120 Things You Didn't Know About The Star Trek Movies

[@Indrid__Cold]

A lot of people fail to recognize that Kirk's fly-around of the Enterprise in STTMP was that it was a huge animated thank you card from Gene Roddenberry to THE FANS. Of all the things most Star Trek fans had fantasized about during the long years of waiting for SOMETHNG Star Trek was the appearance of the Enterprise with a real budget and modern special effects. I remember very clearly getting a huge lump in my throat when that full crescendo of music reveals the full view of the Enterprise. It was like a dream come true that I'll NEVER forget.

[@BubbaThaumaturge]

Yes.

[@BubbaThaumaturge]

Truth.

[@TheAstrojoe62]

Same here.

[@benchipman453]

No. The reason the effects were so long in the cut is because the effects were only finished dangerously close to release. This meant they couldn’t be properly edited into the cut.

[@Indrid__Cold]

@@benchipman453 Then explain why the sequence was never changed and PERFECTLY matches the musical accompaniment.

[@tommytwotacos8106]

Christopher Lloyd played one of the best Klingons ever to take the screen. Gowron will always be the most Klingon Klingon in my eyes, but Lloyd's energy and the way his character leans into his more Klingon moments with such enthusiasm really helped my immersion in the spirit of Trek and helped me understand the Klingons more as "people" and less as writing devices or stock antagonists.

[@jppauley9969]

Both statements are so true!

[@siz4sean]

There's something to be said for Martok unapologetically drinking a victory drink as he walked around dead Jem'Hadar and Cardassians. The "civilized" folks like Admiral Bill Ross and Sisko looked sick. I loved it.

[@jeffzehnpfennig1554]

odo as klingon is the best lol j/k Chang from 'STVI The One With Shakespear Klingons' would be choice for Klingon of the year

[@tommytwotacos8106]

@jeffzehnpfennig1554 I very much enjoyed Christopher Plummer as General Chang, but I think he was a better Chang in the "Klingon Academy" video game than in ST6:TUD. I'm personally mystified as to why we haven't had a series that was set on a Klingon ship following a Klingon crew with the lone human Star Fleet officer serving onboard, as well as our protagonist who's trying to adapt to being the new exchange officer there. Honestly, every time I contemplate this show idea, it seems like the show's stories just start writing themselves.

[@jyesucevitz]

I hope I not repeating myself. anyways, I was born in '66 and was fortunate to have parents that loved Trek. financially we would've been considered "poor". so going to the movies was a big deal for me. (especially around Christmas.) my dad took me to see Star Trek: The Motion Picture in it's second week. I even remember the theater we went to. since then I've seen every Trek movie in theaters. I'm glad mom and dad exposed Trek to me. thanks mom and dad.

[@starlingwatch3921]

Several things led me to be a software engineer. One was an invitation from Harold Livingston, a friend of my father, to visit the Star Trek, the motion picture, sets on the Paramount Lot. They were filming the V’Ger probe scene on the bridge set. In the scene V’Ger sends a probe to scan the Enterprise. The probe was a standard 2 x 4 wood beam with a bunch of strobe lights attached up-and-down. A thick electrical cable ran from the bottom of the beam off the set to the right of the bridge’s view port. A single man sat in front of a mini-computer with a 102 style green terminal. When they were ready to shoot the director would call “Probe on” and the man would type a single key on the terminal keyboard. The strobes would start flashing. I was 16 and already wrote software for mini-computers. I asked the man about the rig. He outfitted a sensor on the film camera to know when the shutter was at its most open position as each frame went through. At that instant his program triggered one of the strobe lights to flash. The effect in the movie gives the probe a brighter-than-white glowing look. The man told me he was hired and was making an income from writing the software problem to make the effect work. This was the first person to show me I could have a career working with software. This was 1978. -Frank Cohen

[@starlingwatch3921]

Harold complimented Nimoy for helping him to understand the character motivations. He apologized for not taking me around the stages, he told me he was typing the script at times 1 hour ahead of what they were shooting. So instead he dropped me into one of the sound stages and I got to wonder. I was on the engineering set which was under dust covers, feeling that I shouldn't be there, and Nimoy in full character was going over his lines walked in. He looked completely real. He didn't notice me and kept walking. It felt magical. -Frank

[@DanMcLeodNeptuneUK]

Thanks for sharing!

