(JTVFX) Star Trek III The Search for Spock - Genesis Battle (Recreation)

A trimmed down recreation of the classic battle over Genesis.
All rights go to CBS/Viacom/Paramount.

[@JTVFX1]

Thank you everyone for your feedback. I realize that the cloaking effect isn't the greatest/too noticeable and I have noted your observations and they will be improved on in future videos. Please try to understand too that despite my talent, I have only been animating for about six months and am far from being fully versed on Blender, tho with each video I make I learn something new. :) Thank you for your understanding.

[@RicardoLopez-ww9em]

I thought you did an amazing job! I’m usually against people going back and re-editing movies but I loved the updated effects.

[@JimAllder11]

Very nice work.

[@IronWarhorsesFun]

It honestly looks like the cloaking device is malfunctioning 😎

[@DavidNicholson101]

@@IronWarhorsesFun Well, the cloak in the movie didn't look perfect. Makes me think maybe the bird of prey was using older cloaking tech. I think the video is wonderful.

[@IronWarhorsesFun]

@@DavidNicholson101 yes. Also loved that you can very clearly see the sillouette of a BoP🤣

[@AvengerBB1]

Nice! I will always love Scotty's line. "I didn't expect to take us into combat ya know." Scotty, it's the Enterprise and Jim Kirk is in command. Combat should always be something you expect.

[@OpenMawProductions]

To be completely fair, though... Earth to Mutara is just a quick trip around the block.

[@AvengerBB1]

@@OpenMawProductions True, but remember what happened on their last trip to the Mutara Sector. lol

[@healthycigarettes5088]

I would figure Kirk is a Admiral he could have had at least two or three ships in command IF.... he fabricated a better excuse to the Fleet Admiral to allow him do so. Something like: Genesis could be used as a weapon. Possible theft. Make up a enemy...stuff like that.

[@kingsman8475]

Poor writing. I would have wrote, no time to repair the Enterprise. We have 15 % deflector power!

[@thespecter5164]

@@kingsman8475 lame

[@rwalper]

It's a disgusting sin that we don't have any modern video games of classic Trek with graphics like this!

[@winternow2242]

Good Star Trek games were overall few. I've got Elite Force. Some years ago, modders added an SP campaign based on TOS, and released part of it. Not sure if they ever completed it though. The settings were great, with classic TOS sound effects and musical cues.

[@royroblox]

Tell me about it! I loved Klingon Academy and Starfleet Command so much but an awesome one with more depth than STO would be incredible.

[@chienforcer]

@@royroblox Right! STO Had potential for a bit, then the PEW PEW crowd got a hold of it and it went in the toilet... queues and shooting are all it is now... but for a while there were some actual stories and missions that you actually wanted to run with your friends... it was shortly after fleet starbases were introduced... and the foundry was kicking up big time... when they had random mission generating missions for the edge of the map areas and when you would beam to planets... and could explore stuff... nobody likes to explore anymore... it's too hard to think for simpletons... gotta be spoon fed or they quit with a tantrum

[@johnarmenta2199]

Sounds like a niche market, ripe for the pickin'. You game?? (Pun intended!)

[@lamelama22]

Star Trek: Bridge Commander does when modded. It's probably the best and most faithful Trek game ever made, being able to target individual systems like each separate disrupter / engine, and it was super easy to mod. People then added higher quality models, all the classic Trek ships (original game was TNG movie era), all the classic bridges, and lots of extra / improved features. Only down side was that the engine wasn't super optimized...

[@Star-Explorers]

"88 miles an hour.!! I mean fire torpedoes!!"

[@HowIamDriving]

Great Scott!

[@Aguanga_cowboy007]

They need 1.21 gigawats

[@simonwillis1529]

“ that’s heavy “

[@johnnyfavorite1194]

Do I even need to mention that in the the Star Trek movie that followed this one, Kruge’s Ship doubled as a Time Machine?

[@Star-Explorers]

@@johnnyfavorite1194 Great Scott Johnny! You are absolutely correct.

