Trek movies will be going forward I’d rather another one never be made again. I can see why this was conceptualized. What I cannot understand is why it was completed. Imagine if this money was spent on a sixth season of Lower Decks. We’d be slightly further on the path to utopia.

Yaknow what is one of the core things of Trek? The characters have to think through their problems on screen. These dipshits haven’t had to engage a single brain cell for an hour and a half. Instead they have things explained to them and trip over answers because we don’t have time for anything but the absolute minimum dialogue required to get us to the next action scene.

If Jesus died for the sins of this film he died in vain.

I’m gonna go do another shot and read Godzilla comics.

There’s a comic that came out where he fights the Great Gatsby.

Go find that.

You’ve got a better life to live than the one with Section 31 in it.

Gene Roddenberry would torch these people alive.

[kosmos2999]

The Last Starfighter: 40 Years Later

“GREETINGS STARFIGHTER! YOU HAVE BEEN RECRUITED BY THE STAR LEAGUE TO DEFEND THE FRONTIER AGAINST XUR AND THE KO-DAN ARMADA.”

With those two sentences that came right from the speaker of the cabinet of the – fictional -- arcade game Starfighter, an incredible adventure will began for Alex Rogan!

A young man living in a trailer park, Rogan has great expectations but his chances of success are against all odds. Just when his dream of a higher education was shattered, he received a chance of a lifetime. The Starfighter game was also a test to find those with “the gift” to be real starfighters by breaking the record on it.

And as the poet said, the rest is history...

"Welcome to Rylos, my boy!"

In 1971, the first arcade videogame was released, Computer Space. A decade later, arcade videogames became a pop culture phenomenon.

They were in every place, not only in bars, game rooms, bowling allies and amusement parks. They were also supermarkets, theatre lobbies and also in odd places like laundromats and funeral homes opened places for gamers eager to play them.

Arcade games became an icon of the 80s!

In that decade, a technological development was also creating a revolution in the communications industry, particullry the visual media, computer generated imagery, commonly known as CGI.

In 1982, Walt Disney Pictures released the first movie with an extensive use of CGIs, Tron. Two years later, the formely known a Metro Goldwyn Mayer, Lorimar Productions decided to take the CGIs out of this world with The Last Starfigther.

About the production:

While writer Jonathan R. Betuel was on his lunch break from his then regular job, he went to an arcade and got the first idea for The Last Starfighter. It was also heavily influenced by his reading of T. H. White's The Once and Future King. Hence, in the script, Grig tells Centauri about “the Excalibur trick.”

In the first draft, Alex Rogan was suppossed to live in a suburban area. It was changed in favor of a trailer park. Director Nick Castle made the change in favor of giving his film its own identity.

The Canyon Country, a neighborhood in Santa Clarita, California was used for the Starlite Starbrite Trailer Park setting.

With exception of the makeup and explosions, all the other special effects for the movie were computer graphics done by Digital Productions using the -- then powerful -- the Cray X-MP supercomputer.

27 of the 101 minutes of the film's running time were rendered by DP.

The Star Car was built by the famous car designer and builder, Gene Winfield. He also designed and built the Galileo 7 shuttlecraft for Star Trek: The Original Series.

About the legacy...

The Last Starfighter made 29 millon Dollars at the box office in North America, recovering its budget of 15 million Dollar but not quite a smash hit. Its producers consider it as “the most expensive B movie ever made.” It became a cult film, with an extensive following.

A musical adaptation was produced at the Storm Theatre Off-Off Broadway in New York City in October 2004. A recording of the performance was published in November 2005.

A novelization of the film was written by Alan Dean Foster. A comic book was published in issue 31 of Marvel Super Special by Marvel Comics. It was adapted to the format by writer Bill Mantlo and artists Bret Blevins and Tony Salmons. It was also available as a three-issue miniseries.

In the same year of its debut, producer of tabletop miniature war games, FASA, published three game based on the movie: Combat Game, Duel In Space and Tunnel Chase.

Videogame manufacturer, Atari Games, had plans to publish and arcade game and its conversions for their consoles and personal computer but neither of them saw the daylight as games from The Last Starfighter.

Only one console, the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), saw an adaptation but it was only a renaming of a game Uriduim. Originally released in the Commodore 64 personal computer.

