Sela: “What the Hell are you doing?” Data: “…the Vulcan Neck Pinch?” Sela: “No, no, stupid, you got it way too high. It’s right here where the shoulder meets the neck.” Data: “Like this?” Sela: “Yeah.” *Falls over.*
I always though the nerve-pinch involved some sort of telepathic/psionic attack - the reason why "few" vulcans are able to do it. But I suppose if Data can do it then it just needs "superhuman" strength and accuracy.
Data learned the nerve pinch through observation, realised its utility and promptly made use of his new skill. And then never used it again after this episode.
Thing is... even if Data did it wrong, he'd be squeezing so hard with his super strength a cluster of nerves, she'd probably induce so much pain she may pass out anyways
I think I heard somewhere that the Vulcan Pinch has some psionic component to it, like a small version of the Mind Meld. If that's correct, Data and every non-vulcan who has used it had to brute force the nerves instead of using psychic powers to reset the victim.
I never forgot this two-parter. One of the best moments in Trek history. Spock meeting Data was mind-bendingly awesome. Thanks goodness for long Vulcan lifespans!
Data smiles in response to perceived compliments, whether or not he actually experiences the emotions of "happiness" or "satisfaction". Before his emotion chip, he tried so hard to emulate human emotional responses out of courtesy in order to appear less robotic and more human.
A lovely touch at the end of this episode is Picard offering Spock a mind meld to know more of his deceased father. Spock accepts, and when he melds his face flickers into grief. The final shot is Picard's gentle smile as Spock reunites with his father in the meld.
What Spock said: "I'm afraid I don't know much about Romulan disruptor settings" What Spock didn't say: "But if I have to, I'll absolutely shoot you in the face with it anyway"
Romulans might be unparalleled masters of deception and treachery. But they really suck at knowing when non-Romulan opponents are bluffing. They accept empty threats and false challenges at face value every time.
Am I the only one that thinks it's weird that sickbay has its own subspace communication station, but Crusher had to take a turbolift to the bridge to let Riker know about the message she received?
Yes, for all their tech they don’t have email. They are always running around delivering iPad minis and USB keys to each other. I guess they don’t have iCloud or Dropbox in the future.
This episode did a wonderful job of relaying how calculating the Romulans were despite retaining their emotions. Destroying their entire invasion force instead of letting it be captured and confirmed.
In basic training for the army. We was doing hand to hand training. Which was just a few throws. When one of our drill sergeants said, "Who wants to learn the Vulcan death grip!? I was so excited lol.
I really want to know if Data getting Riker's hair "not quite right" was intentional, or was written in because Riker was having a bad hair day when they shot those frames.
Pokes fingers INTO their head. Data: I am sorry captain, I did not intend to turn their skull into a bowling ball. Riker: What's a bowling ball? Data: A sphere constructed mainly of synthetic material used in ancient sporting events. You would insert your fingers like so... Picard: GOOD LORD DATA!!!
If you have ever in your life for whatever reason picked up a cat by the skin on the back of its neck, you may have noticed the animal made the exact same expression as Sela did with that Vulcan pinch.
Romulans fire, phasers go straight through. Romulan Commander: "Cease fire! ...Holograms." Because the soldiers really needed to be told what those were. Master warriors of the galaxy, right there.
And thus ended the character of Sela who was never heard from again. One would think this failure of sending thousands of Romulan troops to their deaths finally led to her execution. I don’t know which is worst. Being unable to figure out how to go around a blockade of 23 starships in open space or sending a small expedition to seize a planet near the very core of an enemy’s territory far outside of supporting distance. Sela was truly an impressive adversary.
I actually wish Sela had been the co-antagonist to Soran in Star Trek: Generations instead of Lursa & B'Etor, as a puny Klingon Bird-of-Prey wouldn't have that kind of firepower to cripple the Enterprise D that way, but a Romulan Warbird does. Plus Sela's reappearance would've played quite well with Data's emotional chip storyline in that film, atop that she was played by no other than Denise Crosby!
@@jmwoods190 It crippled the Enterprise D because it was able to obtain shield frequencies. A Romulan warbird with the same advantage would simply have destroyed the Enterprise D. That Klingon bird of prey was an older model (they went out of their way to mention this) which is likely why it was unable to destroy the Enterprise outright in the first salvos.