[@dtuk22]

"Great Scott" Just 4 minutes 33 seconds...of a classic Trek movie, is forever re-watchable & enjoyable, That can't be said about all three of the JJ movies.

[@johnarmenta2199]

The JJ movies SUUUUUUCKED!!! ALL OF THEM!!

[@Garvey64LIVE64]

I have an appreciation for the JJ movies, but I wish they did something in regards to Vger, Or more less combat centric stuff, where the crew has to think their way out.

[@thegreenmanofnorwich]

Beyond was, I thought, alright. I didn't really care for the weirs dumbing down and combat focused style of them, though.

[@jamiebraswell5520]

True True True. JJ's films were insulting. But hey, I couldn't stand him well before he did Star Trek, back when it was unpopular to not like him. I got attacked so many times back then for speaking up, but I have the last laugh now that he destroyed Star Wars . Hey, I tried to tell people, but no one listened. It is too bad that it took 2 Trek films and 2 Star Wars films before people started opening their eyes to what a hack this man is.

[@jamiebraswell5520]

​@@thegreenmanofnorwichyou mean the one where the Beastie Boys music defeats the aliens?🤣

[@Alphasiera1701]

I really liked how you showed the Enterprise torpedo system coming online. Lovely little touch.

[@telee19]

I agree, though tactically not at all advantageous

[@the_once-and-future_king.]

@@telee19 Don't forget the torpedo bay is unmanned and the port launcher is out of commission. It makes sense to have the induction launcher pre-energised.

[@vintvarner16]

​@@the_once-and-future_king.Now looking at this if the torpedo launcher was turned on like this here, wouldn't you think the BOP would have detected it and known Enterprise might know where they are at? Of course the Klingons might just be thinking that Enterprise can't find Grissom and went to battle stations, just like Klingon doctrine. Or maybe the cloak as we know takes a lot of power so maybe Klingon sensors aren't the most reliable

[@crownprincesebastianjohano7069]

@@vintvarner16 The whole reason Kirk didn't raise shields was to not clue in the enemy that they knew someone was out there. Kirk wanted them to think they were unaware of them. The torpedo 'light' turning on would have given away the game.

[@equinoxstudiosphoto]

Incredible. Loved how the photon tube on the Enterprise 'powered up'.. the only 'constructive' criticism is there were times the cloaked Klingon ship was too easy to spot.. maybe blurring the cloaked edges would make it more mysterious? otherwise - wow - simply incredible!

[@yortsemloh1156]

In the original movie you could see it after it cloaked and on the view screen.

[@ianwestc]

@@yortsemloh1156 It was visible, but I think it was TOO visible here. I mean, at 1:42 it's super obvious. It's something that pops out at you, it's Bird of Prey ship-shaped even, but Kirk, Chekov, and Sulu are staring at the screen for quite some time until 2:15 when they theorize on what it is. Amusingly, to make this work, a few shots from the film are omitted here, where Kirk points the distortion and Sulu says that it gets bigger as they closer.

[@builder396]

I would actually go a step further and not use the BoP model with a shader effect over it (because you can clearly see even details like the torpedo tube) but only make a vaguely approximate shape with a much more subtle refraction effect, as thats likely closer to what the cloak would looked like originally.

[@luminaire4946]

Even in the normal movie you could see the ship move as the BOP cloaking system was not perfect. Remember klingons canonically (fuck discovery) Got cloaking tech from the romulans but it was several generations inferior to top of the line romulan cloaks. This is why in Elan of Troyus the enterprise could detect the klingon ship on sensors but not see them (the did the same in Balance of terror but NOT in the enterprise incident as the romulans had developed a far better cloak by then.)

[@ianwestc]

@@luminaire4946 I'm not saying there's no distortion at all -- in the original movie they can visually spot it. We're just saying in this remake video it's maybe a little too obvious, too quick and easy to spot, much more so than in the original.

[@gemmaevans6827]

Great stuff for 6 months experience! I’d forgotten just how good Christopher Lloyd is as Kruge.

[@KaitainCPS]

Kruge is fucking awesome, and endlessly quotable.

