@aif004 Picard has activated the Auto-Destruct on Enterprise(D and E) several times. The only thing preventing it following through was that it was no longer needed to destroy the ship.
Kirk has balls to send his ship into a fiery grave.
@LegendaryGamer0 Well Picard has a good poker face unlike kirk. plus a fiery grave is not honorable when your standing on a planet watching it go. the captain should go down with the ship and ive seen picard do that and live.
@LegendaryGamer0 I wouldn't know if Kirk has a good one or not for i hate the actors acting. But going down with the ship just means going down in Scifi if it crashes with the captain on board it counts weather he lived or not.
You know, part of me is sad that the original Enterprise was destroyed. But then, thinking about it, it was either this or being deconstructed at a shipyard or left to rot in a museum.
Kruge is going to find out the hard way what it means to deal with very much pissed off Kirk. He has risked just about everything to get to Planet Genesis to find Spock and get him back. Anyone who stands in Kirk's way is going to have a first-hand experience in experiencing hell.
Didn't that Klingon captain know how to operate the transporter. He was too busy shrieking like a Tiberian bat he forgot operational procedure. Court martial--Klingon style!
Love/hate relationship with this scene. On one hand, only Kirk should be able to blow up the Enterprise, but the destruction of the Enterprise is just...wrong to start with.
Even if those Klingons figured out the ship was going to self-destruct, they were good as dead. What the hell they could've done in 5 seconds to escape????
You would think that they'd come up with a more efficient way of blowing up a starship... An entire 20 seconds of little explosions that still left half the ship drifting through space. If it wasn't for that planet being there it would still be partially intact !
I think I remember hearing once that explosives are used to detonate the saucer, and the warp core is suppose to detonate the main hull. Perhaps a malfunction? That or damage to the systems from the bird of prey.
@Infinity238 There are two diffferent destruct codes used. If in a system or in orbit, the ship ejects the core sunwards and blows the hull and sends it to burn in. In deap space, the Antimatter is let go all at once and BOOM!
It took awhile just to log in i had a few beers but i dont like this part its sad but what is sad in real life is when the debris from the Challenger and the Columbiaburned and rotated around Earth the resemblance is striking
i could just really imagine christopher loydd going MARTY!!! in this film instead of GET OUTTA THERE!!!!!, id fall down the stairs in the empire state building if that happened LOLOLOLOL XD
It still bother's me a little that a large chunk of the Enterprise did survive that explosion. (So much for a self destruct) but really, what about the tons a tons of antimatter in the core? You telling me that'll be fine and dandy when it hits the planet? You can pretty much nuke a continent with a few photon torpedoes (which it may still have aboard.) So yeah...there may be an earth shattering ka-boom when that thing hits Genesis.
@bazookoidben It burned up in the atmosphere, genius. Do you know how many peices of space debris enter Earth's atmosphere on a daily basis? Most of it never reaches the ground. The Enterprise was open to atmosphere, had no shields, was flailing through space already burning.......It incinerated. Also, the self-destruct program uses shaped antimatter charges placed along the ships hull, NOT the warp core. The reason is, you don't want a breach that close to lifepods escaping
@creamyapanties I'm aware of the amount of debris that do fall from space. However, given it's bulk and the fact that it's designed to withstand the stress of high powered weapons fire I suppose a fragment or two could survive and hit the planet. But my main question really was what ever happened to the anti-matter in the core? Is it normal for it to be dumped since the drive section wasn't destroyed I'm assuming it burnt up, but couldn't that cause a core breach?
@bazookoidben It gets shunted through to the empty hull charges prior to detonation. So instead of a big antimatter explosion, you have a series of micro-explosions along the hull. by the time the chain reaction reaches the main engineerin section, there isn't enough antimatter left in the containment pod left. All this was covered in "Mr Scott's Guide To The Enterprise", back in '91.
Maybe its a good thing that she was destroyed here. I dont believe she had enough fight left in her to withstand the Stress of Time Travel she would have been put through in the next film, and even if - against all odds - she made it back into the 23rd Century, the Crash following being Neutralized by the Probe woul've been her End.
Whats great about that scene, it was done with a model that will always look impressive, as where CGI scenes will only look good untill better CGI comes along. It goes the same way for the miniature model work in Star Wars. When the CGI scenes were added they looked increadably fake.
@lonstar70 That's true. It would've. I was kind of thinking on the line of it burning up in the atmosphere until there's nothing left of Enterprise. You see the forward section of the saucer section burning up, and then exploding and then falling towards Genesis.
@Seattlecarnut It was probably hard to film the whole model blowing up convincingly. Or, maybe they let a big part of the ship plunge into the atmosphere and burn up just because of artistic reasons...
@ZemplinTemplar That makes more sense. Of all the Star Trek movies featuring the cast of the Original Series, This, the Wrath of Khan, and the Voyage Home are my favourites.
