"Welcomed Aboard the Enterprise-E Mr. Worf." Captain Picard

Star Trek: First Contact

[@PieFights]

Nice use of Jerry Goldsmith's Klingon theme from the first Star Trek Movie

[@aggressiveattitudeera887]

He did the music score for First Contact so it makes sense.

[@mikemickypeterdavy]

Yes!

[@MyBigMouth]

Deleted scene: Riker: "You do know how to fire phasers?" Worf: "While you've be sunbathing with Troi on Risa, I've been fighting the Klingon High Council, the Dominion, the Cardassians and having to put up with Quark, you P'takh"

[@voicetest6019]

Alternatively: While you were sunbathing, I was the leader of the Klingon Empire for about 20 seconds, and chose Martok, you may have heard of his ascension in a briefing.

[@CodyJMinor0620]

You just to love Worf, he is so AWESOME

[@LinkTardis]

Petaq****

[@anonymousperson3153]

@@voicetest6019 Too early for that. This movie is set just before the Dominion War.

[@dirdib69]

Worf: I also know how to crush your skull with my bare hands.

[@MugginMugga]

Riker: "The fleet's responded sir, they're standing by." Picard: "Acknowledged Number 1, just going to wait a few extra seconds because there are some people on two of those ships about to be blasted that I really don't like."

[@Trek001]

They served on his court martial board over the Stargazer and Picard has been waiting decades to get his own back

[@Timeward76]

I assume the pause, beyond drama, was essentially waiting for an opening. Borg cube engineering is completely bananas, so I imagine that section only became a vulnerable weakpoint at that moment.

[@queenannsrevenge100]

Michael Dorn's delivery gave me one of my favorite quotes from all of Star Trek: "Perhaps today IS a good day to die. PREPARE FOR RAMMING SPEED!" ❤️

[@Elthenar]

The other thing is that the human Starfleet officer doesn't even argue. He just reports the Enterprise has showed up.

[@flitsertheo]

@@Elthenar When you have a Klingon captain you know that your survival chances are slim.

[@Elthenar]

@@flitsertheo When you are fighting the Borg, you know your chances of survival are slim. That guy had already made peace with his dear and fluffy maker.

[@Tuning3434]

@@Elthenar Ben Wyatt, living out his nerd dream. Did get a bit awkward with is rant over calzone's.

[@jamief1263]

I think that would be grounds for mutiny. I’m pretty certain Worf was told that he would never get his own command in the federation due to him disobeying orders and saving his wife over the Cardassian spy.

[@fearisthemind-killer]

Riker is so happy to have Worf back. Relationships are what Trek is all about. So awesome.

[@thiagodeandrade7081]

But, if he was any other man, Worf would have killed him where he stood.

[@freespirit3891]

@@thiagodeandrade7081 riker and picard

[@thiagodeandrade7081]

@@freespirit3891 Sure. And Sisko, I guess. Erzimsaid he intimidates Worf.

[@alltheragegeorgepageakatheperv]

Can't forget Worf was dating Troi before the series ended

[@icanspelle6050]

Tell that to the writers on Discovery

[@ryanberger81]

While it was nice to see Worf on the Enterprise again with the TNG crew, it was so clear in DS9 that Worf fell in love with the Defiant, and seemed so much happier aboard that “tough little ship”.

[@Deon82]

Worf really came into his own on DS9, I think.

[@tarn1135]

Personally I thought it was a mistake to keep trying to find ways to bring back to the Big E. While this story made sense it would’ve made more sense if Sisko himself was in command of the Defiant. Insurrection he shouldn’t have been in and Nemesis it was understandable with the wedding if Riker and Troi. Basically 1 in the 4 movies he shouldn’t have been in unless Insurrection was rewritten to again include the Defiant (with the rest of the crew of her as a cameo) and as part of a larger offensive against the Dominion.

[@2bituser569]

@@tarn1135 I heard Dorn had it in his contract if he did ds9 he was guaranteed the movies too.

[@2bituser569]

He was a warrior so it makes sense.

[@DrzBa]

Little?!?

[@djayk9692]

“Prepare for RAMMING SPEED!!” If the Enterprise didn’t show up, he would’ve done it with honor!!

