the BEST scene

[SRFX]

Despite it's general awfulness, ST5: The Final Frontier for me delivers the most powerful scene in all of Star Trek. Watching McCoy euthanise his father, and then relive the discovery of a "god damned cure".

Shatner then tops it off with an excellent speech about pain, and how it's important to carry it with us.

"I don't want my pain taken away, I NEED MY PAIN."

Gives me shivers every time, as it's a depressing yet undeniable truth of what it is to be human.

It's baffling how such a good scene came out of what was otherwise a trainwreck of a film.

 

[SPCTRE]

The farewell scene at the end of TUC, with the Excelsior departing.

Captain Hikaru Sulu: Nice to see you in action for one last time, Captain Kirk. Take care.

I always felt this scene did a much better job of passing the torch than GEN.

 

[CorporalClegg]

The last scene in TMP. It's Star Trek in a nutshell.

 

[RobertScorpio]

^^ yeah, I can agree with that. "Out there, thatta way!"

Rob

 

[Alrik]

"My friends.....we've come home." As the shuttle clears the Excelsior and the 1701-A comes into view in TVH.

It was the polar opposite of the way I felt at the end of TSFS. Even though they had Spock back, I felt like I'd been sucker punched in the gut when they blew up the E. There was no internet then, so I never saw it coming, and to me, they had traded one main character for another. I remember back in the early 70's, being 5 years old and feeling that the Enterprise was just as important as Kirk, Spock, and McCoy were. So I was completely floored when they destroyed her in TSFS. With that said, I was just as equally jazzed with the first glimps of the 1701-A.

 

[Mr Silver]

"My friends.....we've come home." As the shuttle clears the Excelsior and the 1701-A comes into view in TVH.

It was the polar opposite of the way I felt at the end of TSFS. Even though they had Spock back, I felt like I'd been sucker punched in the gut when they blew up the E. There was no internet then, so I never saw it coming, and to me, they had traded one main character for another. I remember back in the early 70's, being 5 years old and feeling that the Enterprise was just as important as Kirk, Spock, and McCoy were. So I was completely floored when they destroyed her in TSFS. With that said, I was just as equally jazzed with the first glimps of the 1701-A.

In many ways your are right about the Enterprise being a character, after all its the only character to be in every episode of TOS (except Spock)

 

[RobertScorpio]

The Enterprise was a character, and I have no problem with Kirk destroying it. What else (in the story as filmed) was he to have done? People are mad at the decision to do it, but I wasn't. It was a dramatic scene, watching them watch their home for so many years, flaming out across the sky of Genesis (awww..wasn't that pretty?)

Another great scene. It helps that we JUST watched it on Sunday. My son is at the age where he is really getting into it..

Rob

 

[darkwing_duck1]

"My friends.....we've come home." As the shuttle clears the Excelsior and the 1701-A comes into view in TVH.

It was the polar opposite of the way I felt at the end of TSFS. Even though they had Spock back, I felt like I'd been sucker punched in the gut when they blew up the E. There was no internet then, so I never saw it coming, and to me, they had traded one main character for another. I remember back in the early 70's, being 5 years old and feeling that the Enterprise was just as important as Kirk, Spock, and McCoy were. So I was completely floored when they destroyed her in TSFS. With that said, I was just as equally jazzed with the first glimps of the 1701-A.

In many ways your are right about the Enterprise being a character, after all its the only character to be in every episode of TOS (except Spock)

Extend that scene out to inlcude the "departure", complete with the "sting" of the Courage fanfare, then the cut to the Bridge. Listen close, and you can hear that they brought back the classic Bridge sounds, which was a nice "closing the loop" touch.

 

[Santaman]

Best scene for me as a techhead will always be "The tour around the refitted Enterprise."

 

[jimbo1973]

they invade out space and we fall back, they assimilate entire worlds and we fall back..

 

[Jeyl]

they invade out space and we fall back

True

they assimilate entire worlds and we fall back..

When?

 

[RobertScorpio]

Best scene for me as a techhead will always be "The tour around the refitted Enterprise."

My friends think that scene is dated, but I still like it as much as I did then....a great scene indeed Santaman...

Rob

 

[kkozoriz1]

Lots of great ones here. Of course, there are so many to choose from. One that really got me. It showed just how much Spock had learned.

"Jim... this simple feeling... is beyond V'Ger's comprehension."

Not just the line but the hand clasp. Brings a lump to my throat.

 

[SRFX]

"Each of us, at some time in our life, turns to someone – a father, a brother, a god – and asks: Why am I here? What was I meant to be? V'Ger hopes to touch its creator to find its answers."

Spock, TMP

 

[Jeyl]

"Each of us, at some time in our life, turns to someone – a father, a brother, a god – and asks: Why am I here? What was I meant to be? V'Ger hopes to touch its creator to find its answers."

Spock, TMP

Correction. Star Trek: The Motion Picture "The Director's Edition" or "Special Longer Edition". That nice exchange is not in the theatrical version.

DARN YOU PARAMOUNT! I want my finished film on BluRay!

 

[RobertScorpio]

"I once lost a brother...I was lucky to get him back"...Kirk, Star Trek V

"God! I liked him better BEFORE he died..." McCoy, speaking about Spock in Star Trek V

Rob

 

[Bishop76]

The Battle in the Mutara Nebula is still one of the best space battle scenes, period.

 

[RobertScorpio]

Wow..totally forgot about that one. I think that's the best TREK MOVIE battle scene ever....

Rob

 

[Peach Wookiee]

The Mutara scene was and is still wicked cool!

 

[RobertScorpio]

The Mutara scene was and is still wicked cool!

I just went to your deviant art page. That animal cookie cake..that is a REAL cake? Or is that CGI? Believe me, I am old school and can not tell the difference sometimes..

Rob