@@billyboblillybob344 Riker was also criminally negligent in that battle. They didn't really try to fight back. Even without shields, the Galaxy class should have absolutely smashed the Bird of Prey. In DS9, the USS Odyssey manages to hang in a fight with it's shields down against three Dominion attack ships, only getting destroyed when a ship rams the Stardrive section... which they might had survived if they had kept the shields up.
every time I see that guy in the prism at the end, I giggle a bit; no matter how good you get at set design and planning, there's one little detail that gets by
Picard is tied for 3: Picard and Data shared the crossovers with Scotty and Spock but only Picard got to meet Kirk. Guinan has a scene with Chekov. Sulu and Janice Rand appear in Voyager. Somehow Uhura got left out, but Nichelle Nichols was offscreen on the TNG set when astronaut Mae Jemison, the first black woman in space, made a cameo as a transporter chief.
4:27 I loved this camera shot when I first saw this episode. It confirmed that the Vulcan Death Grip that Data performed was effective. She was out like a light.
Wish they had her reprise Sela in ST: Generations as a co-villain with Malcolm McDowell's Soran. Would've fitted the plot better than the Duras sisters, as much as I like them.
4:23 An original broadcast copy as the remaster for dvd has taken out the reflrcted image of a camera crew member on the top third of that sculpture on Selas' desk.
@@Foebane72 Well, I can't, only knew some of TOS bigwigs like GR & GLC. Still don't really know what most of TNG-ers looked like, not 2 mention DS9,Voy, and the present ones.
Since the neck pinch isn't physiologically possible on humans, never mind every other species I'd always assumed it had a psychic component given that Vulcans are telepathic.
It's one of the fantasy elements of Star Trek. In other words, just enjoy it and don't bother trying to explain it with actual real-world science, it doesn't compute.
@@rikk319 Always found that irritating, how people have to analyse some part of a movie and put it in real world terms or science. It's a movie ! Just enjoy it for the escapism.
Data's pride at the compliment is palpable, but out of place for a being ostensibly without emotion, responding to another with only suppressed emotions.
Data: Im afraid I cannot allow you to warn your guards. Spok: Not bad Picard: ** Film Crew Member reflected in the Green Obelisk crystal thingie: I just witnessed a Unicorn!!!
Here Picard knocks a Romulan out cold with one punch. In "ST Generations", Soran mopped the floor with him and Picard had to call on Kirk to take the bad guy out.
You will find a few of these moments throughout the series. The many reflective surfaces on the Enterprise sets alone makes it inevitable over 7 seasons.
As to be expected. Without the emotion chip, stressful situations are of theoretical nature for him, only to experience by observing his biological surroundings.
What gets me is that the glass shard shown has a reflection of the director/cameraman. You can see it just after the nerve pinch as they leave the room.
04:22 when Data crosses the screen from right to left. Did anyone else spot a member of the filming crew reflected in the green obelisk? The camera man perhaps? :)
1:28 What’s interesting about this reaction to me in that in just about every other Star Trek scene where one group surprises another group with weapons, the surprised group usually surrenders. They wouldn’t think to fire back. Like when Sela surprised Picard, Data and Spock. They didn’t try to fight back. This time, they do. Good think it also happens to be the one time those people were holograms.
4:22 is one of the blunders that were removed in the HD rework for this episode. You can see one of the tv crew in the reflection on the glass ornament on the desk.
Riker's commands style involves getting up out of his chair and walking over to Mr/ Worf every time he has a question. When it is Picard in the chair he just keeps facing the viewscreen and speaks over his shoulder.
I notice when they cross over to escape the reflection of either the cameraman or the directors in the crystal in the fourth ground. I forget television and movies. Always have a little bit of a fopa blooper.
Right after the neck pinch by Data, they start to walk out, as they do you can see a reflection of the production crew in the light fixture, looks like the boom operator and one other person. Surprised they didn't catch it in post but probably too late to re-shoot considering the casting of Nimoy, so they left it.
This was an amazing episode 😁 Whenever oldschool cast mingled with TNG episodes, you know it was going to be a good episode. Star Trek Generations for example.
0:27 Worf: "They don't seem to be in a hurry. They're only travelling in Warp One Commander." Fast forward seven centuries later, this would've been considered very fast travel in the known Trek-verse :)
Fast forward centuries later those ships might actually arrive at their destination. Warp One is defined as light speed, if I'm not mistaken. The actual distance between Earth and Romulus or Vulcan and Romulus is never mentioned, I think, but I'd assume it to be a few hundred light years.