This really makes no sense. If the Enterprise was set for self destruct, wouldn't it be set up so the whole thing exploded all at once? Just the disk burns out and blows up? Hell, if Genesis hadn't caught it in its gravity, the rest of the ship would have survived. However, I totally understand that they did this for artistic, dramatic effect.
@lonstar70 they way they designed the self destruct may be the objective is to destroy the computer core and its memory chips and the section that was destroyed is where the computer core was at and all the important memory chips where destroyed along with the core
@lonstar70 There's 2 different Destruct Sequences. Destruct 0 (Seen here) destroys the saucer with built in explosives and destroys the computer and things like that with it. Destruct 1 causes the matter and antimatter to combine in the engine destroying the entire ship and possibly taking out a planet or two with it. They went with Destruct 0 because they intended to land on the planet and take the Klingon ship.
I have no idea what Star Wars has to do with the discussion on this video.
All I have to say is that this was a great scene. The special effects looked realistic rather than CG, and the acting from the cast was pretty much spot on afterwards too.
If you look carefully at 0:18 - 0:21 you can just about see a burning klingon heading up to the top of screen and looks like he's in a pedestrian is crossing pose!
For a good laugh try " The Star Trek Bible " parody thesis, read by scholar Robert M. Price on ' The Bible Geek ', 18th September. Are some Bible verses actually reporting sightings of UFO ? Did humans travel here from another galaxy ? Was Jesus a spaceman ? Was the sighting of Jesus going up in the sky [Acts 1v9] actually him being teleported ? Or just dreamed up ? Were the living dead people seen in Jerusalem [Matt 27v53] actually imperial guards beamed down to save Jesus? Or just fiction ?
@SR71ABCD, there were two types of self-destruct in the Star Trek Technical Manual. The first one (presumably the option Kirk chose when dealing with Bele and Lokai in "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield") would have shut down the magnetic bottles around the antimatter, causing instant and total destruction. More effective in deep space. The second type simply blasts the ship out of orbit to burn in an atmosphere, as seen in ST:III. Type two would not be as effective in deep space.
And remember - this was not the "bloody A, B, C or D" - this was the original NCC-1701 (refitted for Star Trek: The Motion Picture). That's what made this especially poignant.
I think it would've been more moving if it had been a pre-refit Enterprise being destroyed. I've seen some home made videos on youtube of the Enterprise being refitted that I thought were more poignant than this scene. It does feel like the end of an era, but I always felt that NCC 1701 (refit) and NCC 1701-A were too similar to distinguish between, therefore I believe a pre-refit Enterprise to be closer to the legend than a post-refit version.
That's odd when Starships activated Self Destruction the frist part of the ship is the bridge then the rest of he ship blows up leaving nothing behind. But for the Constitution Class Starship USS Enterprise only half of the saucer section was blown off and the rest of the ship still survives.
... Meanwhile, back on the Eurozone dreamboat, Corporal Sarkozy has a little difficulty explaining to Kaiser Merkel that nein is not the only number ...
@DrejStinger1986 not to be rude, but I asked @timelordthetrain what his thoughts was, not how Kirk felt about him giving orders to blow up the Enterprise.
If you pause it at 0:16 you can see a bare hand and forearm. Since the other actors are wearing gloves and their forearms are covered up I'm guessing it's the stunt co-ordinator.
@Clonetrooperkev I'm just wondering if someone out there knows for sure.What happened to Enterprise A?It was in 2 movies then it was gone when Generations showcased Enterprise B
@rcharding A reference to 'Back to the Future'. Christopher Lloyd played Doc Brown in that movie a year after his played the Klingon starship captain in this Star Trek movie as shown in this clip.
Destroying the Enterprise maintained consistency with Wrath of Khan's theme of sacrifice. Bringing back Spock could not have come without a cost, and it came with plenty. The death of Kirk's son, the Enterprise, and the promises of the Genesis project.
This is the one thing I never understood about Star Trek IV. Kirk was charged with willfully destroying the Enterprise. Yet for centuries it has been naval tradition that the captain of a ship must at least attempt to scuttle his vessel before allowing it to fall into enemy hands during combat. That's the very reason why Enterprise had a self-destruct mode.
@observer9670 If you remember back to the beginning of STIII, Kirk took the Enterprise after Starfleet Command told him no after Sarek, Spock's father and the Vulcan Ambassador, asked Kirk to recover Spock's body from the Genesis planet and bring him and Dr. McCoy to Vulcan. Starfleet might have thought tht Kirk intentionally destroyed Enterprise, because they were planning on decommissioning the ship anyway. That's my personal opinion anyway.
@observer9670 that's just it, Kirk wasn't the captain of the ship at that point (the enterprise was to be scraped because of age, so he was no longer it's captain, technically)
so yeah, they had every right to charge him for willingly destroying it, in addition to theft and all the other stuff
I saw the Destruction of The USS Enterprise on the opening day, June 1st 1984. Seeing the " Ponderosa" of Outer Space finally Destroyed Hurt.