[@donaldcake1]

He does everything with Honor

[@adambowman8543]

He would have died with honor and boldly strode into the hallowed halls of Sto'vo Kor

[@Rood67]

With honor, yes. But what I took away from that, his crew didn’t bat an eye. No one said there mist be another option. So, the real honor is that they have followed him in life because of his honor, and now they will follow him into death.

[@philiphunn194]

Which is made all the more impactful when you learn that the Defiant has a high-yield warhead in its nose section that's specifically intended to be used as a last-ditch suicide strike.

[@MDE_never_dies]

​@@Rood67This was Sisko's crew from DS9 as well, and he carefully selects only the best badasses to serve on the USS Sisko's Pimp Hand.

[@TheRealBDouble]

Imagine being a crewmember and hearing Worf suddenly scream "PERHAPS IT IS A GOOD DAY TO DIE. PREPARE FOR RAMMING SPEED"

[@epiendless1128]

"Prepare for ramming speed." "For the record, I'm always prepared. I just have to press this button here."

[@Utubesuperstar]

My guy with those major marks references

[@mykull1090]

I half expected to hear the ortator from Ben Hur start pounding his drum faster as he said that! Seriously, though, it pleases me no end that they played the Klingon battle music from TMP as soon as Worf appears.

[@Farlomous]

What are you preparing, you're always preparing, just ram.

[@Nicolas_Cage_Bees]

@@Farlomous Sir I think you should buckle up.

[@bluefootwalking]

"Technically, Sir, ANY speed is ramming speed."

[@denisgauthier9191]

Worf: The Defiant? Picard: Adrift but salvageable. Riker: Tough little ship. Worf: Little?

[@leroyr.winstonjr.8547]

worf gave riker that look like: you keep playing with me and I am going to smack the hell out of you.

[@neptune04]

Sisko "whos dissing my ship?!"

[@MovieMax1701]

“You do remember how to fire phasers?” ::stares at commander riker::

[@baytony]

Side Note: When Thomas Riker (Will’s clone) was on board the Defiant, he made the exact same comment.

[@user-jv7ig6ie5b]

You watched it too?

[@cecasander]

"Perhaps today IS a good day to die. PREPARE FOR RAMMING SPEED!" is a motto close to my heart and one I apply regularly in my daily life. Both in traffic as well as in my love life.

[@ohiorushbaby]

Please don't ram anybody on the highways out there...for your sake and ours.

[@felipepineda1585]

​@ohiorushbab- 😂😂😂😂

[@mngentry]

God damn the Enterprise-E is a beautiful ship.

[@VulKus117]

mngentry I love it to bits, but I still do prefer the D’s massive elegance. The E is a far superior warship.

[@flashbeaster]

sovereign class cruiser, star trek online or star trek armada 2, both games where you can unleash its power. Star Trek Bridge commander, not so much unless you are fascinated by carpets and railings on the bridge

[@develynseether4426]

@@flashbeaster Did you ever play FleetOps Armada 2 mod?

[@alltheragegeorgepageakatheperv]

@@VulKus117 Enterprise D had more of a comfortable feel. Like being at a 5 star hotel. E looks almost like Voyager.

[@r0bw00d]

If you say so. I think it's as ugly as sin.

[@aggressiveattitudeera887]

Riker: "Captain, the Admiral's ship has been destroyed". Picard: "Play stupid games, win stupid prizes, Number one".

[@kendallrivers1119]

A really great scene. Also shows how much chemistry the Next Gen cast really had. Loved the last bit with Riker and Worf. Frakes' little break up really showed how much fun they were having shooting this.

[@Lovebug06901]

Acting or not, I would not want to have Michael Dorn angry with me. Too much natural attitude.

[@KeyboardBuster]

Ahhh I remember seeing this in the movie theater in 1996.

[@April-dv2pb]

Me to. One of the best scenes in the movie.

[@KeyboardBuster]

"welcome about the Enterprise-E Mr. Worf" that was such a sweet moment

[@nurse0857]

I was actually supposed to get Levar Burton to sign my copy of the poster at Emerald City Comic Con this last a March. But alas...COVID happened.

[@alanedwards8834]

A couple of times!

[@tubularbill]

Same here!

