Star Trek 5 “This Other Eden”

Boy did they made fun of this movie when it came out. It almost destroyed the movie franchises. I enjoy the Edit movie, less comical & more serious . I liked the Klingons where better & tougher. The subtitles were very good. That was a good idea to make the evil god red towards the end. The flashbacks and flashforward was a good idea. The only thing I would keep is the joke song Row Row Row Your Boat. The Audio Editing, Video Quality is good. The Visual is good too. The Enjoyment was fun.

At this point my reviews of BionicBob's Star Trek edits are borderline embarrassing, but once again, I enjoyed the heck out of this.
I can't imagine anyone is going to start with this edit instead of watching them in order, so I will just direct you to my previous 4 reviews---they are all great. These are fantastic edits of flawed movies and, in every single case, BionicBob's edit lessens the flaws and makes the movie more enjoyable.
Anyone who is/was a fan of TOS on TV or of TOS of movies will NEED to watch these. I've nothing negative to say, and I have already gushed enough in my previous reviews.
These are awesome; I wish I could share them with every trekkie out there. :-)

William Shatner.

Just saying the name conjures up all sorts of things: good (in some cases, great) and bad (in some cases, very bad).

His Captain Kirk in the original series was for the most part wonderful - and of course has been long part of pop culture.

His performances in the films hit or miss.

So it goes without saying that as actor, writer and director he would bring himself -- the good and the bad (as do we all) to that enterprise (bad pun unfortunately intended...).

"Star Trek V" is still maligned to this day. It's a frustrating view, even for (perhaps mostly for) Trek: the original series fans of which I'm one - because there's a great TREK movie here, hidden amongst some of the woefully clumsy acting, overwrought/clunky direction, hammy acting and mostly - the completely misfired 'comedy' elements.

Bionic Bob, in his iconic 'TV style' editing has turned an off-putting TREK movie into a highly enjoyable TV movie - every original series TREK fan should see what Bob has done here. There are some GREAT surprises for fans of the show.

And after watching Bob's version, you're left scratching your head on why the Paramount suits or Shatner didn't include some of what Bob adds into the film. I never would've thought of these, but upon seeing Bob's version, they are highly pertinent moments that belong in the official version of the film.

Why Bob even makes sense out of the abbreviated, daffy Klingon scenes! Now THAT takes some imagination.

If you love the original series, make time to watch Bob's take here. Great stuff!

Review by Rogue-theX — April 12, 2011 @ 1:44 pm

This review is based on my opinions and my viewing experience. Nothing is meant as an attack. Spoiler warning.

I really liked the freeze frame fade outs this time! Nicely done.
The new title sequence you put together was great (though im gonna miss the old ones).
I like how you set up the planet that kirk, bones and spock are camping on. Top knotch!
I was confused as to why we see the enterprise in orbit and it says “u.s.s. enterprise in orbit…” because it had me thinking that we are going to have a scene on the enterprise but instead it goes to the campfire scene?
The new Klingon subtitles work great, i really like those!
You did an excelent job with the klingon torpedo shot as the enterprise goes to warp, nice trick
The way you handled Kirk’s pain was great, i love it!
Many other clever edits throughout.
There were a few shots where the camera shake was added that didn’t work too well as the black bars of the AR shake too.
There were some volume issues that stood out to me as i live in a quiet apartment But they didn’t ruin the experience.
All in all, i was entertained, i really like this one!

I give it a 9/10 overall!

SIDE NOTES: Another awesome trek tv cut from Bionicbob, check it out!