The EXTREME close up on the Kelvin which slowly zooms out to reveal the most spectacular beauty shot of a starship. The roaring star its flying by and the hulk of a ship which feels real moving toward a giant "lightning storm in space".
Badass Captain Robau walks on to the bridge and barks commands at people as the whole bridge is a flutter with activity over what the hell that thing is they can see out there. Cue the big entrance of the Narada. And boy, is it BIG.
I remember seeing First Contact when I was 7. And the Borg creeped the hell out of me. The entrance of the Narada and the feel of the unknown which floods the screen is just nothing short of terrorfying especially knowing what happens to the ship. Then all hell breaks loose.
As the ship gets swiss cheesed by the Narada's super dooper torpedoes* (From here on in the official name
) the one thing I couldnt shake was how real it felt. I dont want to call all the treks that came before it wooden, but, I cant help it. It First Contact feels wooden compared to this scene. Enterprise - hoooooly shit there isnt a word for how that show would look compared to this (And I really liked Enterprise
).
Nero pops up on screen and asks Badass Robau to come to his ship, which he does without thinking knowing its the only way he can save his crew. "You are the Captain now Mr Kirk." - The soundbite weve heard in the TV spots, not directed at James T, but George Kirk.
Badass Robau goes to the Narada, which given the backstory from Countdown feels alot more like a Borg vessel than a Romulan one (Namely Scotty's line from later on in the film - "If they're layout makes any sense you'll be in the Cargo bay with nowt a soul in sight." - Guess where that goes wrong
. As Badass Robau gets to the bridge of the Narada, Nero questions Badass Robau with fancy floating hand thrown hologram thingies. Kinda hard to describe but think minority report in three dimensions without the gloves. Thats the kind of interface Narada has.
After Badass Robau gives Nero the cold shoulder but eventually gives him the stardate (The conveniently changed 2233.4 i THINK it was - Dont hold me to that) Badass Robau lets Nero stab him in the chest with his staff of power thingy killing Robau. At least thats what he wanted him to think. If you look carefully at the top middle bottom left upper right portion of the screen you can see Robau roll off the edge of the platform and escape on one of the Super Dooper Torpedoes which he rides into space like Dr Strangelove. Robau is no ones bitch.
Meanwhile on the U.S.S. KELVIIIIIN! First Officer George Kirk orders the evacuation of the crew in shuttles - including his Wife who is in Labour with James Kirk.
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