Data's Magic Carpet Ride

Data plays a Zefram Cochrane classic to get himself into a Borg Annihilation mode. 😏

[@ICGvids]

Interesting fact here Deanna wasn’t sensing Data’s joy she was sensing the millions of Trek Fans joy at this scene.

[@Qardo]

No, no. She was sensing Data's joy. Just that, Data was the embodiment of millions of Trek Fans that finally got to see what a Galaxy-Class ship can really do when you drive her like you stole her. In all honesty. TNG crew did steal her but did return her before midnight, lol.

[@jonasklose6472]

Or she misinterpreted all the Star Trek fans crying loud and Gene Roddenberry becoming a nuclear fusion reactor through the countless spins per seconds he did in his grave.

[@big7588]

why not both?

[@Renji9031]

​@@Qardo r/woooosh

[@hagamapama]

@@Qardo They had authorization from Admiral LaForge so they're probably all good.

[@supersandman86]

Ok I'm admitting it. That actually improved a scene that was already perfect. And a big nod to first contact to boot.

[@raven4k998]

Data I said NO!!!

[@wsetproductions7659]

I must agree. This series of Star Trek is the best yet!

[@memc0282]

You should look for the version using sabotage

[@WardenWolf]

Only thing that would have made it better is Picard giving the middle finger to the queen right as he's beamed aboard.

[@beastdude]

My first thought at the scene was "holy shit they're doing a death star run". My second thought was "this shows just how big that borg cube is".

[@raven4k998]

Data's Gut became sentient and is now saying go for it Data and have some fun for fuck sakes🤣🤣🤣

[@trazyntheinfinite9895]

It also shows that the writers have no sense if scale. Jupiters red spot is massice. The cube was very oddly scaled. But i forgive them.

[@beastdude]

​@@trazyntheinfinite9895 I dunno. The red spot is supposed to be able to fit 3 earths inside as far as I recall, and when the enterprise gets to jupiter the cube is a tiny dot in the eye.

[@SmokeyMcb]

@@raven4k998 Q is in The Q Continuum is watching this with a big bag of popcorn and enjoying the show with a big smile on his face.

[@remirez2k3]

if its to be assumed" that is supposed to be a unimatrix ship ( which should have been a totally differant design) they went with cube for looks and nostagia sake i believe and a unimatrix cube would have been evven larger per say than a tac cube which was 9 normal cubes together

[@ricksilver8574]

I love the "new" Data. Opens up such new territory for the character. I hope it's not the last we see of him.

[@raven4k998]

well remember the new data's more advanced then the old Data mind you the Old data never tried this so who know maybe even the old Data could have done it and since he never tried there was never proof that he could do it

[@BravosReviews]

I want a whole franchise that’s Picards son and Captain 7/9

[@NinjaChris77]

The Data we shoulda gotten a looong time ago!! Poor Brent wanted them to kill him of, because he thought he cant be playing an Android character anymore as he got older. What they shouda down is use the emotions he got in Generations anthe skin he got in First Contact and just turn him into THIS Data like 25 years ago, lol!

[@tomasabrams7234]

I also love the new Data, but whats great is even if we dont get to see more of him, we got to get the closure of Data finally getting to be more human just like he always wanted to be

[@kimberlywertz3839]

@@BravosReviews There is something in the works titled “Legacy”.

[@AnticDuelist77]

This was freakin’ AWESOME!!!! The song was perfect! Not only because it’s a classic 60s era rock song, but also it’s the song Zefram Cochrane plays during the test flight of the Phoenix in “Star Trek: First Contact”.

[@davidrobbinssr8675]

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[@thrasher930]

The studio could have played this in show and id have loved it!

[@muninrob]

@@thrasher930 They were trying, but they couldn't get the license in time for the production schedule.

[@andrewdrabble8939]

That tune makes this scene even better than it already was

[@axllebeer]

This was extremely satisfying. If you could patch Riker in right after beaming them aboard saying “could you turn that down a little” it would have been icing on the cake.

[@Sirithil]

After all these years, Data finally gets to fly her like he stole her.

[@jessicles23]

He did , pretty much xD

[@seanraines5871]

@@jessicles23 hells to the yeah

[@Fez4277]

Data steal the Enterprise? Naawww. Lol

[@jessicles23]

@@Fez4277 hey he did when he was being seduced by the borg queen that one time .. for a brief moment on time 😂

[@Fez4277]

@@jessicles23 exactly!

[@TheNerdForAllSeasons]

"Why am I sensing enjoyment?" Data finally getting to show the Borg who the far superior synthetic is: "Resistance is futile, and also I can drift a starship."

