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Star Trek The Motion Picture FULL LENGTH Reaction

#reactionvideo #reaction #fulllength Editing and Visual Elements: FLGR Channel Artwork and Animations: Drew Goldfarb MAIN CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/@FunnyNFarbsy MERCH: https://www.funnynfarbsy.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/funnylilgalreacts (Angela) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/funnylilgalreacts (Angela), https://www.instagram.com/drewgoldfarb (Drew) TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@drewgoldfarb (Drew) YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@funnylilgalreacts (Angela) Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/farbsy (Drew) Email: funnynfarbsy@gmail.com Copyright Disclaimer under Section 107 of the copyright act 1976, allowance is made for fair use for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, 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 favour of fair use.

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Michael Kemmet

A bat'leth is indeed a Klingon weapon. Introduced in Star Trek: The Next Generation as a weapon Worf used occasionally. Star Wars(1977) vs. Star Trek(1979): The original plan was to create a new tv series called Phase II, but the incredible success of Star Wars pushed the studio to turn this into a movie to make more money(it didn't work - lol). Drew was mostly correct about the intro music. This movie and Superman(1978) were two of the last major releases to have music before the opening to set the mood as the audience was finding their seats. 2001: A Space Odyssey(1968) also had one, but it was more common back then. Jerry Goldsmith, not Michael Kamen. ;) Stardates don't make sense. Don't bother.

Michael Kemmet

Sorry your version didn't have subtitles for the Vulcan(it was supposed to). Basically Spock had been working the last few years to purge all emotions(Kohinar). The ceremony shown was supposed to be his "graduation". But the woman sensed something odd and mind melded with him. Through the meld, she sensed that big cloud communicating with Spock a little bit. For whatever reason, that caused Spock to fail the test and she told him his answers lay elsewhere. I feel you, Angela. This is my Enterprise, too. And the Enterprise reveal sequence in TMP is what coined the term spaceship p0rn.

Michael Kemmet

The blond woman working the transporter is a good bad story. Grace Lee Whitney was a regular on the original tv series back in 1966. Due to several factors, including a possible SA the show didn't want to deal with, she was fired from the show halfway through the first season. Partially due to the SA and the firing, she spiraled into substance abuse before DeForrest Kelly ran into her at an unemployment office several years later. He got her to start coming to Star Trek conventions where she was welcomed very warmly by fans, which helped her start to heal. When it came time to cast this movie, Roddenberry demanded she have a part. And when Nimoy was asked to direct ST3&4, he required Whitney have a part before he would agree to the contract.

Michael Kemmet

Decker and Ilia are the prototypes for Riker and Troi. The stupid oath of celibacy(blame the 70s) was because her race(Deltans) were supposed to have extremely powerful pheromones that normal humans couldn't resist. So Starfleet required celibacy oaths from Deltans. Decker spent enough time with her on her home planet that he learned to deal with the pheromones. Chekov was moved from navigation to weapons for the movie. Ilia took the nav position. When Spock became science officer, Decker became a regular first officer; just like Riker in TNG. No chair, so he just stands around.

Michael Kemmet

The main problem with the pacing of TMP is that the core story was originally meant for a 44min television episode of the proposed Phase II series. Turning it into a 2+hr movie adds a whole lot of padding. The Spaceballs ship opening is also referencing 2001: A Space Odyssey. There's a special Futurama episode that is a love letter to Star Trek. Under the original plan for Phase II, Decker, Ilia, and that Vulcan that died in the transporter would have been regular cast members. Nimoy didn't want to be part of the tv series but was convinced to join the film. That's a bit of the reason why it feels like we're jumping into relationships that already existed.

Michael Kemmet

Spock's dad(Sarek) was the Vulcan ambassador to Earth and openly would claim that the reason he married Amanda was that it was logical to learn more about the planet he was ambassador to. But in every version of the franchise, he eventually privately admits to someone(usually Spock) that he really did it for love. Vulcans have emotions far more powerfully than humans, but they repress them. In their past, they were even more warlike than humans and brought themselves to the brink of extinction more than once. Repressing emotions was a choice advocated by a Vulcan Gandhi-like historical figure named Surak. The next one... _reliant_ on previous knowledge. Really, Angela? :D They hated the uniforms sooooo much. lol

punkrockpollyanna

I lived in Holland as a child, so the first time I experienced Star Trek was on an international flight moving back to the US November 1980. Wil Wheaton and I are the same age, so I was definitely a TNG watcher. DS9 and Voyager are both good; I just didn't see them until Covid lockdowns. I hope you get to the newest era eventually. (On your own or in reactions.) Strange New Worlds (Hot Spock is a thing) and Starfleet Academy are fun in their own ways. Discovery and Picard have some really good episodes. Lower Decks is hilarious and Prodigy is supposed to be amazing (haven't seen that one yet.)

Retro Tom

Besides wrestling, Star Trek is my other big passion. It's a big part of what makes me who I am. For the overture, I guess that was a thing some movies did. Jerry Goldsmith did some great music so I don't mind For stardates, in the original series it was created just so they didn't have to establish an exact year when it took place. The numbers were randomly made up by the script writers with the XXXX.X format When The Next Generation started it was decided to add some order to the dates, so the show started off with stardate 41XXX.X adding a 5th digit to donate the passage of time. The 4 was randomly chosen while the 1 represented season 1 of the show (season 2 was 42XXX.X & the pattern continued all the way to the end of Voyager). The remaining 3 digits were picked by the writers & got higher as the season went on were to represent the day of the year. The digit after the decimal, sometimes 2 digits represented the hour of the day. As for Ilia, it was partially explained in some deleted scenes, but even the full idea never got shot as the character was developed for a TV show that never happened Gene Roddenberry's concept was she is a Deltan. Their species have no sexual inhibitions & have sex as casually as we say "hi". They also emit pheromones that make others horny, there was a deleted scene where Sulu started getting distracted sitting next to her. Those combined is why not just her, but any of her species have to have an "oath of celibacy" It's kind of an awkward idea, but made even more awkward by the lack of explanation Also, I vote yes on Futurama!

funnylilgalreacts

I feel like I’d have to take an entire college course to understand star dates

Nathan Jasper

Drew - you mentioned Zapp piloting the Nimbus. Only two things come to mind. Harry Potter's broom was a Nimbus 2000 (first book released in 1997 and Futurama premiered in 1999 so maybe?) and also Nimbus boats but I have no idea how long they've been around.