[@johnbertrand7185]

Probably the best Trek movie since Wrath of Khan. Great battle scene. Has every thing that makes Trek work, humor action, and drama. Directed by Number One himself, Jonathan Frakes. Earned the nickname "One Take Frakes" on this movie for his ability to get a scene shot in usually three takes or less, making him popular with the cast and crew.

[@johnbertrand7185]

Sorry, was off by one on that nickname "Two Takes Frakes." Still pretty awesome though.

[@MDE_never_dies]

Frakes missed his calling as a Director in that case. His acting was.....okay.

[@CrashbangXD]

20+ years later and still a fantastic film

[@christopherg2347]

The Defiant, doing what it was designed to do: Fighting the Borg!

[@christopherg2347]

2:42 "And since I could not keep him in the medbay when he had a broken spine, I thought I just make him your problem."

[@samoangimli2640]

Reminds me of Babylon 5 White Stars that were designed to fight the Shadows Both are small starships designed to fight an extremely technologically advanced race

[@christopherg2347]

@@samoangimli2640 IIRC, the white stars actually had good non-combat facilities too. The defiant actually had no medbay and you do not need to be Garak to feel claustrophobic in thos quarters.

[@rayzermaniac5218]

There are so many great things about this that make Trek the powerhouse that it was. We see the Defiant doing its best, probably doing the best against the cube. We see Worf and in only a few lines we see he is still the fearless warrior he always was. The Enterprise joins the battle and the first thing they do is destroy the phaser array attacking the Defiant, fly between it and the cube and scan it for life signs. All this BEFORE they even check on the admiral. Then we also see Worf immediately come to the bridge to continue to help with the battle, probably not knowing that they destroyed the cube. I also really loved the opening shot of the Cube. You really get a feel for its sheer size.

[@39KHall]

The Defiant doing what it was designed and built to do. I assume they would have been deployed in squadrons (DefRons?) had the class been produced in the quantity originally intended.

[@geraldward5318]

@@39KHall Absolutely this! It was never designed to fight the Borg standalone but in squadrons as you said. It just shows how good one was at that task as it fought the Borg all the way to Earth! Weapons exhausted at this point along with main power. Id imagine the ablative armour was all that was holding it together at that point.

[@2Scribble]

3:06 - you can tell Frakes enjoys not only directing this movie - but being in it lol

[@twokingz04]

Worf hulk smashing his console had me dying laughing. 😆😆😆

[@epiendless1128]

"Easy, Chewie, those buttons are your friends." - John Sheppard

[@Eli-zt6gd]

Can't believe Ben from parks and recreation is piloting the USS defiant

[@PCCphoenix]

0:43--"Sir, there's another starship coming in...it's the _Enterprise_ !"

[@geraldward5318]

Love the Defiant strafing the Cube with phaser fire absolutely epic scene!

[@ryanjackson1143]

I liked that the Enterprise E was given its time to shine, there were no Galaxy class ships featured in this scene to remind us of its once great predecessor

[@SoranoGuardias]

In-universe, the Galaxy lines were at pickets for the Dominion War engagements. When the Borg attacked, Starfleet countered with multiple pickets, using the older ships first and each picket had newer and newer ships. The only ship to be present at every picket up to Earth was the Defiant herself. So by the time the Borg reached Earth, they were facing ships and technologies they had not seen yet.

[@JonThomas92]

Most of the ships in this fight had been specifically designed to fight the Borg. It makes sense that the last gen ship designs weren't able to stand up as well against the cube.

[@oolooo]

​@@SoranoGuardias The Dominion War had not yet started , though .This is before the formal outbreak .

[@MDE_never_dies]

The Galaxies were probably on deep space patrol or being moved to the Cardassian Border. The Dominion War was not quite officially underway until the end of 2373 but the "Cold War" stage with the Federation was still ramping up, and the Klingons were already fighting Cardassia and The Dominion. Given how the older fleet fared against The Borg last time, Starfleet probably didn't want to lose too many ships fighting them again, so they sent a special taskforce made up of newer ships that were specifically designed to fight the borg. I know we don't see many Intrepid's in this scene but I'm sure there would have been a few in the engagement.