But since a Legend cannot Truly Die, we all saw it come back 2 years ago in the last Movie in a New Altered Timeline way before the ship's destruction : )
@SFisher1993 Star Trek is Tops, it has lasted the test of time and evolved for new audiences. The original star wars series is great... but Lucas has done nothing since except the 3 prequels and cartoons made for kids. Star Trek like 10 movies... 5 T.V series stretched out over a decade 3 of which have lasted 7 seasons. Lucas is too afraid to expand the Star Wars universe, he is re-releasing the same shit in 3D. to milk the fans. Lucas seems like he does not give a shit. continued
@SFisher1993 I am not a huge fan of JJ Abrams version but I understand the mentality of people changed and to grab a new generation of fans Trek it has to evolve, it did that and it did quite well by reigniting the Trek universe.
@Baseshocks Those are good points. While I prefer Star Wars, I don't think people should argue which one is better so much. That's like comparing apples and oranges. The only things they have in common are the space setting, and the words "Star" in them...
@SFisher1993 True that. I love the first 3 star wars movies and KOTOR video game story... I do not understand what Lucas is thinking... he does not have to make 3 movies.. why not just release one on its own, he can do anything... shit he can even do a tv series about life on a republic warship and have the Jedi appear once and a while.
With the CGI these days he can easily release a HBO series do a 10 episode first season to see if it caches on.
Notice whatever Christopher Lloyd is in the Part 3 movies, the icon always get destroyed? Like the time machine in Back To The Future 3 was destroyed. I guess Christopher Lloyd should be famous for that.
I cried so hard when I saw this as a kid... this and the death of Optimus Prime were by far the two most tragic things I had to cope with growing up in the 80s.
Dear Mr. Lucas. I'd like to point out that nearly 30 years after this film's release this scene has lost NONE of it's impact and it has never had one frame of it "enhanced." You know why? Because it was perfect the first time. So please go fuck yourself.
They handled this WAAAAY better than they did when they blew up the Enterprise-D. This whole scene is dramatic, it's pivotal; you feel sad, even though Spock would say feeling sad for the destruction of a piece of machinery is illogical. It also helps that blowing up the 1701 wasn't a political decision, like destroying the D. They needed to strike the sets for Voyager (just another reason to hate that show).
@R8erNation636 I never gave a shit about the Enterprise-D anyway. That sucker was clunky, ugly-looking and cumbersome. I was so elated when the Enterprise-E and Voyager came about. Sleek, smaller, built strictly for tactical prowess and able to fuck over the Borg many times over.
It feels so weird seeing the Doc as a Klingon.
ironhidewatson 9 hours ago
Is this real?
madamerotten 20 hours ago
Computerized Urkel: Did i do that...lol
seanpatrickcain2 2 days ago
@seanpatrickcain2 Computerized Carl: STEEEEEEEEEEEEEVVVVVVVVVVEEEEEEEEE!!!
LegendaryGamer0 2 days ago
If you hear a countdown, don't be in the saucer section....
Koldeman 3 days ago
well this is proof that kirk is the weaker captain.
Long Live Picard!
aif004 4 days ago
@aif004 Picard has activated the Auto-Destruct on Enterprise(D and E) several times. The only thing preventing it following through was that it was no longer needed to destroy the ship.
Kirk has balls to send his ship into a fiery grave.
LegendaryGamer0 3 days ago
@LegendaryGamer0 Well Picard has a good poker face unlike kirk. plus a fiery grave is not honorable when your standing on a planet watching it go. the captain should go down with the ship and ive seen picard do that and live.
aif004 3 days ago
@aif004 It's certainly harder to watch your ship fall from the heavens than to crash with it and live.
Going down with your ship only means something if you actually go down with it.
Also, they both have good poker faces.
LegendaryGamer0 2 days ago
@LegendaryGamer0 I wouldn't know if Kirk has a good one or not for i hate the actors acting. But going down with the ship just means going down in Scifi if it crashes with the captain on board it counts weather he lived or not.
aif004 2 days ago
@aif004 Means far more to die with the ship.
LegendaryGamer0 2 days ago
Why do these videos cut off before some of my favorite lines....
TheAmazingBoogeyMan 4 days ago
You know, part of me is sad that the original Enterprise was destroyed. But then, thinking about it, it was either this or being deconstructed at a shipyard or left to rot in a museum.
Vejitatheouji 5 days ago in playlist Favorite videos
What the hell did that Klingon think the computer was counting down to?
6,5,4,3,2,1 - HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT, AND NEVER BROUGHT TO MIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNDDDDDDDDDDD?????????????
Get with it man.......
gigoer 1 week ago 2
@gigoer I think it's implied that the klingons were speaking klingon this whole time and couldn't understand english without a translator.
BFGfreak 3 hours ago
Kruge is going to find out the hard way what it means to deal with very much pissed off Kirk. He has risked just about everything to get to Planet Genesis to find Spock and get him back. Anyone who stands in Kirk's way is going to have a first-hand experience in experiencing hell.
