The 1970's blood coursing through this film always makes me smile. Bones showing up like he spent the last few years in a disco on a bender with his lounge suit and gold chain will always be awesome.
This was our world 🌍 back in the late ⏰ 1960”s!And,it’s this show that gave us a future,or.maybe what we’d like” to see”as our future?Well,divorce is never 👎 a good thing!But,as my mom said;that’s life!😢And,yes…..the original serie’s is alway’s good!👍 😊😊😊😊.I’m not Canadian,but,from the 🇺🇸 United States.William Shatner was a Canadian,though!😊
And,this was;a good movie to see in 1979!The reason that it’s a great movie 🎥 is;because,it remind’s me of my last year of High School.🏫 So,,,,,,,this movie 🍿 has a special place in my heart ❤️ for me!Yeah,we can celebrate 🎉 with a little wine 🍷 here!Sure,why not?And,again….I should see what that book 📕 could tell me?There might be:’a little more of interest in that book?And,that’s the end of my discription,too!😊😊😊😊
Always a lot of negative attitudes about the first one, but this movie shows respect for Star Trek and the characters, and it was not a "bomb" at the time like many believe. Sure, there are some issues, but I've always been disappointed with how the future original cast movies had such exaggerated performances, really lame sit-com humor, and it's supposed to be stupid attitude that many associate with Star Trek now. Shatner even plays it straight in this movie, though he seems like a jerk until they get out there.
It was a bit ahead of its time with its concepts of transcendence and artificial consciousness. With our current familiarity with science fiction we can better figure out what happened in the end - V'ger essentially realised it could use its replication/matter reorganiser to not only record Decker like it did Ilia but to merge its own consciousness with Decker's and create something new with its mass and energy. We don't know where it went - but my assumption is that it shifted to a new dimension to explore with fresh perspective.
That is almost as good as a story Mark Hamill told, how when he walks up to automatic doors he does the force wave as it opens and people who see it go nuts.
@@charliepotatoes001I still use the term parental units all the time when I’m around kids or teens talking about their parents. They do look at me confused!
This film, by far, is the most intellectual and thought provoking film of the entire franchise, easily. I am an engineer, I judge people's intelligence based on whether they appreciate this film or not. A machine achieves sentience, and the film is about it's search for a meaning to its own existence. How profound is that?
@magafett596, That's exactly right, and it's a shining example of what Star Trek was all about and what good, deep, cerebral science fiction can be. You've got it.
*SHE IS AN ABSOLUTE BAD ASS IN STALONE MOVIE **_NIGHT HAWKS_** with Rutger Hauer & Billy D Williams, made during the **_Rocky, Rocky II, Cobra_** era.*
@@rickpat-x9uYES!!!!!!!!! Nighthawks reference. One of my favorite movies ever, and one of stallones best acting performances. She is fantastic as Shaka!!!
There is what amounts to a 6 minute “love scene” between Kirk and his beloved Enterprise. It’s basically 6 minutes of nothing more than some amazing music from Jerry Goldsmith, the most beautiful and iconic space vehicle (with all apologies to the amazing Millennium Falcon) in all of pop culture and James T. Kirk, perhaps the greatest commander in all of Star Fleet history. Oh and of course the miracle worker himself Mr. Scott.
When this movie came out I was a little kid and my mother took me to Toys R Us in Chicago. We were standing in line for about 45 minutes to an hour. I had no idea why we were there. And then they open the doors and standing in the back of the store was Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, and George Takei.
This is Star Trek's best example of "high-concept" science fiction (where themes and ideas about humanity, the universe, and our place in it take center stage), and this version of the _Enterprise_ is the most beautiful model starship ever built. I know many fans get frustrated with the long SFX shots and the lack of the action sequences that we're used to with the franchise, but I will always love the movie for what it does and what it gets me to think about.
I tried to calculate how far is 82 AU* (82 x 93* million miles) ...?! but my device virtually said "no - _not_ possible!!"😮😮😮😮😮 In plain English " _a_F🦆ing_long_way_ "?!!
@@sagaswp Yes. 1 AU is (in Imperial measurements) _93_million_miles_ between the Earth and the Sun (Sol). V'Ger's cloud was said to be roughly (82?) AU wide. F🦆ing HUGE !! 😳
@@brigidsingleton1596 7,626, 000,000, or 7.626 Billion Miles. Neptune's Orbit is only 5.6 Billion Miles in diameter in comparison. So while it wouldn't swallow everything inside the Oort Cloud's orbit or the Sun's Magnetosphere, it would devour all of the planetary bounds of the solar system quite comfortably. Pluto would escape though at the far end of its orbit.
bones is one of those true friends everyone wishes they had in their life. Someone who is brutally honest with you, calls you out when you make a mistake, but is always by your side when times get tough. Kirk shows his affection for Bones when he first reappears in the transport room, even if he has to adhere to Starfleet regulations as an Admiral.
I was 13, and watched episodes of the series sporadically, but wasn't mature enough to understand the plot. When I was 17 I rewatched the series again, and could finally appreciate the geniuses of the plots, messages and relationships. After that, watched this movie and all the others dozens of times. It's a movie to be appreciated slowly, just like a good wine, definitely it's not a snack. RIP Douglas Trumbull !
t one point in time I had a bunch of StarLogs that were produced in the lead up to the film. Pretty sure I remember having mowed yards to pay for a subscription.
The Constitution II-class Starship/Constitution class Starship (Refit) is the most beautiful looking spacecraft design throughout the whole of Science Fiction.
I'm 65...I grew up with the original Star Trek, and I gotta tell you that your reaction to the Star Trek universe has given me hope for your generation! (you're also the cutest Trekkie that I've certainly ever seen!) Live long, and prosper!
Commander Will Decker is the son of Commodore Matthew Decker (played by the great William Windom), who was in one of the best episodes, "The Doomsday Machine". A MUST watch episode!
It's nice to have a major SciFi movie from that era NOT scored by John Williams. 😂😂 No diss, Williams is amazing, but this score is just so creative and evocative. After we saw it in the theater, I begged my parents for weeks to get the soundtrack. They finally relented and I think I still have the LP.
@@Peter-Warton I know what you mean. In the days before VCRs (and even when they did come out, we couldn't afford one), the soundtrack album was the ONLY connection to the movie I could hold and experience at home.
@@holddowna You said you watched Star Trek: The Next Generation, I think you'll REALLY like Star Trek: Lower Decks. It's an animated series, made by the guy who made Rick and Morty, and it's VERY well liked. In fact, this fall is gonna be the 5th and final season, but LOTS of fans AND various Trek actors are petitioning to SAVE Lower Decks. This is just like back in the late 1960's, when Star Trek got cancelled at the end of season 2, but the fans wrote THOUSANDS of letters to save the show, and it worked. So, yea, I think Lower Decks might just be something you'd like.
Finally..someone who ❤ed this movie.. Without 1 criticism .. Totally understanding the journey.. Thank you for your reaction.. .. I've read a lot of negative comments from idiots who say this movie is not good...Some even say skip the first Movie and start with STARTEK 2.... I always said to myself... Why.. STARTREK - THE MOTION PICTURE IS AWESOME... a fantastic sci fi adventure... And watching you loving every minute of it in your reaction ...made my day 😊 live long and prosper .
This film was controversial in 1979, and I was one of the many life-long STAR TREK viewers who disliked its "cold and distant" approach to the characters. As the decades passed, however, I came to appreciate one of the film's many lessons: a reunion can be awkward, even painful, because ten years will bring forth a lot of change, a lot of damage. Initially, Kirk, Spock, and McCoy can't seem to reconnect, but they must. For all of their individual strengths and skills, they need each other, need the balance of their competing and cooperative personalities. This is why, at the end of the film, the three men are at ease with each other, just as they were in the TV series: they have rediscovered how much they complement each other, and why their friendship is bigger than each man individually.
Well don't forget Spock had been spending years attempting to eradicate his human emotions so it was by no surprise that he was cold and unfriendly at first.
I think the movie is more highly regarded now than it was back then. They had wanted to revive the series in some way for a while and the success of Star Wars made that possible. Roddenberry wanted something different from Star Wars and they kind of aimed more at 2001: A Space Odyssey. The movie was successful but left some people wanting more. We get that in the movies to come.
I feel like Star Trek The Motion Picture was a Film and the rest were movies ? I didn't like it as a kid but as an adult I appreciate the risks they took even if not all of them worked .
Also known as The Slow Motion Picture. I didn’t appreciate this film nearly as much until I got older and appreciated what they were trying to do. The unveiling of the refit Enterprise gets mocked regularly, but nobody goes to a car show to take quick flyby of a car. You take it in, look at it from all angles.
@@dabe1971I didn’t realize that until I got older as well. Seeing something revived after 10 years at the time was just not done. Add to that using the original cast and allowing them to age, which is still rarely done, and it’s you have something special to the fans whether it’s disappointing or not.
I was a real Star Trek fan . When the t.v. show was cancelled, I was heart broken. So were all the fans. When the movies came out, we were so excited. Seeing the Enterprise on a big screen was mind blowing! All the movies since, I have loved. Enjoy Ames . Live long and prosper.