[@scribe56]

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[@thedarkestowl4224]

I love that story.Thank you for sharing!❤

[@carlkingery9259]

This video had to take a mountain of data and work it out. You all at Trek Culture deserve a standing ovation on this effort. I as a die hard Trek Fan was fully engrossed in this video. Bravo to Trek Culture!!!

[@NYRNJD1987]

youre definetly right there bud, thanks

[@maatartemis]

Thanks for putting this all together! Perfect timing as my husband and I have been rewatching all the films, so now I have fun facts to spew as we do. We have trouble finding media we both like, but we both love Star Trek!

[@sogwatchman]

53:00 The design of the Reliant was supposed to be inverted from what we know it as, with the nacelles on top like the other ships. One of the supervisors not knowing what he was doing held it upside down and said he liked the different design and that accidental change stuck. *edit: spelling

[@thebigitchy]

I believe it was Harve Bennett, the executive producer on the film, who approved the Reliant upside down

[@00nick7]

Yup! It was also a way for general audiences to differentiate between the Enterprise and Reliant.

[@dieseljester]

Can we all just agree that David Warner and Christopher Plummer simply chewed up the scenery in every bit of screen time that they had?

[@gandalfthegay420]

If you haven't already I highly recommend that you play the game "Klingon Academy " It's a prequel to The undiscovered country and has them reprise their roles. It's brilliant.

[@00nick7]

​@@gandalfthegay420I've played it! Love the backstory for Chang!

[@dw7704]

Literally LOL’d at “Sends Sulu for sushi”, as it is so obviously a misdirection

[@Arcade-fix]

At a convention around 1987 in NH, Walter was the guest. He explained that Chekov was in the bathroom when Kahn needed to go. When he came out, Kahn said he would remember him.

[@1993bahamut]

Ensign Chekov.....never bothered to replace the toilet roll 😂😂

[@dan1216]

Jane Wiedlin was the rhythm guitarist in the GoGos, not the lead singer.

[@rudolphguarnacci197]

She should have been allowed to sing lead more.

[@jefferyyoung2580]

😊

[@EricB-r7d]

Plus, they were New Wave, not Punk

[@morganwinn1]

I'm a former aircraft engineer on harriers, I was screaming at my tv over the imperial sockets and especially a decent quarter inch ratchet. No toolkit of mine would not have the ratchet. I liked the video and will subscribe. 👍

[@ratboygenius]

This video presentation is like a whole book. Your research and presentation is top notch. Congrats! I'm not sure I can watch it all in one sitting, but I will keep coming back to it for a long time.

[@kefkamadman]

The Wrath of Khan is still my favourite, but The Voyage Home is a close second for me.

[@peggywoods4327]

Agreed!

[@javeedsultan8484]

Agree

[@Carl-vn7zl]

Family guy rath of Khan. Not to be missed

[@ScottSummers-m5l]

Undiscovered Country/Wrath of Khan simultaneously.

[@jaykaramales3087]

Best 2ish hours I've spent in a long time. Most videos that would cover this material would not have the depth of research and would feel more click-baity. This is the real deal--well done!

[@v-squared]

The Enterprise reveal is still my top entry for ship reveals in Sci-Fi. The music, the slow build, it just works so well. Goosebumps everytime. The Enterprise D is now a close second though.

[@brunobillion3435]

Star trek The Motion Picture is still to this day one of my favourite Star Trek movies

[@Zooumberg]

It's certainly better than the reboots.