Waterflux 1 week ago
the warp core dont give a crap :/
enkopingsbo 1 week ago
Crewmember:Captain how many Klingons does it take to blow up the Enterprise?
Kirk: Let's find out, 5 4 3 2 1
BOOM !
CarolynTainter1 2 weeks ago 3
isn't that ironic? there are 5 dislikes and 5 klingons on the bridge......
MrKarl250 2 weeks ago 4
@MrKarl250 Got those clicks in before it blew up. :)
tsntana 1 week ago
shit. keep pressing either 4 or 5. EPIC
champion8312 3 weeks ago 3
Damn it Sulu, when I said "let's blow this joint" I didn't mean it literally!
trekker8342 3 weeks ago 3
@trekker8342 Oh, trust me, if Sulu had blown the joint..
mzmadmike 2 weeks ago
That scene still makes the hair on the back of my neck stand on end. Great post. Thank you!
ncc1853 3 weeks ago
Best Explosion in star trek.
willd3rbeast 3 weeks ago 3
I nearly cried when I first saw this. There were tears in my eyes.
markisonlin3 3 weeks ago
@markisonlin3 Pretty sure I did.
all13Doctors 3 weeks ago
Damn, that looked really expensive.
CAinfowarrior 3 weeks ago
Guess they should have paid more attention to learning the Federation counting system.
SchlossRitter 3 weeks ago
Didn't that Klingon captain know how to operate the transporter. He was too busy shrieking like a Tiberian bat he forgot operational procedure. Court martial--Klingon style!
crocodylus73 3 weeks ago
For all their boasting about dying with honor, those Klingons were screaming like female humans when the bridge started to blow.
crocodylus73 3 weeks ago
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You maniacs! You blew it up! Damn you; damn you all to hell!!!
trekker8342 3 weeks ago
You maniacs! You blew it up! Damn you; damn you all to hell!!!
trekker8342 3 weeks ago 2
You... cut it right before the best part.
xthetombraiderx 3 weeks ago
Get out!!! Get out of there!!!!
Keither754 4 weeks ago
@Keither754
Get out!!! Geit out of there!!! Run for it Marty!!!! lol
pluto4847 3 weeks ago 2
5 people where on that ship :/
rooiefelix 1 month ago 11
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@rooiefelix there were a LOT more then 5.
FBobby 6 hours ago
The Klingons blow up go...BOOM!!!
josymon 1 month ago
Love/hate relationship with this scene. On one hand, only Kirk should be able to blow up the Enterprise, but the destruction of the Enterprise is just...wrong to start with.
ariestiger 1 month ago
Well he could've BEAMED them out! Come on DOC.
Zebonka 1 month ago 2
@Zebonka in the novelization, he did try that... but he was literally a split-second too late before boom
Omegafire17 1 month ago
1.21 gigawatts!!!!!!!!!!!
Pugslee3 1 month ago
Still fucken awesome.
MrDdeokbokki 1 month ago
Even if those Klingons figured out the ship was going to self-destruct, they were good as dead. What the hell they could've done in 5 seconds to escape????
josymon 1 month ago
@josymon Especially since they were stupid enough to send nearly their whole crew aboard. But there was Maltz ant the transporter... oh well.
Idazmi7 1 month ago
@josymon It seemed pointless for Krudge to yell get out of there, thats what makes it seem funny!
Pugslee3 1 month ago
You would think that they'd come up with a more efficient way of blowing up a starship... An entire 20 seconds of little explosions that still left half the ship drifting through space. If it wasn't for that planet being there it would still be partially intact !
kkburnout 1 month ago
@kkburnout
I think I remember hearing once that explosives are used to detonate the saucer, and the warp core is suppose to detonate the main hull. Perhaps a malfunction? That or damage to the systems from the bird of prey.
Infinity238 1 month ago
@Infinity238 There are two diffferent destruct codes used. If in a system or in orbit, the ship ejects the core sunwards and blows the hull and sends it to burn in. In deap space, the Antimatter is let go all at once and BOOM!
Tamalain 1 month ago
CRAP!!!!...I was hoping that scene would be longer....I forget what Kirk said as the Enterprise fell into the atmosphere
thunderstrike66 1 month ago
@thunderstrike66
Kirk: My God, Bones... what have I done?