People forget that in the tv show the Enterprise was a real character, and in a special way, Kirk loved that ship. TMP respects that. Indeed, this re-encounter is a musical-romantic moment, almost a dance that can be compared with the ‘dance in the gym’ scene in Wise’s West Side Story. In fact, all of TMP is a non-singing yet musical rumination on the relationship between human and machine. The film ends with Decker having intercourse with V’ger, god dammit!
@@John_O_Maoilearca The film was such a glorious reintroduction to the franchise and watching the Enterprise get torn up in Wrath of Khan was heartbreaking.
They had a second series called Phase 2 planned but it got canned. In fact they filmed part of the pilot with mostly new characters except Kirk and Scotty.
This movie's style is so different to what we have today that I think people are just now discovering how special it is, flaws and all. Reading up on the backstory of its production, it's a Scotty-level miracle that it even got made.
51:40 You missed the part just before where Chekov says he's reading an oxygen/gravity envelope forming outside the Enterprise, which is why they can walk outside without suits on, V'Ger did that so they could approach it.
@@secef316 no, because it didn't need saving, and the first movie is by far the best, the smartest, the most cerebral and the closest to what the original Star Trek series was all about, and the ambitions Roddenberry had for Star Trek. In comparison, Khan is a small revenge movie, far less ambitious and profound and less in the spirit of Star Trek.
I truly love the fact that a new generation of people are discovering Star Trek for the first time and finding that they really like it. The new (Abrams/Kurtzman) stuff, is really not good quality at all (pretty nihilistic actually) but the classic stuff will always hit the spot, and many episodes will make you stop to have a think. It inspired me to become a mechanical engineer. Start Trek TNG taught me a bit about how diplomacy and geopolitics works in the real world both between countries/blocs and on an interpersonal level. Above all, you could have a frustrating, depressing, rubbish day. Kick back, put on some classic Star Trek and everything will be just right. Good stuff. Great reaction 👍
I am absolutely happy with your reaction to this film! It's PURE SCIENCE FICTION that appeals to your intelligence. This is lacking in a lot of scifi these days. I saw this in theaters on its debut in 1979! It's represents good memories with my father. Thank you so much for posting your video. Glad you liked it. ❤👍
17:19 This woman that Kirk is talking to is the Late Grace Lee Whitney who played Yeoman Rand...the one that scratched "evil Kirk's" face when he was split into two Kirks.
Adding on to say Whitney's story is a poignant one. She was treated very poorly by network executives; both s. assaulted by a executive at Desilou and fired unceremoniously early in the series(which was pushed by NBC execs). The one-two punch caused her to spiral into alcoholism, drug use, and depression. DeForest Kelley(McCoy) found her in an unemployment line in the mid/late 70's and reconnected her to Trek(conventions and the like). Roddenberry planned to include her in Phase II(the planned TV series), and demanded she be included in the movie when the studio changed the TV project into a movie. After Roddenberry was pushed out after the lackluster box office performance of TMP, Nimoy took up her cause(they were close friends and gave each other support - both were recovering alcoholics). For a least a couple of the films(3 & 4?), giving Whitney at least a cameo was one of Nimoy's requirements before he would sign on to direct the picture. Because of the main cast standing up for her, she was included in four of the six TOS movies. This continued all the way into Voyager, when she was included in an episode that featured flashbacks to the events of ST6: The Undiscovered Country.
I have speculated on Grace Lee Whitney's very hard life as it related to Star Trek. It's very possible that how she played her hand, makes her the greatest real-life hero that the world of Star Trek ever had. She endured a S. assault by a production Executive whom she never identified, calling him only "The Executive." Given other known details about Gene Roddenberry's statements and actions, and that he was ••Executive•• Producer of the series, we can't rule out that the perpetrator may have been Roddenberry himself. (We can't know; I wish it were otherwise). If it were in fact Roddenberry, and if Whitney had accused him - during the critical time of Star Trek's first season... what would have happened? Among other things, it's probable that Desilu Studios may have halted production and washed its hands of the whole project: Lucille Ball would hardly have been sympathetic to an Exec Producer under the cloud of a r**e charge. (Would Lucille Ball have been in a position to demand: "Ditch Roddenberry and keep the series, with someone else coming in as Exec Producer"? It's not knowable if she could, or if she would have even tried.) If Trek had been abruptly cancelled (due to scandal), midway through its first season, how would our world be different today? In about a zillion different ways. (Among other things: No 'Star Trek' phenomenon and no reruns -- Fifteen aired episodes in half of one season, wouldn't have been enough to persuade any syndication deal with anyone - so no one would have seen even those 15 episodes, after their initial network airings. No films, no spinoff series, none of the people inspired to go into various careers because, for example, Trek made Engineers seem sexy because of Scotty.) In Trek's best episode, "The city on the edge of forever," the future unfolds 'properly' because Edith Keeler's 'Peace Movement' vision is silenced before it ever got moving. Have we been experiencing a real-world parallel to that all along, in that Star Trek survived, because a r**e survivor effectively remained silent, going down a path involving alcoholism and a destroyed career, rather than 'fighting back'? It's mind-blowing to consider.
@@tranya327 It's unlikely the perpetrator was Roddenberry since and his wife and children were onset that day during the assault which took place at Network Offices (NBC) during a lunch break when Whitney could leave the set for an hour. You have to realize she got wind that she was about to be fired from the show and as a woman in her early thirties in Hollywood losing her job while supporting two kids on her own made her incredibly desperate to keep her job and that Executive (NBC) took advantage of that desperation to make a Faustian Deal with her which he had no intention of keeping. The episode in question was Season One Episode Eight (Miri) which you can view and undoubtedly feel the dark creeps during the dramatic scene between Kirk and Rand as it was revealed in later years that the assault took place before the scene was filmed and she unknowingly to everyone on set used the trauma of the assault to underline her final performance. Roddenberry had no knowledge of this sordid event and heavily blamed himself. He was a former Police Officer and undoubtedly would have confronted the Executive (NBC) with extreme force. As for Lucille Ball she also would not have let this type of thing slide if it had to brought to her attention since she herself dealt with many unscrupulous studio people while a young chorus girl in Hollywood.
I'm 68. I watched Star Trek from the very first episode. I was part of the write -in to keep it on air. Only us original Trekkers can appreciate what this movie meant to us. Opening night.... and when the camera zoomed in to the shuttle landing in San Francisco, and we saw Kirk's face, the whole theater erupted into cheers. I still consider this movie as my second favorite, just behind Wrath of Khan.
Lt. Ilia is a Deltan. Deltans excrete a pheromone which makes them irresistible to men. This could naturally cause some issues on a starship, so Deltans in Starfleet are asked to take an oath of celibacy. This was explained in the novelization but they never really explained it in the film so we just have her walking up to Kirk and telling him her oath of celibacy is on record with no reason or background for that. So there is a reason for her oath of celibacy line. When Chekov is injured Ilia uses her pheromones to make him feel happy and giddy and not feel the pain.
It's been years since I read the novelization, but I do specifically remember that in the book that Kirk reverted to "captain's prerogative" and remained seated in the captain's chair and not stand up to greet Ilia as to not reveal his reaction (erection) to Ilia's Deltan pheromones, every other man on the bridge had the same reaction, which is why they were all smiling. As for managing Chekov's pain... I don't think it was pheromones. I can't remember for sure if it was in the novelization for Star Trek TMP (maybe in another Star Trek book, perhaps in Worlds of the Federation, but could be wrong) that explains Deltans have highly developed minds that give them the cognitive discipline to control their primal responses to the pheromones of other Deltans and in addition to giving them an affinity for mathematics and 3-dimentional thinking, some several individuals develop a very limited telepathic abilities. I think Ilia was actually using limited telepathy to ease Chekov's pain. Decker and Ilia's relationship (him leaving her behind to pursue advancement in a career in Starfleet) was the underlying dynamic for Riker and Troi in the TNG series and I think the telepathic Betazoid species was derived from the original concept of the Deltans, but changed to deemphasize the sexual-pheromones and bald heads aspect in order to introduce a new species for the TNG era that wouldn't require hours in the makeup chair fitting on a bald cap prosthetic or that required constant head shaving.
@@PGIFilms Right. As I've read in other supplemental materials, Deltans have an incredibly evolved sexuality and if a human were to have sex with one it would drive them insane. They also have empathic abilities, so she used her empathic connection to nullify the pain signals between his hand and his brain, which is why she placed her hand on his shoulder to establish the connection, not unlike a mind meld.
You are totally right to be stunned. This set a new record for spending on a film, which was decided when Paramount saw the jaw-dropping receipts from the first Star Wars.
The thing many people forget or don’t know, is that the Star Trek: Phase 2 pre-prodiction work, as well as the abandoneded work on Star Trek: Planet of the Titans was rolled into the budget of this film. As a result, it wasn’t considered as successful as it probably was when it released.
Jerry Goldsmith got an Oscar nomination for his score. Always one to choose unique percussion instruments, STTMP was no different to Planet of the Apes and Logans Run, and even the same year's Alien. The special edition remaster was out in cinemas in 2022, and I got to see it. Sound and visuals are just amazing on a big screen. Glad you enjoyed it!
The entire original crew returned. Scotty looks different, yes…. but it’s the same actor. The actor himself changed a lot in the 10 years since the series.
I love the period TV interviews c. 1985-1990 when James Doohan is one of the guests. They frequently mention how Doohan was a participant in World War 2, including the D-Day invasion.