[@frozenyetihead]

Brent Spiner is a complete bad ass. He was playing data the way data really would have been. He makes data one of the most powerful characters in the entire series. Every Nuance was perfect. Playing magic carpet ride to this was beautiful.

[@spaceflight1019]

"Data, where in the world did you get the idea for this?" "I watched this movie called 'Star Wars', and this guy called Han Solo was always doing things like this. I figured that if he could do it with the Millennium Falcon, I could do it with the Enterprise."

[@RedShirtGuy96]

Free Bird is for displays of general badassery, Magic Carpet Ride is for casual, relaxed even, badassery

[@r0bw00d]

"[N]ot even my _daughter_ can navigate us through this." Uh...you have an android right there in front of you.

[@Inciliusnebulifer]

That’s it, this is the best piece of editing I’ve ever seen. I knew that this season was fantastic but with this addition it’s now risen to the level of the best piece of cinema ever filmed( including LOTR which is hella high praise from me and something I swore no one could ever accomplish)

[@raven4k998]

kind of makes you wonder how well Data would have done the impossible before if he simply had tried like he does in this episode🤔🤔🤔

[@Adama85]

Whoever put this edit together, You Freaking Rock ! ! Thanks a million ! !

[@Creasy5678]

Data flies it like he means to show the whole galaxy how it's done, one last time. Love the music.

[@raven4k998]

well Data's pushing his Positronic brain to it's limits and having fun doing it plain and simple

[@Creasy5678]

@@raven4k998 Absolutely.

[@raven4k998]

@@Creasy5678 and the best part if you go back and watch TNG and hear Laforge say not even Data could do it you know he's full of it cause Data did this one and he said the same thing here so he had this bad ass flying ability for the ship for a long time and no one even believed he could do it till now

[@Albert23456]

Never seen the Enterprise D flown like that lol. Data got it done

[@superboats2]

Anyone else notice how Data was working that console like he was playing a musical instrument? It would have worked even better if Data said, "Let's rock n roll!" and then punched it.

[@Locruid]

2:03 Enterprise "I know the E come to rescue you once, but I've always been your true mistress....now its my turn"

[@BrianKnowles-m4y]

Love how the Enterprise slides in for a line of sight transport!

[@SierraThunder]

I absolutely LOVE!! what was done with this whole scene with just the addition of the Steppenwolf soundtrack!! Just as I loved it with the launch of the Phoenix!!. It was just as much fun watching Data get his rocks off & showing not only to to himself, but to Geordi, Deanna, and Beverly what the now FULLY human Data could do with his now totally human confidence in himself & his ability to trust his own ability to make the big 'D' handle like a Porsche on steroids. 5 BIG FREAKIN' STARS!!!!

[@raven4k998]

Hang on🤣

[@InebriatedMic]

Playing Steppenwolf just made that scene SOOOOO much better!

[@raven4k998]

I love the fact that a regular Borg cuba would own that old enterprise ncc 1701 D in combat yet a super cube is no match for the same old ship and Geordie did say he didn't have time to upgrade the weapons or shields on that ship so your not going to get away with oh they just upgraded the tech cause they didn't do that one which is why the story telling is just pure bs on that cube cause it should have owned the D in a heart beats it was still more then capable of slaughtering the D without much effort

[@PhotonHerald]

@@raven4k998Most ships don't mount capital weapons...ON THE INSIDE.

[@raven4k998]

@@PhotonHerald oh silly you are forgetting the outside of the borg cube they approached the cube from the outside and were taking hits a normal cube would drops the D's shields in a matter of seconds and this is a super large cube so your saying it can't do at least what a normal cube can do I mean seriously common and wake up

[@InebriatedMic]

@@raven4k998 Without a doubt, that cube should have destroyed the Enterprise. But we're also talking about a crew that had decades more experience piloting the ship, and one with less inhibitions. They didn't expect to survives, so they basically said "screw it." That, in my opinion, made the scene so much better.

[@raven4k998]

@@InebriatedMic yeah but the point is bad writing they made it look to easy for the D to slaughter that cube and experience can only take you so far with dated tech like that which the D had it would have been more believable had Geordie updated the weapons and shields tech of the D with anti borg tech but as it stood the D should have been blown up cause her tech wasn't that good against the borg as it was

[@tonydagostino6158]

Bet they wished they had seatbelts

[@nicktaylor2391]

As many times as I've seen this clip, this is in my top 5.

[@TheForeverRanger]

I'd love to see Tom Paris, Geordie's daughter, and Data have a maneuver off.