McCoy: What you had to do. What you always do: turn death into a fighting chance to live.
drknight48 1 month ago 27
@drknight48 Thanks
thunderstrike66 1 month ago
@drknight48 Spock: The ship, out of danger?
willmandude 1 month ago
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@drknight48 Spock: The ship, out of danger?
willmandude 1 month ago
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pluto4847 3 weeks ago
It took awhile just to log in i had a few beers but i dont like this part its sad but what is sad in real life is when the debris from the Challenger and the Columbiaburned and rotated around Earth the resemblance is striking
whiteyone0401 1 month ago
i could just really imagine christopher loydd going MARTY!!! in this film instead of GET OUTTA THERE!!!!!, id fall down the stairs in the empire state building if that happened LOLOLOLOL XD
kylephantom4 1 month ago
have you seen the engines
MrPlane21 1 month ago
It still bother's me a little that a large chunk of the Enterprise did survive that explosion. (So much for a self destruct) but really, what about the tons a tons of antimatter in the core? You telling me that'll be fine and dandy when it hits the planet? You can pretty much nuke a continent with a few photon torpedoes (which it may still have aboard.) So yeah...there may be an earth shattering ka-boom when that thing hits Genesis.
bazookoidben 1 month ago
@bazookoidben It burned up in the atmosphere, genius. Do you know how many peices of space debris enter Earth's atmosphere on a daily basis? Most of it never reaches the ground. The Enterprise was open to atmosphere, had no shields, was flailing through space already burning.......It incinerated. Also, the self-destruct program uses shaped antimatter charges placed along the ships hull, NOT the warp core. The reason is, you don't want a breach that close to lifepods escaping
creamyapanties 1 month ago
@creamyapanties I'm aware of the amount of debris that do fall from space. However, given it's bulk and the fact that it's designed to withstand the stress of high powered weapons fire I suppose a fragment or two could survive and hit the planet. But my main question really was what ever happened to the anti-matter in the core? Is it normal for it to be dumped since the drive section wasn't destroyed I'm assuming it burnt up, but couldn't that cause a core breach?
bazookoidben 1 month ago
@bazookoidben It gets shunted through to the empty hull charges prior to detonation. So instead of a big antimatter explosion, you have a series of micro-explosions along the hull. by the time the chain reaction reaches the main engineerin section, there isn't enough antimatter left in the containment pod left. All this was covered in "Mr Scott's Guide To The Enterprise", back in '91.
creamyapanties 1 month ago
i wonder where the enterprise landed
Luckyduneracer14 1 month ago
Im not a fan of Star Trek, I came here for the Explosion
TheR0flman 1 month ago
@SpeedyEric1 Nostalgia Critic right?
SulliMike241 1 month ago
@SulliMike241 YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP. =)
SpeedyEric1 3 weeks ago
@SpeedyEric1 Let me guess where you got that referance
SulliMike241 1 month ago
Maybe its a good thing that she was destroyed here. I dont believe she had enough fight left in her to withstand the Stress of Time Travel she would have been put through in the next film, and even if - against all odds - she made it back into the 23rd Century, the Crash following being Neutralized by the Probe woul've been her End.
kuribayashi84 1 month ago
Still the most heartbreaking death in cinema. Sure, they made other Enterprises, but she was the original...
ShingoEX 1 month ago
She was a good ship.
Floovf 1 month ago
In 0:05, Kruge was thinking "Enterprise + countdown = BOOM!"
SpeedyEric1 1 month ago
Kirk: My God Bones, what have I done?
McCoy: What you had to do, what you always do. Turn death into a fighting chance to live.
mikeyjay73 2 months ago 3
Whats great about that scene, it was done with a model that will always look impressive, as where CGI scenes will only look good untill better CGI comes along. It goes the same way for the miniature model work in Star Wars. When the CGI scenes were added they looked increadably fake.
SpiffyMcWiffleB 2 months ago
It's too bad the whole Enterprise didn't explode. It would've been more interesting that way.
Seattlecarnut 2 months ago
@Seattlecarnut Then it wouldn't have burned up in the atmosphere and that would have lessened the emotional impact of the scene.
lonstar70 2 months ago
@lonstar70 That's true. It would've. I was kind of thinking on the line of it burning up in the atmosphere until there's nothing left of Enterprise. You see the forward section of the saucer section burning up, and then exploding and then falling towards Genesis.
Seattlecarnut 2 months ago
@Seattlecarnut It was probably hard to film the whole model blowing up convincingly. Or, maybe they let a big part of the ship plunge into the atmosphere and burn up just because of artistic reasons...
ZemplinTemplar 2 months ago
@ZemplinTemplar That makes more sense. Of all the Star Trek movies featuring the cast of the Original Series, This, the Wrath of Khan, and the Voyage Home are my favourites.
Seattlecarnut 2 months ago
@Seattlecarnut It didn't need to. The self-destruct first cripples the deck, disabling all controls, then destroys the reactor core.
ShingoEX 1 month ago
Arguing over which one is better, Star Trek or Star Wars, is just comparing apples and oranges.
But all I can say really is that BOTH fandoms are nerds, no matter what the Star Wars fans try to tell themselves.