[@danielhenderson8316]

Like Leonard Nimoy said in his commentary, "Don't talk to me about typecasting..."

[@kenp7814]

Never piss off reverend Jim

[@thegreenmanofnorwich]

I always found it charming that he pronounced the "th" in "thrusters" closer to an "f". I don't know why, I just like it.

[@andrewshouse9840]

I think Lloyd was doing something like a Chinese/Japanese warlord sort of thing for Kruge. It made him... thoughtful in his brutality

[@jessicasretrolunacy]

I admit, I get extremely emotional during Star Treks II and III, and I am really invested in the Enterprise as a character. So, I will tell you, I cried at the addition of even one little additional bit of footage of the old girl, when powering up her only good torpedo bay. Your new footage matches James Horner's movement here PERFECTLY, hammering home the sense that this poor, battered starship, our old friend, is still gonna give her last battle all its worth.

[@eremiticwolf3499]

I remember seeing ST:III at the theater. When the Enterprise self-destructed it got very quiet in the theater. Then you could hear people sniffling and she plunged into the atmosphere. A lot of us grew up with the old girl. :(

[@FilmScoreSpotlight]

For me this is the only true U.S.S. Enterprise!

[@jessicasretrolunacy]

@@FilmScoreSpotlight No bloody A, B, C, D, E, or J.J.

[@leonmorales6237]

@@FilmScoreSpotlight always and forever

[@OpenMawProductions]

@@FilmScoreSpotlight Yep. Every other Enterprise, even the A, is just "another" Enterprise. This was the one that started it all. She had the history in her, of three years of television stories, novels, comics, everything that had been built up around her mystique since the original series ended. The ship Kirk fought to get back. And she died protecting her crew, one last time. People give Star Trek 3 crap, but it's honestly a great film in my eyes. It's the middle of a trilogy, which is the hardest part of any story to tell. The script may not be as tight as Wrath of Khan or as culturally grabbing as Voyage Home, but everything involving the crew and the Enterprise is amazing.

[@BOBXFILES2374a]

"Knocked out the Automation Center!" Darn that Windows v.2305!

[@psnitkin4059]

And the console catches fire between Scott and Sulu lol

[@SeansModelBuilds2017]

Windows Vista.

[@ct0760]

Windows 7 too

[@jimmyfoley6789]

😂

[@fredjaneson1670]

HAHAHAHA/!👍😂

[@thegreenmanofnorwich]

If I didn't know it was CGI, I would have sworn that the ventral shot of the Enterprise approaching Genesis was the original. I love the way you did the distortion too

[@pdex2165]

For six months on Blender, this is very well done. With more time and experience this scene will be polished to near perfection. Good job.

[@disorientedbear]

IMHO the most beautiful starship design in one of my favorite scenes. Thank you!! VERY well done!!

[@k1productions87]

Did you know that unlike most other Trek films, the new ship designs in this particular film were made by ILM, not Paramount. Leonard Nimoy knew enough to give ILM the ball and let them run with it. And from that we got some of the most iconic designs of all time - Spacedock, the Excelsior, the Klingon Bird of Prey, the Oberth-class Science Vessel, event he Merchantman Freighter which gets redressed and reused in TNG about a dozen times

[@disorientedbear]

@@k1productions87 Yet another reason to love that man, thank you Mr. Nimoy, llap. I would assume that ILM was also mainly responsible for the Miranda-class as well. Those things are amazing and REALLY long-lived. I half expected a bunch to show up at the end of ST: Picard's final episode. Oh well, we'll probably get a few in season 2, they have to be still in service.

[@k1productions87]

@@disorientedbear No, the Miranda-class was an in-house thing, then approved by Nick Meyer, the Director (upside-down). The Miranda looks cool and all... but its basically just kitbashing the Constitution with some extra details.

