From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos   
   From Address: rikp@aol.com   
   Subject: Happy 30th Anniversary ST:TMP!  - your memories?   
      
      
   Star Trek: The Motion Picture was released December 7, 1979, making   
   today the 30th anniversary of its release, and the end of the longest   
   drought in Star Trek history.   
      
   It might be fun to share memories, I'll go first.  I was a young teen   
   and had been watching Star Trek for about three years, read "The   
   Making of Star Trek," "The World of Star Trek," "The Making of   
   Tribbles," and the "Starfleet Technical Manual" many times over,   
   collected the action figures and the bridge set, and built all of the   
   AMT models (including Spock fighting the 3-headed snake) and   
   frequently wore a "Keep on Trekkin'" button.  When ST:TMP was   
   announced I was, naturally, excited and all I'd seen up until its   
   release were some photographs of the new Enterprise and costumes, and   
   a clip on Good Morning America of Spock's first appearance on the   
   bridge.   
      
   My family were all Trek watchers so we went to the first show on   
   Saturday (the 8th) and I rather enjoyed it.  I was a little bothered   
   by the different sets and costumes, how the cast looked different/   
   older, and still think the original Enterprise is the best Enterprise,   
   but I loved the big special effects sequences and was very entertained   
   throughout (probably because you're never more than a few minutes away   
   from a big special effects sequence!) and the music is still   
   fantastic.   
      
   From posts elsewhere it's obvious I still have a soft spot for it, and   
   if this guy's numbers are correct then it's still the most successful   
   TOS or TNG Trek film without inflation adjustment, the most successful   
   Trek film ever adjusted for inflation (beating 2009's worldwid $384M),   
   and also the most successful Trek film based on popularity per year of   
   release (Trek 2009 is currently 5th for 2009):   
   http://www.thecaptainkirkpage.com/trekcom.html   
      
   Happy 30th ST:TMP!  You may not have given us exactly what we wanted   
   but you proved that "Star Trek Lives."   
   Rik   
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