Takeshi357 2 months ago
This really makes no sense. If the Enterprise was set for self destruct, wouldn't it be set up so the whole thing exploded all at once? Just the disk burns out and blows up? Hell, if Genesis hadn't caught it in its gravity, the rest of the ship would have survived. However, I totally understand that they did this for artistic, dramatic effect.
lonstar70 2 months ago
@lonstar70 they way they designed the self destruct may be the objective is to destroy the computer core and its memory chips and the section that was destroyed is where the computer core was at and all the important memory chips where destroyed along with the core
dawn1berlitz 2 months ago
@lonstar70 There's 2 different Destruct Sequences. Destruct 0 (Seen here) destroys the saucer with built in explosives and destroys the computer and things like that with it. Destruct 1 causes the matter and antimatter to combine in the engine destroying the entire ship and possibly taking out a planet or two with it. They went with Destruct 0 because they intended to land on the planet and take the Klingon ship.
SegaFanatic5188 2 months ago
@SegaFanatic5188 Interesting. Where did you get that information from?
lonstar70 2 months ago
@lonstar70 I believe it's in one of the tech manuals they released years ago for fans.
SegaFanatic5188 2 months ago
I have no idea what Star Wars has to do with the discussion on this video.
All I have to say is that this was a great scene. The special effects looked realistic rather than CG, and the acting from the cast was pretty much spot on afterwards too.
viperhalberd 2 months ago
If you look carefully at 0:18 - 0:21 you can just about see a burning klingon heading up to the top of screen and looks like he's in a pedestrian is crossing pose!
Bazrrrr 2 months ago
Kirk next time leave Spock and let the Enterprise be decomisstioned.
LukeTheDuke1100 2 months ago
The bad news, it's probably totaled. The good news is you don't have to pay your deductible!
F14ace 2 months ago
The Poo SS Enterprise
shutdafup 2 months ago
For a good laugh try " The Star Trek Bible " parody thesis, read by scholar Robert M. Price on ' The Bible Geek ', 18th September. Are some Bible verses actually reporting sightings of UFO ? Did humans travel here from another galaxy ? Was Jesus a spaceman ? Was the sighting of Jesus going up in the sky [Acts 1v9] actually him being teleported ? Or just dreamed up ? Were the living dead people seen in Jerusalem [Matt 27v53] actually imperial guards beamed down to save Jesus? Or just fiction ?
zytigon 2 months ago
the DeLorean was way safer
re7urd 2 months ago
looks 1000x times better than the stupid cgi effects today
PhonierDeluxe 2 months ago 9
@PhonierDeluxe What you said, times another 1000.
dukeallen2001 1 month ago
@SR71ABCD, there were two types of self-destruct in the Star Trek Technical Manual. The first one (presumably the option Kirk chose when dealing with Bele and Lokai in "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield") would have shut down the magnetic bottles around the antimatter, causing instant and total destruction. More effective in deep space. The second type simply blasts the ship out of orbit to burn in an atmosphere, as seen in ST:III. Type two would not be as effective in deep space.
dan1701a 3 months ago
And remember - this was not the "bloody A, B, C or D" - this was the original NCC-1701 (refitted for Star Trek: The Motion Picture). That's what made this especially poignant.
dan1701a 3 months ago
@dan1701a
I think it would've been more moving if it had been a pre-refit Enterprise being destroyed. I've seen some home made videos on youtube of the Enterprise being refitted that I thought were more poignant than this scene. It does feel like the end of an era, but I always felt that NCC 1701 (refit) and NCC 1701-A were too similar to distinguish between, therefore I believe a pre-refit Enterprise to be closer to the legend than a post-refit version.
ZoahLord 2 months ago
That's odd when Starships activated Self Destruction the frist part of the ship is the bridge then the rest of he ship blows up leaving nothing behind. But for the Constitution Class Starship USS Enterprise only half of the saucer section was blown off and the rest of the ship still survives.
SR71ABCD 3 months ago
Screw the NX-01. This will always be the FIRST USS Enterprise!
SFisher1993 3 months ago
... Meanwhile, back on the Eurozone dreamboat, Corporal Sarkozy has a little difficulty explaining to Kaiser Merkel that nein is not the only number ...
WallaseyanTube 3 months ago
Poor Doc...He never saw it coming until the last second.
JWA8402 3 months ago
Bambi's mom died: Meh.
End of "Old Yeller": Kinda sad
Spock dies:Okay . . . I cried a little!
Enterprise blows up: *cries like little baby*
timelordthetrain 3 months ago 37
@timelordthetrain Kirk's death?
NewPhoenixFilms 1 month ago
@NewPhoenixFilms Sad, but kinda silly. It was just a way for them to make the joke "Bridge on the captain!"
timelordthetrain 1 month ago
@timelordthetrain Actually, that was just Shatner's joke. The death of Kirk was intended to be serious.
Jallorn 1 month ago
@NewPhoenixFilms Kirk was on the planet, watching his girl (the ship, that is) go down in flames.
DrejStinger1986 1 month ago
@DrejStinger1986 not to be rude, but I asked @timelordthetrain what his thoughts was, not how Kirk felt about him giving orders to blow up the Enterprise.
NewPhoenixFilms 1 month ago
This was cinematicaly one of the worst days of my life. I cried like a baby in the theatre when she died.
mlee2001 3 months ago 3
If you pause it at 0:16 you can see a bare hand and forearm. Since the other actors are wearing gloves and their forearms are covered up I'm guessing it's the stunt co-ordinator.
