Encounter with the Energy Barrier(remstered)

good stuff, this is my favorite remastered scene in all of remastered star trek.

[@ilovebeinagirl]

YOU DON'T HAVE TO YELL, SPOCK. WE CAN HEAR YOU!!!!

[@EZRDEN]

By this point, we had Kirk, Spock, Scotty and Sulu. (although Sulu was a mathematician here, which didn’t really fit him in my opinion) About half of the crew we know and love. McCoy, Uhura and Chekov had yet to appear on the show so it was still incomplete in this episode. Although fast foreword to Season 2 and the main crew is fully formed.

[@luxxeon3d]

I'm glad Leornard Nimoy decided to get rid of the "shouting" Spock.

[@exoplanet11]

Agreed. It shows you how much an actor can mature in a role. At this point Nimoy was probably feeling like he was lucky to have a regular job, and would do whatever the director seemed to want. But luckily he was allowed to develop the character and did an excellent job of it.

[@soylentteal]

@@exoplanet11 Much of the Spock we know came to be in the first regular filmed episode, "The Corbomite Maneuver." Director Joseph Sargent advised Nimoy to react in a more impassive manner and also suggested his defining catch-word, "Fascinating." There were still a few bumps along the way, such as his broad smile in the SECOND regular episode, "Mudd's Women," as he introduces Kirk to Harry Mudd.

[@rjonboy7608]

I believe Nimoy thought Vulcans would raise their voices because of Humans' relatively poor hearing. It was supposed to emphasize his alienness.

[@wwclay86]

Sounds like Spock is repeating commands and information just like on a real ship in the middle of a crisis...

[@josephheston9238]

Bailey: "It's blocking our way!" Spock: "No need to shout."

[@stevenspenneberg7407]

See, this is WHY they let Sulu drive after this. He would NEVER hold hands with a girl, while he was steering!

[@Bargoth60]

Gary could hold hands with a member of the crew AND steer the ship----he was just that good at multitasking. Rumor had it Gary could also complete an assigned duty-roster, recalibrate the main sensory array, trouble-shoot any malfunctioning food synthesizers and take a sonic-shower all within 15 minutes tops. No wonder Kirk asked for him on his first command.

[@soylentteal]

Unfortunately, he couldn’t handle a hacked-off HAL-9000.

[@scottmcintosh4397]

I like the unremastered SPFX more. It's what I watched when growing up in the '60's. Also, if any of you out there know STTOS as intimately as I do, you will notice that tiny scenes or lines are shaved from the remastered episodes in order to devote more time to showing off the nifty new SPFX at the expense of the show itself.

[@williamhatfield7216]

Interesting.... Ill have to look into this but it wouldn't surprise me.

[@Admiral8Q]

Yeah, it was crappy effects back then, but yes, I did love it as a kid.

[@Inflec]

Agreed. I think the barrier was actually better done in the original. It looked like it was composed of energy--active and vibrant. This CGI version makes it look like a nebula. Also don't understand the need for the viewscreen to be given the widescreen treatment. I felt the original FX still held up even today.

[@BingBreep-mk6om]

I think the less sophisticated VFX of the unmastered version added to the overall creepiness of this scene.

[@TricksterColonel]

this i would call the best episode

[@TRANZEURO]

I agree.This is my favorite episode of Star Trek original series.

[@Admiral8Q]

I don't know if I would say this is the "best" episode, but definitely one of the best. :) Probably the worst, or at least one of the worst (In my opinion) was the one with the salt sucking alien creature.

[@tonytafoya6217]

Big hammer.

[@Mantikal]

This episode has the creepiest / other worldly sound of all the episodes. Its like the dark version of Star Trek.

[@RomulanCommander]

The new effects are awesome, though the original will always hold a special place in our hearts :P Mr Spock is weird shouting all the time XD but that's what you get in a pilot

[@Admiral8Q]

"Spock! Calm down!"

[@FreedomZealot]

This is my favorite scene from the original series. The first time I saw it (I was about 8 when the re-runs aired), I thought it was the coolest thing I'd ever seen -- still do. The problem with the re-master is that they ruin the visual narrative: When the Enterprise enters the Barrier, we're already there waiting; in the original, we're on board as the ship ventures into the unknown. It's a small but critical change.

[@Admiral8Q]

I was probably about 8 too. It was scary. ;)

[@RADIXCHRISTUSMOLE]

2:00 Looks like she is enjoying this ride. "Weeeee! This is some fun!"

[@manofsan]

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[@josephheston9238]

I guess after the encounter with the barrier, the _Enterprise_ got a refit.