@@rainerbloedsinn182 If you look on Star Trek Online's galaxy map (it is considered canon) then Vulcan is very close to our solar system. Romulus is a long way away though.
Ah, the somewhat famous table ornament scene. I forgot about this. If you pause the video at 4:23 and look at the top of the crystal you can see the reflection of one of the filming people in it- a guy wearing glasses. They later edited this out in future copies but in older ones you can still see it.
If I'm not mistaken this is the last we see of Sela. You would have thought a villain like her would have at least gotten blown up, impaled, or thrown off a cliff. But as far as we know she died of old age.
I only came here to see the production member's head in the crystal after watching RLM's latest video on Picard ...once you see it, you can't unsee it...
"They don't seem to be in a hurry. They're only moving at warp one, commander." Yeah, they're not in a hurry. They'll get to Vulcan in a few... decades. (This is what happens when the show writers don't know the technicals of their own show. Warp one is light speed. You can make up any distance and time for the higher warp settings and it'll make cinematic sense. But that hard light speed value and the known vastness of space kind of makes Geordi's statement more or less understatement of the year.)
I think data just crushed her collarbone so brutally that she passed out from sensory overload. He's strong enough that he could have had her letting pieces of it out in the toilet.
"I am not familiar with Romulan disruptor settings."
Spock was such a low-key badass :)
And he has a wonderful low key sense of humor
@@Mr.Derogatory316 Indeed! "I could use a shower."
Spock: **Gives Kirk a cursory glance** "Yes."
Hahaha.
Low key. I love that.
When Spock says "Not Bad". Rest assured that is the greatest compliment you can ever receive.
indeed
Wouldn't we all love to have heard that from him
@@johnfoltz8183Just before they removed it for inciting violence.
Indeed
Great comment, Jaun! I wholeheartedly agree 👍🏼
Spock & Data: Vulcan nerve pinch
Picard: right hook.
Weill Picard IS the Captain of the Enterprise, so ...
Well humans **shouldn't** be able to perform it.
@@obi501 With some training they can.
It's really hard for humans as it requires a great deal of physical strength.
Right hook to knockout somebody cold? That is more impressive than some nerve pinch.
Sela: “What the Hell are you doing?”
Data: “…the Vulcan Neck Pinch?”
Sela: “No, no, stupid, you got it way too high. It’s right here where the shoulder meets the neck.”
Data: “Like this?”
Sela: “Yeah.” *Falls over.*
Love the reference
Nice! May the Schwartz be with you
The upside of the schwartz is strong with this one.
“Thanks.”
(Places hand on the scanner)
“Thanks again!”
Even in the future nothing works!
Fun fact:
Data didn’t really get the nerve pinch right, he just broke her neck.
Nah, he followed through with the crotch-grab maneuver with his contralateral hand!😉😂
D'oh!
I always though the nerve-pinch involved some sort of telepathic/psionic attack - the reason why "few" vulcans are able to do it.
But I suppose if Data can do it then it just needs "superhuman" strength and accuracy.
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That explains why she wasn’t involved in the Dominion War or the Shinzon Crisis.
@@pwnmeisterage Or perhaps Data is a walking stun gun
Data learned the nerve pinch through observation, realised its utility and promptly made use of his new skill. And then never used it again after this episode.
He used it in 4th movie
At least he didn't mimic Picard's technique and just slug her in the face. 😊
to be fair, Data has superior nerve control over bis muscles in Hand and fingers. That way, he was able to perform the neck pinch.
And yet he did a terrible job of learning his superior officer's perpetual hairstyle through observation.
He modified his fingers to be TASER prongs to not have to do a neck punch again. He called it the Droid Finger but Riker giggled everytime he said it.
Thing is... even if Data did it wrong, he'd be squeezing so hard with his super strength a cluster of nerves, she'd probably induce so much pain she may pass out anyways
Well there is that!
True true
Savage lol
Well he would have calculated exactly how much pressure to use
I think I heard somewhere that the Vulcan Pinch has some psionic component to it, like a small version of the Mind Meld. If that's correct, Data and every non-vulcan who has used it had to brute force the nerves instead of using psychic powers to reset the victim.
Love the goof at 4:23 where you can see a crew member reflected in the green obelisk in the foreground.
Oh I wondered what was going on with that lol!
Nice catch!
They blurred it out on the blu-ray. D'Oh!