GESSO217 3 months ago
Seeing this always hurts. Watching the death of one of the finest starships ever.
Excelsior2007 3 months ago 2
"My God, Bones...what have I done?"
"What you had to do...what you always do--turn death into a fighting chance to live."
RIP to the original NCC-1701 USS Enterprise...STILL the finest ship to ever exist in the final frontiers of Space and Imagination!
obiwanobiwan13 3 months ago 4
What happened to the Enterprise- A which replaced this Enterprise?
After "Undiscovered Country" it somehow disappeared then the next movie had Enterprise B.Enterprise A was only around for a short time
jmc32007 3 months ago
@jmc32007 Put into the Mothballs I assume, or used for training missions.
Clonetrooperkev 3 months ago
@Clonetrooperkev I'm just wondering if someone out there knows for sure.What happened to Enterprise A?It was in 2 movies then it was gone when Generations showcased Enterprise B
jmc32007 3 months ago
@jmc32007 She was decommissioned, and I believe she was made into a museum ship.
2771 3 months ago
@jmc32007 Have you read the Star Trek novel "The Ashes of Eden?"
She makes an final appearance in that and (without ruining too much) she doesn't get a decommisioning, if you know what I mean.
SFisher1993 3 months ago
Great video.
Cococrash11 3 months ago
Run for it!! It's the lybians
tobynilsen 3 months ago 37
@tobynilsen i dont get it.
Syed1792000 3 months ago
@tobynilsen Libyans?
rcharding 1 month ago
@rcharding A reference to 'Back to the Future'. Christopher Lloyd played Doc Brown in that movie a year after his played the Klingon starship captain in this Star Trek movie as shown in this clip.
Barnstormer1969 1 month ago
Destroying the Enterprise maintained consistency with Wrath of Khan's theme of sacrifice. Bringing back Spock could not have come without a cost, and it came with plenty. The death of Kirk's son, the Enterprise, and the promises of the Genesis project.
CaptHawkeye 3 months ago
Damn, people - they get another one. Jeez!
luis6079 4 months ago
I MASTURBATED DURING THIS SCENE
tninbredretard 4 months ago
lol, they get another one. sheeesh
082076 4 months ago
@082076
You don't get it. To them, the Enterprise was home. It was a part of their lives. To see it go down was painful.
TheRobin53 3 months ago
Noooo!!!!!!! The enterprise! RIP
Cpnowys1awsome 4 months ago
@Cpnowys1awsome The Sadesst Moment in Star Trek Hostory!
Lee78072 4 months ago
TRULY the end of an era. :'-(
Steven5812 4 months ago
This is the one thing I never understood about Star Trek IV. Kirk was charged with willfully destroying the Enterprise. Yet for centuries it has been naval tradition that the captain of a ship must at least attempt to scuttle his vessel before allowing it to fall into enemy hands during combat. That's the very reason why Enterprise had a self-destruct mode.
observer9670 4 months ago 3
@observer9670 If you remember back to the beginning of STIII, Kirk took the Enterprise after Starfleet Command told him no after Sarek, Spock's father and the Vulcan Ambassador, asked Kirk to recover Spock's body from the Genesis planet and bring him and Dr. McCoy to Vulcan. Starfleet might have thought tht Kirk intentionally destroyed Enterprise, because they were planning on decommissioning the ship anyway. That's my personal opinion anyway.
yamomwa3 4 months ago
@observer9670 that's just it, Kirk wasn't the captain of the ship at that point (the enterprise was to be scraped because of age, so he was no longer it's captain, technically)
so yeah, they had every right to charge him for willingly destroying it, in addition to theft and all the other stuff
Omegafire17 3 months ago
0:31 Seeing that saucer section explode is still one of a few cinematic epic explosions I still cringe til this day.
IMDRanged 4 months ago 3
I saw this in the theater with my dad in 1984. My dad cried when the Enterprise burned.
12 years later I was in the theater with my dad when Picard said "There's plenty of letters in the alphabet"
cbalsz 4 months ago 4
Didn't happen. Bad dream
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all13Doctors 4 months ago
Klingons version of back to the future
jmm1233 4 months ago
i liked the vid where rick ashley came onto the screen and the guy started screaming get out of there, only gold star rick joke ive laughed at
Gantzer1 4 months ago 2
I saw the Destruction of The USS Enterprise on the opening day, June 1st 1984. Seeing the " Ponderosa" of Outer Space finally Destroyed Hurt.
But since a Legend cannot Truly Die, we all saw it come back 2 years ago in the last Movie in a New Altered Timeline way before the ship's destruction : )
Roadracer987654321 4 months ago
sure do miss the TOS crew.
uzimodem 4 months ago 3
When this baby hits 88 miles per hour you'll see some serious shit!