Doohan lost part of his trigger finger on D-day so his duty as an infantry soldier ended. I now watch to see his hand which he hides in most of the scenes in all the StarTrek shows/movies. Mr. Radio Shack during the 80's-90's. RIP to all of them who have gone beyond.
I was so privileged to watch this at the cinema back in 1979 at the age of 16 with a full memory of most of the original series in my head. Blown away. The tech and scenery actually holds up today.
That opening theme-which I believe is Ilia's theme-is the most beautiful piece of Star Trek music and is top ten of all beautiful pieces of music for me. So so beautiful. And this is such an excellent reaction, making me re-love and not just remember this film. So many don't get it. You sure did.
Thankyou for such an enthusiastic reaction to Star Trek: The Motion Picture. A motion picture I was able to see in theaters back in the day. It was not entirely beloved at the time, but it remains a favorite of mine. I look forward to your reaction to the second film. One science fiction aspect I love about this film is how incredibly huge and powerful V'Ger was. For me it is probably the best portrayal Hollywood could ever hope to produce, however accidentally, of author Ian M. Bank's vessels from 'The Culture' - specifically one of the GSV (General Systems Vehicle) starships.
This video wins my UA-cam for the week. 46:00...and you totally got the entire point of my favorite TREK film. Not gonna' say your reaction may have generated a tear in my eye...but...perhaps it did. You absolutely GOT why this has always been my very favorite TREK film. You've earned a new subscriber. This was absolutely delightful. Many thanks...and this shows why classic genre cinema can still be relevant 45 years after first released.
If you really liked this one, then you're gonna love the second one! That was the movie my parents saw on their first date, and a few years later it was the first Star Trek movie that I ever saw and caused me to fall in love with the entire series, science, technology, and looking forward to a future that could be if we work towards it.
Love watching your reactions to the Trek films which I’ve rewatched so often over the years, I can barely remember my initial impressions. But through you I can reconnect vicariously to that long-buried sense of awe, enthusiasm, and deep affection for these characters. So thank you for that! I was 15 when 1 debuted in 1979. The tone, pace, and spectacle didn’t feel like Trek as I knew and loved it, so I chalked this up as a misfire. We dubbed it Star Trek: The Motion Sickness which we thought was hilarious! Over time, 1 grew on me and I learned to appreciate it for what it is, instead of how it failed to meet personal expectations. But I remember how old the cast seemed through my teenage eyes. I’m 61 now and they look…so young! Talk about a time warp!
I was 21 years old when I saw this movie for the first time in theaters. It was truly a celebration to see the Enterprise for the first time on the big screen, and the 10 years in the making reunion with ship and crew was so grand. We were transported back to a wonderful future and basking in a cosmic mystery worthy of 2001 A Space Odyssey (the same FX specialist, Douglas Trumbull, did both movies). It was an immersive experience and a true sci-fi movie; even if every fan recognized the reprising of the episode The Changeling from the original series. Today's audiences find the Enterprise fly-by long, slow, boring because they have seen that ship and such SFX thousands of time now; but back then, there was only 2001, Star Wars (the original), ET and Close Encounter Of The 3rd Kind and that ship never seen bigger than on a 20 inches square screen. Back then, we couldn't have enough of the Old Girl. A little bit of trivia for you: Lieutenant Illya was played by the late Persis Kambatha. This was her 1st movie. Back then she had been Miss India at the Miss Universe pageant. Her race, the Deltans, are a highly sexually evolved species with powerful pheromones that can sway any humanoid (of any gender). Hence her species having to take an Oath of Celibacy to prevent abuse of ''sexually immature species'' like Humans.
Glad to see the younger generation appreciating this great movie... To answer her questions, the movie was 10 years after the series ended, and yes we did go absolutely ballistic when we saw the Enterprise for the first time. Still do after 45 years.
Awesome job on this one- you connected with the movie on all the levels I do, it's an epic masterpiece. There will never be a Trek movie like it ever again.
@@holddownaYes, they used Ilia’s theme as the “overture”. An overture was often played against a blank screen before the start of a film in the classic Hollywood era to set the mood for a film. This practice started to die out in the 70s, although TMP director Robert Wise was old school.
@@andrewcurry602 I believe Star Trek TMP and Disney's "The Black Hole" were the last films to do this. there was an overture in Dances With Wolves a few years later, but that was only on the Director's Cut released on home video and not in the theater, so that may not actually count.
@@k1productions87 Yes, there is a Wikipedia article about it. Became very infrequent after TMP and The Black Hole, and sometimes only present in certain circumstances for a particular film as you say.
15:22 yeah, they had a BIG budget. Actually, this, along with the first Superman with Christopher Reeve, was the most expensive movie of its time. Think about Avatar in 1979.
For the Jerry fans: I just saw Kingdom of Planet of the Apes and lol'd when they did an homage to JG's score in a few sections. Lotta easter eggs in that one, musical ones are a nice change of pace.
I can not wait to see you watching the next movie; if you've seen Star Trek TOS, it would give you an edge. I remember sitting on the living room floor waiting for the first episode to come on. I think it was after Daniel Boone. I was hooked! Not one rerun did I miss. 25 or so years later, I went to a guy that I worked with's apt for lunch, he turned on the TV and an episode of ST TOS came on; in less than 5 seconds, I said, "it's Catspaw." They broke for a commercial and it came back on with Catspaw on the screen. He was slack jawed. It got even better when I quoted dialogue. I tried watching TNG, but after a few seasons, I gave up on it. Too brainy, not enough action. They said that TOS was "too brainy" I wish it had ran for 7 or 8 seasons. But now I have a Box Set of TOS, all the movies along with the JJ Abrams things; they're Treky, but from another demention Live Long and Prosper. 🖖
It was ten years since the end of the TV series when the first movie came out. I waited along with everyone else at the theater - the lines stretched for 8 blocks, and the theaters put on extra showings late into the night. We, the fans, had triumphed - we had brought a show, OUR show - back from the dead. Spontaneous chants started: STAR TREK LIVES! It was a magical time; we felt like we could do anything! The space shuttle was flying, the universe was open to us, and we were about to go where no one had gone before!
I was 8 years old when it came out. Im 53 now, When they showed the enterprise in space dock the audience some people were crying. I think they felt like we had come home. Altogether again on the enterprise. I sure was glad to see the enterprise again.
I'm in the minority as regarding this as my favorite Trek movie. I hear the complaints -- mostly the 2001-Kubrickesque pacing -- and set them aside in favor of message/theme. I take Spock's rejection of Kolinahr to be the most significant event in his life with a close second being the fallout of his mind-meld with V-Ger. (Arguable these two can be interchanged.) The remaining movies are no where this deep or (as others might say) "cerebral." They are what they are. Had they stopped with this one, I would have been satisfied. Thanks for watching.
Glad you enjoyed that Ames, I loved how they didn't talk down to thier audience in those days. You heard terms like Au (Astronomical Unit) and they left things unsaid for you to interpret. This movie has aged very well IMHO.
Hi, Ames! I found you and your UA-cam channel earlier tonight and I just love your enthusiasm and intuitiveness while watching the first 2 Star Trek movies for the first time. Looking at your list of TOS episodes you've seen, I'd recommend these as your next additions to sample: Where No Man Has Gone Before The Corbormite Maneuver The Changeling The Doomsday Machine Obsession The Immunity Syndrome Return to Tomorrow The Ultimate Computer The Enterprise Incident The Tholian Web These are just fun time travel ones: Tomorrow is Yesterday Assignment: Earth (a backdoor pilot at the end of season 2 when they thought the series was cancelled.)
Granted, it was rather slow-paced, cerebral, and a fan-service to those of us who had been waiting a decade for the continuation of the franchise. But I, as an old-school fan, and 13 when this came out, found it glorious!
So great to see you react to this! It was awesome to see the crew in a fresh story after 10 years. Decker was introduced to us and transformed beyond human. Spock got the insight that allowed him to accept his human half and be at peace. Kirk regained a command and had to deal with about as much as ever, all at once and while making his own internal and external adjustments. The external beauty shots of the Enterprise were fan service because the ship was as much a character as the crew, and it was splendid! Can’t wait for the next one!
I'm glad to see you getting into the original series/movies. Kirk and his crew in the original series were what I watched growing up. You really do fall in love with them as it progresses. I highly recommend Star Trek II The Wrath of Khan. Ricardo Montalbon reprises his role as Khan and seeks his vengeance on Kirk and the Enterprise. Enjoy!!!! 🖖🖖🏼
Jerry Goldsmith as usual turns in a great score. Some of my favorite Goldsmith scores are from the Star Trek and original Planet Of The Apes films. James Horner really knocks the music out of the park with Star Trek II...
I always loved this movie. My friends left the movie theater even before the second half. But then again they're a bunch of SAPS! I thought this movie was underrated even THEN!
Beyond the pacing (which was slow at times), this well done classic brought back the franchise. As fans, we are better for that. The entrance scene of the Enterprise, with the grand score, was everything hoped for, and so much more.
I was ten years old when this came out, and I was already a Trek fan. I remember seeing it in the theater for the first time, and I remember being overwhelmed with excitement, especially when they first showed the newly refit Enterprise. Great reaction!