@@Willpower-74205 wow that's lame like removing a Easter egg or censoring a joke on the remastering
@@anthonygarcia5375 more like making another character shoot first. Or making it say MACLUNKY
I never forgot this two-parter. One of the best moments in Trek history. Spock meeting Data was mind-bendingly awesome. Thanks goodness for long Vulcan lifespans!
Except for Kirk, Data was with all the ToS members that showed up with TNG
Considering previous conversation about Vulcan McCoy had with data
Yes cuz we can't have Spock showing up out of know where in a transportor buffer like Scotty
Data and Counselor Troi are essentially the two halves of Spock's personality split into two separate characters... psychic empathy, and pure logic.
Rest in peace, Lenny. You were a beautiful man. You're among the stars now.
Spock says,...not bad.
Data smiles, says to himself.....heh heh sweet.
When the teacher is impressed by the student, you know it's good.
I SWEAR Data cracked a slight smile there when Spock said "Not bad." Am I trippin'?
You are right! I've seen it too! Live long and prosper😁
It was extremely obvious. How could you not be sure? Data smiles all the time.
@@Argumemnon that's because jordie tolds him that joke
Data smiles in response to perceived compliments, whether or not he actually experiences the emotions of "happiness" or "satisfaction".
Before his emotion chip, he tried so hard to emulate human emotional responses out of courtesy in order to appear less robotic and more human.
It wasn't a smile. It was a computer's interpretation of what a smile should look like, displayed on Data's exterior. Goofy as hell, as a result.
A lovely touch at the end of this episode is Picard offering Spock a mind meld to know more of his deceased father. Spock accepts, and when he melds his face flickers into grief. The final shot is Picard's gentle smile as Spock reunites with his father in the meld.
What Spock said: "I'm afraid I don't know much about Romulan disruptor settings"
What Spock didn't say: "But if I have to, I'll absolutely shoot you in the face with it anyway"
Romulans might be unparalleled masters of deception and treachery.
But they really suck at knowing when non-Romulan opponents are bluffing. They accept empty threats and false challenges at face value every time.
Am I the only one that thinks it's weird that sickbay has its own subspace communication station, but Crusher had to take a turbolift to the bridge to let Riker know about the message she received?
she wanted to discuss the matter. she knew something else was going on.
@@toomanyaccounts they could have used Zoom...
@@chaosengine4597 A lot easier to turn down a face on a screen than the actual Chief Medical Officer standing there in front of you.
Yes, for all their tech they don’t have email. They are always running around delivering iPad minis and USB keys to each other. I guess they don’t have iCloud or Dropbox in the future.
@@jjpp2216 they use paper too since it is more secure then electric communication.
This episode did a wonderful job of relaying how calculating the Romulans were despite retaining their emotions. Destroying their entire invasion force instead of letting it be captured and confirmed.
Lives must be spent to buy victory in any battle. Romulans simply prefer to pay the full asking price up front before negotiating for defeat.
SPOCK!? IT’S SPOCK! HE’S IN THAT EPISODE!
The one and only Mr Spock in my head canon, that is!!
He's not dead Jim.
Who?
Yes Spock son of Sarek and Amanda and brother to Sybock and Spocko also father to my Romulan character HANNIBAL
1:46 Spock: "I don't think I know too much about Romulan disruptor settings!"
Well, there's only one setting, isn't it :)
Yeah
that's the joke
@@M0butu Yup.
And Sela knows that.
@@MaizeAndBlueWahoo She certainly does 😏
Still find it amazing that Leonard nimoy voiced both "Galvatron" and "Sentinel Prime" from transformers.. His voice suited both characters perfectly.
From a Vulcan, "not bad" is a high compliment.
If you look extremely closely, I think brent spiner broke character slightly and smiled
In basic training for the army. We was doing hand to hand training. Which was just a few throws. When one of our drill sergeants said, "Who wants to learn the Vulcan death grip!? I was so excited lol.
What a troll 😂 love people with a good sense of humor
I really want to know if Data getting Riker's hair "not quite right" was intentional, or was written in because Riker was having a bad hair day when they shot those frames.
Probably the latter! It looks different like he got a trim
Spock: Vulcan neck pinch
Picard: A swift punch to the face
"ok Data, now try to do a mind meld."
(mind meld goes horribly wrong)
Data trys to put 2 brains together. Spock: "Not that kind of mind meld"
Picard: "Whoops!"
Spock: "Whoopsie!"
Spock did once mind-meld with a satellite.
Pokes fingers INTO their head.
