"Thrusters on full" ~Spock

Exactly. As I said, I was fine with the line's intention. I knew what it was trying to accomplish, and I even like the way Nimoy delivered it.

It was just the line itself that was, I dunno, just kind of "meh."

 

Yeah, if this is Nimoy's last line as Spock, it'll bug me, too. Especially since, "Go to Hell." was so much better.

But, Leonard Nimoy was asked if he would be in the Trek reboot sequel, and he said that if JJ Abrams calls, he'll answer the phone.

 

I remember worrying that George Lucas was going to drop dead of a heart attack before he finished ROTS. Now I will worry about whether Nimoy will make it to 80 so he can do STXII.

 

I think the line was supposed to be a reference to the way Kirk tended to leave spacedock...a bit faster than regulations themselves. It's a nod to Trek VI when he tells Valeris to proceed at one quarter impulse and she turns to remind him that regulations specifically state that only maneuvering thrusters are recommended for spacedock. However, how many people in the general audience would "get," a line like "all ahead at one quarter impulse," so they kept the spirit of the words but changed the words themselves to "thrusters on full."

 

it was a great line, I thought. especially the way he said it -- almost wistfully, as if he was missing/remembering the old days and his old friend.

throughout the movie, even with Pine's wonderfully understated Shatneresque performance, this was the moment when I most felt the presence of Shatner and the... uhh... real (sorry!!) Kirk. sent a few shivers up my spine.

 

The flash back I had at that scene was to the final scene of the final episode of Enterprise. Deanna and Will in the rafters watching the formation of the federation...I almost expected Spock to say, "Computer, end program."

 

He should have said

"Computer, End Program"

 

It was a strangely worded line. Maybe, "Ahead full thrusters," or something like that. Maybe even shouting, "Ahead FULL THRUSTERS!"

Or no words at all, just an approving nod.

As far as Kirk having any kind of line like "engage," goes, he did say, "Take us home, Sulu," in the film. That's a line I can remember him using variations of more than once in TOS and the movies.

 

I got it: Spock should have said "I'll fuck anything that moves!"

 

Um, in this movie, I think that line would've worked better if said by the younger Spock.

 

Technically, it was "If I was human."

Whoo, pedantry on a Star Trek board! Makes me feel like a winner. I think I'm going to go read a book or something.

 

Hah! I knew that, too. I just didn't want to crush someone else's spirit by pointing it out. Enjoy your win, you pendant.

 

A lot of the time it was "Ahead Warp Factor [x]..."

I liked the intent of the line and the delivery, but they did need a better line, preferably a straight lift like:

"Thrusters ahead. Take us out."

or

"The word is given: warp speed!"

another nice one would have beeh:

"Second star to the right, and straight on 'till morning!"

 

Spock's last line should have been "THE WOMEN!"

 

I thought it worked well enough as intended. Besides what could he have said that would have been any better?

Live long and prosper?
Boldly go my friends?
Good luck on your star trek?
Engage?
Make it so?
Remember?
Badass?
There goes this years Iron Man?

Personally I'm at a loss.

 

"Check the circuit."

 

THE WOMEN!

 

I think there would be riots if the last line of the movie was Harry Kim saying, "Computer, end program" and walking out of one of Voyager's holodecks.

 

Ah, "Switch to rockets, we're blasting out!" would've been better.

 

I said it in another thread: somehow I thought the line was a mirror of McCoy's line in TVH: "I don't know if you got the whole picture but he's not exactly working on all thrusters."