[@disorientedbear]

@@k1productions87 Oops, II and III melded together in my head for a second. Makes sense. Star Trek has a wide (and awesome) history of creating "new" designs by gluing various components together (i.e. other designs, WWII battleships, common household items (razors)). The freighter design you mentioned before is a really good example. The TNG Romulan scout ship and various shuttle-sized craft seen in TNG's 11001001 are other examples. Yes they reused the Spacedock model in that episode, but it still worked. As long as the products are good, I'd tell them to keep "stretching" that ranch.

[@Dilious31]

Really like the damage effect when the Bird Of Prey is spinning out of control! And I liked seeing the Enterprise’s remaining torpedo system ‘warming up’ as she closes through the shot!

[@Gragthor]

That was pretty fucking awesome. This is one of my all-time favorite space battles. I like the subtle touches here and there. A lot of recreations like to flex and add a lot of fancy foot-work for no reason. This? This was just right. Well done.

[@yortsemloh1156]

The Federation should really invest in developing computer systems that don’t explode. Amazing work!

[@florbfnarb7099]

The Federation and Klingons both have forgotten how to make circuit breakers, it seems...

[@STho205]

That's a good joke we all banter about, but if you figure the massive energy used in these ST weapons or encountering massive space energy fields (if real)... Really kind of hard to build a fuse that can handle something that can arc many or hundreds of kilometers through space.

[@maxheadroom4659]

I love exploding consoles.

[@florbfnarb7099]

@@STho205 - Yeah but it isn’t the weapons exploding, it’s computer consoles. Clearly the hulls do withstand phaser, disruptor, and torpedo hits, so it shouldn’t be out of their ability to avoid energy being conducted through to computer equipment and exploding.

[@STho205]

@@florbfnarb7099 has to go somewhere. Of course that would burn out all the circuits as it did in WNMHGB requiring replacement, but massive energy finds the weakest system to burn out. Try a house after a lightening pop or a massive loss of ground and phase shift. All the little electronics, switches, buttons and table fan motors get popped and blow. Big items like compressors, stoves, HVAC, etc... They're often fine.

[@danielclyde7777]

Really well done, you stayed true to the “spirit” of the battle.

[@AlanTaylorCRSmusicproduction]

Paramount should hire JTVFX to complete all the effects on the original Trek movies and release them all on Bluray/4K. Superb and the best effects I've seen of all the fan versions.

[@SuperGamefreak18]

they wouldnt and would make his life hell

[@alvinbanks]

This looks good but the studio can do much better VFX.

[@SuperGamefreak18]

@@alvinbanks can and should but the end result isnt always enjoyed

[@thepartydontstoptilliwalkin]

2:59 - 3:03 This is just beautifully done. I appreciate how the entire sequence seems less hasty here.

[@BenKii]

I'm in the middle of marathoning the Star Trek movies on Bluray and just got finished with the 3rd movie. I can honestly say that I'm blown away by your recreation of this space battle and think it's better than the original. Excellent work fellow Trekker. I can't wait to see your other videos. :)

[@bulldogsfan]

I have to admit out of all Klingons Christopher Lloyd was great in this movie.

[@MrBawdry]

He was waiting for the Enterprise to reach 88mph before firing.

[@Robman0908]

My favorite Klingon villain.

[@hedgeappletn2288]

NO... this version is great keep doing what you're doing you are doing a great service to trekies everywhere

[@0013bluejay]

DANG, I was hoping to see the Enterprise destruction too! Your animations got me invested so much into the video! Excellent work.

[@johnbockelie3899]

" Scotty, we need fire power!!" " Canna do it sir , they knocked out the Chimpanzee , an two trainees who were runnin the automation system !!!!". Beautiful remade special effects. from a 1984 classic.

[@zaftred8777]

Just found your channel and your already one of my favorite Trek uploaders. Excellent job

[@ScottGammans]

I am loving these visits into key scenes of Trek! I do have one little comment about the photon torpedo firing sequence: since TWOK established that photon torpedoes are actual physical objects (and not blobs of energy), when the starboard torpedo fires, I expected to see the weapon exiting a tunnel-like torpedo tube rather than a flat orange plane. That’s it… that’s the only constructive comments/criticism I can offer. I am stunned and envious at your rate of production. Marvelous, just marvelous!

