John didn't like being a Klingon, he loved being a Klingon. He played a very convincing part as Kor, and I thought he was great playing Baltar in BSG as well..."by your command..." I loved it!
Kor was magnificently played by late great John Colicos. In DS9 he gave the hitherto cartoonish Klingons badly needed gravitas. Since TNG the Klingons had become increasingly silly and two dimensional. In the original series they were a serious and disciplined race. In fact they were worthy foes for the Federation and the Romulans. The genius decision to bring back Kor restored the Klingons to their rightful place as a fearsome warrior race!
Kor could hardly believe his good fortune nor contain his glee over having a Federation starship captain in his custody, but having James Kirk? AND his First Officer? That’s like a Klingon Christmas present without equal.
Colicos played this role superbly! His tiny exclamation of "Wha-" when he first heard it, then his revelry when he quickly realizes it's true! Kirk was well known by then, especially by adversaries, and Kor now has him right there in front of him! 👍
John Colicos set the bar sooo high that very few actors have been able to match him in portraying a Klingon commander, maybe with the exception of Worf.
The part was originally wrote with him in mind. So wre the parts of Kang and Koloth but Mr. Colicos could not make it so they were rewrote. It made him seriously depressed he couldn't make it according to one of the writers. Kor was one of his favorite parts to play and was a science fiction fan himself.
Commander Kor: We are similar as a species. Here we are on a planet of sheep, two tigers, predators, hunters... killers. And it is precisely that which makes us great. And there is a universe to be taken. Captain Kirk: It's a very large universe, Commander, full of people who don't like the Klingons. Commander Kor: Excellent. Then it shall be a matter of testing each other's wills, and power. Survival must be earned, Captain.
@@ulphil08A magnificent tribute to the Original Series of real Star Trek. Klingons were so longed lived they were able to fit comfortably into the TNG/DS9 time period without plot trickery, e.g. Scotty in the TNG episode “Relics”
I didn’t care for the way they altered the personalities of the 3 original Klingons in DS9. In particular, Kor becoming “John Falstaff”. Despite the change, Mr. Colicos brought great depth to his performances and I felt genuinely sad and great pride when Kor died a glorious death worthy of the first Klingon to appear in Star Trek. To make you feel real emotions with fiction is powerful stuff. Would have loved to have met the man in real life. Sad our paths never crossed.
This is so good, and so subtle. The whole time, they are insisting that they are enemies and unalike, and yet they are behaving so similarly. It's not until the Organians point it out bluntly that Kirk realizes that he's been shoulder to shoulder with Kor almost the whole time, despite stating that he's nothing like him. This episode contrasted with "A Taste of Armageddon" is perfect -- one has Kirk preaching that, as a member of a species that can kill easily, one has to wake up every day and say, "I will not kill today." This episode shows what happens when he wakes up and forgets to say it.
@@sjain8111 Welcome to 1960’s television. By the 1980’s films, language got a little more coarser. The real words after “Go…” is obvious and would be well appreciated by a Klingon, warrior to warrior.
It's amazing how two actors have really set the stage and mythos for the entire Klingon race. John Colicos in TOS and Christopher Lloyd in Star Trek III.
@@jessihawkins9116 Dahar Masters were basically the Klingon warrior elite. A Dahar Master was pretty rare, and to attain that accolade meant you were pretty much known throughout the Empire and beyond. Kor, Kang, and Koloth were all Dahar Masters.
Kor Kang General Chang and Martok were the best Klingons ever. Micheal Dorn as Worf was also excellent as was Richard Hatch from what little we saw of Anaxar. Kor was written with John Colicos in mind. So were the parts of Kang and Koloth but had to be rewritten due to the fact the actor couldn't make it.
0:00 to 0:19 "Commander I can tell you his name It is Captain James T. Kirk." Kirk: "Ayebourne" Commander Kor: "Whhaatt...Captain of The U.S.S. ENTERPRISE! A Starship Commander..." Kor steps back in Gleeful Admiration
Commander Kor had more air time in the TNG universe (DS9) than any of the original characters. Kor had three episodes while Spock was in two and Kirk briefly in the latter part of a movie.
Kor is my favorite of the Original Series Klingons. Makes me wish the show had expanded on their development in a more focused , consistent and intelligent way , something we only got starting with the Next Generation.