About the main cast:

Lance Guest: A graduate from a major in Theatre at UCLA. Guest made his debut in the movies with a supporting role in the 1981 film, Halloween II. His roles of Alex Rogan and the Beta Unit in The Last Starfigther were the most notable of his career. He later appeared in films like the 1987, Jaws: The Revenge, but later he becomes more involved in on ad off-Broadway theatrical productions.

Catherine Mary Stewart: She attended the Strathcona Composite High School in Canada and later moved to London to study dance and general performing arts. Stewart made her film debut in the musical science fiction cult movie, The Apple in 1980. Stewart was a well established actress on television before she landed for the role of Maggie Gordon on the feature film.

She had a vast career on both TV and film until mid-90s, when she made a brief retirement to raise her family. Later she returned to the show business as actress and director.

Robert Preston: He was a very acomplished stage and film actor. In 1957, the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his performance in the stage play, The Music Man. His character in The Last Starfigther, Centauri, was modeled after his characterization of Professor Harold Hill. The one that made him worth of the award. He also won a nomination for the Academy Award for his performance in th 1982 film, Victor/Victoria. His role of Centauri in 1984 was his last appearance in a motion picture. He passed away in 1987 of a lung cancer.

Dan O'Herlihy: Although he was graduated in 1944 from a Degree in Architecture at University College Dublin, O'Herlihy pursuit a career in acting. He was successful on radio, TV and film. He won a nomiation for an Academy Award in 1954 for his performance in the lead character in the movie, Robinson Crusoe. Before his role of Grig at The Last Starfighter, he made a guest-appearance in the science fiction epic, Battlestar Galactica in the second part of the episode Gun on Ice Planet Zero as Dr. Ravishol. Another important appearances in sci-fi feature films for O'Herlihy were as The Old Man in Robocop (1988) and Robocop II (1990). His last performance in film was in the 1988 film The Rat Pack as Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. O'Herlihy passed away in 2005 due to natural cause.

Norman Snow: Graduated from a Bachellor of Fine Arts at Juilliard School, Snow was recognized by his fellows as an accomplished character actor. Most of his acting career was done on TV. One of his most reknowed performances on the small screen was in an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation episode from season six, Rightful Heir, as a Klingon named Torin. On the big screen, his career was very sporadic. One of the most important moments was when he was cast for the role of the main villain in The Last Starfighter, Xur. Norman Snow passed away in November of 2022.

There is a cameo appearence by actor Wil Wheaton during the first minutes of the film.

About the (part of) production staff:

Nick Castle: Film director, and also he has been screenwriter and actor in many other projects. Many of them with his friend and classmate of University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts, John Carpenter. The Last Starfighter was his second directional project. Castle's first film was Tag: Assassination Game in 1982.

Jonathan Betuel: Writer whose first novel, The Dogfighter was published whe he was 21. Betuel began to develop interest in screenplays while he was in NYU Film School. Then, decided to pursue a career in screenwriting.

Craig Safan: Composer for film and television. Since his early years, he developed an interest in and learned to play music. Graduated from Brandelis University from a major in Fine Arts. He won many ASCAP awards for his compositions. In addition to the music for The Last Starfighter, Safan wrote scores for many major movies such as Stand and Deliver, Major Payne, Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins, and music for the TV series, Cheers.

Ron Cobb: Film conceptual designer, and also Cobb was writer and cartoonist. Started his career working as an inbetweener/breakdown artist on the classic Walt Disney Pictures animated feature film, Sleeping Beauty. During his service with the U.S. Army, Cobb became a political cartoonist. His first job in a film was the design of a starship for John Carpenter's Dark Star. Eventually, Ron Cobb worked on the conceptual designs for films like Star Wars, Alien, Back to the Future, Aliens, The Abyss, Space Truckers, Titan A.E. among others. Cobb passed away on September 21, 2020.

40 years later...

I had the chance of watching The Last Starfigther when it made its debut in a double feature with Sixteen Candles. Not a contender to dethrone the Star Wars movie franchise. But indeed, it was more a motivational film for me.

It showed me that sometimes extraordinary things can happen to ordinary people, like me. When you came from places like a trailer park, or a public housing complex, you do not expect something wonderful to happen, but chances are.