[@PromusKaa]

This is absolutely phenomenal! You've done fantastic work here. Thank you for sharing! I'd love to see you take on the VFX shots from Star Trek V! It would be interesting to see you not just replicate existing effects, but actually making your own that would be FAR superior to what the film itself managed to have!

[@Ma77riK]

imo, the way the cloaking looked has the same vibe as the "rushed production" version we see on screen, and is absolutely television level, not quite feature film, but definitely on that trajectory.

[@gutez]

Word of advice, don't ever apologize for your work always stand by it especially the many man hours you had put into it. I think you did a great job, very clean and also a fantastic edit job altogether as well especially after Chekov says a scout class vessel!

[@TheVCRTimeMachine]

The original effects were convincing enough. Doesn't really need a recreation, but that's pretty good work.

[@Painter.Wane92]

I love the clocking effect. That first shot with the planet revealing part of the ship. >Chef's kiss

[@jdadon2000]

That is really sweet. Heartbreaking to see the old girl take a beating then her final breath a short time later. Last day of the enterprise. 3 captains, 2 major refits and 20 year of service.

[@thephantasm581]

40 years

[@Adventure.Cyclist]

fantastic... makes me want to rewatch the original movies

[@Lotikwahu]

The little detail of the Starboard Nacelle marker light being burned out was great. I saw this in the theatre opening weekend, and that little detail caught my eye then, and I'm so glad you included it here.

[@jamescampion7880]

Fantastic. You fixed a bothersome aspect of the original. When the Klingon ship returned fire there was that static discharge at the saucer that lasted 3 secs or so, AND then the blast behind Kirk. You made the bridge direct hit right away thus more exciting. Great editing.

[@Mirage_Mach5]

Thank you so much for this scene! You did such an awesome job!

[@ncc1701chris]

Another thing that I like about this recreation is that we see the enterprise coming out of warp for what turns out to be her last time...a part we dont see in the film itself.

[@RailsOfTheSouthProductions]

Agreed

[@cerethpainting6606]

My only big complaint with this movie is that two photon torpedoes against an unshielded bird of prey should have crippled that ship.

[@the_once-and-future_king.]

Mk.2 torpedoes were variable-yield. The torpedoes were stowed with only minimal antimatter (so they could be safely ejected via the torpedo tubes in an emergency if the induction launcher was damaged). As the torpedo bay was running without a crew, the additional 'warhead' antimatter wasn't loaded, so the actual yield against the BoP was quite low, hence the unusually limited damage caused. Compare it to the Battle of Khitomer. Chang's BoP required 7 direct hits before it was destroyed.

[@Ruairí-n7b]

Good point.

[@MarkRenn]

You are an artist. I need more of this in my life.

[@cdm844]

This is brilliant, it's really captured that more realistic miniature look - that I think is missing from TV/film cg.

[@fredlandry6170]

What is so cool is that later they take the Bird of Prey back to 1986 how awesome is that?

[@HM2SGT]

And the cloaking device was crucial to the success of Picard's resistance of the changelings a century later!

[@fekalistagrzybowory7619]

The music when Enterprise, showed from beneath, is closing to Genesis... What a perfect score.

[@EpicGamerFox]

One of my favorite battle scenes, thank you so much for this Jason, amazing work sir! 🖖

[@PeterRichardsandYoureNot]

This is pretty damn good. So many fans try to re-create this battle, or the Mutara Nebula battle, or the destruction of enterpise or the getaway..etc. But they usually fall short because they forget to detail out the ships to make them "stage ready", or their skills are not there yet. I see below you are only 6 months into animating. This is freaking amazing. Keep it going man, you have promise. what I like about this video is the updates to the VFX, etc, are done in a way that respects the original. there is not a massive change in choreography. Positions of the ships are respected and things like updating the planet textures for the new render make it look far more believable thatn the original, unfairly ham strung by its time period. But this is good stuff. I would compare this to the remasters paramount did for TOS. Taking out "roller" time keepers and putting in digital screens. Or changes to planets when the enterprise comes into orbit that just look more realistic than a large blurred out blob circle behind the model of the enterprise. I''ll say it one more time. .Great job,.