I'm so glad I subscribe to your channel. I love Star Trek and I love Star wars. I grew up in the perfect era where I watch the reruns in the '70s of the original series. I've got to see all Star wars franchise movies in theaters from the original when I was 8 years old in the drive-in theater to number 9 just a couple of years ago with my son. My son was born in 94 so I've seen the prequels through number 9 with him in the theaters. And then I have been lucky enough to grow up with Star Trek TNG. It came out the year I graduated high school and I have seen all of the Star Trek movies original series and TNG in theaters as well. I can't wait till you see number four of the original series which is not every die hard fan's favorite but to me it's my guilty pleasure favorite. It's the voyage home. Number two sequel wrath of Khan is usually a die-hard fans favorite. I hope you enjoy this series. Great reaction
STar Trek II is generally considered the best of the movies, but I'd argue this one has the best soundtrack and the best visuals. It makes space feel bigger and more unknown than the others.
I used to think the characters were a bit stiff as well. But the more I watch it, the more I see that the playful interplay between the characters is still there. It's just more cerebral -- and there's absolutely nothing wrong with that. Certainly much much better than what we have today for Star Trek. I crave this cerebral quality in Star Trek now.
The newer version really fixes a lot of the problems the original Theatrical version had. Fortunately for me, when I first saw TMP, I saw the "Special Longer Version" which had the missing scenes the Ultimate Edition also put back in, plus a few extra. Having the extra dialog makes the longer movie feel shorter than the Theatrical, as strange as that may sound. As for what the best Star Trek film might be, my money is on Voyage Home.
YAY! This is actually my favorite Star Trek film, which is counter to most people's opinion that Star Trek 2 was the course correction needed. Wrath of Khan is excellent, but I don't find this one as cold and humorless as some do. I love Spock's arc most; coming in like a robot, and then finding his humanity by empathising with V'ger, that was a confused being! I think it's the last, most Gene Roddenberry-minded film, so thank you for reviewing it so openly!
I saw it in the theater as an 8 year old kid and was already a big Star Trek fan, having grown up watching re-runs of the original series. I loved it and still do. The reveal in space dock of the redesigned Enterprise was awe-inspiring. Seeing Spock on Vulcan brought cheers from the audience. The film version was heavily influenced by Kubrick's 2001 A Space Odyssey, though since I was a kid I didn't know that at the time. I guess fans didn't embrace it, but if so, I wasn't aware until the much more positive reaction to the next film. I loved how the characters were both familiar and a little different, how along with the audience, the characters had to get used to each other again. The film also had to give the characters some kind of arc and growth, which they did, mostly with Spock (having closed himself off from his human side, learning that was a mistake) in the main crew and with Decker finding his destiny. I think it accomplished that. I also think, as much as I loved it as a kid, I love it more as an adult.
The introduction of the Enterprise was more than just nostalgia or soft starship porn. The Enterprise (NCC-1701) was essentially another crew member. That is something that no other Star Trek show was able to achieve.
Great film and for me this is what Star Trek waa all about. Fans still complain about the length and pacing of the film, but what counts is the story and this is sci-fi at its finest. The film's musical score is the best of the series, hands down! A beautifully crafted film that deserves it's appreciation!
I lived in the Portland Oregon area at the time, and I recall this as well. Remember the Happy Meal commercial with Spock blasting off in that Encounter Suit. (That does not sound right).
@@mperezmcfinn2511 yes, I guess I do. I have only moved a few times in my life and the same old boxed up junk comes along with me. Original movie poster I purchased in 1980, also still hangs on rec room wall from house to house.
The second movie is such a gargantuan step up, and I say that as a fan of the first (my favorite is the 4th). Hope to see a reaction to that soon! 10:50 that reaction is absolutely precious
The 1970's blood coursing through this film always makes me smile. Bones showing up like he spent the last few years in a disco on a bender with his lounge suit and gold chain will always be awesome.
New Age of Aquarius Crystal Power Space Disco Hippie!
This was our world 🌍 back in the late ⏰ 1960”s!And,it’s this show that gave us a future,or.maybe what we’d like” to see”as our future?Well,divorce is never 👎 a good thing!But,as my mom said;that’s life!😢And,yes…..the original serie’s is alway’s good!👍 😊😊😊😊.I’m not Canadian,but,from the 🇺🇸 United States.William Shatner was a Canadian,though!😊
And,this was;a good movie to see in 1979!The reason that it’s a great movie 🎥 is;because,it remind’s me of my last year of High School.🏫 So,,,,,,,this movie 🍿 has a special place in my heart ❤️ for me!Yeah,we can celebrate 🎉 with a little wine 🍷 here!Sure,why not?And,again….I should see what that book 📕 could tell me?There might be:’a little more of interest in that book?And,that’s the end of my discription,too!😊😊😊😊
And notice that Bones didn't OG. As a doctor he golded responsibly.
Apparently they recently made an action figure of McCoy in this outfit :)
I'm so glad this movie is being reevaluated and appreciated.
Always a lot of negative attitudes about the first one, but this movie shows respect for Star Trek and the characters, and it was not a "bomb" at the time like many believe. Sure, there are some issues, but I've always been disappointed with how the future original cast movies had such exaggerated performances, really lame sit-com humor, and it's supposed to be stupid attitude that many associate with Star Trek now. Shatner even plays it straight in this movie, though he seems like a jerk until they get out there.
It was a bit ahead of its time with its concepts of transcendence and artificial consciousness. With our current familiarity with science fiction we can better figure out what happened in the end - V'ger essentially realised it could use its replication/matter reorganiser to not only record Decker like it did Ilia but to merge its own consciousness with Decker's and create something new with its mass and energy. We don't know where it went - but my assumption is that it shifted to a new dimension to explore with fresh perspective.
It was ALWAYS awesome
This is my second favorite movie behind Wizard of Oz
The sets remind me of the movie;🍿 Two thousand and one a space Oddssey from the late 1960”s.😊❤
Jerry Goldsmith should have won an Oscar for this score!
absolutely
I know!
After my brother and I watched this in the theater, we walked around for weeks whenever our parents asked us anything saying “V’ger will comply”.
Parental Units!
That is almost as good as a story Mark Hamill told, how when he walks up to automatic doors he does the force wave as it opens and people who see it go nuts.
@@charliepotatoes001 HAHA!!!
Dad unit!. Daugh'ter requires her allowance. It is illogical to withhold required allowance!
@@charliepotatoes001I still use the term parental units all the time when I’m around kids or teens talking about their parents. They do look at me confused!
I always liked how there was no villian in this movie. Just a pure science fiction story of man dealing with his own creation.
This film, by far, is the most intellectual and thought provoking film of the entire franchise, easily. I am an engineer, I judge people's intelligence based on whether they appreciate this film or not. A machine achieves sentience, and the film is about it's search for a meaning to its own existence. How profound is that?
I wish the new Trek movies had ore of this and less of all the action they squeeze into them.
@magafett596, That's exactly right, and it's a shining example of what Star Trek was all about and what good, deep, cerebral science fiction can be. You've got it.
@@walterwright8454 Nutrek is stupid and crappy.
@@fuzzywzhe Truuee!!! this movie and monty phyton humor. My ex liked neither. so my finger remained ringless 🤣
"Enterprise, what we got back didn't live long."
*"And it exploded!"*
LOL!! this made me truly laugh out loud! 🤣
"Can you form some sort of rudimentary lathe?"
@@Argumemnon “A lathe?!! Get off the line, Guy!!”
I think what happened was;they “burned up.”Which,would be a terriable way to go!I’ll have to see what it say’s in the book?📕
@@bettyleeistif I remember correctly, the novelization said they were anatomically inverted by the malfunction.
42:19 No bald cap here ! The late Persis Khambatta shaved her head for real to play the role of Ilia.
You can Google a picture of her getting her head shaved, she's crying while they are doing it.
*SHE IS AN ABSOLUTE BAD ASS IN STALONE MOVIE **_NIGHT HAWKS_** with Rutger Hauer & Billy D Williams, made during the **_Rocky, Rocky II, Cobra_** era.*
She's beautiful❤❤❤❤❤
@@rickpat-x9uYES!!!!!!!!! Nighthawks reference. One of my favorite movies ever, and one of stallones best acting performances. She is fantastic as Shaka!!!
Shaving the head is quite the acid test for beauty.....and she passed it easily.
There is what amounts to a 6 minute “love scene” between Kirk and his beloved Enterprise. It’s basically 6 minutes of nothing more than some amazing music from Jerry Goldsmith, the most beautiful and iconic space vehicle (with all apologies to the amazing Millennium Falcon) in all of pop culture and James T. Kirk, perhaps the greatest commander in all of Star Fleet history. Oh and of course the miracle worker himself Mr. Scott.
OMG gotta love Enterprise and it's primordial design - a flying saucer with added parts.
That scene also gives the viewer plenty of time to appreciate how big the Enterprise is and then later, how large the alien ship must be.
Jeez, finally some people who can appreciate this! Great!
The Enterprise and her Husband Kirk...and her side piece Scotty.
@@3Rayfire scotty knows what makes her engine throb
When this movie came out I was a little kid and my mother took me to Toys R Us in Chicago. We were standing in line for about 45 minutes to an hour. I had no idea why we were there. And then they open the doors and standing in the back of the store was Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, and George Takei.
