Star Trek - 765874 - Unification REACTION!!!

[@chrischeshire6528]

This is simply William Shatner's goodbye to Leonard Nimoy. One died on screen and the other died in real life. This is their love, admiration and friendship as actors for each other. They have been and always shall be our friends.

[@rufus5966]

Shatner wasn't able to be there when Nimoy died. Until now...

[@chrischeshire6528]

@rufus5966 Shatner was in Florida at the time and a friend of his let him fly his Piper Club back to California. Shatner, Nimoy and James Dooham were all licensed pilots.

[@chaospoet]

Captain Kirk, Admiral Kirk, and retired at the end of his life Kirk all on screen at the same time made me feel things.

[@colvamoon6962]

This short film is meant to take place immediately after Kirk's death in Generations. What he was seeing was his final frontier, into the afterlife, with Spock right there at the end with him. Its beautiful, and I only saw TNG.

[@AnansitheSpider8]

My interpretation is this: At the end of Star Trek: Generations, Kirk appeared to have died but really didn't (and Picard buried Kirk, thinking he really was dead). Picard removed Kirk's Starfleet badge and placed it on the rock pile. Some time later, Spock visited Kirk's grave site and took Kirk's Starfleet badge (and at some point that alien guy got Kirk's badge). A little later on, Starfleet arrived and removed both Kirk's body and the Enterprise D saucer section from Veridian III. Kirk's body was taken to and stored at Daystrom Station (according to what we see in that Easter egg in Star Trek: Picard Season 3. Kirk's body, now in stasis, is now being monitored by some sort of medical stations showing different angles of his skeletal structure (we see one of these medical stations in Picard Season 3 and a few more of these medical stations in footage from other OTOY shorts). A fan also said that they were able to see some of the small text written on one of the medical stations monitoring Kirk's body on Daystrom Station and the text says something like "Captain James T. Kirk was CRITICALLY wounded on Veridian III helping Captain Jean-Luc Picard defeat Soran" (CRITICALLY wounded...not MORTALLY or FATALLY wounded). Also, the words "Project Phoenix" were also seen in the small text on that medical monitoring station in relation to Kirk being in stasis. At some point, Starfleet finds a way to resurrect Kirk using Project Phoenix (is Gary Mitchell involved in this somehow?) A newly resurrected Kirk is now seen walking toward a crowd of people that includes Saavik and the son she made with Spock. An alien dude gives Kirk BACK the badge that Picard had removed from Kirk's uniform when Picard was burying Kirk on Veridian III. Kirk goes to some mysterious place and encounters two versions of his younger self, after which he puts his Starfleet badge BACK ON and then is immediately sent to the Kelvin universe, where he visits a dying Spock before Spock passes away. None of this is the Nexus or the afterlife because if Kirk was in the afterlife, he would not be visiting a dying Spock because a dying Spock would not be in the afterlife, he would still be in the land of the living. Also, if this was the afterlife, that means Kirk was seeing Saavik and her son in the afterlife as well, which means by the time the short movie is over, there would be three dead Vulcans (Spock, Saavik and their son, which would royally suck). This is not Kirk's ghost from the afterlife visiting a dying Spock, because I doubt a spiritual form (a Kirk ghost) could physically interact with living flesh and bone (Kirk and Spock clasped hands in friendship in this OTOY short, just like they did in Star Trek: The Motion Picture). To me, this is a resurrected Kirk visiting Spock to say goodbye to him before Spock passes away...again.

[@sragga]

@@AnansitheSpider8 to me its kirks friend from tos that was given god like powers, and he was seeing kirk's future. his death, meeting friends from the past including spock's and saavik's son, and then a flashback of his own life before seeing spock at the end of his life.

[@Soya4me]

