Who saw this in cinemas back in 89?

Who saw this back in the day? What were your memories - the anticipation of seeing it in the weeks/days before, the actually seeing it and how much a big deal was it where you were back then, the crowds, audience etc and after coming out of the cinema what were your thoughts and in the days/weeks that followed….


i was so hyped for it after IV (still a kid) and remember seeing segments of the trailer on tv and the coming soon quad poster outside the cinema way before it opened and wondering what the story could behttp://www.filmonpaper.com/site/media/2011/03/StarTrekV_quad-1-500x375.jpg

UK didn't get it until the October so just as well there was no internet back then otherwise everyone would've already known the plot inside out! very easy to avoid spoilers back then lol (then again I remember seeing a guy in a clothes store showing a comic off to his mate and I saw it was the DC Star Trek V comic and I went on a hunt around town looking for it (why didnt I just ask the guy where he got it? I was probably too scared lol) eventually found it (either that day or a week later) in a newsagent that sold loads of American comics (this was before the town had its own SF comic store) I cant remember if I was able to resist reading the comic or not..

anyway when I saw it opening night i remember thinking something wasnt quite right. the FX werent as good as the previous ones, plus it was too jokey (ok IV was basically a comedy but it was funny...not desperate like the gags in this). and the end felt very rushed. even as a kid when you think every movie you see at cinema is awesome i could tell it didnt click. but i still bought the starlog movie magazine, DC comic and novel(which both had expanded scenes, rock man ending). as well as Shatners account of making the movie book (also remember seeing these big action figures of Kirk,Spock, Bones and sybok but they were out of my price range)