A memory that will last a lifetime. Fantastic!
When this movie came out Ames was in liquid state
I saw Takei at a convention once in Orlando. Listening to him you would have thought the only reason Star Trek succeeded was because of him.
@@trhansen3244 -- I'm not surprised. :)
Awesome mom!
This is Star Trek's best example of "high-concept" science fiction (where themes and ideas about humanity, the universe, and our place in it take center stage), and this version of the _Enterprise_ is the most beautiful model starship ever built. I know many fans get frustrated with the long SFX shots and the lack of the action sequences that we're used to with the franchise, but I will always love the movie for what it does and what it gets me to think about.
I tried to calculate how far is 82 AU*
(82 x 93* million miles) ...?!
but my device virtually said
"no - _not_ possible!!"😮😮😮😮😮
In plain English
" _a_F🦆ing_long_way_ "?!!
@@brigidsingleton1596 An AU is just the distance from the sun to the earth right?
@@sagaswp
Yes. 1 AU is (in Imperial measurements)
_93_million_miles_ between the Earth and the Sun (Sol).
V'Ger's cloud was said to be roughly
(82?) AU wide. F🦆ing HUGE !! 😳
Yes, it was Paramount's version of 2001.
@@brigidsingleton1596 7,626, 000,000, or 7.626 Billion Miles. Neptune's Orbit is only 5.6 Billion Miles in diameter in comparison. So while it wouldn't swallow everything inside the Oort Cloud's orbit or the Sun's Magnetosphere, it would devour all of the planetary bounds of the solar system quite comfortably. Pluto would escape though at the far end of its orbit.
bones is one of those true friends everyone wishes they had in their life. Someone who is brutally honest with you, calls you out when you make a mistake, but is always by your side when times get tough. Kirk shows his affection for Bones when he first reappears in the transport room, even if he has to adhere to Starfleet regulations as an Admiral.
16:40 45 years after the premier and the garbled screaming of horrific pain during transporter failure still give me the heebee jeebees.
I read the book by Alan Dean Foster as a kid and he went into much further detail in his description of the transporter accident.
The killer phrase to my mind was
"What we got back, didn't live long, fortunately"
😢😢😢😢😢
And then an hour later they make fun of Bones for being afraid of the transporter!
@@briannaamore1383 Ohhh yes, he did... take The Fly I + II as a reference...
@@brigidsingleton1596 ...to which Kirk replies: "Oh my God.... Starfleet..... send a ham"
i am old enough i saw this in the theater. you are correct, we trek fans went NUTS seeing all the big budget effects, AND on a big screen.
yes we did, i remember seeing this in the theatre
I was 13, and watched episodes of the series sporadically, but wasn't mature enough to understand the plot. When I was 17 I rewatched the series again, and could finally appreciate the geniuses of the plots, messages and relationships. After that, watched this movie and all the others dozens of times. It's a movie to be appreciated slowly, just like a good wine, definitely it's not a snack. RIP Douglas Trumbull !
I saw it multiple times
t one point in time I had a bunch of StarLogs that were produced in the lead up to the film. Pretty sure I remember having mowed yards to pay for a subscription.
I think she's the first reactor who enjoyed the long slow reveal.
The USS Enterprise 1701 Refit is definitely the most beautiful and gorgeous Enterprise ever made and my favorite Enterprise.
The Constitution II-class Starship/Constitution class Starship (Refit) is the most beautiful looking spacecraft design throughout the whole of Science Fiction.
The first appearance of what became the TNG theme, and of Klingon forehead ridges.
I think this was the first appearance of the Klingon theme as well.
And, a few words of the Klingon Language.
@@FosterTravis1071 As first created by James "Scotty" Doohan for this film.
Sort of. The Klingons in Star Trek 3 look much closer to how they'd appear in the TNG era.
@@redpillfreedom6692 Sort of. In "3" the human nose was used. In "NextGen," there was more of a Klingon nose.
I'm 65...I grew up with the original Star Trek, and I gotta tell you that your reaction to the Star Trek universe has given me hope for your generation! (you're also the cutest Trekkie that I've certainly ever seen!) Live long, and prosper!
Commander Will Decker is the son of Commodore Matthew Decker (played by the great William Windom), who was in one of the best episodes, "The Doomsday Machine".
A MUST watch episode!
An absolutely essential episode.
@@dq405 …. The acting, drama and musical score were elite level!
@@Stogie2112 -- Sol Kaplan. William Windom. Yes!
Like Wraith of Khan and First Contact, heavy reference to Mony Dick
Matthew Decker....the only man who out-hammed Kirk on TOS.
Jerry Goldsmith’s score is the real star of this film.
It's nice to have a major SciFi movie from that era NOT scored by John Williams. 😂😂 No diss, Williams is amazing, but this score is just so creative and evocative. After we saw it in the theater, I begged my parents for weeks to get the soundtrack. They finally relented and I think I still have the LP.
one of the greatest of the 20th Century IMHO. It should have won the Academy award for best original score in 1979.
The score for TMP is an absolute classic, definitely should have won the Oscar that year.
It's BEYOND phenomenal.
@@Peter-Warton I know what you mean. In the days before VCRs (and even when they did come out, we couldn't afford one), the soundtrack album was the ONLY connection to the movie I could hold and experience at home.
"Spock is wearing a tuque." Tell me you're Canadian without saying you're Canadian...😂
Right 😂😂😂😂
Spock is Canadian.
@@holddowna You said you watched Star Trek: The Next Generation, I think you'll REALLY like Star Trek: Lower Decks.
It's an animated series, made by the guy who made Rick and Morty, and it's VERY well liked. In fact, this fall is gonna be the 5th and final season, but LOTS of fans AND various Trek actors are petitioning to SAVE Lower Decks.
This is just like back in the late 1960's, when Star Trek got cancelled at the end of season 2, but the fans wrote THOUSANDS of letters to save the show, and it worked.
So, yea, I think Lower Decks might just be something you'd like.
@@lindarossecain7741half-Canadian, it's the part Bones hates most
@@motorcycleboy9000 I LOLed as a maple sucking Canuc myself.
Finally..someone who ❤ed this movie.. Without 1 criticism .. Totally understanding the journey.. Thank you for your reaction.. .. I've read a lot of negative comments from idiots who say this movie is not good...Some even say skip the first Movie and start with STARTEK 2.... I always said to myself... Why.. STARTREK - THE MOTION PICTURE IS AWESOME... a fantastic sci fi adventure... And watching you loving every minute of it in your reaction ...made my day 😊 live long and prosper .
A junior high friend of mine said it was one of his all-time favorite movies.
This film was controversial in 1979, and I was one of the many life-long STAR TREK viewers who disliked its "cold and distant" approach to the characters. As the decades passed, however, I came to appreciate one of the film's many lessons: a reunion can be awkward, even painful, because ten years will bring forth a lot of change, a lot of damage. Initially, Kirk, Spock, and McCoy can't seem to reconnect, but they must. For all of their individual strengths and skills, they need each other, need the balance of their competing and cooperative personalities. This is why, at the end of the film, the three men are at ease with each other, just as they were in the TV series: they have rediscovered how much they complement each other, and why their friendship is bigger than each man individually.
Well don't forget Spock had been spending years attempting to eradicate his human emotions so it was by no surprise that he was cold and unfriendly at first.
There was hardly any humor in this movie at all. It was a disappointment for me but they more than made up for it with II, III, IV & VI.
@@richardlicht7927 Especially IV. It was like the writers made up for the last three movies. Who can forget "He took too much LDS in the 60's"?
I think the movie is more highly regarded now than it was back then. They had wanted to revive the series in some way for a while and the success of Star Wars made that possible. Roddenberry wanted something different from Star Wars and they kind of aimed more at 2001: A Space Odyssey. The movie was successful but left some people wanting more. We get that in the movies to come.
Ahead of its time.
This one is a class on shot composition. The most cinematic of all 13 films.
I feel like Star Trek The Motion Picture was a Film and the rest were movies ? I didn't like it as a kid but as an adult I appreciate the risks they took even if not all of them worked .
Also known as The Slow Motion Picture. I didn’t appreciate this film nearly as much until I got older and appreciated what they were trying to do.
The unveiling of the refit Enterprise gets mocked regularly, but nobody goes to a car show to take quick flyby of a car. You take it in, look at it from all angles.
Well said. Agree 💯.
It's essentially a love letter to the fans who had craved more for so long since the original series was axed. It's Roddenberry saying: "Thank You."
@@dabe1971I didn’t realize that until I got older as well. Seeing something revived after 10 years at the time was just not done. Add to that using the original cast and allowing them to age, which is still rarely done, and it’s you have something special to the fans whether it’s disappointing or not.
*The Motionless Picture
I refered to it sometimes as "Star Trek: The Fixed Picture".
Scotty and Kirk doing the flyby was perfect. No two people love the Enterprise more.
I was a real Star Trek fan . When the t.v. show was cancelled, I was heart broken. So were all the fans. When the movies came out, we were so excited. Seeing the Enterprise on a big screen was mind blowing! All the movies since, I have loved. Enjoy Ames . Live long and prosper.
And given the length of time Kirk and Scotty flew around the Enterprise the filmmakers knew exactly what they were doing.