Let me share my interpretation of this wonderful labor of love. We see Gary Mitchell who was a character in 'Where no man has gone before' where he was seemingly killed by Kirk, after gaining immense psychic powers which corrupted his mind. He is played by the original actor, Gary Lockwood, with superb de-aging AI CGI. We can see he is floating in front of a giant fireball, possibly either watching or creating the process of a new reality or universe. We can see his powers have evolved and has become god like now, possibly similar to the Q continuum. As he closes his eyes, we see what Gary sees, fragments through time and reality with a focus on Kirk's death and the ripple effects of his life & actions. He sees Kirk's grave on Veridian III with Spock taking Kirk's insignia before Spock lead to the Kelvin time line later in his life, thus taking the insignia with him. We see more flashes and images related with Vger and eventually we see Kirk's body displayed on the monitor which is stored in a Lab. Then Gary, with perhaps a moment of whatever remains of his humanity, shows compassion and uses his godlike power to capture Kirk's soul/consciousness at the moment of his Death on Viridian III, similar to what Q did to Picard in 'Tapestry'. Gary creates a temporary reality of the perfect garden of Eden and places Kirk there. Kirk meets a few familiar faces, specifically Savik and her son, which Kirk recognizes. Not sure if anyone outside of Kirk is either alive, real or perhaps also souls that meet here at the end of their own lives. I would think that Gary, like Q, is no longer bound by time or linear timelines. The one person that does not really fit in that group is Universe warping/Time travelling alien from discovery. I think the Alien is either brought there by Gary or perhaps could simply be there to hand Kirk the insignia which the alien must have taken from Spock from the Kelvin time line. You can see the alien holding out the insignia for Kirk to take, but Kirk has to take it with both hands thus showing the insignia bears great importance. Now what Kirk hold the insignia, and thus has a connection to Spock in the Kelvin Timeline, the alien is able to send Kirk into the Kelvin Timeline to meet with Spock on his deathbed. When Kirk arrives we see him in a long dark corridor with a light at the end, this could be a kind of temporary purgatory, a space between life/death and Universes/Realities. As Kirk look around we end up seeing 3 different Kirks, I think at this moment Kirk is simply remember his key moments in life and how he looked when he was young (ToS), middle age (Khan era) and his oldest self. Eventually the oldest Kirk stays, perhaps a conscious decision by Kirk as he is probably more aware of what and where he is, standing at the edge of the final true unknown, death. As he emerges we see Spock on his deathbed and for 1 last time, without the need for any words, they get to show their life long unbroken friendship to each other and to us, the viewers, before they both meet their final sunset. Their final journey into the truly unknown, but together, as they have done countless times & adventures before. Passing into the the veil of death, into legend... Though these 2 characters are easily the greatest fictional characters ever created on the silver screen, I must remind myself not to be saddened by their departure. They basically carried the torch for their part of the journey and they both carried it extremely well. The torch being Roddenberry's vision of a bright future for humanity, being one of hope, one of positive changes and overcoming our fears and short comings, holding onto our better selves and the best versions of ourselves. The dream Kirk and Spock carried will stay alive as long as we all remember what Kirk and Spock represented, the best and bravest parts of ourselves and carrying forwards to a hopeful future. At least, that is my interpretation, yours may differ but in the end, we'll all eventually end up at the same destination.

[@YolandaAnneBrown95726]

I totally agree with you.

[@christianalanwilson434]

Very nice interpretation and I think you pretty much nailed it. There's a lot of quick easter eggs from the comics and references to other ST media that are easy to miss, as well as being a bit of a deep dive. In one of the comics, Yeoman Colt (from the original TOS pilot) is sent into multiple futures by an alien artifact. The filmmakers ran with this and she's the character we see seemingly continuity hopping between the TOS, Kelvin timeline, and even Picard's Daystrom Station where Kirk's remains are being stored. So it seems Colt is the one "unstuck" in time/continuity and watching (or even influencing) some of these events. We also see a movie era Spock mind melding with Colt to perhaps share each other's memories. My take is that Mitchell's consciousness is observing this unfold from beyond the energy field at the edge of the galaxy, maybe giving things a nudge in the right direction after achieving some kind of enlightenment. The time hopping Discovery alien is on a similar track. It all seems orchestrated in order to "correct" things (at least for the fans) by linking the different continuities together just enough to give Kirk and Spock this long deserved moment. On a side note, 765874 is Yeoman Colt's Starfleet serial number in the extended Star Trek media, and there are a few other pretty interesting short films and test footage on the OTOY channel related to her and the Roddenberry Archive.

[@M-113]

Its always fun watching some kid that was born in the 80's 90's and beyond watching one of these videos and see a blank stare on their face when a character like Gary Mitchell or Saavik pop up .. Fun Stuff..

[@EdBailey-r3k]

Here is how I see it, I’ve been watching Star Trek for over 50 years and you can’t help but notice the friendship of these two characters and how they defined each other’s role and Star Trek. I believe much like a family member will be at your bedside who has long passed away, and this person holding my hand as I’m about to pass away and join them in the afterlife I see Kirk has been sent to Spock’s side at his deathbed and help guide him into the afterlife where the friendship will continue always. Again, this is just my opinion and I won’t be ashamed to say as a 63 year old man this did make me cry.

[@JAYWALKER1000]

The Vulcan woman is Robin Curtis who played Saavik in Star Trek III & IV - and the Vulcan man behind her is her son by Spock (during the pon far his body experienced before his mind was restored to it).