Pugslee3 4 months ago
Keep Pressing 5, it's epic!
dauntless111 4 months ago
Star wars Rules the galaxy,the supreme galaxy,Star trek ,just rule nerds minds ==b
apachevenancio 4 months ago
@apachevenancio
As a fan of both Star Wars and Star Trek, I would like to remind you Star Wars takes place in the past, while Star Trek takes places in the future.
Draknfyre 4 months ago
@apachevenancio Actually, your a nerd for coming here and trying blathering about 'Star Wars vs Star Trek'
Who gives a flying fuck? Really? They are both good T.V shows you pathetic geek.
ErikaCn100 4 months ago
Star wars RULES!
apachevenancio 4 months ago
@apachevenancio Star Wars rules the sewers, Star TREK RULES the Universe!!!!!!
kdc43 4 months ago
@kdc43 Star Wars and Star Trek are both EQUALLY awesome! THERE! :)
SFisher1993 4 months ago 29
@SFisher1993
Yes, I agree wholeheartly with you. (I know, a simple "yes" would have sufficed. ;) )
FekLeyrTarg 4 months ago 2
@SFisher1993 Star Trek is Tops, it has lasted the test of time and evolved for new audiences. The original star wars series is great... but Lucas has done nothing since except the 3 prequels and cartoons made for kids. Star Trek like 10 movies... 5 T.V series stretched out over a decade 3 of which have lasted 7 seasons. Lucas is too afraid to expand the Star Wars universe, he is re-releasing the same shit in 3D. to milk the fans. Lucas seems like he does not give a shit. continued
Baseshocks 2 months ago
@SFisher1993 I am not a huge fan of JJ Abrams version but I understand the mentality of people changed and to grab a new generation of fans Trek it has to evolve, it did that and it did quite well by reigniting the Trek universe.
Baseshocks 2 months ago
@Baseshocks Those are good points. While I prefer Star Wars, I don't think people should argue which one is better so much. That's like comparing apples and oranges. The only things they have in common are the space setting, and the words "Star" in them...
SFisher1993 2 months ago
@SFisher1993 True that. I love the first 3 star wars movies and KOTOR video game story... I do not understand what Lucas is thinking... he does not have to make 3 movies.. why not just release one on its own, he can do anything... shit he can even do a tv series about life on a republic warship and have the Jedi appear once and a while.
With the CGI these days he can easily release a HBO series do a 10 episode first season to see if it caches on.
Baseshocks 2 months ago
Hey look guys! It's a skeleton crew! Hehe
35475100 4 months ago
Notice whatever Christopher Lloyd is in the Part 3 movies, the icon always get destroyed? Like the time machine in Back To The Future 3 was destroyed. I guess Christopher Lloyd should be famous for that.
TonyShow82 5 months ago
I cried so hard when I saw this as a kid... this and the death of Optimus Prime were by far the two most tragic things I had to cope with growing up in the 80s.
EdwardNorth 5 months ago
@alphaomega0101 It is Christopher Lloyd yes.
Battle5tarRJC 5 months ago
Dear Mr. Lucas. I'd like to point out that nearly 30 years after this film's release this scene has lost NONE of it's impact and it has never had one frame of it "enhanced." You know why? Because it was perfect the first time. So please go fuck yourself.
Britmusicfan1 5 months ago 3
Saddest scene of all time.
This was the death of NCC-1701.
wcmi92 5 months ago
@wcmi92
It wasn't the death of the 1701
It was the death of a legacy
anakinfan8 5 months ago
There goes the greatest ship I have ever seen... Not to mention Enterprise NX-01 and D.
DarthRushy 5 months ago
They handled this WAAAAY better than they did when they blew up the Enterprise-D. This whole scene is dramatic, it's pivotal; you feel sad, even though Spock would say feeling sad for the destruction of a piece of machinery is illogical. It also helps that blowing up the 1701 wasn't a political decision, like destroying the D. They needed to strike the sets for Voyager (just another reason to hate that show).
R8erNation636 5 months ago
@R8erNation636 I never gave a shit about the Enterprise-D anyway. That sucker was clunky, ugly-looking and cumbersome. I was so elated when the Enterprise-E and Voyager came about. Sleek, smaller, built strictly for tactical prowess and able to fuck over the Borg many times over.
megagrey 5 months ago
@R8erNation636 Spock was too human to say that by the time of that movie.
DarthRushy 5 months ago
Nostalgia Critic said death of Spock is his #2 Saddest Moment. I agree with him but I think Death of the Enterprise tops Death of Spock.
valjoedg 5 months ago
Kirk : "Damage report Scotty"
Scotty : "..."
SpinDizzyMR 5 months ago
@SpinDizzyMR "...Damage? Total, sir"
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the original enterprize destruction was a terrible thing to witness. still is. nothing will ever replace it. it was the phenom of it's time.
TheUnforgiven49 5 months ago
the original enterprize was a terrible thing to witness. still is. nothing will ever replace it. it was the phenom of it's time.
TheUnforgiven49 5 months ago