[@scottmcintosh4397]

Actually, you're more correct than you think. According to technical manuals, a refit was made, but for reasons not related with the barrier encounter. 🌌🚀🔭👍

[@bundesautobahn7]

@@scottmcintosh4397 The refit was supposed to be done before Kirk assumed command of the Enterprise, when Chris Pike was promoted. I guess the bridge wasn't refit until sometime later. Maybe it could be explained with this trip being like part of a shakedown before the bridge refit and start of Kirk's legendary five year mission?

[@Hendo56]

I always thought it was silly the way Gary grabbed Smith's hand. Geez.

[@billr3053]

Gotta love how their display technology on the big view-screen has so many lux (or lumens or nits) that the crew has to shield their eyes. Who would design such a thing that its brightness range is damaging to the eyes?! Not so much in this particular instance but other episodes were everybody’s holding up their arm to shield themselves from the display.

[@drakeredwingofficial]

This shit scared the ever-loving FUCK out of me when I saw it for the first time

[@Akabackalooka]

I glanced at the title and thought this was "Encounter with the Energizer Bunny".

[@blanemylke4144]

With special guests Hotlips Houlihan and Dr. Frank Poole.

[@soylentteal]

"This isn't a starship! It's an insane asylum!"

[@Admiral8Q]

Hahaha!

[@ThomasPurcell]

23rd century has no circuit breakers apparently.

[@BingBreep-mk6om]

Well a typical circut breaker will still not stop a close lightning strike from jumping the contacts inside it and frying the stuff plugged into the outlets. That's what a GOOD, expensive lightning arrestor is for. Those power strips with the cheap 10 cent mov in them and the scammy 10,000 dollar "guarantee" don't count BTW. The ones you need are simaler to the ones radio stations and phone switching stations use to protect the equipment within. But here, they were being hit with forces they didn't understand, and the energy might have been travelling straight through the hull to get to the circuits, so any kind of protection might not have done much good in this situation.

[@ThomasPurcell]

@@BingBreep-mk6om So no insulation either. Strange for a ship that is supposed to be built to explore the unknown. Got it.

[@somethingoutdoors1412]

The guy who says "whatever it is, contact on 12 second also played with Paul fix in the rifleman

[@blockmasterscott]

3:44 One reason why I love TOS, this scene looks like a real military ship instead of the luxury recreational vehicle looking bridge in STNG.

[@danielleclare2938]

The TOS Enterprise was built like a pinball machine and even sounded like one....sort of. Then the TNG was more of a laptop. Both were a sign of their real times. In one episode you see Uhura soldering wires. The 23rd century was pretty basic back in the 60's. Good times actually.

[@NLaertes]

So thats the origin of Trek's exploding computer panels...

[@michaelwhalen2442]

That's Marshall Micah Torrance from "The Rifleman."

[@williamhaynes4800]

And Lloyd Haynes from Batman, Room 222. and Ice Station Zebra.

[@michaelwhalen2442]

@@williamhaynes4800 And astronaut Frank Poole from "2001: A Space Odyssey."

[@michaelwhalen2442]

@@williamhaynes4800 Major "Hot Lips" Houlihan from the original movie, "MASH." How could I forget her?!?

[@blockmasterscott]

I KNEW I saw him from somewhere! Thanks!

[@EtzEchad]

Even as a kid, I wondered why they didn't just go above or below it...

[@morlockmeat]

@David Messer - 😂😂😂 Me too! Even as a kid! 😂😂😂

[@Admiral8Q]

Same here.

[@Admiral8Q]

"Uh, dudes and dudettes, you know you can go up or down? Right?"

[@Roadman1000]

Lol verticality doesn't matter when the plot says it doesn't

[@ilovebeinagirl]

Spock: "His behavior indicates two-dimensional thinking"

[@davidsnead1132]

The original effects were far superior.

[@victorwashington7306]

David Snead Agreed!

[@plateshutoverlock]

I wouldn't say that, but the original barrier was *MUCH* creepier looking. The original was a vaugly defined band, almost featureless, and had a true feel of mystery and forboding. Here, it looks like the kind of nebula we've seen Voyager go into a billion times before, so it loses a lot of it's edge :|

[@soylentteal]

@@plateshutoverlock One annoying inconsistency, the tips of Enterprise's warp nacelles, was corrected with the remastering. The original shot of Enterprise (without the nacelle "bubbles") approaching the barrier was used over and over at the end of numerous regular episodes and the fact that the nacelles didn't match the post-pilot shots always bothered me. But we old Trekkers are, perhaps, more sensitive.

[@Admiral8Q]

The original effects SUCKED! But in the day were cool. I think if "remastering" it, you should at least try to have a similar effect. Use models and a bit of CGI. Not just CGI.

[@robertfhart6941]

Great episode. I never understood why captain kirk took the ship in the barrier

[@Mr_Venison]

Robert F Hart The Enterprise was assigned to probe the outside of the galaxy

[@SeanFication]

Boldly going where no man had gone before.