Just listen to the words of advice from Otis – character played by actor Vernon Washington:

“Things change. Always do. You'll get your chance! Important thing is, when it comes, you gotta grab it with both hands and hold on tight!”

Enjoy the movie...

The Last Starfighter (1984 film)

Main cast:

Lance Guest as Alex Rogan

Dan O'Herlihy as Grig

Robert Preston as Centauri

Catherine Mary Stewart as Maggie Gordon

Production staff:

Directed by: Nick Castle

Written by: Jonathan R. Betuel

Produced by: Gary Adelson and Edward O. Denault

Cinematography by: King Baggot

Edited by: Carroll Timothy O' Meara

Music by: Craig Safan

Production company: Lorimar Productions

Distributed by: Universal Pictures

YouTube channel: Betelgeuse1209

[risian-slut]

Okay I think I've officially succumbed to TOS brainrot over the last couple of years because I've been rewatching all of the classic Star Trek movies and now I'm really starting to like the "bad" ones. Well, I'm admittedly not a huge fan of The Motion Picture, but The Search for Spock and The Final Frontier are peak Trek to me now and I think it's entirely due to how much I've fallen in love with the original crew. Even looking back on the Original Series itself, there's a lot of episodes I would normally like nothing about if it weren't for the dynamics and banter of Kirk, Spock, McCoy, and the rest. I'd sit through just about anything for these old men and woman.

[peanutbutterandbananasandwichs]

whats ur ranking of the og star trek movies

I feel like this is gonna be a pretty uncontroversial ranking lol because there absolutely is a Correct answer to (most of) this, if I were ranking TNG era movies things might get slightly spicier lmao). 1) ST II: Wrath of Khan - you just can't beat it, gold standard Trek movie. "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few." "Or the one." yes thank you eating it with a spoon.

2) ST IV: The Voyage Home - Lowkey, highkey my fave to rewatch its just GOOFY, and fun, and a DELIGHT! (All things a lot of modern Trek - except LD godbless - tends to forget are KEY components of Star Trek. I'm also just a sucker for any time Trek does the "timetravel to the present in which the show/movie was made" thing, also a big fan of when Voyager did this in Future's End, always assures for good high-jinx.

3) ST VI: The Undiscovered Country - It doesn't get the attention it deserves, even ST V gets talked about more (for all the wrong reasons lol), but it really is great, honestly almost as good as Khan, its just not as fun as Voyage Home hense third place. Also Captain Sulu my beloved.

4) ST III: The Search for Spock: LOOOK its is NOT a good film, but the Kirk/Spock fodder is delicious, and the aesthetics of the film are so hugely influential on the franchise going forward I've gotta give it its dues. Also it does have Robin Curtis' Saavik <3

5) The Motion Picture: Its not a good MOVIE, it is in my opinion good Trek, the slower pace, the focus on the voyage, on discovery and self-discovery. But its not particularly fun to watch stretched out to the runtime of a film. BUT we do owe it, without TMP we absolutely would not have the Trek we have today (which of course is mostly down to the fans <3).

6) ST V: The Final Frontier: DEFINETLY not controversial to put this one last lmao. An absolute MESS of a film, godbless, who thought giving Shatner this much power was ever a good idea. However I will give it one thing in that it did gift us with the most unhinged Shatner interview of all time, which lead us to the glory that is Shatner of the Mount. Also the "Go Climb a Rock" shirt is iconic (also I literally have a Kirk/Spock drag act that uses Shatner of the Mount and a version of the go climb a rock shirt altered to say "Go Climb a Spock" so I owe it my life really.) Thaaankkk you for the ask this was FUN.

[hustledimension]

The Filmmakers of The Road to El Dorado

From here

DON PAUL (Director) most recently served as co-head of the visual effects department for DreamWorks’ first traditionally animated feature, "The Prince of Egypt."

He was previously head of effects for Walt Disney Feature Animation, where he worked on such hits as "The Little Mermaid," "Aladdin," which earned a BAFTA nomination for Best Visual Effects, and "Pocahontas."

Paul began his career right out of college when he was accepted into Disney’s training program. His earliest credits at Walt Disney Feature Animation include "The Fox and the Hound" and "The Great Mouse Detective." He also worked on such projects as "Who Framed Roger Rabbit," "An American Tail," "The Land Before Time" and "Amazing Stories."