[@w.f.syourdoctor]

That was very well done! I guess the only issue I would say with the whole video was on the Klingon bridge while the rest of the ship was all red at Red alert the monitor was still showing a normal color but beyond that this video was fantastic

[@thegreenmanofnorwich]

It just hit me! The cloaking effect looks like where the Scimitar was hit while under cloak, with that fairly sharp line of definition through the cloak

[@DarthVader-1701]

"When this torpedo hits the enterprise you're gonna see some serious shit."

[@ChrissonatorOFL]

How have I not come across this channel yet? O_O This is actually one of the sequences I've been wanting to revisit, but so many ideas, so little time. lol

[@danielwillliams9669]

Great job and nice effects. Always heart breaking this scene. This is the ship that has scene it all and to be destroyed always has hurt my heart. Oh how I wished it could have been different!

[@Brian-pz3wh]

You did a fine job. Well done and keep the hard work. We all have a learning path.

[@WesNumber1]

This is amazing stuff. I enjoy this.

[@mikehendrick7910]

this is amazing....loved watching this recreation of the Klingon ship/Enterprise battle at Genesis....well done

[@robertpolanco1973]

Folks, IF you turn on the subtitles on your computer, you might see words that don't exactly go with the dialogue from this scene from "Star Trek III: The Search for Spock." I think it was kind of hilarious of how the KZbin subtitles can be mistaken sometimes depending on how they were from the spoken lines by the characters.

[@kirishima638]

The planet is hilariously small but other than that perfect

[@jonathanbouler5604]

Tremendous work!! I am so glad to have found your channel!! Your work is outstanding!! I would love to see a version of this scene where the Enterprise wins and survives!! Imagine Star Trek IV, V, and VI with the good ole' 1701 all the way through!!!

[@thespecter5164]

Enterprise would have been neutralized by the time of 4 and literally no pun intended she would have been dead in the water

[@charlesalexander9847]

This is simply amazing. I absolutely love your work. It really brings new light into the most special movies of my life. Keep up the great work!

[@KonWaiLuen]

That little detail of the torpedo tube lighting up was a fantastic touch!

[@paulwalsh2344]

The Enterprise modelling was FANTASTIC for CG ! Kudos to Al Dinelt ! Likewise for the Genesis planet textures... Great video. Made me want to watch it again this year !

[@lawrencekramer7331]

Great job!!! Love how the photon torpedo launcher powered up. Very constructive. My favorite part of this whole scene (even in the original) is when the Enterprise was entering frame from the ventral view. Those engines at full impulse sounds awesome!!! It was same with STWOK when Reliant was entering frame at Ceti Alpha V.

[@HatunTashDCCIMinistries]

I like how the Klingons go back and forth between speaking English and speaking Klingon.

[@BrianGriffinQuahog]

My mate's wife is German. She flips from English to German, depending on how p***ed off at him when she's moaning at him

[@mattneal5257]

@jahodi tube ummmm good one?

[@zairkadian]

@jahodi tube um, what?

[@loomingmadness3519]

I think that’s usually an approach taken because of the actor’s need to give emotional weight to certain lines. The less important dialogue can easily be in the fictional language, but when the actor really needs to, well, act, they can’t do it as well in a language they don’t actually speak. Too bad, it always does seem kind of silly.

[@valhalen0435]

Mostly only officers speak in human tongue the rest of the crew speak Klingon often. At least that’s what I was under the impression.

[@Steve-gc5nt]

That's a nice job 👌 And I'm always struck by just how good Mr Shatner is in this movie. A real star.

[@SBatts-vn1bd]

Very consistent with dialog. Excellent work! I like the attention to detail you did when the B.O.P fired on the Enterprise and the bridge lights went out. In the beginning when the Enterprise came out of warp speed and it's mentioned by Sulu although not shown in the actual movie. Nice Touch!!!

