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18 out of 19 people found the following comment useful :- This is a professional made Star Trek imitation with Turkish sense of humor., 14 March 2001 Author: Ersin (ersin1@zonnet.nl) from The Netherlands
This is a professional made Star Trek imitation with Turkish sense of humor.Turkish Star Trek ?In the seventies Marvel comics and Italian comics were very popular in Turkey. Turkish movie producers saw that they could earn some money from this opportunity. They made a lot of quick and low budget comic's movies as superman,zagor,phantom,captan America etc . All these movies had a simple story and bad casting. But this movie is different. First of all the production company was a powerful movie company. They knew what Turkish people liked. They knew that Turkish people like Star Trek. They knew also that Turkish people like Turist Omer character. If they could bring these two items together than the movie would be a great success.Star Trek was a hit in Turkey. There were nobody on streets when Turkish TV was broadcasting Star Trek.Turist Omer was a character played by Sadri Alisik. This character made this actor famous. You can compare with Charlie Chaplin.It was a success. They earned a lot of money and they also sold this movie to foreign countries like Germany (where 3 million Turkish society living). The story is borrowed from an episode of Star Trek. Turist Omer was buzzed from earth to a planet by a mad doctor.I can recommend this movie to all Star Trek fans and also to everyone who likes cult and foreign movies. If you like this movie try than also Yilmayan Seytan. .
16 out of 16 people found the following comment useful :- First Star-Trek Motion Picture is the funniest, 28 November 2001 Author: komsercemil
This Turkish movie is the first motion picture on StarTrek. Although the story is the same as the classic "man-trap" episode, film inserts a Turkish man "aka. Turist Omer" into the story. Turist Omer is a funny poor Turkish guy wýthout a job and wýth a unique Turkish way of seeing things. His thoughts about the startrek universe makes a Turk (like me) have a lot of fun (eg. he warns Spock about the police control while Spock talks about the speed of the Enterprize). Unfortunately all jokes are Turkish type and very hard for a foreigner to have much fun as Turks did. However it is the most funniest movie a have ever watch and a must see for a Turkish movie fun.
15 out of 16 people found the following comment useful :- Impressive to the last minute, 28 December 2005 Author: morton grimp
I don't speak Turkish, I had no idea what they were saying in this. When I bought it I was expecting a low budget film with stolen scenes. When the first scene was shown, with the crew manning their stations on the bridge, I was blown away! It was a very good replica of the Star Trek series. The costumes and scenery are both excellent. The actors are excellent Turkish versions of the originals. The beginning theme song is corny, and they used scenes from the original series, but that's only for the credits.You don't need to really understand Turkish to enjoy this, but I guess it would help. I didn't understand much, but I understood enough that I enjoyed it. Omer is unintentionally transported into the future, and we get to see all the mishaps that take place with him on board the Enterprise. The man who played Omer, Sadri Alisik, was a very famous actor in Turkey who played in tons of movies. I laughed many times through this, but mostly I was just impressed at how much work they went through to make it look perfect. There are many websites selling dvdrs of this, if you don't mind watching movies in languages you don't understand, then buy it.
13 out of 14 people found the following comment useful :- A funny old movie, 3 January 2001 Author: webmaster-285 from Fredericia, Denmark
This movie is a Turkish copy of the famous Star Trek. It a funny movie about a guy that gets transfered from the weddingtable to the Enterprise. He visit different places and the captain and Spock gets anoyed. Its a humorfilled movie. If you ever get a chance to see it...please then see it. Its a movie that you can walk away from and still have that funny feeling inside you.....
15 out of 20 people found the following comment useful :- On Sadri Alisik and Turist Omer in the Star Trek, 2 February 2005 Author: utkusu from London, ON
This movie is a masterpiece among Turkish movies in the sense that it may be the first example of making fun of another movie or TV show. Foreigners will probably not understand that the movie solely intents to make you laugh, and that Turist Omer(Alisik) makes fun of and teases all that legendary Star Trek characters.Sadri Alisik is a true legend in Turkey, not a dirty looking 'Muslim' guy, who has great talent, not only in physical comedy but also verbally. The movie has no 'religious' motives, Omer's transfer to Enterprise is a coincidence which we can see any movie, anyway God won't be any peculiar in a science-fiction, either. opening hands and praying to God is gesture in Turkey which has no religious meaning. As it can be anticipated, you must be a Turk or good Turkish speaker to understand the simple but powerful humor in this movie. Insulting a dead legend and millions of people due to trendy "Islamfobia" and poor understanding is not fair. Here, I am saying that if you do not speak Turkish or have a Turkish friend to assist you through the movie, do not watch it, otherwise you will fall in the pit in which "one of the North American comments" is, the pit of prejudice..Late Note: It is true that there are stolen scenes in the movie, then SUE the dead man. What could they do to show a spaceship in space? And do not forget that the movie is a free advertisement of the TV-series..
