trek

it is cold outside. there is a lovely moon.
i am fat and full.
i am watching 'star trek: the motion picture". it is the first time i have watched it since seeing it in the cinema in 1979, was it so long ago?
i loved star trek when i was a kid. in junior school i played at being part of the enterprise crew (but then i also played being on the police force of hawaii five-o). i am pretty sure i am neither a trekker or a trekkie, but i did love the show.
i still do.
i remember being excited about going to see the film, back in the days when most cinemas only had one big screen and programmes were sold for the film. when my favourite treat while watching the movie would be a cheeseburger drenched in tomato ketchup. through the adverts the anticipation of the film would grow and grow, mounting as the trailers were shown. back then the screen would be covered by stage curtains, these would open and close for the adverts, the trailers and then for the film.
that final opening on the curtains would have seen me giddy with excitement.

such a shame that 'star trek: the motion picture' was very dull. long and boring.
there have been a few occasions when i have walked out of the cinema because the film was bad or dull, there have been a few times when i have fallen asleep and there have been times when i have prayed for the ending a movie to come before all desire of life had left me.
'star trek: the motion picture' left me with dead legs and a very numb bum when i saw it in 1979.

strangely it is still a dull film.
however now that i am older and wiser i can see that they were trying to make a worthy intelligent movie that would make the audience think. it was a pity they made a boring film in order to convey their point.
still at least now i can revel in william shatner's overacting and special effects wig. if ever there was an actor who needed to be playing hamlet on a london stage it is william shatner.

the film is still running, it seems like it has been on for days.
if only i had a cheeseburger it would be like it was back in 1979.