Who saw this in cinemas back in 84?
Who saw this back in the day? What were your memories - the anticipation of seeing it in the weeks/days before, the actually seeing it and how much a big deal was it where you were back then, the crowds, audience etc and after coming out of the cinema what were your thoughts and in the days/weeks that followed….
I recall my brother seeing it opening day (before me) and he bought back the glossy movie program with crystal Spock cover and inside it showed a photo of the little people on top the mountain watching the falling star 'comet' and I remember looking at that image mesmerised and wondering what it could be and my bro said 'thats the enterprise!' and the rest of my family being angry (quite right) that hed spoiled it!
I wasnt that much into Trek at the time (still young) and recall wen I was going to see it I was concerned id miss Dr Who that was on that evening lol. remember when I saw it was amazing it felt so epic and big like it was really there in space witnessing the giant space station and destruction of the Ent. plus it had abit of a star wars feel to it with the cantina, alien microbes, crew becoming rebels, the klingons, phaser fights/ship battles, and the epic fight at the end with all the lava recalled Temple of Doom as did the Vulcan temple (id seen TOD earlier that summer)
remember getting a few III things after – the little ERTL figures of Kirk Spock (in his TWOK uniform) Scotty (no Bones) and Kruge (with his plastic dog). plus the metal ships of the Ent, BOP, Excelsior. Also the storybook. Maybe a couple of other things too