122
The First Four "Star Trek" Films Return to Theaters For 1 Week Only to Celebrate the Franchise's 60th Anniversary (lemmy.nz)
submitted 1 day ago by TheImpressiveX@piefed.social to c/movies@piefed.social
21 comments fedilink hide all child comments

More than 750 theaters across the U.S. will screen restored 4K presentations of classic Star Trek films paired with episodes of STAR TREK: THE ORIGINAL SERIES making their theatrical debut, from Sept. 4-8. Fans attending will also have the first opportunity to purchase limited-edition Star Trek “Enterprise” popcorn vessels and commemorative drink cups at participating theaters, while supplies last.

  • Friday, September 4: Star Trek: The Motion Picture — The Director's Edition + S02E03 "The Changeling"
  • Saturday, September 5: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (Director's Cut) + S01E22 "Space Seed"
  • Sunday, September 6: Star Trek III: The Search for Spock + S02E01 "Amok Time"
  • Monday, September 7: Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home + S01E28 "The City on the Edge of Forever"
  • Tuesday, September 8: Star Trek: The Genesis Trilogy (TWoK, TSFS, TVH)

AMC and Regal will also be selling popcorn buckets to commemorate the occasion:

top 21 comments
sorted by: hot top new old
[-] rozodru@piefed.world 3 points 14 hours ago

I think it's cool they're also showing relevant episodes also.

I remember like several years ago in Toronto a theatre showed a few episodes of TNG for an event and it was awesome. seeing TNG on the big screen was just perfect.

[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago

I saw STIV in the theater. I was 6. Whales are cool.

[-] RickyRigatoni@piefed.zip 7 points 1 day ago

Did you have a whale of a time?

[-] Blade9732@lemmy.world 3 points 23 hours ago

He was on LDS

[-] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 4 points 19 hours ago

Dammit. This is tempting.

[-] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 21 hours ago

Can someone explain to me the pairing with seemingly random episodes? I'm not super familiar with the original series. Am I missing something?

[-] usernamefactory@lemmy.ca 8 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

Yeah, it’s anything but random. All the episodes chosen have elements and themes shared with the movie they’re paired with. In particular, Star Trek II is a sequel to Space Seed, the episode that introduces Khan.

[-] MimicJar@lemmy.world 5 points 19 hours ago

Spoilers for films plus episodes

  • Star Trek: The Motion Picture + S02E03 "The Changeling", both have similar plots, an Earth space probe merges with an alien and causes problems.
  • Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan + S01E22 "Space Seed", the episode introduces "Khan Noonien Singh" who is ultimately defeated. The "wrath" of Khan is his revenge film. Basically the film is a sequel to the episode.
  • Star Trek III: The Search for Spock + S02E01 "Amok Time", the episode largely deals with Spock and Vulcan customs, the film has similar themes. It's a weird pairing, but Amok Time is a famous episode. I suppose Kirk and Spock's friendship is also a big theme in both.
  • Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home + S01E28 "The City on the Edge of Forever", both plots deal with time travel.

[-] square@lemmy.zip 3 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

Yes, you are missing something, because you're not familiar with the original series. You can watch it, or go see the the movies with the episodes and understand.

I'm not not explaining to be a dick, watching the episodes before the movies would be cool. Consider yourself lucky to have this opportunity.

[-] marlowe221@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago

Why no Undiscovered Country? Why???

[-] TheImpressiveX@piefed.social 7 points 1 day ago

IMO they should've re-released all 13 of the movies, make a whole month of it.

[-] marlowe221@lemmy.world 2 points 23 hours ago

I would pair UDC with “Errand of Mercy”. I’m 99% sure that’s the episode where the Klingons are introduced for the first time.

[-] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Its a lot easier to pick the four best episodes tho 😂

[-] usernamefactory@lemmy.ca 4 points 23 hours ago

Undiscovered Country was the first Trek film I saw in theatres. Very glad I had the chance. That ominous music over the opening credits had such an impact.

[-] marlowe221@lemmy.world 5 points 22 hours ago

Star Trek V was the first in the theater for me. I was 7 years old.

[-] usernamefactory@lemmy.ca 2 points 21 hours ago

That’s exactly the age I was for TUC. I remember what a big deal they made of the 25th anniversary at the time. And now it’s the 60th…

[-] Linktank@lemmy.today 3 points 19 hours ago

Nah it's cool, we have Star Trek at home.

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago

Pfff. You can't fuck that bucket

[-] RecursiveParadox@piefed.social 1 points 16 hours ago

Is this USA only?

[-] Archer@lemmy.world 6 points 23 hours ago

Don’t include a link or anything, wouldn’t want to find out more

[-] Asetru@feddit.org 2 points 19 hours ago

Tell me how you haven't been able to produce a new movie in the series without telling me you haven't been able to produce a new movie in the series.

this post was submitted on 29 Aug 2026
122 points (100.0% liked)

movies

3842 readers
779 users here now

A community about movies and cinema.

Related communities:

Rules

  1. Be civil
  2. No discrimination or prejudice of any kind
  3. Do not spam
  4. Stay on topic
  5. These rules will evolve as this community grows

No posts or comments will be removed without an explanation from mods.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
atomicpoet@piefed.social
BoozeOrWater@piefed.social
TheImpressiveX@piefed.social
doug@lemmy.today