[@Landmark2Security]

As some as kirk was told the shields was not working he should have fired another torpedo

[@christopherthorkon3997]

03:44 Great editing choice here. Putting the effect of the energy dancing on the primary hull AFTER the crew reacts to the initial blast looks so much better than in the original film.

[@CaptainSisko1972]

I have loved and seen this scene so many times. I love where you where going with many of the shots. I'm so impressed with the level of some of the fan films and fx out there now. Keep up the good work!

[@dave8168]

I liked how you showed the Enterprise dropping out of warp, good stuff. Also the torpedo damage on the BoP.

[@stevenewman1393]

🖖😎👍 Very cool and very nicely greatly well done and executed in every detail way shape and format provided indeed Sir's!👌.

[@djumeau]

Well done with some minor edits as well which gave it the right pace. Great work on the 3D models and lighting!

[@henleystudios]

I love these. You're getting everything just perfect. Please keep up the good work.

[@TheTrissmit]

Happy to see the love being brought one of my favorite movies of all the time keep up the amazing work

[@Ambarenya13]

The shot at 0:50 is incredibly gorgeous. Well done!

[@davidhollis1117]

Great work! I can’t help but think of Jim from Taxi as Klingon Captain when I see this😂

[@CaptainPositron]

That drop out of warp scene won me over. You have my sub.

[@ministryoflies1344]

Yet more incredible work...if I didn't know this movie so well I'd not be able to tell the difference...if anything...this was better

[@caseyakasubzero]

star trek will never be this amazing again 😢I really miss the original 6 movies just pure magic

[@TheCormTube]

This is truly beautiful. Amazing work.

[@Charlie-fo5ds]

The dropping out warp..fantastic!

[@alvinbanks]

Not IMO, when the Enterprise comes out of warp the ship can be seen in this video as coming to a complete stop then start moving on impulse, that shouldn't have happen like that.

[@hannahgomez7554]

I swear, someone needs to give you a job at Industrial, Light & Magic bro. This is pure awesomeness. Great job.

[@patrickradcliffe3837]

Great job on this. The scenes look amazing in 1080!

[@Zagadka42]

The current trope for space battles is lots of fast cuts to a multitude of different angles and highly dynamic ship movement. While a Bird of Prey might have an advantage of maneuverability over a Constitution Class vessel, we are still dealing with incredible amounts of mass on both vessels, and that they are fighting in the gravity well of a planet. While there may have been a couple shots that were slightly too static, overall this was an immensely satisfying and realistically more dynamic combat sequence than the original footage. That you have only been doing this (at the time) for six months or so is truly impressive and I really commend your work.

[@JonCarney]

The shot of Enterprise powering up torpedoes is EPIC! As much as I love Christopher Lloyd as Kruge (best Klingon ever!), "Wait, wait..." just doesn't have the emotional impact of the reimagined shot of Enterprise preparing for her final battle.

[@tmcleanful]

I'm going through all of these - so good. I've wanted this for classic Trek films for a while now - these are the scenes I watch over and over on KZbin. I have a dream, though - Babylon 5. I HAVE A DREAM that one day Babylon 5 will be re-released with updated special effects.

[@lennymosca9099]

Absolutely amazing this is a reason I love the original Star Trek movies

[@mattneal5257]

Incredible work! Just outstanding

[@kitbash5104]

WOW. This looks absolutely fantastic. I just read your comment from a week ago that you have only been animating for six months.... keep it up because this is truly great work!!

[@BOBXFILES2374a]

Trust "Doc Brown" Klingon to know how sneak up on a Federation starship!

[@richardgadberry8398]

"Once this baby hits warp 8.8, you're gonna see some serious shit!"

[@SicilianStealth]

Trust Jim from Taxi.

[@madcapmagician3130]

Great Scott Marty!

[@sdfried4877]

This is before back to the future. We knew who he was but most of the audience didn’t figure it out until he started talking to Saavik and David down on Genesis. At that point, the audience started laughing.

[@gregn8206]

And Dan Fielding

[@desertsoldier41]

I would have ran my happy ass down to the torpedo room and manually launched one.