[@brunobillion3435]

@@Zooumberg I even prefer it to Star Trek II personally

[@AndrewD8Red]

My least favourite by far, but I do enjoy seeing it get some love.

[@AndrewD8Red]

​@@Zooumberg Trek 2009 is better than any other Trek film... except maybe The Undiscovered Country.

[@DabbertjeDouwe]

Is it because it never ends?

[@theflorgeormix]

Fascinating... We were all just happy to see them back for TMP. Very exciting. Whoever edited Kahn.. .it doesn't get better

[@FZVideos9630]

This 2 hour video only covers the 120 things about the Star Trek The Original Series movies , not counting The Next Generations movies or Kelvin Timeline movies which I still waiting for 20 things I didn't know about Star Trek movies of Kelvin Timeline though it would be more difficult to search many infos and details on these movies compared with TOS & TNG era movies , I appreciate TrekCulture's effort of putting these videos I do enjoyed it

[@AlanDavidDoane]

The only thing to know about the Kelvin Timeline movies is, "Don't bother."

[@steveschaff4620]

'Star Trek - The Motion Picture' was released when I was 12 years old, so I found it very boring when I first saw it, but it has risen a lot for me as I have gotten older. I still think that 'Star Trek II - The Wrath of Khan' is the best 'Star Trek' film.

[@Rob-z7k]

.....you missed da Targetttt! - kirk

[@DaNinja60]

I still love the warp drive effect from TMP. That is one effect I think they should have kept through the franchise.

[@thepeaksandthetroughs]

1:39:22 According to IMDB state that Layla Sarakalo happened upon the set from Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) when her car was towed away to make room for the film's production. Sarakalo offered to be an extra so that she could make money to get her car back.

[@berthulf]

There is just something special about TMP that many films lack, even with its flaws, but UC will always be my favourite, because it's the only one that really shows the crew striving to live up to the ethos of starfleet and the federation, of being better and of moving past their bigotry and shortcomings. 1 isn't even really about the crew, 2 is a revenge story, 3 is a treasure hunt, 4 is mostly wacky fun (and my second favourite) and 5 is a hostage story more than anything, but 6 is a story about making yourself better and about actually practicing what you preach.

[@davidshirkey1272]

WOW! I'm at the Star Trek II part of this video now and already have to pause and comment. WELL DONE SIR! Informative, insightful, and as Spock might say..."Fascinating". I must admit, I'm a Scotty fan, having built and repaired ships and subs as a shipyard machinist years ago, so I know what hardship and crap engineers have to deal with...reversing the polarity and all of that. Grew up watching the original show in the 60's, and re-runs in the 70's, movies, subsequent TV series, and I still absolutely love it! I just subscribed to your channel, so keep up the great work!

[@jeanfitzsimmons7442]

You, young man, do what you do wonderfully. Keep up the excellent work bringing goodies to trek lovers, even us elderly ones. And even if we don’t agree with you. It is all perspective anyway, and we all have our own.

[@admcalister4678]

Absolutely fantastic job doing this. Well done guys. Have only watched part of it and already loving it.

[@lavern007]

I’m only 26 minutes in but I was at a convention in Virginia Brach where they introduced the trailer without theme or special effects. As we watched the Enterprise leaving space dock surrounded by prop masters and special effects people. People started humming the theme to accompany the video.

[@pjimmbojimmbo1990]

@1:33:12 Jane Wiedlin was not the Lead Singer of the Go Gos. That Role was done by Belinda Carlisle.

[@AlanDavidDoane]

Judson Scott also had a notable run on General Hospital, a show which has featured Star Trek actors going all the way back to its first episode in 1963.

[@yellowrose0910]

"The movie was bugeted at 400% less than its predecessor". You can't go below *100%* less... You mean "a quarter the budget of its predecessor".

[@ScottSummers-m5l]

I believe thats a metric vs imperial thing.😂

[@seantlewis376]

About Larry Luckinbill: He is married to Lucie Arnaz, daughter of Lucille Ball, the godmother of Star Trek. Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country is also my favorite of all the ST movies. Wrath of Khan comes very close, but Undiscovered Country is the best.

