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Star Trek: The Motion Picture Full-Length Reaction (Patreon)

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2026-07-12 13:05:39
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🖖 "Each of us... at some time in our lives, turns to someone - a father, a brother, a God... and asks..."Why am I here? What was I meant to be?"

Join us for the full, uncut watch-along exclusively for our amazing Patrons — thank you for supporting Totally Whatever!

Please be aware that our reaction video is synchronized with the 2-hour and 17-minute version (fandango). Due to copyright restrictions, this is a watch-along format, which requires you to have your own copy of the content to sync with us!

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Star Trek: The Motion Picture Full-Length Reaction

🖖 "Each of us... at some time in our lives, turns to someone - a father, a brother, a God... and asks..."Why am I here? What was I meant to be?" Join us for the full, uncut watch-along exclusively for our amazing Patrons — thank you for supporting Totally Whatever! Please be aware that our reaction video is synchronized with the 2-hour and 17-minute version (fandango). Due to copyright restrictions, this is a watch-along format, which requires you to have your own copy of the content to sync with us! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/totallywhatevermedia Custom Reaction Videos: https://www.reactr.tv/totallywhatever Business inquiries are accepted at: info@totallywhatever.com Mail accepted here: Totally Whatever c/o Nanette PO BOX 372 Damariscotta, ME 04543 *Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT INTENDED. All rights belong to their respective owners.

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Harvey Lee

What a great treat for Sunday !! although i do admit this movie is a bit slow at times (even SHATNER admitted this ] it's still awesome to see our beloved crew on the big screen with a muuuch bigger budget and some of the effects still hold up well Happy Sunday C+N i'll definitely be enjoying this later : )

Joe W

This one is slow, but it was for a reason: because it was the franchise's return after the cancellation, they put all their effort into the ship effects, etc. Also, where did you watch this? I cannot find the director's cut anywhere in my country to stream, so I need to use a VPN.

Crimson Ace

The films are broken into three distinct groups. The Original Series films (6); The Next Generation films (4); and the Reboot films, also known as the Kelvin Timeline films (3). Yes, you should see all of them, but you need to watch a few Next Generation series episodes (TNG) before you move into those films. No other prerequisites after that. And yes, you 100% need to see The Wrath of Khan as it's widely considered the very best of the entire franchise... and I agree. You've seen what you need for that one, but no spoilers as to why. I recommend that you don't look it up or read the synopsis. Thanks for this excellent reaction. Live long and prosper.

Crimson Ace

TW watched on Fandango at Home, but that has limited availability outside of the US. I recommend finding the 4K Blu-Ray. It's not perfect, but the studio did a great job upscaling most of the digital effects, especially the final few sequences.

Mr. Writhms

Captains Carolyn & Nanette, that was a fantastic reaction and I am SO glad you watched the Director's Cut! You are all systems go for "The Wrath of Khan". The episode of the TV series that preludes the movie, you've already seen. 🖖

Armchair Rizzard

Excited that you're getting into Star Trek. I agree though with the above chatter who said that you can't really watch the TNG movies without seeing TNG.

Randolph Tirazona

Thing is... I've been a fan of ST since 1968 and my wife is a big Fan too! That's how we met! The story - in general follows what Star Trek is all about!!! Now I can't go anywhere or do anything except to watch!! 🖖

Chris Clarke

Now you have to continue to the next one! Mwuh-ha-ha!😊

Joe W

I have the 4K but streaming is the only way to sync a reaction and the directors cut is only available in few countries online.

Perry Campbell

Great reaction!!! Maybe rewatch the (TOS episode Space Seed) before u watch (Star Trek 2 Wrath of Khan) Can’t Wait for this one❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Crimson Ace

Understood. I sync to 4K Blu-Ray on my television, with TW on a laptop. But I get it, everyone has a different path. Best of luck.