Any actor playing a Klingon had a very hard act to follow with John Calicos' performance as Kor. He set the tone, the bar; many fine actors followed him in the roles of Klingons.
Kor was the best klingon. I love TNG but you can see even then the path star trek was taking in becoming more and more stupid. There was no reason to make klingons the ridiculous monster looking savage clowns they are in TNG. They were savage enough in ToS with Kor being the perfect villain
As we see in Enterprise 'Observer Effect' the Organians sense of morality is basically "If it isn't affecting us directly its not our problem so who cares, but we can still sit here and watch them all suffer instead for our own amusement and study" something the Federation would eventually adopt with the Prime Directive.
I hope u savear the sweetness of ur life ... U discust me the greatest along only a fool stays n fights in a burning house those 2 lines r the greatest lines the Klingons ever said no??
1:35 It's intriguing to consider that Spock, at this moment, could have used his speed and strength to simultaneously deliver two nerve pinches to the guards escorting him. This technique is actually used by Spock in "Federation," the first episode of the computer game "Star Trek: Judgement Rites." However, if Spock had done this to two of the guards, the remaining ones would have likely either shot him or Captain Kirk.
In the Star Trek novel "Vulcan's Forge,” written by Josepha Sherman and Susan Shwartz, Spock demonstrates exceptional speed and skill in martial arts, surprising McCoy by saving them and others from an attack by a mentally unstable Vulcan martial artist. The novel explains that Vulcan schools teach martial arts despite their nonviolent nature because they believe studying martial arts enhances concentration and self-discipline. Diane Duane's novels also discuss how Dr. McCoy eventually decided to take courses in Vulcan culture and language instead of going on vacation in Bali. This decision was due to his concern about reports of complicated political trouble on Vulcan at that time, and so McCoy wanted to improve his preparedness, foreseeing that the Enterprise might be sent there again. Perhaps McCoy gradually repented somewhat of the excessively adversarial parts of his relationship with Spock, and to put himself in a better position of understanding, decided to learn more about the Vulcans and the Romulans. Duane consistently portrayed McCoy as a man skilled with languages, with skill of which Starfleet Intelligence was also aware. The portrayal fascinated me, because I have such skill also. @@guydaley
Think modern warfare, it is common to know the names of commanders of opposing forces. Even in WWII, look at the headlines in newspapers, Rommel did this, Patton does that, Montgomery takes Sicily.. etc…. This media gets reported worldwide… Behind the scenes, you bet that the Chinese Military, for example, know who is commanding every US aircraft carrier. roughly where they are, And their career path. This is not un-public knowledge… The Enterprise was on the level of an aircraft carrier.. The Federation didn’t have many of them. And if you were Kor, you likely had intelligence reports, and knew what constitution class cruisers were in your sector… If you remember in the “trouble with tribbles” episode, Kirk immediately greeted the Klingon commander by name. He knew who he was.
@@andrewlove1971 Also likely Koloth and Kirk have met before in person or butted heads while in command. And Kor likely told Koloth and Kang of his encounter with Kirk.
Brutal Force and ignorance Is no substitute for the superior intelligent of these Entities....Much like we see here on Earth now playing out..And we wonder why the ETs. Do not interfere because we are a Barbaric uncivilized race...
John Colicos was an excellent actor. He was the thinking man’s Klingon.
Yes, he was.
John didn't like being a Klingon, he loved being a Klingon. He played a very convincing part as Kor, and I thought he was great playing Baltar in BSG as well..."by your command..." I loved it!
This is one of Shatner's best performances. Whenever he got a good script and good actors to play off of, he was great!
You can really see the Shakespearean training in John Colicos. His diction is impeccable.
Kor was magnificently played by late great John Colicos. In DS9 he gave the hitherto cartoonish Klingons badly needed gravitas. Since TNG the Klingons had become increasingly silly and two dimensional. In the original series they were a serious and disciplined race. In fact they were worthy foes for the Federation and the Romulans. The genius decision to bring back Kor restored the Klingons to their rightful place as a fearsome warrior race!
Wholeheartedly agreed.
It helped that he had credible lines. This episode had unusually strong writing.