[@walterwhitejr.445]

Personally, I love "Star Trek:The Motion Picture" - not perfect, but it manages to be an amazing science fiction film regardless. If they'd had more of the typical character dynamics we'd come to expect from the classic crew, it'd be a perfect example of the more cerebral side of Trek. In an age where science fiction was over-represented by space fantasy instead, I find it refreshing to have something more than just lasers, robots and battles. And damn, the Enterprise never looked better.

[@keit99]

In the German version of TOS the "space the final frontier" of the intro had a year attached. "[...] wir schreiben das Jahr 2200" (it's the year 2200)

[@Number6_]

It was accually 2245.

[@jjmfrees]

@@Number6_ 2266

[@keit99]

​@@Number6_as I said that was the German intro. Also TOS is in the 2260s

[@Number6_]

@@keit99 fair enough. I think we're not in a position to quibble over a few decades.

[@JoannaHammond]

When ST3 came out I have never seen 1 or 2 at the cinema. My local cinema did a tripple show of all three back to back. It was a REALLY special occation for me as I was 11 and was quite restricted on what time I was supposed to go to bed at. This thing started at 6pm and just kept going. I was very confused about ST1 as it was so slow, in later years I appreciated it. ST2 was just AMAZING! And then we got to the new release ST3 and I was sat there going, it's good, but can I watched ST2 again?

[@Morecheeeeese]

Brilliant! 🙌 so much new info. Changing playback speed to .75 makes the muzak better, dude sounds more chilled out too

[@wangson]

Star Trek: The Motion Picture is one of the greatest films I've ever seen - across all genres! It's brilliant, thoughtful, beautiful and timely!

[@wangson]

@7Zark7-ez1gw Hahaa!! Yep! The Dead and Star Trek -it's hard to go wrong with either (although both have suffered in their later incarnations...

[@robertgreen6433]

The original pilot with Geoffery Hunter was the Cage which the Menagerie used clips from . The Menagerie is the episode with Pike in the chair and Spock on trial

[@IamJustJ.]

Exactly. I explained to someone last week who didn't even know the pilot existed that he missed out (he's in his late 50s and early 60s, so I told him where to find the original pilot "The Cage"). I also explained where that footage came from for the court martial. I sent him off to go find the footage and I'll hear from him tomorrow.

[@TrekCulture]

During the pitching phase it was known as 'The Menagerie'. 121.

[@katherineberger6329]

Quick correction on USS Ranger: Ranger was decommissioned in 1993 and stored until 2015. She was on donation hold throughout the 1990s and early 2000s but was eventually taken off because she was deteriorating at anchor past the point where she would make any level of attractive acquisition for a museum. She was designated for scrapping in 2012, scrapping started in 2015, and she was gone by the end of 2017. Paramount used USS Ranger, based on the West Coast at the time, as a stand-in for Enterprise twice in 1986: Once for Star Trek and once for Top Gun.

[@Eddie-zk2qi]

I'm glad you brought up the 22nd vs. 23rd Century thing. You are right in saying that Roddenberry left the time frame for TOS ambiguous. However I've been saying for years that TOS took place in the 22nd Century and not the 23rd. All you have to do is listen to the dialogue in several episodes. Here's a few examples: -Scotty says that Abraham Lincoln has been dead for three centuries. We all know Lincoln died in 1865. I think this is the most obvious example that TOS took place in the 22nd Century. -Kirk tell Khan that he has been asleep for two centuries. In other dialogue it's stated that Khan was supreme ruler of 1/4 of the earth from 1991 to 1996 (I think those are the correct dates). -When they go back in time to remove the evidence that Capt. Christopher gathered on them the Air Force Sgt. tell's Kirk he's going to lock him up for 200 years. Kirk's reply? "That ought to be just about right." -Flint gives his year of birth as 3834 BC. Spock tells Kirk that Flint's age is "on the order of 6000 years." Add 6000 years to 3834 BC and you get the year 2166. I know Spock said "on the order of" meaning he couldn't be precise, but even if he was off by a decade or two that still places that episode squarely in the late 22nd Century. That's all I can think of off the top of my head, I'm sure there's more. As for the title card at the beginning of Star Trek II that says "In the 23rd Century" it's likely that the movie took place in the first or second decade of the 23rd Century, not in the 2280's as the official chronology suggests.