Wade Wallenstein

The "Constitution Class Refit" is one of my all time favorite Starship designs and is truly amazing too see on the big screen. Gene Roddenberry initially was going to make a sequel series called "Star Trek: Phase II" with Captain Kirk on a second five-year mission aboard a newly refitted USS Enterprise. They had sets built and new costumes made. The rest of the original cast also agreed to return but Leonard Nimoy was locked in a dispute with Paramount over merchandising royalties and feared being typecast, so he refused to return. Roddenberry created three new main characters from this: Lt. Xon: A brilliant but inexperienced full-blooded Vulcan science officer, Willard Decker: The young, dynamic son of Commodore Matt Decker (from the original series episode "The Doomsday Machine") and Lt. Ilia: A bald, highly empathetic Deltan navigator who had a previous romantic history with Decker. They were scheduled to begin shooting in late 1977 but Star Wars and Close Encounters of the Third Kind made it big at the box office so Paramount abruptly cancelled Phase II and announced that Star Trek would return as a massive, big-budget feature film instead. Paramount took the script for "In Thy Image" (The pilot episode for the new series), expanded its scale and beefed up the visual effects sequences. Leonard Nimoy was finally persuaded to return as Spock for the film which made the character of Xon redundant. As you've seen, Decker and Ilia remain since they were crucial to the plot of "In Thy Image."

RegalEagle

This is the first time I’m watching the directors cut.. it is clearly superior and thanx for the good watch.. You’ve now seen what Paramount Studios was up to in 1979.. You know what sci-fi 20th Century Fox Studios gave us from George Lucas in 1977.. Are you ready to find out what sci-fi Universal Studios was ready to give us in 1978? Are you ready for ‘Battlestar Galactica’ (1978) theatrical release version at a run time of 2:05?

RegalEagle

It was not available to me on Amazon in the US.. I found it on Paramount + ….

Joe W

Paramount plus for me only has the theatrical version

Joeking1701

Not sure if you watched journey to babel, but it gives you some background on Spocks family.

RegalEagle

When you do, you’ll be able to understand terms like ‘Feldergarb’ ‘Daggit’ ‘Frack’ ‘Centon’ And you’ll know what a ‘languatron’ is!

FranciscoGios

Yes do all the movies even the newer ones plus what other Patreons say what episodes to watch. I wish I can watch the shows but for me some episodes get me sleepy, nothing wrong with the writing or actors it’s my stupid brain that behaves like that.

MotoDork

Now that I've gleefully watched this reaction, I'll say a few things. First, I'll say again and again, this is my favorite of the original crew films. Yes, Star Trek II is very fun, but for me this is the pinnacle. It truly captures the spirit of the television show. And I love the fan-service scenes included in it. I feel like you two really enjoyed this film, and I'm happy with that. And yes, you should continue with the Star Trek films, going right into Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. Then, you should watch III, IV, V, and VI. Star Trek V is typically considered the weakest, but I think it still is enjoyable. Now, few side items. Chief DeFalco, who took over Ilia's station after she was zapped, is played by Marcy Shatner, William Shatner's wife of several years. Extra side note: My ex wife worked at Lexington's Professional Massage Center in Lexington KY in the mid 90s. She met Marcy Shatner there one day when she came in for a massage. In the scene where Kirk showed the entire crew what they were up against (when they were all gathered together in the large room), many of the people in the room were played by members of the Star Trek Fan Club at the time. Throughout the film you can pick up small cues of the original series theme music. Decker and Ilia were characters originally planned for the Star Trek Phase II production. Captain Decker is, canonically, the son of Commodore Matthew Decker, who was featured in the original Star Trek television show episode The Doomsday Machine.

Nanette & Carolyn are shimmering, glimmering, gorgeous goddesses

A few thoughts since I haven't seen this cut I'm not able to be comment on it though will say most cuts, I'm like actually I see why most was left out not always but mostly. I have to say since no one has mentioned it this movie makes me a little uncomfortable to watch, because Stephen Collins ( who I knew from the tv show 7th heaven before I saw this), admitted to 3 inappropriate relationships with underage girls,so ick.so every time I see him I'm like uck.

