MEMORABLE FILMS INVOLVING INTERPLANETARY TRAVEL. 1977-1987.
1977 Star Wars
1977 Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
1978 Superman
1979 Alien
1980 The Empire Strikes Back
1981 Superman II
1982 Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan
1982 E.T. (contains information censored by IMDb)
1983 Return Of The Jedi
1984 Star Trek III: The Search For Spock
1986 Aliens
1986 Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
1987 Predator
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STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME
*was mentioned in the World Book Yearbook for 1987 as an "unusually successful sequel" and that it was "critically and commercially the most rewarding of the four movies so far based on the 1960's television series"
*of the first ten Star Trek films released between 1979 and 2002, it is considered to be the best by general audiences, was the most critically acclaimed, was the highest grossing, and the most profitable
*the story picks up immediately after the previous film. The crew members of the Enterprise have to face the consequences of what they did in the previous film, and the use of the enemy ship's cloaking device is used for a crucial plot device and for many humorous scenes. The movie resolves what the crew members did from the previous film and they are given a new Enterprise at the very end of the film, thus concluding the Star Trek trilogy.
*was directed by Leonard Nimoy, again
*the most humorous segment of the movie during 1986 was written by Nicholas Meyer soon after he directed the somber and depressing movie The Day After. The segment he wrote includes the line "It's a miracle these people ever got out of the 20th Century."
*was nominated for best cinematography
*had the biggest opening weekend of 1986, before going on to sell an additional 25 million tickets...the 1986 sequels Psycho III and Poltergeist II didn't do so well
*was immediately followed by a sequel that didn't do so well either. It only sold 8 million tickets after its opening weekend.
*the dreadful sequel that immediately followed was directed by William Shatner, who apparently had been promised to direct when he signed on for Star Trek IV following a pay dispute
To be concluded on the message board for Predator...
"The segment he wrote includes the line "It's a miracle these people ever got out of the 20th Century."
That is incorrect. Meyer wrote the 23rd century parts of the movie, until they attemp time warp.
"A voice from behind me reminds me. Spread out your wings you are an angel."
I'm sorry, but I'm quite certain you're wrong and I'm right. You might want to check your facts.
share1986 SEQUELS.
TICKETS SOLD AFTER OPENING WEEKEND.
Aliens............20.24 million
Star Trek IV......25.01 million
Poltergeist II.....7.73 million
Psycho III.........3 million
Nicholas Meyer & God: 1982-1986...followed by the failed sequel Star Trek V: The Final Frontier.
Steven Spielberg & God: 1981-1982...followed by the failed 1986 sequel Poltergeist II.
"What does God need with a starship?" --from the failed sequel Star Trek V: The Final Frontier.
1977 Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
1982 Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan
1983 Return Of The Jedi
1984 Star Trek III: The Search For Spock
In spite of your misguided pedantry, capitalizing the first letter of every word is a valid option for formatting a title. Also, if your pedantry weren't so misguided you would realize that, in order to be technically correct, those movie titles you "corrected" should be in all capital letters, for example:
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND
Just take a look at the official movie poster for each one to confirm this for yourself.
I don't dance, tell jokes or wear my pants too tight, but I do know about a thousand songs.
I'm glad you didn't put Independence Day. I that that movie was unoriginal.
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Independence Day was a dreadful blockbuster released after 1987. So there would be no reason for me to list Independence Day.
shareStar Trek V vs. Star Trek IV
"What does God need with a starship?" --from Star Trek V
In four years it had never made the big city "bestseller lists" and yet, with a phenomenal sale of four hundred thousand hardcover copies, it had already outsold every hardcover edition of every book written by Harold Robbins, Irving Wallace, or Jacqueline Susann.
...I will not let my life be fed to swine nor will I let it be ground under the rocks of failure and despair to be broken open and devoured by the will of others...In setting my goals I will consider my best performance of the past and multiply it a hundredfold. This will be the standard by which I will live in the future.
"First, I will read the words in silence when I arise. Then I will read the words in silence...Last, I will read the words again...On the next day I will repeat this procedure, and I will continue in like manner for thirty days..."--from the 1st and 10th Scrolls
"Henceforth I will pray..."
Nicholas Meyer & God. 1982-1986.
1986.
*NASA's reputation for safety gets a black eye.
*Stupid tests at Chernobyl.
*Nicholas Meyer between The Day After and Star Trek V: The Final Frontier.
*Nicholas Meyer (& Og Mandino from earlier years) vs Harold Robbins & Jacqueline Susann
*Two successful sequels from movie franchises that both started in 1979, and that both would be immediately followed by an important but dreadful sequel.
*Important but dreadful sequels to films each from a well-known film-maker at the height of his career...films each with a critically important scene in which people check into a motel.
"In setting my goals I will consider my best performance of the past and multiply it a hundredfold. This will be the standard by which I will live in the future...Once spoken I dare not recall them lest I lose face...there will be no escape for me until my words become accomplished deeds...I will always announce my goals to the world." --from Og Mandino's The Greatest Salesman In The World
"After a thorough reexamination of objectives, you will have reaffirmed your original aims or substituted new ones. This is a necessary step in getting out from under a losing strategy and assuming a new and more effective one--which will be more fun to execute." --from Og Mandino's University Of Success
From Og Mandino's University Of Success
Lesson 18 How To Program Yourself For Success
pg. 180 "Still other people have goals that are impossible to obtain."
pg. 184 "For the most part, I am talking about practical, attainable goals...It is important, of course, to be realistic about goals."
pg. 185 "It is important that you not think of either your goals or your plans to achieve them as unalterable and carved in white marble. Goals are made to be shifted and plans are made to be changed. You have not 'failed' if you shift a goal or change a plan, whether the choice was yours or not."
"A goal is an ideal, then, and something entirely outside of your control may force you to lower your sights."
"Always begin with ridiculously easy plans at first...It is likely you will continue to be successful as you advance from easier plans to harder ones."
"Above all, be flexible. Do not hesitate to change either a goal or the plan leading up to it at any time. Do not let your goals run you. You run your goals."
pg. 186 "...or you will realize that a particular goal is no longer desirable or realistic, and you will adjust or replace it. And so you will go through your life, achieving, adjusting, or discarding goals and replacing them with new ones."
Questions from Og Mandino's University Of Success vs. The 8th Scroll
Questions from pages 411 and 412
An opponent of mine who quoted me over 100 times at the Aliens discussion board has reported me to the imdb censors and they are threatening to censor me and remove all my posts and my account, all because my opponent is unable to win arguments against me...and because the imdb folks don't like what I have to say, apparently.
Anyway, you might want to take notice of what I have written considering the possibility that everything I have posted might get censored.