To Boldly Go — Again: Star Trek V Makes its Theatrical Debut on This Day 37 Years Ago

37 Years Later, Star Trek's So-Called "Worst" Movie Has An Incredible Legacy

Paramount/Kobal/ShutterstockIn 1994, Tupac Shakur casually redeemed the most-hated Star Trek feature film, at least, up until that time. In the opening of his song “Pain,” you hear a voice say with a certain amount of self-aware aplomb: “I couldn’t help but notice your pain.” Just five years after the release of Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, Tupac was making a deep cut to that controversial sci-fi epic, but sampling a quote from Spock’s (Leon…

To Boldly Go — Again: Star Trek V Makes its Theatrical Debut on This Day 37 Years Ago

Thirty-seven years ago today, on June 9, 1989, cinemas across America lit up with the familiar hum of starship engines as Star Trek V: The Final Frontier opened its doors to the moviegoing public. The fifth installment in the beloved franchise arrived with considerable anticipation — and, as history would record, a fair measure of controversy — […] The post To Boldly Go — Again: Star Trek V Makes its Theatrical Debut on This Day 37 Years Ago app…