Phil Stubblefield

I don't see that it's been mentioned yet, but with respect to The Original Series films (1-6), the odd-numbered ones are generally considered weaker and the even-numbered stronger, although not everyone agrees, of course — and let's not start a religious war here! Moreover, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is generally rated as the best of The Original Series films. I'm eager to see your reaction, Nanolyn! 😁

Gábor Árki

While many do not like this entry, calling it the "slow-motion" or "motionless" picture, it has always been near the top of my list among the original crew films, and for a few years now consider it to be my favorite. Yes, it is a slow burn, but it offers a profound sense of wonder, discovery, exploration, and philosophical reflection that most of the other big-screen entries never quite captured. Those themes may not have been as central to TOS, but they became a defining part of the TNG era, which was my introduction to Star Trek as a teen in the late 90s. Judging by your reaction, it seems the film succeeded in evoking those feelings for you as well. As others have already mentioned, this film grew out of Star Trek: Phase II, a new TV series that was already in pre-production. But after the extraordinary success of Star Wars in 1977 every studio exec wanted to capitalize on the sudden boom in sci-fi and was searching for suitable properties. So, they quickly cancelled the new series, and turned it into a feature film instead. While adapting TV shows into films was not a new concept, this was arguably the first major big-budget blockbuster attempt at doing so. Thanks to these circumstances, the creators were essentially given a blank check, and it certainly shows in the film's production value. Douglas Trumbull, a pioneer in visual effects who had previously worked on 2001: A Space Odyssey and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, was brought in to oversee the effects work. The production created massive miniature models, including a completely redesigned and far more detailed Enterprise. One of the most important innovations was making the model self-illuminated, with its own integrated lighting system, which gave it a much more realistic appearance on screen. This refit version is still my favorite version of the Enterprise to this day thanks to this, and also given it feels like an actual character of its own in the movie. Additionally, this makes such a great way to sense the scale, because during the introduction sequence you get the scale of how big the ship is. Yet later it dwarfs compared to V'ger. While money wasn't an issue, however time was very much so. The production was under an extremely tight deadline and ultimately ran out of time before the theatrical release. As a result, the film was released in an unfinished state. Several visual effects shots were incomplete. Some were removed altogether, others remained in the film as they were (for example, Vulcan lacked a proper sky, the Enterprise was missing from some shots, the shots showing V'ger in its entirety were not finished, etc). The pacing also suffered, some scenes appearing in the wrong order, and the sound design was not fully completed either. Maybe one of the most important shortcomings was that the scene where Spock weeps for V'ger was not included into the theatrical cut. This has always bothered Wise, so he was delighted when he was given the opportunity around 2000 to create a director's cut. He addressed many of the issues by fixing the order of certain scenes, trimming some overly long shots, improving the pacing, completing several unfinished visual effects using CGI, and adding an overture. Perhaps most importantly, he restored the scene of Spock, which was intended to be a key emotional moment in the film. In my view, these changes make it one of the most significant director's cut revisions ever made to a film, comparable to The Lord of the Rings extended editions, the "untitled" aka "bootleg" cut of Almost Famous, or the DC of Kingdom of Heaven. Finally a short YT video I came across a few years ago showing Persis Khambatta having her head shaved for the first time for the role: https://youtu.be/WHgdGTQiVbc She truly owned the look. Her head reportedly had to be shaved every day during production to keep it perfectly smooth. I think her performance is also somewhat underrated. She very subtly shifts between the probe's restrained, almost mechanical demeanor and brief moments of recognition and emotion. Even her blinking is carefully restrained. As the Ilia probe, she barely blinks at all, seemingly doing so mostly during scenes where there is some degree of recognition with Decker.

Totally Whatever

Sorry about the availability, Joe. Were you able to find it?

Totally Whatever

I really loved hearing the backstory on the film, Wade. Thanks for sharing!

Totally Whatever

Seems like Wrath a Khan is everyone's favorite. So we can't miss that one.

Totally Whatever

We really enjoyed it, MotoDork! Thanks for adding to our Cinema Showdown. We love it even more - now that we know they included members of the Star Trek Fan Club in that scene.

Wade Wallenstein

You're welcome! I had a Grandfather introduce me to this franchise when I was a kid and would watch one of the series often with my late Mother so it's very special to me. I can talk all day about Starship design 😁

Totally Whatever

Thanks for all of the extra information, Gabor. And for the link to Persis shaving her head.

Chris Clarke

As a further note, the actor due to play Xon also appeared in the film ("Enterprise: the cloud is definitely a power field of some kind" etc) in the ill-fated Epsilon 9 space station.

Bandaloop

Will Decker's father was Matt Decker, last seen flying a shuttle craft down the throat of The Doomsday Machine.

Bandaloop

According to Memory Alpha. I looked it up after watching the episode, then the movie, and catching the name. Those Decker boys can't stay away from big machines.