[@courtlandheieck1330]

Data be tossin that ship round so hard the inertial compensators be like DAAAAAAaaaaaaammmm!!!

[@ShadowArtist]

Final evolved form of Data is bad ass!

[@jadeblatz]

Awesome video, I wish they would have used this song in the episode, it fits so well!

[@jamesyagami2976]

And it would have been a call back to First Contact. Perfect.

[@CharlesPayet]

Star Trek + Guardians of the Galaxy remix.

[@pacificcoastpiper3949]

Zef would have shat himself at this level of piloting

[@jimdattilio1512]

I love the tip of the hat to Star Trek First Contact!

[@thatguyfromcetialphaV]

Deanna just did a Rockford J turn with a starship. Now that is classy.

[@hughbarton5743]

The joyful warrior Data is such a wonderful development. And perfectly understandable, even to TNG canon geeks. Mr. Spiner, as always, gift wraps the performance,, and then presents it for our viewing pleasure. The expression on his face as he goes in is literally priceless. Bravo, all!!!

[@raven4k998]

Hang on🤣

[@jonasklose6472]

Not for me. Star Trek died with Discovery for me. I can't take a few episodes before I have to quit. Everything of the ethics and the depth is gone. Now it's only about special effects and 'action'. At least the original data died meaning this was at least not done to the original character. Come to think of it, I now think it would have been better if there was a warp core breach in Nemesis at the end.

[@raven4k998]

@@jonasklose6472 yeah Picard rammed the scimitar and some of it broke off and breach engineering causing a warp core breach which why it didn't happen when it always happened by accident in TNG kind of shows you how much it had already changed by Nemesis Already

[@jonasklose6472]

@@raven4k998 No, I meant a warp core breach of the Enterprise, so the characters would have died in battle and couldn't have been used for this. Bad then I was sad that data died, now I'm glad. RIP For the movies: I always accepted them going away from Star Trek story telling. They were made for mass audiences that maybe heard of Star Trek the first time when they watched the movies. Now, it seems the only thing New Trek resembles a bit are the movies. For me: Star Trek should have just been happy with it's corner and should not have tried to claw it's way out by going generic/Star Wars sci-fi and making the ethics part into an in-your-face style because they don't believe that the target audience of Star Trek can think or reflect on what they saw and it's implications.

[@raven4k998]

@@jonasklose6472 well that star trek was more about the story this new star trek is about the special effects and action nothing more then that it has no science in it even it's just dumb words to fill in that they don't know shit about the star trek tech at all🤣🤣

[@timcassidy-curtis5428]

What Data forgot to mention is that this is the best idea they had. He should have asked Jeordi "Is there a better idea?"

[@kaboom-zf2bl]

the BEST part of that whole scene is Diana reaction to Data enjoying himself flying like no one has flown before ...

[@rhocat362]

I once saw these two admit that they used to make a game of seeing how many nods they could get into a scene. When they nodded at each other here, I broke up

[@nairbvel]

I was hoping that was the song you meant... :-) Love that "flying fireball" effect with the shields as the Big E comes screaming out of the middle of the explosion...

[@beepthemeep12]

It felt like there was meant to be a song here. This confirms it

[@FriedmannX]

Whoever made this, I love you.

[@MU-sj7by]

I hatte hin. This ist not star trek, thats star wars rubbish

[@tardiscommand1812]

That song brought me right back to the First Contact movie.

[@raven4k998]

well this scene works so much better with this over that movie just cause the song sounds like a wild ride and Data sends them on the ride of a lifetime into that cube and shockingly enough Data kills it

[@vernonhampton6973]

Deanna Troi: "Why am I sensing 'enjoyment'?" Me: "From Data or from everyone of us watching that scene?"

[@RyuJinsoku]

No kidding, talk about breaking the fourth wall lol. I sure as hell was feeling enjoyment 😂

[@maytagmark2171]

The maneuvers that Data must have pushed the Enterprise through to overcome the inertial dampening fields must have been astronomically ridiculous.

[@startrekfangirl]

You made that scene awesome 🎉 Just love it! Nicely done! 🤩

[@michaelalt9828]

John Kay and Steppenwolf rock even through the Star Trek universe!

[@doctorbeanis]

Brent spiner is a national treasure!

[@Laeadern]

The Queen never saw that coming. The D just goes in phasers and torpedoes blazing to stomp some borg and magic Carpet Ride fits so damn well.