[@icxcnikalastname3317]

Saavik was not an AI or CGI character, Robin Curtis herself returned to the role, complete in Vulcan style costume

[@RaphGirl]

I loved it. Very beautiful and poingnient. Im glad I had tissues close by. What's basically going on in the film is that this is set after Kirk died in Generations. He walks by people from his past including Saavik (Robin Curtis) and Sorak (Spock and Saavik's son). This short film was actually our first introduction to Sorak! The alien Kirk encounters was introduced in Star Trek Discovery. He was an alien that travelled from the Kelvin-verse to the main timeline at one point. This time he's giving Kirk access to reunite with Spock in the Kelvin-verse as he dies.

[@armyfirefighter]

First, congratulations on joining the Trek fandom. Much like the SW fandom, we can be an interesting bunch, haha. A lot of others have already comment on what is happening here. I will add that, but I want to add some of the IRL inspiration for this. When Leonard Nimoy passed, Bill Shatner was never able to see him. There was no hard feelings between the two of any kind, but Susan Nimoy thought her husbands refusal to see Bill was because he did not want Shatner to see him in the condition he was in at the end. And, due to other legitimate circumstances, Bill Shatner was unable to attend Leonard Nimoy's funeral when that time came. Of course, not being able to say goodbye has always haunted Bill Shatner. So, the Roddenberry estate and the Roddenberry Archives (being archived and preserved by OTOY) and basically everyone from old Trek - from Paramount to Slywalker Sound to the actors to effects folks like the Okudas and Doug Drexler - they all came together to make a series of shorts so that in universe and in real life, Bill Shatner could say goodbye to his friend. There is a lot here that is deep in ST lore whom you would not know about yet being relatively new. Gary Mitchell, JM Colt etc. But again it is kind of this - in real life it would literally take divine intervention and moving heaven and earth for Bill Shatner and Leonard Nimoy to have a last moment together before moving into the Final Frontier. It could not happen. But, even in the Trek Universe - it took the combined efforts of someone who is basically a god in Gary Mitchell, the Trek equivalent of a Time Lord in Wesley Crusher (listed in the credits as being there), and two interdimensional time cops in Colt and Yor all working together to bridge universes so that Kirk and Spock could have one moment together as they both passed. There is also a bit of communication going on here to the current runners of Star Trek - from the OT folks to the new. Much like the faction in SW right now, Trek is also very split on the current direction of the JJ-verse and shows like Discovery and Strange New Worlds. They have fantastic technology, quality actors and staff - all the knowhow in the world. But the "spark" or "soul" of Star Trek is gone. The thing that made Trek beautiful is felt by so many to be missing. So, at the end, Kirk and Spock are recreating a scene from Star Trek The Motion Picture. The sitting on the bed, clasping of hands like that. Every single long term fan recognizes the moment immediately. They are facing V'ger - a living machine of fantastic technology, who has knowledge that spans the universe - and yet, something is missing that V'Ger is looking for. V'Ger is much like modern Trek. So you have iconic lines from Spock - one reason why there is no dialog here as all of us can hear it in our heads. As they are clasping hands in friendship and love,, Spock says "This simple feeling is beyond V'Ger's comprehension. V'Ger has knowledge that spans this universe and yet V'Ger is barren. Cold. No Meaning. No hope. Jim, no answers. It's asking questions. Is this all that I am? Is there nothing more?" It is the place of modern Trek - asking those questions as the feeling, the raw simple human that was always the foundation of Trek is gone. Trying to make the show with raw technology but no meaning and hope. So, Trek is asking "Is this all that I am? Is there nothing more?" The message from the OT folks to the new is a simple one. THERE IS SO MUCH MORE. If.... if you will but write it. That they can embrace the new technology as they did in this short, embrace the new stories as they did having characters ranging from the very first pilot episode that was never aired to Yor from Discovery - they can do everything, as long as they do not lose the meaning and hope and the essential spark of Star Trek, the human storytelling and the hope that there is something better to come. These folks did it in 10 minutes in something without a single spoken word - just acting, but acting and story telling with the heart of Roddenberry's vision of a better world. And that if they write it, write and create what everyone knows they can with their talents and the talents of very gifted actors to perform it which they have - all of the fans who are split and not really supporting current Trek will come back in a moment, just tell the stories. And they proved it - this is getting almost universal love across the Trek fandom. Because the heart is clearly there. I mean when you can get the most vocal reviewers on YT to accept Discovery characters and stories from Picard and virtually weep in reviews and say this is what we have been begging for for so long... kind of says something. Anyway, sorry for such a long post. But I wanted to give some of the real world inspiration and the communication.