Data: I am sorry captain, I did not intend to turn their skull into a bowling ball.
Riker: What's a bowling ball?
Data: A sphere constructed mainly of synthetic material used in ancient sporting events. You would insert your fingers like so...
Picard: GOOD LORD DATA!!!
Now,that is high praise from Spock. When he told Data "not bad."
You can't lock the 3 smartest people in Star Trek in a room and expect a win
Didn't see Chief O'Brien in there...
@@linkmaxwell you misspelled Geordi LaForge
I think a little rephrasing would help here...
"You can't lock three of the smartest people of Star Trek in a room and expect a win."
1:20: it’s the 80s and Sue Ellen Ewing just entered the room with her shoulder pads. Total Eclipse of the Heart is playing on everyone’s Walkman.
Only that it was the 90's.
If you have ever in your life for whatever reason picked up a cat by the skin on the back of its neck, you may have noticed the animal made the exact same expression as Sela did with that Vulcan pinch.
Romulans fire, phasers go straight through.
Romulan Commander: "Cease fire! ...Holograms."
Because the soldiers really needed to be told what those were. Master warriors of the galaxy, right there.
And thus ended the character of Sela who was never heard from again. One would think this failure of sending thousands of Romulan troops to their deaths finally led to her execution. I don’t know which is worst. Being unable to figure out how to go around a blockade of 23 starships in open space or sending a small expedition to seize a planet near the very core of an enemy’s territory far outside of supporting distance. Sela was truly an impressive adversary.
I actually wish Sela had been the co-antagonist to Soran in Star Trek: Generations instead of Lursa & B'Etor, as a puny Klingon Bird-of-Prey wouldn't have that kind of firepower to cripple the Enterprise D that way, but a Romulan Warbird does. Plus Sela's reappearance would've played quite well with Data's emotional chip storyline in that film, atop that she was played by no other than Denise Crosby!
@@jmwoods190 Ron D. Moore couldn't do that, the film may have been much more enjoyable. ;)
@@jmwoods190 It crippled the Enterprise D because it was able to obtain shield frequencies. A Romulan warbird with the same advantage would simply have destroyed the Enterprise D. That Klingon bird of prey was an older model (they went out of their way to mention this) which is likely why it was unable to destroy the Enterprise outright in the first salvos.
@@billyboblillybob344 Riker was also criminally negligent in that battle. They didn't really try to fight back. Even without shields, the Galaxy class should have absolutely smashed the Bird of Prey. In DS9, the USS Odyssey manages to hang in a fight with it's shields down against three Dominion attack ships, only getting destroyed when a ship rams the Stardrive section... which they might had survived if they had kept the shields up.
@@cjinxed There's no resisting when the corporation wants to blow up your ship so it can make a new one for the next movie. No shields will stop that.
every time I see that guy in the prism at the end, I giggle a bit; no matter how good you get at set design and planning, there's one little detail that gets by
yeah i just saw that----------------
Data was the only one to interact with all 3 TOS stars iirc Deforest Kelly during the pilot Scotty in ten forward and Spock here.
Picard is tied for 3: Picard and Data shared the crossovers with Scotty and Spock but only Picard got to meet Kirk. Guinan has a scene with Chekov. Sulu and Janice Rand appear in Voyager. Somehow Uhura got left out, but Nichelle Nichols was offscreen on the TNG set when astronaut Mae Jemison, the first black woman in space, made a cameo as a transporter chief.
I also enjoyed how at 4:23 you can see one of the filming crew in the reflection of the green pyramid thing 🙂
the Prism Guy! 😄😆😁
4:27 I loved this camera shot when I first saw this episode. It confirmed that the Vulcan Death Grip that Data performed was effective. She was out like a light.
I'm glad they were able to bring back Denise Crosby for that role!
She was great in ST:TNG!
Wish they had her reprise Sela in ST: Generations as a co-villain with Malcolm McDowell's Soran. Would've fitted the plot better than the Duras sisters, as much as I like them.
4:23 An original broadcast copy as the remaster for dvd has taken out the reflrcted image of a camera crew member on the top third of that sculpture on Selas' desk.
It's not a crew member, it's a producer or something. You can even recognise him!
And no, it was the Blu-rays that took it out, not the DVDs.
@@Foebane72 Well, I can't, only knew some of TOS bigwigs like GR & GLC. Still don't really know what most of TNG-ers looked like, not 2 mention DS9,Voy, and the present ones.
