06a. Transporter Malfunction

[Numinous20111]

It's a shame that the film didn't have more scenes like this that presented strong emotions for the characters to deal with. Having Kirk's emotional shock lead into his physical disorientation in the Enterprise corridors really brought home what an enormous gamble he was taking by reassuming command of the ship.

[riddim3456]

The woman bawling like she's feels the pain while getting enjoying during getting banged in her behind.

[hossola77]

" There's nothing you could've done, Rand. It wasn't your fault."

[ishockmyself]

Galaxy Quest did it better

[Jimd1701]

Five people need to be put into this transporter!

[anton7580]

if you can get hold of the book it gives a very graphic and unpleasant account of the whole scene. 'a writhing skeletal mass, pumping organs on the outside of their bodies'etc. nasty! scared me shitless!

[TheDEATHSTARIII]

this is why scotty said she needed more shake down, damn right

[Scifimaster92]

Personally, I think that it's most likely that when Sonak and the unnamed crew member were beamed back to Earth, their molecular patterns were completely lost in the datastream, and they disintegrated. Which is fortunate because, even if they had been beamed back in one piece, they still would have died due to the damage to their cellular structure.

[TheDEATHSTARIII]

what we got back didnt live long? what the hell did they see

[ForceMaximus84]

Starfleet, Kirk. Please express my condolences to their families. Commander Sonak's can be reached through the Vulcan Embassy.

[middletonization]

transporter rom to Enterprise what we got back didn't live long fortunately.

[Wolfspiderxl]

I reckon they included this scene in the first movie, to satisfy the curiosity of all those trekkies who probably posed such questions at Star Trek conventions, however, what if an insect had strayed into the transporter beam like in 'The Fly'

[Conchobhar]

So why the fuck am I not seeing the actual scene anywhere on YouTube?

[excrono]

This scene always blows my mind, serious nightmare fuel. I don't blame McCoy in the slightest for freaking out about beaming up later on in the movie. He probably saw the bodies :(

[JENDALL714]

They should have contacted the Talosians to put them back together, oh wait never mind.

[superwakoo]

This scene seemed too intense for a G rated movie.

[MSB3000]

FUCK THIS SCENE.

[EdMcStinko]

Im amazed that guy who got the remains of those people could even talk. I think Id be traumatized to the point of catatonia.

[darrenholcomb42]

Or another good visual depiction (excuse my jumping films and genre's here but...) can be seen in the Japanese anime film "Akira". Near the end of the film, what happens to the body of the character of Tetsuo is almost beyond imagining. It's a good thing it's animated or it would just be to gross to watch.

[EdMcStinko]

@darrenholcomb42 Yes. That was too much to handle. Way too much.

[darrenholcomb42]

They probably rematerialized as two (or worse-one) inside out, screaming, palpitating mass of twisted flesh and organs. I imagine something like the horrific mess of creatures depicted in John Carpenter's The Thing. But not for long, fortunately.

[Xwingpilot]

So like what seemed to have really happened to to them both? Especially with having them shrink just before having them materializining?

[TheDannerG]

@Xwingpilot Oh, the shrinking? I guess the damaged tissue structure was too weak and partially collapsed into itself.

[GeneralHoohah]

I really REALLY wanted to see what they looked like when they got them back on the other side!! Creeped me the hell out, but you never got to see what happened to them! To this day I still wonder what they looked like!

[EdMcStinko]

@GeneralHoohah I can only guess that (by the screams) their vocal cords were still intact enough to make sounds, and their nervous systems were still intact enough for them to feel... not good.

But yeah, this is easily in the top ten of the most disturbing things Ive ever seen in the movies.

[TeamTowers1]

Does annyone know were I can find the scene

[Buuuuuutch]

Enterprise. What we got back; didn't live long.. Fortunately. :o/

[acer3573]

"Oh God...they're *forming*..." :(

[skrat5]

yup; it gave me the creeps too. Imagine having your atoms dissassembled and then reassembled out of order. eeewwwww.

[Director84]

@skrat5 Yeah, just look closely and watch the shape of her face and head, I mean the woman on he right! Imagine what it must have looked like what was rematerialized at the starbase, what they said about that "it didn't live long... fortunaltely." Shudder! I can undeerstand people like Lt. Barkley, who was so afraid of getting beamed.

[xsailor85]

@skrat5 I think I'll stick with using shuttles.

[anton7580]

the transporter has always given me the creeps! but why the hell were they using the damn thing when they knew it was faulty?! "the main transport censor wasn't functioning , NO BACKUP" said decker!

[FekLeyrTarg]

Great pierce of music. And very fraking fitting to the scene.

btw the novelisation of ST:TMP (by Gene Roddenberry himself) reveals that the other person who got killed with Sonak in this scene was Vce Admiral Lori Ciana.

[sigmaree]

@FekLeyrTarg I remember some unknown scene of another transporter accident and they found the victims in a hallway, merged toghether with the floor. Dont know if it was a comic, movie or an episode - so if anyone knows: PLEASE LET ME KNOW!!

[FekLeyrTarg]

@sigmaree

In the Game "Star Trek Deep Space Nine The Fallen" happens something like this.

[sigmaree]

@FekLeyrTarg were they stuck in the floor to the hips?

[FekLeyrTarg]

@sigmaree

Inside the bulkhead.

But there's the TNG episode 4x25 "In Theory" in which some crewmembers get stuck inside the floor because of a darkmatter nebula.

[sigmaree]

@FekLeyrTarg yes, thats been it, checked the episode at youbute. always thought it was a transporter malfunction. btw, the uss-pegasus incident, i think there may have been crewmen who were also merged toghegher with the rock of that asteroid, huh? all this is not exactly transporter-caused, but kind of the same gruesome death imho. poor transporter crew that had to clean up the remains in star trek 1 movie. thinking about that scene in "gallaxy quest".

[skrat5]

@sigmaree that was in the next generation series; i don't know what episode.

[Scifimaster92]

@FekLeyrTarg The novelization also implied that the accident resulted in the the two being beamed back inside out!

[FekLeyrTarg]

@Scifimaster92

Holy frak.

[Platno]

I gotta admit, when I saw this scene, it left me a bit disturbed.

God the screeches were disturbing.

*Shudders*

[anton111ful]

@Platno me too. i was about 10 when i saw this in cinema. it left me absolutely traumatised! not sure why though. not a nice way to die i guess!!

[mrgeo89]

I never really saw that they were deformed or anything. Not good eye sight lol.

But I do remember the screams.

[FekLeyrTarg]

@anton111ful

Not at all, boss.

[Alliworks]

@Platno just saw the film this morning and i aggree with you, thats the 1st time i've seen anything so disturbing in a startrek film

[TheDEATHSTARIII]

@Platno exactly and people call this the boring one . its awesome

[Digginjim]

In the Roddenberry novel of the movie the woman involved in this accident is Kirks ex-lover....

[JasonvonEvil83]

Which calls into question whether it was really an accident after all.

[Digginjim]

so would this be Steiner or Goldsmith? My money is on Steiner....

[dafmurray]

Whoever wrote it, it's a wonderful cue.

[Digginjim]

One of my favourite cues from the entire score - never released - thanks so much for this....