[@Laurie473]

ps That actually IS William Shatner.. he reprised the role ! & they 'de-aged' him , amazing hey

[@ReelMeurik]

So much is said in these 10 minutes, without a single word being uttered. The elderly Vulcan woman that "Kirk" sees in the garden, is "Saavik" from Wrath of Khan/Search for Spock/The Voyage Home - played by Robin Curtis (then and now). The Vulcan male behind her, is implied to be her and Spock's son, after the two "mated" during Pon Fahr in Search for Spock. Long speculated, but never confirmed in canon. Until now I suppose. I'd consider this as-canon as anything shown in the shows or movies.

[@mauroduarte4077]

I think it's Canon now because at end credits have a Paramount logo so it was approved by them.

[@FosterTravis1071]

The dream like sequence gave me 2001 vibes. The whole thing is like this.

[@jkdbuck7670]

Exactly! Three Kirk's at three different ages. Very 2001.

[@andrewhayes88]

The character that you kinda recognized was Saavik from the movies, at least the actress Robin Curtis' version of her from Star Trek III: The Search for Spock and Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. The late Kirstie Alley played that character in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. As a life long Star Trek fan, this was the most emotional 7 minutes ever. This closes the chapter of the Prime Time Line Kirk and Spock. This was incredible... and it wasn't even made by the actual people who are currently producing current Star Trek now.

[@h.l.martin3708]

These 8 minutes are the most Trek worthy than has bern on screen in decaded

[@kv1648]

The 3 Kirks were Captain Kirk, Admiral Kirk, and retired Kirk. Basically, the 3 stages of his post-academy Starfleet career.

[@eddstarr2185]

What most impresses me is OTOY's working closely with the Roddenberry estate while reaching out to the families of past cast members . This is the beginning of a new Star Trek family, not bound by distance . . . or time.

[@benjaminwigley4132]

Saavick and spocks son was sooooo cool to see... and The kelvin-verse character comeing to take Kirk into THAT timeline to see spock pass... just wonderful.

[@StevenHouse1980]

Kirk Prime resorected meets Spock's wife and son. Before he gets sent over into the Kelvin timeline to see Spock Prime one last time before Spock died.(In the new films)

[@toxicedgeexplorations]

4:18 that was Savvik From the search for Spock

[@badism8369]

Kirk was resurrected in the 25th century and transported to the Kelvin timeline, an alternate reality where Spock was trapped, so that Kirk could be with his friend on his deathbed. People who say Kirk is dead and in some kind of afterlife are mistaken. He's very much alive, flesh and blood. They don't show us the whole picture and I'm sure we'll get more.

[@vermontmike9800]

It’s wild they got Michael Giacchino for this.

[@sapjap172]

I remember seeing a special on PBS about CGI back in it's infancy (early 80s). During it, they showed rudimentary faces of Humphrey Bogart and Marilyn Monroe, saying that with CGI we could one day see original movies starring deceased actors. It's finally happening.

[@martinpolanco5681]

I would of ended it having Spok tell Kirk "I ALWAYS HAVE AND ALWAYS BE YOUR FRIEND " LIVE LONG AND PROSPER "

[@Koldeman]

No dialogue = everyone is dead, including Kirk until he accepts the insignia badge from the Betelgeusian time-traveler. Then he enters a crossroads of sorts, and decides to press forward to the Kelvin timeline. This means there's 2 Kirks in the JJ-verse now: "Kirk Prime" at Spock Prime's bedside and another younger Kirk commanding the Enterprise, which will be docking at Starbase Yorktown shortly after this moment. If you're wondering who those people are at the reception scene, he encounters Saavik & the son she has with Spock. I believe the others are the El-Aurians from the SS Lakul that Scotty couldn't save. There's one older guy in a dressy uniform. I think that's the Lakul's captain. Anyhow, that's my best guess. 😊

[@msoundg]

This was absolutely amazing, from one who got into Star Trek before Star Wars, because...age, made me cry a lot and hope beyond hope something like this will ever come for us Star Wars fans, too

[@matdow4470]

''I think I recongnise her!'' = It's Savik

[@rufus5966]

And behind her, her and Spock's son.

[@DavidRobinson1978]

It takes place after Picard Season 3, Draws on lore from the Original aired Pilot of TOS, Comics, Books (Shatner's own with Judith and Garfield Reeve-Stevens) and takes a character that was introduced in Star Trek Discovery and uses them to bridge across to Pre Star Trek Beyond and that universe. There now is an implication that there are two Kirk's in that universe (Pine's and Shatner's)

[@jorgewilliams6041]

I'd think Yor would pull Kirk back into the Prime timeline immediately after Spock's passing.