People forget that in the tv show the Enterprise was a real character, and in a special way, Kirk loved that ship. TMP respects that. Indeed, this re-encounter is a musical-romantic moment, almost a dance that can be compared with the ‘dance in the gym’ scene in Wise’s West Side Story. In fact, all of TMP is a non-singing yet musical rumination on the relationship between human and machine. The film ends with Decker having intercourse with V’ger, god dammit!
@@John_O_Maoilearca The film was such a glorious reintroduction to the franchise and watching the Enterprise get torn up in Wrath of Khan was heartbreaking.
They had a second series called Phase 2 planned but it got canned. In fact they filmed part of the pilot with mostly new characters except Kirk and Scotty.
This movie's style is so different to what we have today that I think people are just now discovering how special it is, flaws and all. Reading up on the backstory of its production, it's a Scotty-level miracle that it even got made.
Ames doing the original Star Trek films. Today is a great day.
Please explain what you are talking about?
51:40 You missed the part just before where Chekov says he's reading an oxygen/gravity envelope forming outside the Enterprise, which is why they can walk outside without suits on, V'Ger did that so they could approach it.
We waited 10 years from the last episode to this film.
And it was shit
@@secef316
At least they came back, right?
You got a Cartoon show by Filmation! Well they did Gilligan's Island in Space too... and He-Man!
@@JGG1701 Yep Khan saved the franchise
@@secef316 no, because it didn't need saving, and the first movie is by far the best, the smartest, the most cerebral and the closest to what the original Star Trek series was all about, and the ambitions Roddenberry had for Star Trek. In comparison, Khan is a small revenge movie, far less ambitious and profound and less in the spirit of Star Trek.
I truly love the fact that a new generation of people are discovering Star Trek for the first time and finding that they really like it. The new (Abrams/Kurtzman) stuff, is really not good quality at all (pretty nihilistic actually) but the classic stuff will always hit the spot, and many episodes will make you stop to have a think. It inspired me to become a mechanical engineer. Start Trek TNG taught me a bit about how diplomacy and geopolitics works in the real world both between countries/blocs and on an interpersonal level. Above all, you could have a frustrating, depressing, rubbish day. Kick back, put on some classic Star Trek and everything will be just right. Good stuff. Great reaction 👍
I am absolutely happy with your reaction to this film! It's PURE SCIENCE FICTION that appeals to your intelligence. This is lacking in a lot of scifi these days. I saw this in theaters on its debut in 1979! It's represents good memories with my father. Thank you so much for posting your video. Glad you liked it. ❤👍
17:19 This woman that Kirk is talking to is the Late Grace Lee Whitney who played Yeoman Rand...the one that scratched "evil Kirk's" face when he was split into two Kirks.
Adding on to say Whitney's story is a poignant one. She was treated very poorly by network executives; both s. assaulted by a executive at Desilou and fired unceremoniously early in the series(which was pushed by NBC execs). The one-two punch caused her to spiral into alcoholism, drug use, and depression.
DeForest Kelley(McCoy) found her in an unemployment line in the mid/late 70's and reconnected her to Trek(conventions and the like). Roddenberry planned to include her in Phase II(the planned TV series), and demanded she be included in the movie when the studio changed the TV project into a movie.
After Roddenberry was pushed out after the lackluster box office performance of TMP, Nimoy took up her cause(they were close friends and gave each other support - both were recovering alcoholics). For a least a couple of the films(3 & 4?), giving Whitney at least a cameo was one of Nimoy's requirements before he would sign on to direct the picture. Because of the main cast standing up for her, she was included in four of the six TOS movies. This continued all the way into Voyager, when she was included in an episode that featured flashbacks to the events of ST6: The Undiscovered Country.
I have speculated on Grace Lee Whitney's very hard life as it related to Star Trek. It's very possible that how she played her hand, makes her the greatest real-life hero that the world of Star Trek ever had.
She endured a S. assault by a production Executive whom she never identified, calling him only "The Executive." Given other known details about Gene Roddenberry's statements and actions, and that he was ••Executive•• Producer of the series, we can't rule out that the perpetrator may have been Roddenberry himself. (We can't know; I wish it were otherwise).
If it were in fact Roddenberry, and if Whitney had accused him - during the critical time of Star Trek's first season... what would have happened? Among other things, it's probable that Desilu Studios may have halted production and washed its hands of the whole project: Lucille Ball would hardly have been sympathetic to an Exec Producer under the cloud of a r**e charge. (Would Lucille Ball have been in a position to demand: "Ditch Roddenberry and keep the series, with someone else coming in as Exec Producer"? It's not knowable if she could, or if she would have even tried.)
If Trek had been abruptly cancelled (due to scandal), midway through its first season, how would our world be different today? In about a zillion different ways. (Among other things: No 'Star Trek' phenomenon and no reruns -- Fifteen aired episodes in half of one season, wouldn't have been enough to persuade any syndication deal with anyone - so no one would have seen even those 15 episodes, after their initial network airings. No films, no spinoff series, none of the people inspired to go into various careers because, for example, Trek made Engineers seem sexy because of Scotty.)
In Trek's best episode, "The city on the edge of forever," the future unfolds 'properly' because Edith Keeler's 'Peace Movement' vision is silenced before it ever got moving. Have we been experiencing a real-world parallel to that all along, in that Star Trek survived, because a r**e survivor effectively remained silent, going down a path involving alcoholism and a destroyed career, rather than 'fighting back'? It's mind-blowing to consider.
@@michaelkemmet834 By "an" executive, not "a" executive. I don't know what's wrong with Americans that you cannot "hear" that that is incorrect.
@@tulinfirenze1990 Generalizations are illogical.
@@tranya327 It's unlikely the perpetrator was Roddenberry since and his wife and children were onset that day during the assault which took place at Network Offices (NBC) during a lunch break when Whitney could leave the set for an hour. You have to realize she got wind that she was about to be fired from the show and as a woman in her early thirties in Hollywood losing her job while supporting two kids on her own made her incredibly desperate to keep her job and that Executive (NBC) took advantage of that desperation to make a Faustian Deal with her which he had no intention of keeping. The episode in question was Season One Episode Eight (Miri) which you can view and undoubtedly feel the dark creeps during the dramatic scene between Kirk and Rand as it was revealed in later years that the assault took place before the scene was filmed and she unknowingly to everyone on set used the trauma of the assault to underline her final performance. Roddenberry had no knowledge of this sordid event and heavily blamed himself. He was a former Police Officer and undoubtedly would have confronted the Executive (NBC) with extreme force. As for Lucille Ball she also would not have let this type of thing slide if it had to brought to her attention since she herself dealt with many unscrupulous studio people while a young chorus girl in Hollywood.
This one is underrated imo.
One of my favourite movies, actually.
I loved it !
The theatrical cut has some issues but isn't bad. The director's cut is actually a good movie.
It's a reasonable Star Trek TV episode. There's not enough material to fill a feature length film though.
I'm 68. I watched Star Trek from the very first episode. I was part of the write -in to keep it on air. Only us original Trekkers can appreciate what this movie meant to us. Opening night.... and when the camera zoomed in to the shuttle landing in San Francisco, and we saw Kirk's face, the whole theater erupted into cheers. I still consider this movie as my second favorite, just behind Wrath of Khan.
@7:00 Jerry Goldsmith's Ilya's Theme is so beautiful and lyrical. It really gives you a feeling of the "romance" of exploration.
There are lyrics to it, and it was turned into a whole song with Shaun Cassidy singing it!
@@loganbruin Interesting! I never knew that.
@@JANDERSO5554 Look up "A Star Beyond Time"
Lt. Ilia is a Deltan. Deltans excrete a pheromone which makes them irresistible to men. This could naturally cause some issues on a starship, so Deltans in Starfleet are asked to take an oath of celibacy.
This was explained in the novelization but they never really explained it in the film so we just have her walking up to Kirk and telling him her oath of celibacy is on record with no reason or background for that.
So there is a reason for her oath of celibacy line.
When Chekov is injured Ilia uses her pheromones to make him feel happy and giddy and not feel the pain.
It's been years since I read the novelization, but I do specifically remember that in the book that Kirk reverted to "captain's prerogative" and remained seated in the captain's chair and not stand up to greet Ilia as to not reveal his reaction (erection) to Ilia's Deltan pheromones, every other man on the bridge had the same reaction, which is why they were all smiling.
As for managing Chekov's pain... I don't think it was pheromones. I can't remember for sure if it was in the novelization for Star Trek TMP (maybe in another Star Trek book, perhaps in Worlds of the Federation, but could be wrong) that explains Deltans have highly developed minds that give them the cognitive discipline to control their primal responses to the pheromones of other Deltans and in addition to giving them an affinity for mathematics and 3-dimentional thinking, some several individuals develop a very limited telepathic abilities. I think Ilia was actually using limited telepathy to ease Chekov's pain.
Decker and Ilia's relationship (him leaving her behind to pursue advancement in a career in Starfleet) was the underlying dynamic for Riker and Troi in the TNG series and I think the telepathic Betazoid species was derived from the original concept of the Deltans, but changed to deemphasize the sexual-pheromones and bald heads aspect in order to introduce a new species for the TNG era that wouldn't require hours in the makeup chair fitting on a bald cap prosthetic or that required constant head shaving.