[@davidkendrick4453]

The director's cuts are by far the best films in the entire franchise. Anyone who disagrees can go watch it until they figure it out.

[@maeve4686]

I started watching TOS at age 13! During the height of the Vietnam War, seeing dead soldiers & those wounded, NIGHTLY, Star Trek was an escape to the future of koom-biya, acceptance, no money,no War, no hostility WAS VERY IMPORTANT !!! Seeing a future of true peace was wonderful during those years. My brother just came home last year after 53 years in 'Nam. That's why he was ADAMANT about militarism...

[@jwb932]

12:12 Regarding director Joseph Sargent: he not only directed the first episode of Star Trek after the pilots ("The Corbomite Maneuver"), he also directed a 1964 episode of The Man From U.N.C.L.E. called "The Project Strigas Affair" in which an exterminator, played by William Shatner, interacts with a foreign operative, played by Leonard Nimoy - the first time the two actors worked together.

[@justicewokeisutterbs8641]

I was an enthusiastic fan of Star Trek as a kid in the 60's. ....Me and all the kids in my elementary grade level. I think a lot of the appeal of the show was that Star Trek went way beyond the usual space themes at the time : the universe was populated and organized with well known, (anthropomorphic), civilizations and empires that interacted regularly, but space was still big enough that finding new alien stuff was also pretty common; it was the mission of the Enterprise to do that, after all. I think a lot of the show's appeal WAS the Enterprise: it was huge-literally a flying city- it was pretty- people now probably don't appreciate now how unique the design was for its time. We were in the middle of the race to the moon, so we were used to 1-2 astronauts crammed into a "capsule". The Enterprise glided around with smooth magnificence when it wasn't doing "warp speed". No one even questioned WHY it had to bank when it orbited a planet- it just really looked good. We all unreservedly loved the Enterprise. The main characters were also a draw. The Kirk/Spock/McCoy triumvirate with Scotty, Urura, Chekov , Nurse Chapel and Sulu orbiting it had more charisma and chemistry than the casts of most TV shows and the writers used them well. To this day you can mention those names and people know who you're talking about. But then it ended despite all of the fan petitions sent to NBC. And back then, when it was gone it was GONE. There was no VHS or DVD, no personal computers, no digital files of the episodes and no internet from which to download them. A few people had tape recorded audio of the episodes when they were broadcast. Then came books, fan fiction and conventions. It's not surprising that the 1979 movie was well attended. Star Trek had been missed by many. But- it was a disappointment in a lot of ways. I didn't like Spock being grumpy and I didn't care what made him that way. I wanted cool, dry-humor Spock. The interiors of the Enterprise were too different from the original. Wasted dollars. I didn't care about the bald lady or her boyfriend. That was fluff. The V-ger thing was cool, but then they did it to death...and beyond. Flogging Kirk's advancing age was pointless and annoying. However, Kirk's fly-by around the Enterprise at the dock was lovely, especially considering that the original series had established that he loved her. The whiz-bang shift to warp speed was cool and a little scary. No wonder they kept using it subsequently to the point of it becoming canon. The special effects were top notch for that time The score was really good. The "yay us" optimism and energy of the main theme was consistent with.the mood of original Star Trek. Finally, I think that it was nostalgia that ultimately drove fan acceptance of Star Trek: The Movie. I remember that at the time, if someone asked me what I thought of the film, my answer was always: " It was good to see the Enterprise again."