[@Jedi_Jeff]

This was all new, filmed for this. They used make-up and cgi on Kirk & Spock to achieve the look. I've seen behind the scenes of Sam as Kirk and it's shocking. Its like 99% there.

[@van76]

I see it as Gary Mitchell directing Yeoman Colt to bring Kirk back to life secretly. Then Kirk meets Saavik again and she introduces her grown up son, which is a nod to the Star Trek novels. Then Kirk uses the help of Discovery's Yor to cross over into the Kelvin Universe to reunite with Spock before his passing in Into Darkness. Since he's in the Kelvin Universe, I hope Shatner's Kirk meets Chris Pine's Kirk.

[@G0d_Ginrai]

Spock’s passing happened/is referred to in ‘Star Trek: Beyond’, not ‘Into Darkness’

[@van76]

@@G0d_Ginrai Sorry my mistake on that one.

[@Steve-gc5nt]

It's magical. ❤

[@CrimsonRevenant666]

Shatner physically played himself, minus the TOS version which was performed by Sam Witwer.

[@mikedenmark]

Are you sure about this ~ I believe that Shatner’s contribution to this short film was only as a producer 🤔🤷🏼‍♂️

[@Vipre-]

@@mikedenmark Shatner confirmed it was him at the beginning, Witwer as TOS Kirk, and not sure about WoK Kirk.

[@alfredmasullo]

I think Otoy is trying to sell Paramount on the idea that AI images of the original cast in a new Star Trek movie will get people back into movie theaters again.

[@BigBadjohn0x0]

You need to watch the other 2 short movies otoy produced ,or watch a fan edit of all 3 on KZbin. A few points need clearing up with regards to your comments about Spock at the end,that WASN'T Leonard Nimoy,the actors name was Lawrence Sewell,he was deaged etc,William Shatner had more to do with it thank you think,he was playing Kirk,especially in the garden scene( there's an interview with him on the Otoy KZbin channel,along with lots of other bits including Robin Curtis ( Saavik).

[@TheJasonVoorhees]

Perfect farewell for their characters deaths

[@BenTanner92]

This entire project was so amazing

[@MerrickStark]

None of this is from a movie, it's all NEW.

[@benjaminwigley4132]

the dialog from TWOK is what he meant, i assume...

[@CuteLesbo69]

That was new as well, Shatner re-recoded that line.

[@benjaminwigley4132]

next is the wedding for spock and saavik!!!

[@rogercomix5648]

The Vulcan named Sorak next to Saavik is a nod to something that was in the script of Star Trek 3 where Saavik discovers she is pregnant with Spock’s child because of unseen Pon Far on the Genesis planet. Probably the producers said “Wait…so Spock raped her after coming back from the dead?” “No, no, no…cut this entirely!!!”

[@gogreen7794]

I think the notion of Saavik being pregnant is silly. In the novelization of "The Search for Spock," she and David talk about birth control and how they both know how to "practice" it. It's such a trope in movies and TV that a smart, single, educated woman, who knows where babies come from, gets pregnant and then has a kid the father usual has nothing to do with. Carol Marcus essentially was in the same position.

[@UncleSpellbinder]

No archival footage. All 100% original. The Vulcan woman was Saavik.

[@this.is.a.username]

other than seeing Robin Curtis as Saavik one more time, this really did nothing for me.

[@Rob-z7k]

Can anyone answer this - why was Saviks character in the afterlife and Not Kirks own son David? This doesnt make sense! You would expect to see your kid who died before you to be there!

[@Rob-z7k]

...whats next...Brandon Lee reuniting with Bruce Lee? Make it happen!

[@rplewis]

Remember, Kirk died in Generations.

[@robertsmith3883]

Did you catch Saavik showing Kirk her fully grown son with Spock?

[@stingosdungeon]

You need to know more about ST Universe to get this

[@ChainsawReacts]

I figured lol

[@fledereule2226]

I cant find the Video! I only find reaktions or short bits of it😢 Can someone Post a Link?

[@marcbrown9915]

Happy tears

[@TTony-tu6dm]

Where can this be seen?

[@badism8369]

Were you chainsaw 2000 from the asylum message board?

[@ChainsawReacts]

No lol

[@badism8369]

@ChainsawReacts Ok, thanks. An old online friend I haven't spoken to in 15 years or so. Same interests as here and you even look like him! 😁 Oh well.

[@steveschiets]

Otoy made a crypto GPU model token RENDER. Holding this from 2019. Its going to change the industry. Check out their 2001 a space odessey documentary

[@agresticumbra]

Nope, not from films. All blend of physical & CG prosthetics.

[@futo]

4:20 Saviik

[@TenebrousFilms]

Saavik...