[@fredjaneson1670]

Yes!!! I wonder what difference it would made if they use the phasers instead of torpedoes and I know this is all fiction blah blah blah but we all love Star trek and probably most of us have played every game that has the word trek in it so yeah these facts mean something. To we the fans back when Star trek was actually watchable...

[@OpenMawProductions]

@@fredjaneson1670 It's an unfortunate forgone conclusion that if somehow they had managed to keep the Enterprise operational she would not have been suited for the time warp in the next film. Kirk would have failed in his attempt to save Earth without the use of the BOP.

[@thespecter5164]

@@OpenMawProductions they would have found a way

[@OpenMawProductions]

@@thespecter5164 No.

[@thespecter5164]

@@OpenMawProductions yes

[@HM2SGT]

I finally figured out why this looks better on my 46 inch plasma television. It's big enough to give the scene a sense of scale, to really feel the size and Majesty of the Enterprise. It came to me initially while I was watching Sulaco glide across the screen with immense, ponderous, irresistible inevitability.

[@wmlau69]

Great job! The visuals are much sharper and more detailed. The ships’ movements more fluid.

[@Logic.Sequence]

Out of all the fan recreations of Star Trek movie VFX i've seen, this is the first i'd say is A ranking. Sure a few things here and there, but by far better than 99% that i've seen.

[@vaderkent3060]

Ok heres another epic video I love your new pass on the enterprise approaching genesis,im officially a fan of your channel, thank you for this!!!!!

[@latinoguy483]

This is awesome, i still cant help it after all these years in my head im screaming "keep firing!" Would have saved kirk alot of hassle and pain. Its funny we only saw the enterprise fire phasers in star trek 2.

[@luminaire4946]

Would think if the shields didn't work firing weapons again would have had the same result to the automation systems. Overload.

[@williamcostigan91]

@@luminaire4946 Exactly, Scotty's jury-rigging had the computer doing the job of 450 officers and men on top of everything else it normally had to do. Taking the ship to red alert and powering up offensive and defensive systems was simply too much for the system to handle. Had they destroyed the bird of prey with the first salvo I'm sure Scotty could have rebooted the system like any overloaded computer.

[@SeansModelBuilds2017]

@@williamcostigan91 But at least by the 24th Century, the Prometheus could take out a Romulan Warbird while controlled by two EMHs.

[@williamcostigan91]

@@SeansModelBuilds2017 That's progress for ya

[@olympicnut]

@@luminaire4946 The "automation center" was an example of lazy writing. Why didn't Scotty run down and manually fire a photon torpedo? The ship was utterly powerless without an "automation" system? Kirk ran the Constellation by himself at times and others with a very small crew. I love TSFS, but the film has enough plot holes to fly the Enterprise through multiple times. Any why didn't 2 torpedoes destroy the BoP to begin with?

[@JaredRay_1701]

Great, great work!!! My favorite scene in my favorite Star Trek movie.

[@robmcm5755]

Fantastic. Love these new renderings

[@daredmonkie3234]

Beautiful, frame rate, textures, lighting. Looks great!

[@QuackersAhoy]

I used to have a poster of that very last scene with the 2 ships facing each other down. Cool video.

[@cleekmaker00]

Excellent! One small touch from the film; when the Enterprise is cresting the Genesis Planet, the Recognition beacon on the Port nacelle doesn't blink when all the others do. One more measure of bow wounded the Enterprise was.

[@TheToonThing]

I've just found your work and it is absolutely incredible! It's movie CGI standard, or better! I'm now trying to watch every little scrap you've done. Thank you and your contributors for the endless hours you have put into this amazing body of work!

[@Eddie21k]

‘Transfer power to weapons’ ‘How much power?’ ‘1.21 Giga Watts!’

[@Senna-78]

- Sir! We've defeated Kirk and the Enterprise!! - GREAT SCOTT!!! - Well, not exactly

[@JAMES-qp8tz]

00:04:15 "So... We're a sitting duck!" - Admiral James T. Kirk (USS Enterprise Refit)

[@jayreed943]

You did a awesome job I really enjoyed this