[@tommytwotacos8106]

Patrick Stewart in a Members Only jacket is so 1989.

[@tommytwotacos8106]

THANK YOU for agreeing with me! I was worried for a minute that I was the only one who remembered.

[@neilsanghvi5229]

59:47: Loved the edit making it look as if Scott was pointing out his lack of credits to a sceptical Montalban

[@Cmdr1962]

I'm sure I've watched parts of this, but my memory sucks, so it's all new to me. You somehow found fun factoids I did not know after a lifetime of fandom. Thank you for putting it all together!

[@JAGGEDJUNKIE103]

I love all the original Star Trek movies, even 5, i think its a bit underrated yes its got some issues (Effects, Turbo Lift numbers lol) but it still better than most of the Trek we get now.

[@scooter73-i2]

The problem I have with people calling the motion picture boring is that is was 10x the pace of any TOS episode. I have tried to sit and binge watch them and one 48 minute episode feels like 4 hours. Seriously, each episode has a 45 second slow zoom on a character's face to mimic "drama".

[@Rob-z7k]

Its reallyyyy slow. WOK was faster paced!

[@prince_nocturne]

1:37:36 Fun fact with the USS Ranger. My uncle was stationed on that ship only a few years earlier. So if he had renewed his contract and served another term, he could have been an extra in the movie.

[@caligulathegod]

In all fairness, the budget of TMP was not really as high as reported. They just rolled in all the development costs of the Star Trek Phase 2 into the budget.

[@CarrollRoge]

You did it! The majority of this was indeed new to me. Very long video but the time flew by. Great job!!!

[@Daniel-Strain]

I have to say, Roddenberry's inputs on ST2 were very good. The mix of Bennett and Roddenberry's inclinations seems to have been a very good balance together.

[@tommytwotacos8106]

In one of the novels featuring Saavik, her emotional outbursts and seemingly unvulcan character notes are attributed to both her half Romulan heritage as well as a desperate and feral childhood spent surviving the wild outskirts of The Galactic Planet of Peace, the same planet that is featured in the first act of Star Trek V.

[@DaNinja60]

I hated that they replaced her from Christy Alley (wrong spelling I'm sure) then took away her emotions. Not only a tear at Spock's funeral but in the novel she had feelings for David. She cried when he was killed but was emotionally dead in the movie when she reported his death to Kirk.

[@TammieJohnson-r4e]

My heart broke and cried like a baby when they killed Spock. After I calmed down ( stopped crying) I was mad, so mad that they killed my favorite character.

[@suzanneroberge494]

I remember a very similar reaction. These characters have become "dear friends" to us.

[@RobertSinclair-j8i]

Thank you for making this video, I am a massive Trekkie and I learned a LOT of things I never knew. I compliment your do dilligence and research.

[@Thegonagle]

The motionless picture does have a fantastic soundtrack. Of course, everybody that knows film and TV music knows that. The opening credits start with the larger than life orchestral title score that eventually becomes the basis for the beloved TNG theme. Then the theme behind the Klingon’s opening battle (if you can even call it a battle) is gripping from the start and pulls you right in… Into an underwhelming film, yes, but at least music never disappoints.

[@frederf3227]

Soundtrack is possibly the best and it's beautiful visually. It feels very much like 2001 A Space Odyssey but Trek.

[@danom3572]

Always remembered the happy meal boxes! Loved it

[@Valjurai]

I was at a Shakespeare play in Klingon some years back in Arlington VA and, yeah, Takei came out for the last bit. =) Ironically, perhaps, the theatre, from the outside, looks a bit like an Ion cannon from Hoth

[@stevenewman1393]

🖖😎👍Very cool and very nicely well done and very well executed and informatively explained in every detail way shape and form provided on this format and subject matter on and about the 120 things you didn't know about all the various 6 different Star Trek Movies indeed Sir!👌.

