Star Trek the 13th: The Undiscovered Friday

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OK, I am either on to something, or am spending way too much time thinking about movies.

I am currently in my Horror-thon, and am working my way through the ups and downs of the Friday the 13th series. I started to compare it to another favorite franchise: STAR TREK.

Friday the 13th (1980) / Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
The first one, the one that doesn't match the rest in tone or music, etc the look, the sound, the style - doesn't match the rest of the series. Some love it’s purity, others prefer the series that (re)started after this one.


Friday the 13th Part 2 1981 / Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
The reset. A new look and fresh approach to the material


Friday the 13th Part III 1982 / Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)
The third one. Basically a retread of the second one. Nothing all that new - more of the same

Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter 1984 / Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
And here we go: this one rocks! Fun, entertaining, awesome movie !

Friday the 13th: A New Beginning 1985 / Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)
WHAT THE HELL WAS THIS MESS ??


Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives 1986 / Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
YES! Back on track - the best one since the earlier, even-numbered ones !


Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood 1988 / Star Trek Generations (1994)
the New blood / Next Generation kinda meh. Not terrible, not great
the 4 Kane Hodder / Next Generation movies.

Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan 1989 / Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
this is the only one I cannot find a correlation. Most of the action takes place trapped on a ship?

Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday 1993 / Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)
Everyone seems to agree to hate this one


Jason X 2002 / Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)
the Tenth one. A bit of a gap between 9th and 10th – feels like the studio is desperate to hold on to a franchise on its way out. So many hate this one, the "franchise killer" The failure of this one caused a six year gap and a reboot of the whole franchise.

Friday the 13th (2009) / Star Trek (2009)
the 2009 Reboot! Polarizes the fanbase: some love it, others hate it