[@marcusjustice6165]

The queen thought that since both the Enterprise-D and the Enterprise-E was destroyed and the Enterprise-F was compromised She had no clue that the Enterprise-D was back to finish The Borg Threat for sure.

[@Laeadern]

@@marcusjustice6165 I grew up with the D. It didn't get a proper sendoff in Generations so this was nice.

[@marcusjustice6165]

@@Laeadern I agreed with you. Star Trek: Generations was the very FIRST VHS Tape I bought. The crash landing of the Enterprise Saucer Section was like watching a homage to The Jupiter 2 from Lost In Space crashing planetside. Then came the Death of Captain James T. Kirk it was the 3rd time I cried the First Time was death of Captain Spock in 1982 at the age of 18 The Wrath of Khan Second Time 1984 at the age of 20 Tne destruction of the Original NCC-1701 in The Search of Spock. Age 59 Glad The Enterprise D is in the Starfleet Museum.

[@james-ud9lp]

Zephrame cockrane would be so proud of data. Lol.

[@PtolemyCeasar]

DR Sung get's the last laugh when he saves humanity, how he would have laughed.

[@weskirkland5850]

Always Trust data. He can always make it so.

[@colecovw.2171]

😂😂😂 This is just hilariously perfect 👍🏽

[@raven4k998]

makes you wonder though how long before this could Data have been this great at flying and cause Geordie said it was impossible they simply didn't have him try it🤔

[@kspn78]

I loved the record scratch moment, it was awesome!

[@Grimlock-ry8fg]

Don't put Deanna at the helm, she's already crashed that Enterprise, and its successor!

[@ianfranklin2216]

This song captures the absolute essence of fun and joy I’ve ever seen in a Star Trek episode. This has given me feelings that I haven’t felt in a very long time.

[@RobertGuido]

That moment when you can't play a video game machine that's hooked up to the net so you crack out the old SNES and Kick-Ass!

[@SamCogley]

“Why am I sensing…enjoyment?” “Because I’ve been wanting to kick the shit out of these assholes since the Queen tried to get me to blow Geordi out of the sky on the Phoenix. That’s why.”

[@JoshSweetvale]

Oh it's more than that. She can read Data now. It was never the metal and silicone brain. It was his incompleteness. And now he's a real boy.

[@jonasklose6472]

This is a different queen. The borg have countless queens and can create new ones if necessary. The queen of First Contact was killed.

[@elphiegleason3899]

Adding this song just puts the extra layer of icing on the cake 😂 kudos

[@OriginalMomo]

If only they used this song in the episode… would have been perfect.

[@johnmehalick]

I love it, being for that time for the music. Something Data only could do. Nicely slinked with the scene.

[@JohnWilliams-ps2uk]

This song really does go well with this scene

[@raven4k998]

it's like the scene was written just for this music it's crazy the writers never thought of putting this music to this scene

[@andrewdrabble8939]

The Enterprise D. The baddest starship in the galaxy. Data flung her round like she was a toy and she loved it

[@AndyCutright]

Back that Enterprise ass on down Troi! What a scene, watching the Enterprise swinging its backend on down to rescue the team! Talk about Tokyo Drift. Seriously glorious.

[@novoscorp7275]

The robot has a "gut feeling". Yay, we are all saved ! 🤣

[@Qardo]

Data is not really an Android anymore. He is more of a synthetic humanoid. Able to grow old and even die naturally of old age. Reminds me of the movie "Bicentennial Man". Pretty good movie.

[@carolbilodeau7476]

Like the use of Steppenwolf works perfectly for the moment

[@RS250Squid]

Not what I was looking for. But I'm glad I found it all the same.

[@rjstine1247]

First Contact moment

[@jgvillan01]

The music so changes the mood. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Robert_Douglass]

"Let's Rock and Roll!!"

[@Lovetheviolins]

I am shock at Jordy for telling Data "No..."

[@moshdawg53]

who needs the force when you have data

[@TheLisabedford]

That was one of the best things I have ever seen.

[@davidjones6969]

Diana went and got her man.... LOL

[@richardfletcher489]

Data in full control of the Enterprise D, Scary Good.

[@SoranoGuardias]

Had that big girl dancing like a fairy on the head of a pin.

[@Klaaism]

Watch how he soars like a leaf on the wind.

[@richardkritikos6578]

DRIFTING a straffing run within a BORG CUBE? Nice.

[@magaunac]

This scene absolutely NEEDED this music!!

[@patrickradcliffe3837]

Can we also acknowledge Crushers use of weapons here?

[@kcspain9195]

First Contact... Love It...

