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Appears to be an attempt to satirize all past movies about Pearl Harbor. And maybe all other movies about war. The credits are more interesting than the movie - maybe longer, too. But the production quality is surprisingly good. I do hope there's not a sequel :)

In addition to the comments presented elsewhere about cheap prizes and cheap tricks, what I, a big fan of the original PYL, find most annoying about "Whammy!" is the shouting. Todd Newton didn't shout on "Hollywood Showdown". Why can't he project his voice without shouting on "Whammy!"? Sure I can control the volume on my set, but shouting makes a stress in his voice that is most irritating.

And he's a nice guy, but hasn't the charm of Peter Tomarkin.

I watched the original series, and enjoyed reruns of it for about 10 years. I never found that TNG or subsequent spin-offs were worth going out of my way to watch, so I can't say I'm a particular "fan". I did like The Wrath of Kahn, and saw the one about the whales (ok, but not great).

Today, I found ST:TMP on a cable channel, and started watching it about 1/2 hour into it (Spock just got there). So I missed the "reunion" part.

But it took very little time to see this as a rehash of "The Changeling," and I was really surprised when I saw that not one of the 113 user comments in this database mentioned that episode from the 1966 series.

Alas, the rehash stretched the hour-long episode into a 2-hour+ long movie, not by introducing any interesting sub-plots or emotional conflict or even a little touch of humor, but only by stretching fuzzy exterior effects scenes beyond where no yawn has gone before.

At least the re-write didn't reuse the over-worked ending that befell Nomad - logicked to death.

I am glad that it was enjoyed by enough people to revive interest in Star Trek and introduce it to new generations (of the 20th century kind).