[@hellfish2309]

Back when they knew light effects and pew-pew demanded restraint, that every effect was curated in coordination with the camerawork

[@westrim]

What is 'restraint'? Digital effects allow me to throw hundreds of ships and thousands of beams and pulses on screen, surely I should make maximum use of that ability!

[@hellfish2309]

westrim restraint is important to feature each design, otherwise it’s just noise; consider how each ship is discernibly different; contrast that with modern saturation of effects that show no attention to shot composition... STPicard didn’t even bother showing the exact same ship in actual formations or battle groups; they just spammed the screen with the same model again and again, and again and again

[@jadeblatz]

I just realized at this moment that The Defiant was specifically designed to attack The Borg as stated by Sisko when he brought The Defiant to DS9.

[@PCCphoenix]

3:08--"You do remember how to fire phasers?" In "Parallels," Worf was thrown into a state of quantum flux; and in one timeline he was ordered to fire on an attacking Cardassian warship, but he couldn't because the tactical panel was different from his universe, and Worf attributed it to a memory lapse. Riker's line here was probably in reference to that as an inside joke!

[@randomrazr]

did geordi die because of t ha

[@Shadowstrom]

Riker's line about remembering to fire phasers could also be an allusion to the fact that Worf is now a Command officer instead of a Security/Tactical officer and thus has been a while since he was behind a tactical panel

[@PCCphoenix]

@@randomrazr in that timeline he died of plasma burns brought about by the Cardassian attack. 😢

[@PCCphoenix]

@@Shadowstrom that too, I didn't think of that!

[@VulKus117]

2:20 RIP to those poor bastards killed by the exploding Cube. So close yet so far.

[@Starfleet8555]

To Those brave Starfleet heroes who saved Earth.

[@Vargon7]

Yes, probably thousands of Starfleet operatives killed, but Riker still has time for a chuckle or two.

[@VulKus117]

@@Vargon7 Eh, gotta keep morale up. They have time to mourn later

[@_Tree]

Worf and Riker are hilarious together 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ppipowerclass]

I love the shot of the Defiant when the Big E shows up. " oh it's not that small ", then the Enterprise flies past and it's absolutely massive. lol

[@cloudwatcher608]

It’s actually a bit of an error, the scale doesn’t match the known dimensions of both ships. The Enterprise is large but it’s not that huge.

[@Timeward76]

​@@cloudwatcher608To be fair, in canon, the defiant has no known dimensions. It was always as big or as small as needed to look good in a shot.

[@felipepineda1585]

The guy with worf, nerves of steel. No quiver in his voice and doesnt even blink when worf is about to order a suicide run!

[@PtolemyCeasar]

Worf blew up my favorite ship!!!!! bastard!

[@jasonnewsham7724]

Prepare ramming speed!!!!!! Today is a good day to die

[@floppydisksareop]

Tutuu tutuu tutuuuu. Tutututuuu

[@BillinHungary]

The words "ramming speed" are a callback to the classic movie "Ben Hur" in which the slaves in a roman warship are rowing the ship gtowards the enemy.

[@philbertchow5425]

Ramming? Giggity giggity goo.

[@rossy2056]

It always annoyed me that presumably the new chief tactics officer gets dismissed without even a line 😂

[@ohiorushbaby]

To be fair, Worf's exploits as chief tactical officer on the Enterprise probably make him a legend among past and present Enterprise crew. Imagine you're doing your job, and suddenly, the best person to ever do your job winds up in your workplace temporarily because of construction at their own facility. You'd be stupid not to take advantage of their skills.

[@jasongould04]

He was probably just security chief not tactical worf had both

[@jasongould04]

On the defiant Kira has ops before Jadzia dies and then eventually command - in tears of the prophets - Odo and eddimgton run security

[@hadorstapa]

In the novelisation, Worf actually responds comically to Riker's final tease: "it's the green button, right?" - I've always wondered if this was a cut line from the original script? Novelisations often work with early script drafts so that they can be published to coincide with the release of the movie.

[@EGRJ]

Seems a bit out of character.

[@kaiulanithomas]

The poor fleet that blew up as collateral. Man I miss shows like this

[@SheldonAdama17]

0:49 Worf be like “Dang it, I *really* wanted to ram the Borg cube!”

[@mgeek1]

Ricker is such a smartass. He just loves getting those slow-burns from Worf.