Eric "Bibo" Bergeron (Director) previously worked as an animation supervisor on such films as "The Adventures of Pinocchio" and "The Goofy Movie." He worked at Amblimation in London, where he served as an animation supervisor on the features "An American Tail: Fievel Goes West" and "We’re Back! A Dinosaur’s Story." In addition, Bergeron founded his own animation studio, Bibo Films, in 1993, which is located in his native France.

Hailing from Paris, Bergeron studied art at the Ecole de la rue Madame. He graduated from the animation school CFT- Gobelins in Paris, where he later taught classes. He went on to serve as a director and animator on various commercials at several different studios in Paris. He also worked in London at Passion Pictures and ULI Meyer studios as a commercial animator. While at ULI Meyer, Bergeron animated a sequence from "FernGully: The Last Rainforest."

Bonne Radford (Producer) became one of the first employees at DreamWorks when it was founded in 1994. She served as Head of Feature Animation until 1996.

Prior to joining DreamWorks, Radford worked for Amblin Entertainment, beginning as a controller and subsequently being promoted to vice president of finance and production. She became head of animation at Amblin in 1990, overseeing the animation studio Amblimation in London.

During her tenure at Amblin, she worked on such hit films as, "E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial," "Back to the Future I, II, and III," "Who Framed Roger Rabbit," "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom," "The Color Purple," "Empire of the Sun," "An American Tail: Fievel Goes West" and "The Land Before Time." She made her producing debut as an executive producer on the animated film "Balto."

BROOKE BRETON (Producer) was instrumental in launching Jim Cameron’s effects house Digital Domain, where she held the post of senior vice president of production for several years. During her tenure, Digital Domain created the visual effects for such blockbusters as "True Lies," "Interview With the Vampire" and "Apollo 13." They also created the effects for the "Terminator 2 - 3D Attraction," which is currently featured at Universal Studios Hollywood.

Prior to joining Digital Domain, Breton served as the associate producer on three Star Trek features: "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home," "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier" and "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country." She also produced the visual effects for Warren Beatty’s "Dick Tracy."

A 20-year Hollywood veteran, Breton began her career at Paramount Television, where she worked on such shows as "Happy Days," "Laverne & Shirley," "Angie" and "Call to Glory." Years later, she returned to television to serve as supervisor of post production on the first season of the popular series "Star Trek: The Next Generation."

JEFFREY KATZENBERG (Executive Producer) is a principal partner in DreamWorks SKG, a multi-faceted entertainment company, which he co-founded with Steven Spielberg and David Geffen in October 1994.

He previously served as the executive producer of DreamWorks animated epic "The Prince of Egypt," which grossed over 225 million dollars worldwide, and won an Oscar for Best Original Song ("When You Believe"). The film more recently enjoyed a hugely successful release on video and DVD.

BILL DAMASCHKE (Co-Executive Producer) is executive in charge of production at DreamWorks Animation, overseeing day-to-day operations for all feature animation projects.

He began his animation career working on the feature "Pocahontas." Coming to DreamWorks, he served as production manager on "The Prince of Egypt."

A graduate of Illinois Wesleyan University, Damaschke has a BFA in Music and Theatre.

TED ELLIOTT & TERRY ROSSIO (Screenwriters) previously co-wrote the Oscar-winning animated musical "Aladdin," starring the voice of Robin Williams, which became the top-grossing film released in 1992. They more recently scripted Martin Campbell’s action adventure hit "The Mask of Zorro," starring Antonio Banderas and Anthony Hopkins.

Elliott and Rossio’s earlier live-action credits include "Small Soldiers," Roland Emmerich’s "Godzilla," on which they shared story credit, "Little Monsters," starring Fred Savage, and "The Puppet Masters," starring Donald Sutherland.

In 1996, Elliott and Rossio became the first writers signed to an overall deal at DreamWorks SKG. They are currently working on DreamWorks’ upcoming computer animated feature "Shrek," based upon the children’s book by William Steig, and starring the voices of Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz and John Lithgow.