[@ttintagel]

Flashing back to seeing Star Trek VI in the cinema. I was recovering from minor surgery and nursing a lingering fever, so I really shouldn't have been out and about, but there was no way I was going to miss the chance to see it on the big screen. We had to drive an hour to the nearest big city to see it as it wasn't playing at the local mall. Good memories.

[@cmack2769]

Thanks!

[@roberthoey8944]

Well done ..absolutely brilliant .. you have done unbelievable research ..keep the videos coming ...live long and prosper trek culture

[@tommytwotacos8106]

The tag line, "A 23rd Century Odyssey Now" is in desperate need of a comma before the "now".

[@justinkutz1572]

Thank you everybody involved. It’s my nighttime therapy

[@CritterKeeper01]

One of the best things about Saavik's pregnancy for fans at the time was the fact that she had also had a relationship with David, Kirk's son. Since either combination would have been a mix of Vulcan, human, and Romulan, fans theorized (remembering the technology of the time, before DNA really took off) they might not even have been able to tell whether the child was Spock's kid or Kirk's grandkid!

[@joeboxter3635]

@54:10 - In ToS, there was no Klingon Neutral Zone. The Neutral Zone was at the Romulan and Federation border. I guess Koenig wasn't in the Balance of Terror episode either.

[@sarahyoung646]

This is a fabulous piece, thank you! I do feel a need to note that one quarter of the previous budget is 75% less, not 400% less. That's just my brain being itchy on the point, though, I see how much work you put into this and I appreciate it!

[@peterpayne2219]

Love this long video, downloading to watch (listen to) on my phone while out and about

[@duanezetrouer6048]

Great information thank you for the posting and all that you do

[@cmaden78]

Love ur " red shirt" is there something we should know? Hahaha✨💀✨

[@khallo151]

Blish was the author of the first ST books I read, back when I was a kid digging through my grandparents attic.

[@Dutchreason]

Motion Picture: The 2022 version is very different from the 2001 version of the Director's Edition. No-one seems even remotely aware of the 2022 version. Covid royalty f-d up the releases of this re-release, eventually being a direct to streaming release.

[@mark40695]

Amazing feature TrekCulture.

[@setlik3gaming80]

New subscriber Excellent analysis 🖖🏽 I attended my first Star Trek Convention in 1974.

[@gailseatonhumbert]

Loved the whole review (although I must say it took me awhile to get through the whole video.

[@daveroche6522]

18:30 I always reckoned when they left the saucer section they were walking on V'Gers KNOB (the cameras using Dutch Angles so we wouldn't twig it).

[@Buddy74656]

I know Star Trek III isn't the most popular of the TOS films but it's one of my favorites, it was the first one I got to see in theaters and I remember being heartbroken when the Enterprise was shown as a trail of flame in the sky. I am also in the minority but I think Robin Curtis was the better Saavik and is who I think of when the character is mentioned.

[@FreddyKurganNimmo]

1:53:36 - That is *NOT* the novelization of Star Trek V. That was a completely different, unrelated novel, with a completely different story, which takes place before the days of Captain Pike. It was released in 1988. Don't judge a book by its cover, or assume its story based solely on its title🤔

[@sunsetcaptiva8573]

"send Sulu for Sushi..." YIKES !!! LOL !!!

[@mjc4942]

I find it interesting and funny how many actors keep coming back around. Hadn't noticed the actor that played admiral Cartwright also played Mr Sisko.

[@robertb7918]

In 1978 I remember reading a review of a Yes concert in which the band say that they are working on the soundtrack music for a Star Trek movie. Nothing seems to have come of that but it could have resulted in an interesting album!

[@tankertom3243]

The whole Ceti Alpha 5 and 6 thing does not wash. They would have had maps and known a planet was missing as soon as the entered the system. They had theat ability back in the Doomsday Machine, why not now?

[@bikedad7432]

This is a great recap of the TOS movies, and reaffirms for me how these pictures were much better than the TNG movies, including the excellent First Contact.