[@ericevans9186]

Being today is May 4th. Mr Data: This is the way! :D Nice run on the Death Star...err Borg Cube.

[@denisgauthier9191]

Data always wanted to become a human after all these years

[@raven4k998]

now he figured out how to have fun as an android doing things like this🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@AXE2501]

I would of loved to see a scene of them getting back to earth helping clean up, and at one point the crew in ten forward in the front of the ship having a chuckle at jack’s expense.

[@nunyadayumbusiness591]

"A great man once told me - "Don't try to be a great man, just be a man, let history make it's own judgement."

[@ff3player]

That's rhetorical nonsense. Who said that?

[@nunyadayumbusiness591]

@@ff3player "You did, ten years from now."

[@richardklepper3299]

most star wars moment ever in star trek

[@highlander723]

Oh please like Star wars didn't steal it from something else

[@garycannon4644]

@@highlander723 who did star wars steal it from?

[@highlander723]

@@garycannon4644 One notable example is the 1977 film "The War of the Stars" (also known as "Starcrash"), which features a small spacecraft infiltrating a larger enemy ship to destroy it from the inside. Additionally, the 1979 movie "Battlestar Galactica" has a similar plot point, where a small spacecraft called a "Viper" infiltrates an enemy ship and destroys it. It was not an original idea as you would think

[@richardklepper3299]

@@highlander723 what other movie had a spaceship traveling to the center of the bad guys ship to blow up the power supply, then race out, erupting in a plume of fire?

[@highlander723]

@@richardklepper3299 Read my previous reply

[@nunya3163]

Now slap that 3rd nacelle, phaser cannons, and phaser lance on the old girl.

[@KobayashiBrynhild]

Galaxy X class, eh?

[@nunya3163]

@@KobayashiBrynhild Love that beast.

[@KobayashiBrynhild]

@Nun Ya oh me too. My favorite class of ship. I've got one on STO and she is a B E A S T

[@marcusjustice6165]

And Promote Captain Riker to the Rank of Admiral.

[@marlonclaycomb5762]

Duh, Georgie LaForge. Both Data And Tim Paris can pilot the ship inside that massive Borg cube.

[@bobbyking8252]

Data's just driving like they stole it and I mean technically...........lol

[@jnuval]

Data upgraded into Brent Spiner.

[@kristophernash3626]

Just watched this episode. And holy hell I wish this was the edit they used.

[@johnmcmanus129]

anyone else bit suspicious how they put deanna back at helm aftet she crashed the saucer the first time round in generations ? 😂

[@kupotron9507]

I knew I wasn't the only one hearing this when I saw this scene!😂😂😂

[@2002mrkellz]

I'm surprised Crusher didn't fall with the way Data was driving

[@shadow7901]

They should've added this kind of music to this scene.

[@stevend8325]

Perfect song for that

[@jammicnix]

I was going say play the song ..just like the maiden launch of the Phoenix but you did it.. nice !!!! this scene has restored my faith in Kurztman and team as a matter of fact the last episode has .. !!!!! BRAVO and more please .. all the old trekkies would agree ..

[@patrickradcliffe3837]

I wouldn't go that far. A broken clock is right twice day.

[@randykerr1060]

i,m stoked about this part.

[@Am-graphix]

My only complaint is that it is far too short.

[@howardrash2446]

Another thing Geordi apparently never had time to work on.... the inertial dampers.

[@JoshSweetvale]

They've always had an upper limit.

[@thomaswilson3522]

Perfect Song...

[@tra-viskaiser8737]

If the saucer didnt have those type X+(probably type XI since the dominion war) and those big juicy fusion/impulse reactors(which can take tiny pellets of antimatter to boost power, at risk of damaging the wall linings). It probably would have been easier to use the battle section.. but like the transporters in shuttles and runabouts they are usually forgotten(except for obrian, he remembered when possessed).

[@killrkiddx007]

Data found the old fm/am radio 😂

[@LeonardBMCcCoy]

One thing I never understood: why didn't the inertia generators ever kick in to prevent people from getting rocked around?

[@williambrennan5701]

one of the most bad ass scenes in star trek for sure

[@MU-sj7by]

You mean star wars? This ist not trek

[@LinkTardis]

Id die laughing if they used this song in this scene

[@TheJoefussGarage]

"Lock and Load" baby !!!!!

[@alexwebb2277]

I think this is better than what they actually showed during Picard, nice work.

[@raven4k998]

makes you wonder which Galaxy class had to give up it's star drive section to the enterprise🤔

[@jacquelynbair1254]

Perfect! Nice work! Made me smile the whole time!