ELTON JOHN (Songs) has been a creative force in the music industry for over three decades. In addition to his status as a legendary recording artist, he was honored with an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song for "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" from "The Lion King," shared with lyricist Tim Rice. In addition, John and Rice co-wrote the Oscar-nominated songs "Circle of Life" and "Hakuna Matata" for "The Lion King," which still reigns as the top-grossing animated feature and generated the top-selling album of the year.

Today, the songs from "The Lion King" are delighting Broadway and London audiences in the award-winning stage production of the musical. John and Rice have since teamed again on the Broadway-bound musical "Aida," based on the Verdi opera.

John began his domination of the music scene at the beginning of the 1970s, when his songwriting partnership with lyricist Bernie Taupin resulted in a succession of gold and platinum albums and number one singles. In 1971, he became the first artist since the Beatles to have four albums in the American Top 10 simultaneously. Honky Chateau, released in July 1972, began a string of seven consecutive number one albums.

His long list of successful album titles also includes Elton John, Tumbleweed Connection, Madman Across the Water, Don’t Shoot Me I’m Only the Piano Player, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, A Single Man, Victim of Love, The Fox, Jump Up!, Too Low for Zero, Breaking Hearts, Ice on Fire, Leather Jackets, Reg Strikes Back, The One, Duets, and The Big Picture. John’s extensive catalogue of hit songs includes "Your Song," "Daniel," "Bennie and the Jets," "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road," "Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me," "Candle in the Wind," "Philadelphia Freedom," "Rocket Man," "Someone Saved My Life Tonight," "On and On," "I Don’t Want to Go On With You Like That," "The One," "Something About the Way You Look Tonight" and many more.

In addition to his Oscar, John’s numerous honors include Grammys and American Music Awards. In 1994, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and, in 1998, he was knighted by H.M. Queen Elizabeth II. He was presented with a Grammy Legend Award at this year’s Grammys.

TIM RICE (Songs) is one of the music industry’s most renowned lyricists and a triple Oscar winner in the category of Best Original Song. He won his first Academy Award and a Golden Globe for the song "A Whole New World," written with Alan Menken, from the animated hit "Aladdin." He took home his second Oscar and Golden Globe, shared with Elton John, for "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" from the blockbuster "The Lion King," in addition to earning Oscar nominations for "Circle of Life" and "Hakuna Matata" from the same film. He won his most recent Oscar for "You Must Love Me," from the film version of "Evita," which he co-wrote with Andrew Lloyd Webber.

Rice has also enjoyed success on the stages of Broadway and London’s West End, and in theatres worldwide. His partnership with Andrew Lloyd Webber resulted in the musical hits "Evita," "Jesus Christ Superstar" and "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat." He also worked with Alan Menken on six new songs for the stage production of "Beauty and the Beast." Rice and Elton John again collaborated on the hugely successful Broadway production of "The Lion King," which won the Tony Award for Best Musical and recently opened in London. He and John more recently teamed on the musical "Aida," based on Verdi’s opera, which is about to open on Broadway.

Rice’s other notable stage musicals include "Blondel," with music by Stephen Oliver, and "Chess," with music by Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson from the group ABBA. The latter spawned an internationally successful album that featured the hit songs "One Night in Bangkok" and "I Know Him So Well." In addition, Rice has collaborated with such notable composers as Marvin Hamlisch, John Barry, Paul McCartney, Burt Bacharach and the late Freddie Mercury on songs not written for the stage.

In 1994, Rice was knighted by H.M. Queen Elizabeth II.

HANS ZIMMER (Composer) earned dual Oscar nominations last year for his score for the animated musical "The Prince of Egypt" and Terrence Malick’s World War II drama "The Thin Red Line." In 1994, he won both the Academy Award and Golden Globe for his score for the blockbuster "The Lion King," which marked his first collaboration with Elton John and Tim Rice. The highest-grossing animated film to date, "The Lion King" also spawned one of the most successful soundtrack albums ever, which sold more than 12 million copies worldwide. The composer has also been honored with Oscar nominations for "As Good as it Gets," "Rain Man" and "The Preacher’s Wife."

Currently, his music for "The Lion King" is again drawing applause in the award-winning Broadway production of the musical. The show earned the 1998 Tony Award for Best Musical, as well as the Grammy Award for the Best Original Cast Album.