[@jeffkardosjr.3825]

1:14:20 Sure he isn't most recognized for playing Castillo on Miami Vice?

[@seancampbell1383]

This is an insanely great video.

[@tommytwotacos8106]

No offense to Majell, but Jess Bush is the quintessential Christine Chapel for me.

[@LWolf12]

I can understand Rodenberry not liking his stuff changed, but Star Fleet is more or less a space Navy, it's already militaristic at its core.

[@BubbaThaumaturge]

IDC what anyone says, I loved this movie .

[@KevinWardwell]

0:46 0:46 0:46

[@BubbaThaumaturge]

​@@KevinWardwellProof I'm not the only one. Thanks.

[@joeyhollywood4640]

AMAZING VIDEO. The Spock final line (no. 2) should have been left in.

[@kevinryan9796]

You state the DeForrest Kelley's last appearance in the Star Trek Franchise was Star Trek 6 The Undiscovered Country. What about his cameo in the first episode of Next Generation with Data getting a tour of the Enterprise D?

[@markwilson5857]

Encounter at Farpoint aired before the release of Star Trek VI.

[@barral69]

1:57:00 I'm all about no armrest! I sit on my legs more often than not and a chair with armrest is uncomfortable for me. lol

[@igorschmidlapp6987]

A Paramount rep at a convention addressed novelizations and canon regarding the novelization for STII noting that Saavik was part-Vulcan/part-Romulan, and was the love child of Spock and the Romulan commander in TOS. He said, "If it's not on-screen,it's NOT canon." I use that rule of thumb for Doctor Who, too...

[@looneyburgmusic]

I've never understood why people hate on Trek V so much... While not a "perfect" Trek film it wasn't horrible either, and actually was a decent stab at doing a "human-centric" story that Trek does so well, and is so famous for. I also can recall a friend of mine actually saying that he saw Trek V as a two-part TV episode, and he thought the character moments between Kirk, Spock, McCoy, and Spock and Sybok came off really well.

[@nc3136]

The undiscovered country is my favorite also.

[@ericrmccormick]

The motion picture is my 2nd favorite. The voyage home is my favorite.

[@HardestTargett]

2,3,1,5,6,4

[@JennyEverywhere]

Star Trek V's director, Bill "Stop Him Before He Directs Again" Shatner, was satirized, along with Spock, McCoy, and Sulu, in Peter David's issue #64 of the comic series "Dreadstar". The issue, entitled "Franchise And Empire", co-starred the crew of the original Enterprise, but as non-human aliens in very similar characters. The Captain, was called _Tibrus,_ a reference to Kirk's middle name, Tiberius. But the Spock analogue (Spork? Spink? I forget...) referred to Tibrus as "Director Five". This was not explained in the comic book that I recall, but was a clear dig at Shatner's film direction of "The Final Frontier". I vastly approve of Tibrus in Dreadstar far more than I approved of The Shat directing the fifth movie.

[@igorschmidlapp6987]

John Larroquette played Maltz, one of Kruge's crew. He eventually got to appear in Klingon makeup in an episode of the revived "Night Court"

[@igorschmidlapp6987]

Saavik shedding that tear in STII , caused a huge furor, with big fan criticism of Kirstie Alley (who, BTW, was once a contestant on "The Match Game" game show)...

[@luvmenow33]

Wasn't the character originally half romulan? I know Meyer wanted saavik to be the betrayer in 6 but the studio shot it down. Would have been better IMO.

[@AuthenticTheeMiddleone]

Absolutely love the Harlan Ellison reference. There is some excellent history between Ellison and Roddenberry. check it out.

[@johnbibb2471]

1:53:37 That’s actually a different novel than the ST5 novelization in the picture…

[@designobservatory]

Yes, the story in the Motion Picture was not so good. But the set, the effects, the music were and still are GREAT! I got profoundly inspired at the time.