JPH>        Underneath the pretentious effects and grinding pacing, there
   > might be a story hiding, but TMP isn't as good at this as TWOK.
If you've ever seen the John Frankenheimer's earlier film "The
Hindenburg," you'll see that the title airship is treated much in the
same way as the Enterprise. So it seems to be a matter of the director.
Nicholas Meyer made TWOK clip along.
Jack Ruttan
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