All respect to a D’har master
you mean cartoonish? because I’ve never seen a klingon draw for an animation studio
@@beatsbyelvis6890 Thank you. I stand corrected and have re-edited accordingly.
Kor could hardly believe his good fortune nor contain his glee over having a Federation starship captain in his custody, but having James Kirk? AND his First Officer? That’s like a Klingon Christmas present without equal.
But you can see how disgusted he was by how he got them.
Colicos played this role superbly! His tiny exclamation of "Wha-" when he first heard it, then his revelry when he quickly realizes it's true!
Kirk was well known by then, especially by adversaries, and Kor now has him right there in front of him! 👍
Commander Kor was also Baltar on the original Battlestar Galactica
Funny how Commander Kor and Captain Kirk both align them selves in hate and war . For what ??? To win for what ???
And Kor's older self as Dahar Master Kor in DS9
@@mordecaiesther3591 huh?
Damnit - this was killing me. Thanks!
Wow!!! I had to watch this a couple of times but you are right. This is the original Baltizar from Battlestar Galactica ❤
Friendly Reminder Kor lived long enough to see the dominion war and earn Honor to his name in sacrifice for his people!
Mr Colicos was an amazing choice to introduce the Klingons. Talk about setting the bar extremely high.
John Colicos set the bar sooo high that very few actors have been able to match him in portraying a Klingon commander, maybe with the exception of Worf.
The part was originally wrote with him in mind. So wre the parts of Kang and Koloth but Mr. Colicos could not make it so they were rewrote. It made him seriously depressed he couldn't make it according to one of the writers.
Kor was one of his favorite parts to play and was a science fiction fan himself.
John Colicos was one of the best science fiction bad guy actors ever.
“Survival must be earned.”
-Baltar disguised as a Klingon commander
I never even realized this was John Colicos....this guy is one cool actor.
Commander Kor: We are similar as a species. Here we are on a planet of sheep, two tigers, predators, hunters... killers. And it is precisely that which makes us great. And there is a universe to be taken.
Captain Kirk: It's a very large universe, Commander, full of people who don't like the Klingons.
Commander Kor: Excellent. Then it shall be a matter of testing each other's wills, and power. Survival must be earned, Captain.
That kind of meaningful dialogue has been missing in tv shows for a long, long time.
What's great is that Kor is more self-aware than Kirk. Very bold to make the proxy for the Soviets better understand the realities of the conflict.
Yeah, we know, we watched the clip.
One of my favorite episodes with the best klingon, no disrespect to Worf.
Of course he's a great antagonist, he betrayed humanity to the Cylons after all.
@@KEVMAN7987 John was one of the best actors, especially sci-fi 👍
This and Day of the Dove; the best Klingon episodes of the original series.
Kor the Klingon Warrior who would eventually died a glorious and honorable death during the Dominion War
"One ship, against ten. It doesn't seem possible.."
@@desgowlron5010he is Kor. The Dahar Master
I had no idea they had the same actor play Kor in DS-9
All the original Klingon actors - William Campbell, John Collicos and Michael Ansara were brought back on DS9
@@ulphil08A magnificent tribute to the Original Series of real Star Trek. Klingons were so longed lived they were able to fit comfortably into the TNG/DS9 time period without plot trickery, e.g. Scotty in the TNG episode “Relics”
I didn’t care for the way they altered the personalities of the 3 original Klingons in DS9. In particular, Kor becoming “John Falstaff”. Despite the change, Mr. Colicos brought great depth to his performances and I felt genuinely sad and great pride when Kor died a glorious death worthy of the first Klingon to appear in Star Trek. To make you feel real emotions with fiction is powerful stuff. Would have loved to have met the man in real life. Sad our paths never crossed.
This is so good, and so subtle. The whole time, they are insisting that they are enemies and unalike, and yet they are behaving so similarly. It's not until the Organians point it out bluntly that Kirk realizes that he's been shoulder to shoulder with Kor almost the whole time, despite stating that he's nothing like him.
This episode contrasted with "A Taste of Armageddon" is perfect -- one has Kirk preaching that, as a member of a species that can kill easily, one has to wake up every day and say, "I will not kill today." This episode shows what happens when he wakes up and forgets to say it.
Colicos was the perfect villian actor, and gave the bad guys the kind of charm and menace you need.