Since the neck pinch isn't physiologically possible on humans, never mind every other species I'd always assumed it had a psychic component given that Vulcans are telepathic.
Non arguably but the thruster suit crewman might disagree in the Motion Picture or the nimbus three Horse in final frontier.
if its in the script its possible, physiologically or otherwise.
Perhaps Vulcans have the ability to transmit some kind of electrical pulse through their skin? Data, being an android, might be able to emulate that.
It's one of the fantasy elements of Star Trek. In other words, just enjoy it and don't bother trying to explain it with actual real-world science, it doesn't compute.
@@rikk319 Always found that irritating, how people have to analyse some part of a movie and put it in real world terms or science. It's a movie ! Just enjoy it for the escapism.
Data's pride at the compliment is palpable, but out of place for a being ostensibly without emotion, responding to another with only suppressed emotions.
Data: Im afraid I cannot allow you to warn your guards.
Spok: Not bad
Picard: **
Film Crew Member reflected in the Green Obelisk crystal thingie: I just witnessed a Unicorn!!!
Ha, I saw that too! at 4:21
I think this episode predicts the ethics of deep fake video messaging
You see a guy in the crystal reflection after Sela gets knocked out
The thumbnail looks like Data's going 'fully functional' on Denise Crosby again.
If Mr.Spock says "not bad" to you - you can be sure you did allright !!
It's nice to see someone other than a Vulcan master the Famous Spock Neck Pinch. 🖖😎
One hundered percent fan service by a Trek legend
Here Picard knocks a Romulan out cold with one punch. In "ST Generations", Soran mopped the floor with him and Picard had to call on Kirk to take the bad guy out.
In Generations, Plot Armour was on Soran's side ... here, it's on Picard's
Still can't un-see that crew person reflected in the table display when Spock and crew are leaving Sela's office.
Nice catch.
You mean at 4:22?
@@petermetzger8550 That's them yes.
You will find a few of these moments throughout the series. The many reflective surfaces on the Enterprise sets alone makes it inevitable over 7 seasons.
@@ghosthead84 Thank you. I was wondering about the face, too. 😅
I luv casually Data talks under stressful situations.
As to be expected. Without the emotion chip, stressful situations are of theoretical nature for him, only to experience by observing his biological surroundings.
What gets me is that the glass shard shown has a reflection of the director/cameraman. You can see it just after the nerve pinch as they leave the room.
someone call him the Prism Guy!
the best part of this scene is the reflection of the crewmember in the reflective art sculpture as they're leaving the office
As they finish this screen and leave, if you look into the crystal, you can see the cameraman. That gets me every time
Data cracking a grin at Spock's compliment.
Rumor has it that, after the pinch, he whispered to her ear "I'm fully functional!"
04:22 when Data crosses the screen from right to left. Did anyone else spot a member of the filming crew reflected in the green obelisk? The camera man perhaps? :)
It’s so nice to have weapons strong enough to disintegrate a body, but not put holes in walls when you’ve been deceived by holograms.
That’s what I was thinking. Maybe they only affect organic matter.
the calmest prisoner escape ever.
That's the first of three non-Vulcan characters that I can think of immediately that were able to use the neck pinch. Nice to see it could be learned!
1:28 What’s interesting about this reaction to me in that in just about every other Star Trek scene where one group surprises another group with weapons, the surprised group usually surrenders. They wouldn’t think to fire back.
Like when Sela surprised Picard, Data and Spock. They didn’t try to fight back.
This time, they do. Good think it also happens to be the one time those people were holograms.
Data would NEVER get Riker's hair wrong.
NEVER.
"Oh, Captain, do you think Tasha would want me to tell her daughter a secret?"
"Holograms."
Thank you, Commander Obvious.
Sela: The android I've come to respect in battle.
Data: Your mother came to respect me in the bedroom..
Data, Picard, and Seven of Nine i believe are the only non-Vulcans to master the nerve pinch.
4:22 is one of the blunders that were removed in the HD rework for this episode. You can see one of the tv crew in the reflection on the glass ornament on the desk.
I honestly thought that face was just part of the weird Romulan decoration.
I call him the Prism Guy from an earlier post. Just filtering through to determine if anyone else saw him...
I guess Data always found where's her favorite spot after all lol 😂🤣
That Romulan commando just got one hit KO'd by a 60 year old man who sits around and reads reports all day 😯
Captain Picard does his share of fighting; he just prefers diplomacy.