Over the last 15 years, Zimmer has composed music for over 60 feature films, as well as television projects. His credits include "The Peacemaker," "The Rock," "Broken Arrow," "Nine Months," "Crimson Tide," for which he won a Grammy, "Beyond Rangoon," "Cool Runnings," "A League of Their Own," "Black Rain," "Thelma & Louise," "Backdraft," "Green Card," "True Romance," "Days of Thunder," "Driving Miss Daisy" and "My Beautiful Launderette," to name only a portion. He is currently scoring DreamWorks’ upcoming epic drama "Gladiator," for director Ridley Scott, and "Mission: Impossible 2," directed by John Woo.

In addition to his composing work, Zimmer heads DreamWorks’ film music division. His appointment marks the first time that a composer has headed the music department of a major studio since the days of Dimitri Tiomkin at MGM and Alfred Newman at 20th Century Fox.

JOHN POWELL (Composer) created the score (with Harry Gregson-Williams) for DreamWorks’ computer animated hit "Antz," and more recently scored the comedy "Forces of Nature," starring Sandra Bullock and Ben Affleck. He made his film scoring debut with John Woo’s action thriller "Face/Off," starring John Travolta and Nicolas Cage. He also composed the score for the film "Endurance" about Olympic champion runner Haile Gebrselassie, which fused African, Arabic and Western music. Powell is currently re-teaming with Harry Gregson-Williams to score DreamWorks’ upcoming animated comedy "Chicken Run."

A native of England, Powell graduated from Trinity College of Music in London. In 1988, he landed a job composing music for commercials and television at London’s Air-Edel Music. There he also made his first foray into feature films, assisting Patrick Doyle on "Into the West," and working as an electronic music programmer for Hans Zimmer on "White Fang." He left Air-Edel in 1995 to co-found his own studio with fellow Trinity College alumnus Gavin Greenway, where they wrote music for over 100 commercials and independent films, as well as the opera "An Englishman, Irishman and Frenchman."

Moving to the United States, Powell scored the DreamWorks Television series "High Incident" and the pilot "For the People." In addition, he arranged songs written by Stephen Schwartz for DreamWorks’ animated epic drama "The Prince of Egypt."

RAYMOND ZIBACH (Art Director) previously worked as a background key and production painter on animated portions of the hit basketball comedy "Space Jam," which blended live action and animation. He also worked as a background key on such popular Nickelodeon cartoons as "Ren and Stimpy" and "Rocko’s Modern Life." His other credits include the television and direct-to-video projects "Darkwing Duck," "Aladdin and the King of Thieves," "Timon and Pumbaa" and "Shnookums and Meat."

Zibach is a graduate of the Otis/Parsons School in Los Angeles, where he majored in design and illustration. In addition to his work on the screen, he has lent his artistry to book illustrations for such titles as Around the World With Timon and Pumbaa, Aladdin’s Quest Series, The Lion King Series, Princess’ Collection and The Genie’s Tale.

Paul Lasaine (Art Director) previously worked as a background supervisor and visual development artist on DreamWorks’ "The Prince of Egypt."

Before coming to DreamWorks, Lasaine worked as a matte painting artist on a variety of live action films, including "Mortal Kombat," "The Santa Clause," "The Jungle Book," "The Pelican Brief" and "Dick Tracy."

Lasaine grew up in Encino, California, and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from California State University, Northridge.

WENDELL LUEBBE (Art Director) counts among his other art directing credits the animated films "A Goofy Movie" and the upcoming "Return to Neverland."

Luebbe holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Design from the University of Kansas. He also studied character animation at the California Institute of the Arts.

Christian Schellewald (Production Designer) previously served as a visual development artist on DreamWorks "The Prince of Egypt." He began his animation career at Amblimation in London, where he worked as a layout artist on "Balto."

Hailing from Essen, Germany, Schellewald studied graphic design at the University of Essen. He went on to work as a comic strip artist and freelance illustrator, before segueing into animation.

DAN PHILIPS (Digital Supervisor) joined DreamWorks Animation in 1995, and helped to establish the visual effects department for the division. He most recently served as co-visual effects supervisor on "The Prince of Egypt."