Thanks for uploading this. Captain of the U..S..S..Enterprise! One of my favorite lines.
You're welcome, Joseph.
also good: “go climb a tree,” says Kirk
@@sjain8111 Welcome to 1960’s television. By the 1980’s films, language got a little more coarser. The real words after “Go…” is obvious and would be well appreciated by a Klingon, warrior to warrior.
Kirk is likely a little disquieted at the fact that Kor is right about the similarities between humanity and the Klingons.
Perfect villain - he makes sense even though he is the bad guy.
It's amazing how two actors have really set the stage and mythos for the entire Klingon race. John Colicos in TOS and Christopher Lloyd in Star Trek III.
A legendary actor
Dahar Master Kor, a noble warrior to the end! Died gloriously in the fight with the Jem'hadar fleet
"He will succeed, he is Kor, The Dahar Master"
Commander Worf - DS9
I always preferred the TOS Klingons to the turtle shell species they became later.
Im such a huge battlestar galactica fan that i picked up right away that this was John Colicos but I looked it up just to be sure 😊....
"Pure energy."
"Here's to life immortal, sucker!"
Quinn. War of the World T.V. Series.
Cor and Kang are my favourite Klingons.
TOS Klingons feel more like Romulans, calm and cunning, not brash like their TNG/DS9/VOY counterparts...
I was really hoping we could see more combat from the Dahar Master in his prime during TOS. Oh well
what’s that
@@jessihawkins9116It's like a Bard from D&D.
@@jessihawkins9116 Dahar Masters were basically the Klingon warrior elite. A Dahar Master was pretty rare, and to attain that accolade meant you were pretty much known throughout the Empire and beyond. Kor, Kang, and Koloth were all Dahar Masters.
@@Amann0407 who?
Star Trek: The Animated Series TAS Episode The Time Trap
Commander Kor Lieutenant Kali I.K.S. Klothos vs. U.S.S. Enterprise.
These Klingons sure look different…
the augment virus was a hell of a thing
Star Trek is GOLD! Errand of Mercy is one of the best episodes. I wish this situation was reality today to stop war.
Baltar thinks he's just about to win...and like always, something foils his best-laid plans....
Remember the Klingons hadn't gone through forehead evolution yet.
Kor will always be my favorite Klingon.
One go the best klingon portrayals !
the look of surprise is so good.
Kor Kang General Chang and Martok were the best Klingons ever. Micheal Dorn as Worf was also excellent as was Richard Hatch from what little we saw of Anaxar.
Kor was written with John Colicos in mind. So were the parts of Kang and Koloth but had to be rewritten due to the fact the actor couldn't make it.
0:00 to 0:19
"Commander I can tell you his name It is Captain James T. Kirk."
Kirk: "Ayebourne"
Commander Kor: "Whhaatt...Captain of The U.S.S. ENTERPRISE! A Starship Commander..." Kor steps back in Gleeful Admiration
It was great that John Colicos as Kor was brought back in Deep Space Nine
Seeing clips like this reminds me how much better the original series was than the next generation.
The volume is very very low...
The Number #1 Episode . . Of All
(TOS) episodes !! 🤓👍👍 😉👌
Nothing is better than Star Trek T.O.S.
The Day of The Dove good episode
I believe this one was called "Errand of Mercy"😊❤
It never hit me until now that that sash is similar to the one Worf wears on TNG.
me neither, just noticed that now too
Spock looks like a jedi!!!!
That’s my Kirk and those are my Klingons
The commanders played bt William Shatner and John Colicos are both Canadians.
Commander Kor had more air time in the TNG universe (DS9) than any of the original characters. Kor had three episodes while Spock was in two and Kirk briefly in the latter part of a movie.
No bloodwine?
When klingons were klingons
Kor is my favorite of the Original Series Klingons. Makes me wish the show had expanded on their development in a more focused , consistent and intelligent way , something we only got starting with the Next Generation.
Well, he didn't exactly find out, he was told.
So, this "disease" they came up with to explain why TOS Klingons don't have ridges, must have also compelled them to all get haircuts.....
Any actor playing a Klingon had a very hard act to follow with John Calicos' performance as Kor. He set the tone, the bar; many fine actors followed him in the roles of Klingons.