@@PGIFilms Right. As I've read in other supplemental materials, Deltans have an incredibly evolved sexuality and if a human were to have sex with one it would drive them insane. They also have empathic abilities, so she used her empathic connection to nullify the pain signals between his hand and his brain, which is why she placed her hand on his shoulder to establish the connection, not unlike a mind meld.
I figured a guy like Kirk with his track record needs a clear warning up front.
You are totally right to be stunned. This set a new record for spending on a film, which was decided when Paramount saw the jaw-dropping receipts from the first Star Wars.
The thing many people forget or don’t know, is that the Star Trek: Phase 2 pre-prodiction work, as well as the abandoneded work on Star Trek: Planet of the Titans was rolled into the budget of this film. As a result, it wasn’t considered as successful as it probably was when it released.
@@Bar-Lord Quite right!
Jerry Goldsmith got an Oscar nomination for his score. Always one to choose unique percussion instruments, STTMP was no different to Planet of the Apes and Logans Run, and even the same year's Alien. The special edition remaster was out in cinemas in 2022, and I got to see it. Sound and visuals are just amazing on a big screen. Glad you enjoyed it!
The entire original crew returned. Scotty looks different, yes…. but it’s the same actor. The actor himself changed a lot in the 10 years since the series.
I met him once as a kid and he was the nicest person. He was the only one there at the convention who did not charge at all for his autograph.
I love the period TV interviews c. 1985-1990 when James Doohan is one of the guests. They frequently mention how Doohan was a participant in World War 2, including the D-Day invasion.
@@trhansen3244 I got to meet him also. He was an amazing man.
A Canadian war hero and an absolute sweetheart to his fans. I miss him ❤
Doohan lost part of his trigger finger on D-day so his duty as an infantry soldier ended.
I now watch to see his hand which he hides in most of the scenes in all the StarTrek shows/movies.
Mr. Radio Shack during the 80's-90's.
RIP to all of them who have gone beyond.
I was so privileged to watch this at the cinema back in 1979 at the age of 16 with a full memory of most of the original series in my head. Blown away. The tech and scenery actually holds up today.
Love how you included highlights from The Original Series. Great idea.
That opening theme-which I believe is Ilia's theme-is the most beautiful piece of Star Trek music and is top ten of all beautiful pieces of music for me. So so beautiful. And this is such an excellent reaction, making me re-love and not just remember this film. So many don't get it. You sure did.
Thankyou for such an enthusiastic reaction to Star Trek: The Motion Picture. A motion picture I was able to see in theaters back in the day. It was not entirely beloved at the time, but it remains a favorite of mine. I look forward to your reaction to the second film. One science fiction aspect I love about this film is how incredibly huge and powerful V'Ger was. For me it is probably the best portrayal Hollywood could ever hope to produce, however accidentally, of author Ian M. Bank's vessels from 'The Culture' - specifically one of the GSV (General Systems Vehicle) starships.
This video wins my UA-cam for the week. 46:00...and you totally got the entire point of my favorite TREK film. Not gonna' say your reaction may have generated a tear in my eye...but...perhaps it did. You absolutely GOT why this has always been my very favorite TREK film. You've earned a new subscriber. This was absolutely delightful. Many thanks...and this shows why classic genre cinema can still be relevant 45 years after first released.
Thanks for the TOS greatest hits recap at the beginning!
If you really liked this one, then you're gonna love the second one!
That was the movie my parents saw on their first date, and a few years later it was the first Star Trek movie that I ever saw and caused me to fall in love with the entire series, science, technology, and looking forward to a future that could be if we work towards it.
Wow! As someone who saw this in theaters as a boy when this came out in 1979, your reaction brought me to tears. 😭 I Truly Loved Your Reaction!!! ❤
Love watching your reactions to the Trek films which I’ve rewatched so often over the years, I can barely remember my initial impressions. But through you I can reconnect vicariously to that long-buried sense of awe, enthusiasm, and deep affection for these characters. So thank you for that!
I was 15 when 1 debuted in 1979. The tone, pace, and spectacle didn’t feel like Trek as I knew and loved it, so I chalked this up as a misfire. We dubbed it Star Trek: The Motion Sickness which we thought was hilarious!
Over time, 1 grew on me and I learned to appreciate it for what it is, instead of how it failed to meet personal expectations.
But I remember how old the cast seemed through my teenage eyes.
I’m 61 now and they look…so young! Talk about a time warp!
I was 21 years old when I saw this movie for the first time in theaters. It was truly a celebration to see the Enterprise for the first time on the big screen, and the 10 years in the making reunion with ship and crew was so grand. We were transported back to a wonderful future and basking in a cosmic mystery worthy of 2001 A Space Odyssey (the same FX specialist, Douglas Trumbull, did both movies). It was an immersive experience and a true sci-fi movie; even if every fan recognized the reprising of the episode The Changeling from the original series.
Today's audiences find the Enterprise fly-by long, slow, boring because they have seen that ship and such SFX thousands of time now; but back then, there was only 2001, Star Wars (the original), ET and Close Encounter Of The 3rd Kind and that ship never seen bigger than on a 20 inches square screen. Back then, we couldn't have enough of the Old Girl.
A little bit of trivia for you: Lieutenant Illya was played by the late Persis Kambatha. This was her 1st movie. Back then she had been Miss India at the Miss Universe pageant. Her race, the Deltans, are a highly sexually evolved species with powerful pheromones that can sway any humanoid (of any gender). Hence her species having to take an Oath of Celibacy to prevent abuse of ''sexually immature species'' like Humans.
I love that you loved this!!
Amazing score! So great that they took the main theme for TNG opening!
watching TOS: "Space Seed" before Star Trek 2 is a must. You're a lot of fun to watch these with! A rare Gem!
Star Trek 2,3 and 4 are a trilogy within the franchise and are amazing. Definitely continue this Trek.
Your "Eeeee!" when the Shat showed up was adorkable, never change Ames :)
😂😂😂🙈🙈🙈
11:12 "Well, this guy's Vulcan, but he ain't no Spock!! 😂😂😂
I saw this in the movie theater, way back when... You can tell that the "DISCO ERA" was alive and well when this movie was filmed.
So glad you like it! ST:TMP is truly an underrated gem of a movie in my opinion.
Whatching the Enterprise at the beginning, there's a moment in which seems that Admiral Kirk is going to share a tear.
Glad to see the younger generation appreciating this great movie... To answer her questions, the movie was 10 years after the series ended, and yes we did go absolutely ballistic when we saw the Enterprise for the first time. Still do after 45 years.
I loved this movie. I called it "Where Nomad Has Gone Before" (throw back to a STTOS episode)
The best story of all the ST movies, real mind-expanding sci-fi.
Awesome job on this one- you connected with the movie on all the levels I do, it's an epic masterpiece. There will never be a Trek movie like it ever again.
Thank goodness they didn't make any more movies like this because other than ST5, they all have a real plot and fantastic auxiliary characters.
it makes me feel so good that you enjoyed the motion picture and we love being alongside you as you explore More Star Trek,
The movie starts with Ilia's theme. Another masterpiece by Jerry Goldsmith.
So BEAUTIFUL
@@holddownaYes, they used Ilia’s theme as the “overture”. An overture was often played against a blank screen before the start of a film in the classic Hollywood era to set the mood for a film. This practice started to die out in the 70s, although TMP director Robert Wise was old school.
@@andrewcurry602 I believe Star Trek TMP and Disney's "The Black Hole" were the last films to do this.
there was an overture in Dances With Wolves a few years later, but that was only on the Director's Cut released on home video and not in the theater, so that may not actually count.
@@k1productions87 Yes, there is a Wikipedia article about it. Became very infrequent after TMP and The Black Hole, and sometimes only present in certain circumstances for a particular film as you say.
The overture used to be a normal staple of all films. Spartacus has one too.
Welcome to Star Trek and now being a Trekkie. Live long and Prosper Ames 🖖. The orifice pun was hilarious 🖖
The first use of THE Star Trek theme, with Jerry Goldsmith just going mad on the strings and horns. :D
Jerry Goldsmith is one of the goats!!! 🍻
@@MarcusHardyDJDirtyOne Totally!
15:22 yeah, they had a BIG budget. Actually, this, along with the first Superman with Christopher Reeve, was the most expensive movie of its time. Think about Avatar in 1979.
For the Jerry fans: I just saw Kingdom of Planet of the Apes and lol'd when they did an homage to JG's score in a few sections. Lotta easter eggs in that one, musical ones are a nice change of pace.
@@MrRezRising 🫡🍻🍻
I can not wait to see you watching the next movie; if you've seen Star Trek TOS, it would give you an edge.
I remember sitting on the living room floor waiting for the first episode to come on. I think it was after Daniel Boone. I was hooked! Not one rerun did I miss. 25 or so years later, I went to a guy that I worked with's apt for lunch, he turned on the TV and an episode of ST TOS came on; in less than 5 seconds, I said, "it's Catspaw."
They broke for a commercial and it came back on with Catspaw on the screen. He was slack jawed. It got even better when I quoted dialogue.
I tried watching TNG, but after a few seasons, I gave up on it. Too brainy, not enough action. They said that TOS was "too brainy" I wish it had ran for 7 or 8 seasons.