Philips began his career with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation working in graphic, set, and production design. He then worked for Omnibus Computer Graphics as creative director and art director. Segueing to freelance work, he worked on the visual design and art direction for film and video advertisements for Diet Pepsi, Digital Computers and Rubbermaid.

In 1990, Philips joined Walt Disney’s Feature Animation as the head of Computer Generated Imagery (CGI), where he worked on the animated hits "Beauty and the Beast," "Aladdin," "The Lion King" and "Pocahontas."

James Baxter (Senior Supervising Animator - Tulio) was an animator on the central character of Moses in DreamWorks’ "The Prince of Egypt." Presently, he is the supervising animator on the wild mustang Spirit, the main character in DreamWorks’ tentatively titled "Spirit," due out in 2001.

Baxter previously served as a supervising animator on such characters as Quasimodo in "The Hunchback of Notre Dame," Rafiki in "The Lion King," and Belle in "Beauty and the Beast." He also worked on such animated films as "The Rescuers Down Under" and "The Little Mermaid."

Born in England, Baxter attended West Surrey College of Art and Design. He began his career at Walt Disney Studios London as an in-between artist and animator on Jessica Rabbit and Roger for "Who Framed Roger Rabbit."

DAVID BREWSTER (Senior Supervising Animator – Miguel) recently served as the supervising animator on the pivotal role of Older Rameses in "The Prince of Egypt." He was previously an animator on "The Hunchback of Notre Dame," and a supervising animator on "FernGully: The Last Rainforest." His additional credits include "Rock-A-Doodle," "All Dogs Go to Heaven," "The Land Before Time," "The Grinch is Back" and "Rock and Rule," among others. Early in his career, he did several years of series work on such cartoons as "Scooby Doo" and "The Flintstones."

In addition, Brewster has worked on numerous commercials and special projects, including spots for Burger King, Nestle’s Quik, Alpha Bits, Shake & Bake, and Rice Krispies.

Rodolphe Guenoden (Supervising Animator – Chel) formerly served as the supervising animator on the character Tzipporah in "The Prince of Egypt."

Prior to joining DreamWorks, Guenoden worked at Amblimation as a supervising animator and story artist on "Balto." He was also a senior animator on "We’re Back! A Dinosaur’s Story" and an assistant animator on "An American Tail: Fievel Goes West."

Guenoden comes from France where he attended CFT - Gobelins in Paris.

KATHY ZIELINSKI (Supervising Animator – Tzekel-Kan) served as an animator on several character in "The Prince of Egypt." She is presently working as an animator on DreamWorks’ upcoming film, tentatively titled "Spirit."

Zielinski was previously the supervising animator on Frollo in "The Hunchback of Notre Dame," various incarnations of Jafar in "Aladdin," Hexxus in "FernGully: The Last Rainforest," and Frank, the frill-necked lizard in "The Rescuers Down Under." She also served as an animator on such projects as "Mickey’s Christmas Carol," "The Black Cauldron," "The Great Mouse Detective," "Oliver & Company" and "The Little Mermaid," and as a character designer on "Pocahontas."

FRANS VISCHER (Supervising Animator – The Chief) previously served as a directing animator on such features as "Cats Don’t Dance," "Bebe’s Kids" and "Rover Dangerfield." He also worked as an animator or storyboard artist on the features "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" and "The Goofy Movie."

In addition, he was an animator or storyboard artist on a variety of other projects, including the shorts "Tummy Trouble," "Michael and Mickey," "Back to Neverland," "The Duxorcist" and "Night of the Living Duck."

Kristof Serrand (Supervising Animator – Altivo and Cortes) was the supervising animator for older Moses and Pharaoh Seti in "The Prince of Egypt." He is currently working on DreamWorks’ tentatively titled "Spirit," due out in 2001.

Prior to joining DreamWorks, Serrand worked at Amblimation in London as a supervising animator for "Balto," "We’re Back! A Dinosaur’s Story," and "An American Tail: Fievel Goes West." Serrand also worked as an animator on such features as "The Big Fight," "Asterix in Britain" and "The Cesar’s Surprise."

A native of France, Serrand studied at CFT- Gobelins in Paris, where he later taught classes for five years. He also worked as an animator in the military service for the Army’s cinema department.

(note from me: spirit actually came out in 2002, but it looks like it was planned for 2001)