Apocalypse!? Cool
Kor was the best klingon. I love TNG but you can see even then the path star trek was taking in becoming more and more stupid. There was no reason to make klingons the ridiculous monster looking savage clowns they are in TNG. They were savage enough in ToS with Kor being the perfect villain
Why didn't the Organians stop the Dominion War?
Because their planet wasn’t being used as a base by either side.
As we see in Enterprise 'Observer Effect' the Organians sense of morality is basically "If it isn't affecting us directly its not our problem so who cares, but we can still sit here and watch them all suffer instead for our own amusement and study" something the Federation would eventually adopt with the Prime Directive.
Why does Kor assume that Kirk knows the current dispersal of Starfleet?
Well, he'd have access to certain information regarding the location of other ships in his fleet.
Great dialogue by commander Kor! Who wrote this episode?
I like Kor.
I thought these were Romulans.
I hope u savear the sweetness of ur life ... U discust me the greatest along only a fool stays n fights in a burning house those 2 lines r the greatest lines the Klingons ever said no??
Why is the audio level so low? -26dB really?
I thought Klingons don't drink with their enemies.
Kingon talks like modern day America in action.
They in blickkkks face
Klingon face
12 hours? Have the klingons gone soft?
Kor didn't see the Jem'hadar coming a century later.
1:35 It's intriguing to consider that Spock, at this moment, could have used his speed and strength to simultaneously deliver two nerve pinches to the guards escorting him. This technique is actually used by Spock in "Federation," the first episode of the computer game "Star Trek: Judgement Rites." However, if Spock had done this to two of the guards, the remaining ones would have likely either shot him or Captain Kirk.
Spock didn't have "speed". He merely had the element of surprise. A vulcan is far too deliberate to exhibit "speed".
In the Star Trek novel "Vulcan's Forge,” written by Josepha Sherman and Susan Shwartz, Spock demonstrates exceptional speed and skill in martial arts, surprising McCoy by saving them and others from an attack by a mentally unstable Vulcan martial artist. The novel explains that Vulcan schools teach martial arts despite their nonviolent nature because they believe studying martial arts enhances concentration and self-discipline. Diane Duane's novels also discuss how Dr. McCoy eventually decided to take courses in Vulcan culture and language instead of going on vacation in Bali. This decision was due to his concern about reports of complicated political trouble on Vulcan at that time, and so McCoy wanted to improve his preparedness, foreseeing that the Enterprise might be sent there again. Perhaps McCoy gradually repented somewhat of the excessively adversarial parts of his relationship with Spock, and to put himself in a better position of understanding, decided to learn more about the Vulcans and the Romulans. Duane consistently portrayed McCoy as a man skilled with languages, with skill of which Starfleet Intelligence was also aware. The portrayal fascinated me, because I have such skill also.
@@guydaley
oh me oh my, he liked his booze even back then
How do the Klingons know Starfleet personnel?
Think modern warfare, it is common to know the names of commanders of opposing forces. Even in WWII, look at the headlines in newspapers, Rommel did this, Patton does that, Montgomery takes Sicily.. etc…. This media gets reported worldwide… Behind the scenes, you bet that the Chinese Military, for example, know who is commanding every US aircraft carrier. roughly where they are, And their career path. This is not un-public knowledge… The Enterprise was on the level of an aircraft carrier.. The Federation didn’t have many of them. And if you were Kor, you likely had intelligence reports, and knew what constitution class cruisers were in your sector… If you remember in the “trouble with tribbles” episode, Kirk immediately greeted the Klingon commander by name. He knew who he was.
@@andrewlove1971 Also likely Koloth and Kirk have met before in person or butted heads while in command. And Kor likely told Koloth and Kang of his encounter with Kirk.
Wheres the ridges? The in universe explanation for why they looked like humans was lame.
indeed. I like Gene Roddenberry's explanation that the kingons always had them, they just didn't have the budget to show it.
can you think of a better one
😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮
Brutal Force and ignorance
Is no substitute for the superior intelligent of these Entities....Much like we see here on Earth now playing out..And we wonder why the ETs. Do not interfere because we are a Barbaric uncivilized race...
valqu' qor 'ej pIQHa'
USS Enterprise ,,, LOL
Your post is dumb ,,, LOL
"Veg--it--tible" LOL x2
Absolutely superlative acting. Period.