But now I have a Box Set of TOS, all the movies along with the JJ Abrams things; they're Treky, but from another demention
Live Long and Prosper. 🖖
It was ten years since the end of the TV series when the first movie came out. I waited along with everyone else at the theater - the lines stretched for 8 blocks, and the theaters put on extra showings late into the night. We, the fans, had triumphed - we had brought a show, OUR show - back from the dead. Spontaneous chants started: STAR TREK LIVES! It was a magical time; we felt like we could do anything! The space shuttle was flying, the universe was open to us, and we were about to go where no one had gone before!
I was 8 years old when it came out. Im 53 now, When they showed the enterprise in space dock the audience some people were crying. I think they felt like we had come home. Altogether again on the enterprise. I sure was glad to see the enterprise again.
I'm in the minority as regarding this as my favorite Trek movie. I hear the complaints -- mostly the 2001-Kubrickesque pacing -- and set them aside in favor of message/theme. I take Spock's rejection of Kolinahr to be the most significant event in his life with a close second being the fallout of his mind-meld with V-Ger. (Arguable these two can be interchanged.) The remaining movies are no where this deep or (as others might say) "cerebral." They are what they are. Had they stopped with this one, I would have been satisfied. Thanks for watching.
Love how much you love this series. It's great. It's a fun journey with the original cast.
The Klingon captain was none other than Mark Leonard.
Spock's dad has some 'splaing to do.
It's always tickled me that the actors for Spock and Sarek have before and after names: Mark Leonard Nimoy.
A very enjoyable reaction and analysis 👍 Really looking forward to your continued Star Trek journey.
Persis Khambatta who played Ilia did shave her head for the role.
There is a video of her on YT shedding tears as they shaved off her hair.
You thought she sounded French - she was from India.
This has slowly grown to be not only my favorite Star Trek film, but one of my favorite movies of all time.
“THE HUMAN ADVENTURES IS JUST BEGINNING.”
- Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Finally this movie is getting the respect and love it deserves. And it is the newest generation that is appreciating it. Very good.
Glad you enjoyed that Ames, I loved how they didn't talk down to thier audience in those days. You heard terms like Au (Astronomical Unit) and they left things unsaid for you to interpret. This movie has aged very well IMHO.
The Director's Cut really helps too.
Hi, Ames! I found you and your UA-cam channel earlier tonight and I just love your enthusiasm and intuitiveness while watching the first 2 Star Trek movies for the first time. Looking at your list of TOS episodes you've seen, I'd recommend these as your next additions to sample:
Where No Man Has Gone Before
The Corbormite Maneuver
The Changeling
The Doomsday Machine
Obsession
The Immunity Syndrome
Return to Tomorrow
The Ultimate Computer
The Enterprise Incident
The Tholian Web
These are just fun time travel ones:
Tomorrow is Yesterday
Assignment: Earth (a backdoor pilot at the end of season 2 when they thought the series was cancelled.)
THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE SUPER! Means a lot! I LOVE ST it’s the best
Granted, it was rather slow-paced, cerebral, and a fan-service to those of us who had been waiting a decade for the continuation of the franchise. But I, as an old-school fan, and 13 when this came out, found it glorious!
So great to see you react to this! It was awesome to see the crew in a fresh story after 10 years. Decker was introduced to us and transformed beyond human. Spock got the insight that allowed him to accept his human half and be at peace. Kirk regained a command and had to deal with about as much as ever, all at once and while making his own internal and external adjustments.
The external beauty shots of the Enterprise were fan service because the ship was as much a character as the crew, and it was splendid!
Can’t wait for the next one!
The Motion Picture was ten years after the last episode of the original series.
Ten years and a few months.
I'm glad to see you getting into the original series/movies. Kirk and his crew in the original series were what I watched growing up. You really do fall in love with them as it progresses. I highly recommend Star Trek II The Wrath of Khan. Ricardo Montalbon reprises his role as Khan and seeks his vengeance on Kirk and the Enterprise. Enjoy!!!! 🖖🖖🏼
Jerry Goldsmith as usual turns in a great score. Some of my favorite Goldsmith scores are from the Star Trek and original Planet Of The Apes films. James Horner really knocks the music out of the park with Star Trek II...
I always loved this movie. My friends left the movie theater even before the second half. But then again they're a bunch of SAPS! I thought this movie was underrated even THEN!
Beyond the pacing (which was slow at times), this well done classic brought back the franchise. As fans, we are better for that.
The entrance scene of the Enterprise, with the grand score, was everything hoped for, and so much more.
"The possibility of our returning from this mission in one piece...may have just doubled."
You are SOOOO much fun! I had more fun with you on this than I did in December of 1979 in the damn theatre.
I was ten years old when this came out, and I was already a Trek fan. I remember seeing it in the theater for the first time, and I remember being overwhelmed with excitement, especially when they first showed the newly refit Enterprise. Great reaction!
Ditto.
I'm so glad I subscribe to your channel. I love Star Trek and I love Star wars. I grew up in the perfect era where I watch the reruns in the '70s of the original series. I've got to see all Star wars franchise movies in theaters from the original when I was 8 years old in the drive-in theater to number 9 just a couple of years ago with my son. My son was born in 94 so I've seen the prequels through number 9 with him in the theaters. And then I have been lucky enough to grow up with Star Trek TNG. It came out the year I graduated high school and I have seen all of the Star Trek movies original series and TNG in theaters as well. I can't wait till you see number four of the original series which is not every die hard fan's favorite but to me it's my guilty pleasure favorite. It's the voyage home. Number two sequel wrath of Khan is usually a die-hard fans favorite. I hope you enjoy this series. Great reaction
V'ger - "What is my purpose?"
Kirk - "You Pass butter."
Oh my god...
Yeah, welcome to my world.
Promise. ✋️😉
Underrated Comment
STar Trek II is generally considered the best of the movies, but I'd argue this one has the best soundtrack and the best visuals. It makes space feel bigger and more unknown than the others.
I used to think the characters were a bit stiff as well. But the more I watch it, the more I see that the playful interplay between the characters is still there. It's just more cerebral -- and there's absolutely nothing wrong with that. Certainly much much better than what we have today for Star Trek. I crave this cerebral quality in Star Trek now.
The newer version really fixes a lot of the problems the original Theatrical version had. Fortunately for me, when I first saw TMP, I saw the "Special Longer Version" which had the missing scenes the Ultimate Edition also put back in, plus a few extra. Having the extra dialog makes the longer movie feel shorter than the Theatrical, as strange as that may sound.
As for what the best Star Trek film might be, my money is on Voyage Home.
Khan and undiscovered country. The soundtrack for II is the best in my opinion though.
@@Keithjmcc don't listen to the soundtrack to Battle Beyond the Stars from 1980. Its almost the same soundtrack lol
2,3,4
my 2nd favorite star trek movie, glad to see new people are enjoying them.
It's all the same cast members as the show, lol. Scotty just has a mustache now. Same actor.
YAY! This is actually my favorite Star Trek film, which is counter to most people's opinion that Star Trek 2 was the course correction needed. Wrath of Khan is excellent, but I don't find this one as cold and humorless as some do. I love Spock's arc most; coming in like a robot, and then finding his humanity by empathising with V'ger, that was a confused being! I think it's the last, most Gene Roddenberry-minded film, so thank you for reviewing it so openly!
Definitely watch TNG again!
I saw it in the theater as an 8 year old kid and was already a big Star Trek fan, having grown up watching re-runs of the original series. I loved it and still do. The reveal in space dock of the redesigned Enterprise was awe-inspiring. Seeing Spock on Vulcan brought cheers from the audience.
The film version was heavily influenced by Kubrick's 2001 A Space Odyssey, though since I was a kid I didn't know that at the time.
I guess fans didn't embrace it, but if so, I wasn't aware until the much more positive reaction to the next film. I loved how the characters were both familiar and a little different, how along with the audience, the characters had to get used to each other again. The film also had to give the characters some kind of arc and growth, which they did, mostly with Spock (having closed himself off from his human side, learning that was a mistake) in the main crew and with Decker finding his destiny. I think it accomplished that. I also think, as much as I loved it as a kid, I love it more as an adult.
The introduction of the Enterprise was more than just nostalgia or soft starship porn. The Enterprise (NCC-1701) was essentially another crew member. That is something that no other Star Trek show was able to achieve.
Great film and for me this is what Star Trek waa all about.
Fans still complain about the length and pacing of the film, but what counts is the story and this is sci-fi at its finest.
The film's musical score is the best of the series, hands down!
A beautifully crafted film that deserves it's appreciation!
This movie launched the McDonald’s happy meals. At least up great in Canada.
And here in Michigan as well.
I lived in the Portland Oregon area at the time, and I recall this as well. Remember the Happy Meal commercial with Spock blasting off in that Encounter Suit. (That does not sound right).
I still have one of mine...minus the fries of course. EH!
@mikey6214 Wow, you must have had a pretty reliable storage space, eh?
@@mperezmcfinn2511 yes, I guess I do.
I have only moved a few times in my life and the same old boxed up junk comes along with me.
Original movie poster I purchased in 1980, also still hangs on rec room wall from house to house.
The second movie is such a gargantuan step up, and I say that as a fan of the first (my favorite is the 4th). Hope to see a reaction to that soon!
10:50 that reaction is absolutely precious