9 out of 9 people found the following comment useful :- So much better than you think it is, 24 September 2005 Author: dbborroughs from Glen Cove, New York
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The advantage to having seen every episode of the original Star Trek series is that when some one lifts the plot of three or four of the episodes and turns them into a Turkish comedy it becomes very easy to follow. For those without a running knowledge of episode titles this mainly the salt monster episode redone as a feature with the inclusion of a few other episodes thrown in for good measure. However this is not just a straight Star Trek movie, rather its part of a series of comedies staring a character named Omer. This makes for a strange mix of wild comedy and straight science fiction drama.Amazingly its nowhere near as bad as you might think. Actually its quite good. The Star Trek lifts come off more as a well done fan film than any sort of bad movie. Personally I wish this was translated into English so that I could have some idea what was being said during the comedic verbal exchanges between Omer and Spock.I get and can laugh at the physical humor but since I can't speak the language the verbal sparring is lost.It you're a Trek fan see this movie. If you're a science fiction fan give it a shot. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised.Note to those who say this is a bad movie with bad acting and bad special effects- you have to admit that the original series, as charming and as nostalgic as we feel towards it, is about the same quality as this film on every level. You can't honestly think that the original episodes are more than marginally superior to this film, especially in the acting.
16 out of 26 people found the following comment useful :- a misunderstanding, 18 September 2004 Author: mulayim_sert from istanbul
people describe this movie as " a cheap star trek clone with a Turkish guy in it".well actually ömer is the protagonist here so it's not a star trek movie.its a turist ömer movie in star trek setting.and like all of the turist ömer movies,sadri alisik is the only thing good about it.he was a talented actor.maybe he was even better than charlie chaplin.but remember,he was born in turkey;he never had the opportunities chaplin had.yes,it's a horrible movie but insulting sadri alisik is just unfair. there are lots of untalented actors in Hollywood with fame and fortune.and yes,they are all Americans with vitamin A running through in their veins instead of blood.
5 out of 5 people found the following comment useful :- A classic cult!, 6 October 1999 Author: levto from izmir, turkiye
This is surely one of the biggest cult of Turkish movie history and also one of the biggest of science-fiction genre too. Although you would miss some great jokes if you are not familiar with turkish culture, you wouldn't miss the classic cult dialogues between Mr.Spak and Turist omer.Try to catch this one!
6 out of 8 people found the following comment useful :- One of the best (and strangest) of the Star Trek spoofs, 4 December 2006 Author: Larry Cline from San Antonio, Texas USA
It's scary to think that this movie is considered by some to be "a masterpiece among Turkish movies"; that says a lot more about the state of Turkish cinema than I'd care to know. But the film, more commonly known as "Turkish Star Trek" in English-speaking countries, is one of the most enjoyable of the many Star Trek spoofs in circulation.The viewer is treated to an outsider's view of the Star Trek universe, as a Turkish slapstick comedian (Turist Ömer) escapes a shotgun wedding thanks to the timely intervention of the starship Enterprise. Borrowing shamelessly from several classic Star Trek episodes (particularly Star Trek's first broadcast episode "The Man Trap") an ability to speak Turkish is not necessary for Star Trek fans to be able to follow the plot, although it may well baffle non-Trekkies. In fact, picking out the various homages (and deciding which characters are being depicted by the actors) may well be one of the most enjoyable aspects.Interspersed with the familiar scenes are more bizarre sequences, involving a mad scientist (a dead ringer for Alfred Ryder, who played Dr. Crater in "The Man Trap"), as well robots in loincloths, bikini-clad alien girls, and some of the most hilariously bad pre-digital special effects ever committed to film.It is probable that the dialog makes some sense of the goings-on, but until a subtitled version emerges (don't hold your breath), you're better off to just sit back with some wise-cracking buddies, pass the Romulan ale, and enjoy the show.
5 out of 7 people found the following comment useful :- The Legend of Tourist Omer, 9 August 2003 Author: Sarper
This movie,in my opinion,is even better then "Dünyayý Kurtaran Adam".Every moment of this movie is funny,from begining to the end.Especially the dialog between Ömer and Spock is really fun.Every Star Trek fan should watch this movie,at least just to see the excellent Turkish version of Mr.Spock-KabaKulak!
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