The real gift of Klingon Academy is that it elevates Chang from the mere moustache-twirling, Hamlet-quoting "bad guy" that we see in STVI, into a multi-layered, misguided, and tragic figure, truly Shakespearean, who only wanted the best for his people and glory for the empire that he fought and bled for. No true villain is evil just for the sake of being "evil"; they may do evil things but always with the best of intentions, which as they say, pave the way to Hell.
Gorkon was instrumental of bringing peace and survival , not just for the Klingon Empire, but for the Federation as well. No wonder a Federation ship was named in honor of Chancellor Gorkon
Klingon Academy could be viewed as Star Trek 5.5 with events leading up to The Undiscovered Country. While playing as Torlek the player meets a Young Kem'pec...yes, the Same Kem'pec who becomes the Supreme Commander for the Klingon Empire!
As a fan of both Star Trek and the Lord of the Rings, it's wild to see a clip of Gorkon and Chang debating the threat of Melkor as he divides the Klingon Empire in a bid for supremacy over them.
Imagine this scene: Madred: Picard, if you are ever to count the fifth light, you have to screw in the light bulb CORRECTLY! Picard(standing on a ladder, turning back to look at Madred): like this? Madred(shaking his head): no, no, Picard, THE OTHER WAY! Picard: why don't you do it yourself, you bloody wanker? Madred(face palming): oh, for Christ's sake... (Three weeks earlier) Madred: how many lights do you see? Picard: four. Madred: no, there are five. Picard: no, there are four. The fifth one burned out. Madred: what?!?(turns to look) oh, bloody hell, I could have sworn it was working yesterday. Oh, bugger.
Klingon political intrigue never seems to amaze me. Both brutal yet calculating. Alliances shift like the wind....even into Worfs era. The Duras/Gowron dispute went to civil war. Nothing seemed to change with the Klingons in all that time.
Could you imagine if we had had the Klingon cast of Star Trek 6 be in movies 2-6. We could have seen parallels and changes in power, little snippits of stuff like this which would have eventually lead to Praxis and Star Trek 6.
Looks more like cut scenes from a Star Trek video game thst tied into the movie…the close ups and the over shoulder angles are indicative of video capture cut scenes from the late 90’s video games 😂😂🤷♂️🤷♂️ The acting is great though 👍
I never understood why Chang hated the Federation so much that he'd cling to it even if it overrode his love for his own people and doomed them to war on three fronts (Federation, Romulans, and themselves).
After Morgoth got kicked out the Door of Night into space, he happened upon the Klingon Empire and integrated himself into it, resuming the use of his old name of Melkor and seeing opportunity in becoming the new emperor of the Klingons. They knew not the devil in their own midst lol.
This scene feels very Shakespearean.
Both of them are fantastic actors
Change a few names, to trump, and the theme, it could have hidden meaning?
Shakespeares always better spoken in the original klingon...
@@darania1 taH pagh taHbe
@@DissociatedWomenIncorporated Heglumeh Qaq Jam'val..!
@@darania1 SoSlI' yIngagh, yIruch! targhlIj yab tIn law' no'lI' Hoch yabDu' tIn puS, _petaQ._
The real gift of Klingon Academy is that it elevates Chang from the mere moustache-twirling, Hamlet-quoting "bad guy" that we see in STVI, into a multi-layered, misguided, and tragic figure, truly Shakespearean, who only wanted the best for his people and glory for the empire that he fought and bled for. No true villain is evil just for the sake of being "evil"; they may do evil things but always with the best of intentions, which as they say, pave the way to Hell.
It's awesome that they reprised their characters.
It really adds gravitas to the scene. I wish more of this had stuck with the more modern portrayals.
@@razorburn645 ironically this was released in 2000, after ds9 had already finished.
RIP Chancellor Gorkin aka David Warner.
He and Plummer were 2 fantastic theatre actors who brought a certain elegance to the roles 😊
They brought the gravitas.
RIP Christopher Plummer as well.
These two were a fricken treasure to Star Trek
Gorkon was instrumental of bringing peace and survival , not just for the Klingon Empire, but for the Federation as well.
No wonder a Federation ship was named in honor of Chancellor Gorkon
He was a far seeing individual. He knew that the Klingon Empire needed to adapt or die.
@@WorldWar2freak94Ironically; so did Chang. They simply had different ideas of how to achieve it.
@@WorldWar2freak94 Gorkon was perhaps the 2nd most honorable Chancellor after Martok!
The klingon empire really needs a "x days since civil war" sign.
*_RIP General Chang_*
RIP Chancellor Gorkhan.
Watched ST6 numerous times! First time seeing this. What a treat! 🙂👍
Wow that's a lot of Klingon current events crammed into two minutes!