[@TheBrimfire]

the good star trek how i miss it!

[@stellarkin1232]

i love the detail in that battle, even the federation ship being caught in the cube explosion

[@CptChaos47]

Good ol' Ben Wyatt at the helm of the Defiant. No wonder he loved Star Trek so much.

[@RandallHallKaizenReiki]

How many of the Captains present thought "It's about damn time" when the Enterprise arrived?

[@cinemagraphic6324]

Yes.

[@charlesn898]

All of them?

[@suzanneroberge494]

That was a good scene. Like the uniform colors too.

[@stephendarroch5565]

I'd love to have seen Sisko and OBriens faces when the Defiant limped back to DS9, and Worf having to endure their rage when they heard Riker's Tough Little Ship gib.

[@epollinger1]

I love the dramatic pause before Picard gives the order to fire... all the while watching 3 federation vessels be destroyed.

[@dhm1983]

Cane believe this movie is 24 years old

[@dabosh78]

And still looks great. The FX have aged well.

[@sluggersomething9185]

Star Fleet Officer: *trying to survive and keep the ship working* Klingon Captain: "Today is a good day to day" Star Fleet Officer: "what"

[@tjv2446]

“Prepare for RAMMING SPEED!” Honestly my favourite line from the movie.

[@donaldmisgen5743]

All Star Trek movie's Rocked

[@flthunderdigginwrob3162]

It's WELCOME aboard the Enterprise E Mr. Worf.

[@garyclouse7234]

It is VERY clear that the Borg like brass instruments!!! Bring on those tubas, trombones and trumpets!

[@paulb3151]

Cracks me up everytime that last bit and give me chills when the enterprise turns up.

[@martinmanifold2241]

One of the best ..actors , sound , music, lenses and format

[@berthalloway9953]

The face he gave Riker

[@CloneShockTrooper]

Awsome scene! Everything, the music etc.. We dont see this today.. More energetic and more powerful!

[@willt3223]

Imagine everyone in ops on DS9 listening to the entire battle and hearinf the ships being destroyed and worf fighting. Then the enterpise shows up and they nuked it. I could almost here the cheers

[@NiTeHaWKnz]

My favourite line form any of the TNG movies... Worf: The Defiant? Picard: Adrift, but salvageable. Riker: Tough little ship Worf: Little? - said with indignation.

[@danieldickson8591]

I love that when Worf first appears on the Defiant and on the Enterprise bridge, the movie starts playing the Klingon theme from the first Star Trek movie.

[@Carl_Aznable]

Kinda racist, right? Sort of like the gong you hear whenever an Asian appears onscreen in an '80s film. 🤣🤣

[@markmed9091]

I love the back and forth with the Worf and the Riker characters .

[@bonose12]

Poking the bear Riker…..gutsy!

[@pixlbit-designs-vfx]

Only someone like Johnathan Frakes could direct a scene that manages to insert a joke into a tense situation, and make it look completely natural.

[@MrGoesBoom]

TNG and the Movies : the Borg are serious business and a single cube laughs at entire fleets of ships Voyager: the borg: This one ship....they keep getting away and foiling all our plans, how?!

[@sirjanin]

Tough little ship.

[@tonymiller5841]

Ben Wyatt got to fly a starship after all. Achieved the nerdvana. Yes, the comms officer is Adam Scott from Parks and Rec. I've been this years old when I'm noticed.

[@JWilliamsLangley]

"Little?" "---uh, tough not overly large ship." "..."

[@itzHippoHiPP0Th3Gam3r]

This is making me want to play STO again

[@USAIRFORCE621]

Wasn't it Will Riker's doppelganger Thomas who first said, "tough little ship". Yes it was, but Worf is right it may be smaller but it still packs quite a punch!

[@AWriterWandering]

Of course you’re not going to detect any critical systems in that spot. The first time you encountered the Borg, your sensors told you that there were no centralized systems anywhere!

[@donaldmisgen5743]

Star Trek First Contact was the best SyFy movie

[@frysause934]

Riker can joust all he wants at Warfs "little ship," but the truth is Warf made Captain before him. Something he truly deserved after all the objections noted.

[@bigbob1699]

When in a bit of a jam , unload all ammo !