4:11 I laughed so hard this...Spock-Not bad! 🤣🤣
Picard just knocked the shit out of the romulan! Like no subtlety at all! lol 🤣
*"I don't think you got Commander Riker's hair quite right"*
Love Spock's line "not bad"
Good night, Sela. Sleep well .
Sort of a funny blooper. When Spock, Data, and Picard leave the room, you can see the director of the episode in the crystal.
Peek-a-boo I see you! The camera operator at 4:22 in the green glass sculpture 😄
Plot twist: Data just broke her neck. No neck pinch necessary.
Riker's commands style involves getting up out of his chair and walking over to Mr/ Worf every time he has a question. When it is Picard in the chair he just keeps facing the viewscreen and speaks over his shoulder.
I notice when they cross over to escape the reflection of either the cameraman or the directors in the crystal in the fourth ground. I forget television and movies. Always have a little bit of a fopa blooper.
It would still be many centuries before the Vulcans and Romulans have unification.
Cowboy diplomacy... I love that line
That's how kirk rolled
He was, and always will be, his friend.
That's far enough!
Stay right where you are!
Drop your weapons!
Drop your weapons!
Drop your weapons!
Right after the neck pinch by Data, they start to walk out, as they do you can see a reflection of the production crew in the light fixture, looks like the boom operator and one other person. Surprised they didn't catch it in post but probably too late to re-shoot considering the casting of Nimoy, so they left it.
No, they fixed it for the Blu-rays, I checked. Simple CGI will do it.
i`ve watched tng like 6 times...and i never saw that reflection...
the Prism Guy!
Oh hai, old Spock.
The one and only Mr Spock in my head canon, that is :)
@@LGranthamsHeir The PRIME Spock.
This was an amazing episode 😁
Whenever oldschool cast mingled with TNG episodes, you know it was going to be a good episode. Star Trek Generations for example.
0:27 Worf: "They don't seem to be in a hurry. They're only travelling in Warp One Commander."
Fast forward seven centuries later, this would've been considered very fast travel in the known Trek-verse :)
Fast forward centuries later those ships might actually arrive at their destination. Warp One is defined as light speed, if I'm not mistaken.
The actual distance between Earth and Romulus or Vulcan and Romulus is never mentioned, I think, but I'd assume it to be a few hundred light years.
@@rainerbloedsinn182 If you look on Star Trek Online's galaxy map (it is considered canon) then Vulcan is very close to our solar system. Romulus is a long way away though.
@@handsolo1209 I believe they said it was 40 Eridani, which isn't super far yeah.
I just love the casual humor throughout.
I feel like Gates phoned this performance in.. LOL. They missed an opportunity to bring Crosby back in Picard S3
Nice seeing the cameraman in the glass!
She knew Spock would shoot, Old school.
I love the design of the Romulan disruptor....
"sorry tash'!" Lol 😆
Ah, the somewhat famous table ornament scene. I forgot about this. If you pause the video at 4:23 and look at the top of the crystal you can see the reflection of one of the filming people in it- a guy wearing glasses. They later edited this out in future copies but in older ones you can still see it.
If I'm not mistaken this is the last we see of Sela. You would have thought a villain like her would have at least gotten blown up, impaled, or thrown off a cliff. But as far as we know she died of old age.
The girl taking the pregnancy test is funny. Life, death, birth....a complete cycle in one scene.
Considering warp one is lightspeed, they’re definitely not gonna get there in a hurry.
Spock's sense of humor really came out in TNG
At 4:23, you can see one of the film crew's reflection in that green pyramid thing.
Denise Crosby was one of the best looking women who ever acted on Star Trek.
Hard to believe she's Bing Crosby's daughter.
I only came here to see the production member's head in the crystal after watching RLM's latest video on Picard ...once you see it, you can't unsee it...
"They don't seem to be in a hurry. They're only moving at warp one, commander."
Yeah, they're not in a hurry. They'll get to Vulcan in a few... decades.
(This is what happens when the show writers don't know the technicals of their own show. Warp one is light speed. You can make up any distance and time for the higher warp settings and it'll make cinematic sense. But that hard light speed value and the known vastness of space kind of makes Geordi's statement more or less understatement of the year.)
Great clip and R.I.P Leonard Nimoy.
I think data just crushed her collarbone so brutally that she passed out from sensory overload. He's strong enough that he could have had her letting pieces of it out in the toilet.