He never should've been allowed to die in ST6. GREAT actor Plummer is. David Warner too!!
He had a great death scene and it's not like he was going to be used again after ST VI, so why not?
Klingon Academy could be viewed as Star Trek 5.5 with events leading up to The Undiscovered Country. While playing as Torlek the player meets a Young Kem'pec...yes, the Same Kem'pec who becomes the Supreme Commander for the Klingon Empire!
Someone stitched Klingon Academy and Starfleet academy into an awesome Star Trek 5.5.
Chancellor, not "Supreme Commander"
@@ValiantWrestling Both terms are synonymous in the Klingon Empire
Is he already fat?
@@jmwoods190...it's "chancellor"
RIP Christopher Plummer
R I P Christopher Plummer
David Warner, too. He passed fairly recently
As a fan of both Star Trek and the Lord of the Rings, it's wild to see a clip of Gorkon and Chang debating the threat of Melkor as he divides the Klingon Empire in a bid for supremacy over them.
Rest in Peace, David Warner.
RIP, David Warner and Christopher Plummer.
R.I.P. David Warner (Chancellor Gorkon)
Who had to watch because Chris Plummber died? RIP. Like If you are doing Klingon Death Howl with me!
Same.
UUUUHHHHRRRRAAAAHHHHHHHHHHG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gorkon was an honorable man
Taken before his time.
Gorkon was the Cardassian in TNG, teaching Picard to count lights.
Imagine this scene:
Madred: Picard, if you are ever to count the fifth light, you have to screw in the light bulb CORRECTLY!
Picard(standing on a ladder, turning back to look at Madred): like this?
Madred(shaking his head): no, no, Picard, THE OTHER WAY!
Picard: why don't you do it yourself, you bloody wanker?
Madred(face palming): oh, for Christ's sake...
(Three weeks earlier)
Madred: how many lights do you see?
Picard: four.
Madred: no, there are five.
Picard: no, there are four. The fifth one burned out.
Madred: what?!?(turns to look) oh, bloody hell, I could have sworn it was working yesterday. Oh, bugger.
Ah, I remember that game and its 6 CD-rom setup.
Not a test clip. A scene from the video game Klingon Academy.
I know, I was going to try and do something with the footage just never got round to it.
This is amazing!
Now that's how to play a scene- great acting.
Klingon political intrigue never seems to amaze me. Both brutal yet calculating. Alliances shift like the wind....even into Worfs era. The Duras/Gowron dispute went to civil war. Nothing seemed to change with the Klingons in all that time.
They should add all of this footage on the second DVD disk.
Wow. Nice bonus footage.
This is actually from a PC-game released back in 2000 called "Star Trek: Klingon Academy".
I would have loved a movie with these characters as the focus.
The Klingons really work best when you write them like Shakespearean tragic heroes.
Imagine MacBeth set on the Klingon homeworld..
RIP david and Christopher
If Picard was a Klingon, he would be Chang.
Could you imagine if we had had the Klingon cast of Star Trek 6 be in movies 2-6. We could have seen parallels and changes in power, little snippits of stuff like this which would have eventually lead to Praxis and Star Trek 6.
Looks more like cut scenes from a Star Trek video game thst tied into the movie…the close ups and the over shoulder angles are indicative of video capture cut scenes from the late 90’s video games 😂😂🤷♂️🤷♂️
The acting is great though 👍
I was going to try and do something with the game footage just never got round to it.
Sounds alot like T'Kuvma....Another fool in a long line of fools.
Rip david warner
There are four lights!
I never understood why Chang hated the Federation so much that he'd cling to it even if it overrode his love for his own people and doomed them to war on three fronts (Federation, Romulans, and themselves).
Can anyone fill me in on this different culture of Klingons?
I thought he hadn't lost his eye yet here ....
I think he loses it in the intro to the game.
@@christopherwall2121 He does.
Melkor's Half-Brother cut it out during the duel he and Chang had.
Melkor makes Gowron look like Obama. lel
Praxis = Chernobyl
Gorkon = Gorbachev
Star Fleet = NATO
Klingons = USSR
Never trust anyone called "Melkor"
Or Duras. Hell, for all we know Melkor's house might be related to the House of Duras
@@chrismc410 Is there a chance that the Klingons once wanted to conquer Middle Earth/Arda that lied just outside the Klingon Empire?
@@jmwoods190 it's possible
After Morgoth got kicked out the Door of Night into space, he happened upon the Klingon Empire and integrated himself into it, resuming the use of his old name of Melkor and seeing opportunity in becoming the new emperor of the Klingons. They knew not the devil in their own midst lol.
Melkor=the silmarillion😊