[@m3rdpwr]

"Prepare for ramming speed!"

[@OneofInfinity.]

Akira ❤

[@raideurng2508]

Gotta love them chonky torpedo sounds...

[@Sliferzero]

That Fucking Iconic people. Thanks.

[@random4969]

Riker almost got himself slapped, cheeky bastard 😂

[@rickylemaire2093]

You still remember how to fire phasers....

[@jan_phd]

WORF... Imagine going though your whole life with a big chip on your shoulder.

[@chrispeplinski7306]

Beverly looked hot as a blonde.

[@TakaComics]

Riker: Tough little ship. Picard: That's nothing. You should have seen when they shrunk a runabout and three people to the size of coffee c... Worf: I do not see what is so humorous about being small.

[@thomasward00]

Enterprise E is my fav

[@bastionsea2829]

That would have been the best instance for Picard to order 'fire at will' and Worf draws his phaser and stuns Riker 'I think I remember'

[@enikata7349]

Interesting factoid from Whattrek Culture; the area of the cube that Picard had the fleet target contained the cube's waste extraction systems. In other words... they fired at the poop tanks :D

[@soundblaweiterbla]

Worf, best scene

[@stgdz]

Was that the Klingon music from the first few films?

[@KeyboardBuster]

Yes it is. An amped up version from the motion picture.

[@mngentry]

From the same composer. RIP Jerry Goldsmith.

[@PCCphoenix]

Goldsmith used that theme here and in the other TNG-era films as a leitmotif for Worf.

[@raymondcanessa7208]

thanksgiving 28 years ago seems like yesterday

[@roseanneroseannadanna9651]

Hmm at 2:16-2:21 a Star Fleet ship gets obliterated. LOL!!!

[@sword4005]

yes a good day to die because once Sisko finds out what Worf done to his ship it be a bad day to be alive

[@piotrd.4850]

Enterprise-E, you've been done so dirty.

[@adammullarkey4996]

"You do remember how to fire phasers?" "What are fazers?"

[@procta2343]

You can tell Frakes directed this, a long with the one after! I still don't know why they never gave him the last Next Gen film

[@SiBanstead89]

Insurrection didnt take as well as expected

[@procta2343]

@@SiBanstead89 yeah that true, but it was better than Nemesis

[@bigdrew565]

@@procta2343 Rick Berman decided to bring on an action director, forgetting that the damn show was built on character beats more than action. And who does he settle for? Stuart Baird. Don't get me wrong, he was a master film editor. I feel that he's as much responsible for the success of the first superman movie as Richard Donner, or Christopher Reeve. But sitting in an editing bay, hanging on to Richard Donner's coattails doesn't mean you can direct. Every story I ever heard about Stuart Baird and the movies he directed had one thing in common, he was a miserable human being. Also says a lot when he refuses to do his homework and view the previous films, ar least and flat out said in multiple interviews that he hated star trek. Seriously, that's the guy you're trusting your franchise with? Shit, they should have just let Patrick Stewart do the show.

[@Adnar09]

Star Trek: First Contact takes place on stardate 50893.5, while the DS9 5th season episodes "Children of Time" and "Empok Nor" take place on stardates 50814.2 and 50901.7....I noticed he is wearing the wrong house symbol. He should be wearing House of Martok but is wearing House of Mogh.

[@joseg6575]

Ahh how many memories 😢 I remember the people screaming at the theater when the enterprise appeared

[@RageUnchained]

“Perhaps today IS a good day to die. PREPARE FOR RAMMING SPEED!”

[@nackteHintern]

Enterprise appears Picard gets the Borg's ship status and hears the collective Picard takes command of the armada and give the fleet coordinates for an attack with certain destruction. And they say Voyager did demystify the Borg.

[@xyzxyz1017]

Machn sie es so!!! :-)

[@philtkaswahl2124]

"I just wanted to be a botanist!"

[@cogentdesign]

I've seen this scene a couple dozen times and never noticed the Steamrunner during the assault on the Cube. Also, once again, Troi is just there. Picard obviously looks distraught, and her job is to notice that.

[@vinnieharper]

1:43 - Well shhiiaat.

[@falxonPSN]

Riker almost died twice during that scene. Only Worf's self-control allowed him to live.... LOL.