[@realityisntachoice1483]

The barrier could be the q continuum or related to the creation of the q before they evolved to pure energy

[@logicplague]

Check out a book called Q^2, in the book it actually WAS Q, recovering and trying to get out after having his ass handed to him.

[@ilovebeinagirl]

I like how the doctor leaves the unconscious, but "alive" Gary Mitchell to go help out with the other 6 people who are around the pretty woman who is clearly fine and says she's okay 😏

[@ilovebeinagirl]

It would've been so cool if at 2:14 Sulu would've taken the helm instead of Spock.

[@Charon58]

The gorgeous Andrea Dromm. Only in the cast for a handful of episodes.

[@soylentteal]

As I observed when I first saw this in the early 70s, Mitchell holding Smith’s hand during all that was ridiculous. Not the time to multitask!

[@borusa32]

This is probably my favourite episode althugh Sulu doesn't really work as a mathematician.

[@soylentteal]

He did then (in 1965). He was still a year away from becoming a helmsman.

[@conditionallyunconditional5691]

Where tf is Scotty!!???? He lives for this stuff! 🤯🙈

[@michaelhenry1423]

The original 1965 barrier effects were much better.

[@joeswanson733]

in star trek discovery season 4 episode 10 with 32nd century technology the discovery is successfully able to penetrate the great barrier without any major damage or anyone getting esp powers.

[@STho205]

The advantage of new teen soap writers wanting it to be no problem at all, barely an inconvenience.

[@CVBASEBALLCARDCOLLECTOR]

Why are Scotty, Sulu , the Doc and the other gal just standing around?

[@RandomGamer-qy6ys]

humans: time to leave galaxy milky way: nien.

[@benquinney2]

That’s why Hubble hasn’t detected it

[@tomf3150]

To be continued in Star Trek Continues (lol) last 2 episodes.

[@user-kh1gv4ul8x]

So true! Vic Mignogna and the fan production Star Trek Continues gave the Star Trek original series a remarkable close and fitting end to their five year mission, and set the stage for Star Trek: The Movie with their two part episode, "To Boldly Go," Parts I and II. They drew directly from this episode "Where No Man Has Gone Before." The plot was complex and surprising, the drama was taut, and the acting, direction and production values were exceptional. Far beyond anything anyone could ever expect from a fan production. Rod Roddenberry, Gene's son, said that the 11 Star Trek Continues episodes should be treated as canon.

[@zizimugen4470]

1:35 whoa, epilepsy warning in 3, 2, 1.

[@stevenspenneberg7407]

The only thing that explodes on Starships, are control panels. So, when it’s a Red Alert, everyone put on Oven Mitts and a face shield and we are good. Do watch out for falling GIRDERS though. They tend to fall across consoles...which then explode.

[@tom_p9075]

That was smart going with that speed

[@robertroonok1701]

She might appear fragile, but the Enterprise could take one hell of a beating...

[@BingBreep-mk6om]

I wonder how Dreadnought would've fared against this. It seemed to survive well intact when it was pulled into the Delta Quadrant, while Voyager was a mess of dangling wires, exploding power conduits, and a warp core about to breach.

[@Timbretwo]

Slow down. turn left now

[@williamhatfield7216]

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[@magicstix0r]

The Earth is about midway from the center of the galaxy to the rim (30,000 LY in, 30,000 LY out or so). At 24th century warp speeds you can travel around a thousand light years in a year. So it should've taken the Enterprise 30 years MINIMUM to reach the galactic rim (and thus the barrier) if they flew straight from Earth where the Enterprise was built. But 23rd century warp speeds were much slower, so it would've taken way longer. And Warp 1 is the speed of light, which would've taken 30,000 years from Earth. Lolwut?

[@STho205]

Was Khan your astrophysics instructor....you exhibit 2 dimensional thinking. 1000ly thick and less than half that where we are in the Orion-Cygnus arm. So 200 to 300ly to the barrier on the Z axis. Now as they were on batteries...and let's say Impulse repaired....impulse has to be FTL as Kirk says years in the distance...not centuries. Also they reached a United Earth fuel and supply depot in just a few days without warp.....interesting as why build a century old depot on the edge of the galaxy where NO MAN HAS GONE BEFORE?.... So the depot had to be at the edge of Earth Colony space....yeah there is no mention of UFP till the end of Season 1. So impulse is FTL...except when it isn't....then it is again like in ST6.

[@kirishima638]

I wish they'd kept this serious 'forbidden planet' look theme and those uniforms. The series was a bit cheesy after this episode.

[@domenicsandri2740]

This is blasphemy. The energy barrier represents God. Those who get effected are the chosen ones.