Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, The 250 is a weekly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users. New episodes are released Saturdays at 6pm GMT.
This week, William Shatner’s Star Trek V: The Final Frontier.
The planet Nimbus III was supposed to be “the Planet of Galactic Peace”, but it has descended into a wretched hive of scum and villainy. From the desert comes a stranger, a mysterious Vulcan named Sybok with an incredible gift for recruiting followers. Sybok has a divine mission. He plans to journey to the centre of the galaxy and speak to God. He just needs a starship to do so. And, to get that, Sybok will be reunited with his estranged half-brother: Spock.
At time of recording, it was not ranked on the list of the best movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.
Show Notes:
- Recorded 2nd September 2023.
- Star Trek V: The Final Frontier at The Internet Movie Database.
- Joe George at Den of Geek considers the production and development of Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, July 2023.
- Bennett Campbell Ferguson at Willamette Week looks back on Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, September 2022.
- Emma Mayer at Newsweek looks back on the history of William Shatner’s troubled relationships with his Star Trek co-stars, November 2022.
- Zack Sharf at Variety reports on William Shatner’s ongoing and longrunning fueds with his Star Trek co-stars, November 2022.
- Beth Hilton at Digital Spy reports on William Shatner’s strained relationships with the rest of the Star Trek cast, April 2008.
- Joshua M. Patton at Comic Book Resources considers the difficulty getting Industrial Light and Magic to work on Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, August 2023.
- Nicki Gostin at The New York Post reports on Wil Wheaton’s experience meeting William Shatner on the set of Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, March 2022.
- Cezary Jan Strusiewicz at Cracked reports on William Shatner’s baldness, July 2021.
- Darren reviews The Way to Eden at the m0vie blog, August 2016.
- Dayton Ward and David Mack at Reactor Mag consider the similarities between The Way to Eden and Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, February 2011.
- Caryn James at The New York Times considers the religious themes simmering through the summer’s movies, July 1989.
- David French at The Dispatch considers whether the end of the Cold War caused a crisis in American faith, December 2022.
- Ronald D. Moore talks to Trek Movie about why Star Trek doesn’t necessarily translate well from television to film, February 2021.
- Alex Carter at Den of Geek considers the political subtext of Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, June 2019.
- Ruth Ryon at The Los Angeles Times reports on the in-roads that Scientology is making into Hollywood, March 1988.
- Charles Stafford at The St. Petersberg Times reports on the growing influence of Scientology, December 1979.
- Thomas C. Tobin at The Tampa Bay Times offers a brief history of the Church of Scientology, June 2009.
- John Orquiola at ScreenRant considers how the Star Trek film franchise failed its female character, September 2023.
- Ryan Britt at Esquire considers how the Star Trek franchise failed the character of Uhura, May 2022.
- Dalton Norman at ScreenRant considers the confusing continuity of Joanna McCoy, March 2023.
- Katharine Trandacosta at Gizmodo considers Leonard McCoy as the true heart of Star Trek, September 2016.
- Adam Holmes writes at CinemaBlend about Shatner’s account of the original planned ending to Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, August 2016.
- Jordan Hoffman at StarTrek.com considers the issues with Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, April 2012.
- Spice Williams-Crosby talks to PopGeeks about working on Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, November 2016.
- Trek Movie considers Anton Yelchin’s description of Chekov as “a really funny little guy”, February 2008.
- Janet Bednarek at The Smithsonian Magazine offers a brief history of plane hijackings, July 2022.
- Libby Nelson at Vox considers the era of intense plane hijackings in the United States, March 2016.
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