@Tabby266 Plot point. If they had destroyed the warp core,that would have in turn destroyed the Klingon ship as well and marooned them on a dying planet to perish. They needed the Klingon ship intact as an escape vessel for the crew.
@luis6079 well what were you hoping for? 10850p or whatever, 240p is better than nothing and i personally don't like HQ much, the picture looks too sharp and clean and it feels as if it lacks humanity, detail, atmosphere and character- darker and less clean quality sometimes feels more engaging to watch imo
@luis6079 actually what i was trying to say is that if you make the picture quality of an older movie.... let's say an 80s movie, look so sharp and clean that it looks like it was made today, then it looses something,it feels like that 80s feeling to it is gone, it doesn't feel the same when watching it, i prefer the lower quality cause it brings back the memories of seeing it and feels feels more visually complete, never mind lol
@Tabby266 The ships have 2 destruct modes, one simply blows up the warp core and anything nearby, such as a certain planet you want to beam down to. As such, it is often used in deep space where the only way out is tiny fragile escape pods. The other one used det charges spread throughout the ship at critical points, while producing a smaller bang, it does give the crew a greater chance at survival, besides, we can see that it did get hot enough to melt the hull before the main charges went off.
Will I be burned in effigy if I say the Enterprise-E is my favorite Trek ship? When the auto-destruct was started in First Contact, THAT'S when I almost shouted NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! in the theatre.
Attention on deck! Hand, Salute! *bows head after respectfully saluting the end of Starfleet's most mighty, faithful and beautiful ship that saved countless lives.
Brasil 2011 I lilike enterprise! i dont speak english,... i love enterprise ncc 1701 , i cry lockyng to movie, destruction off enterprise is feling... no good! é muito triste ver essa cena! foi nesseçario mas é triste! amo (love) star trek! congratulations for remember off my infant VIDA LONGA E PROSPERA!(LONG LIFE AND PROSPER) ADMIRAL!
@UncleBernie2 Only problem with that is though the ships would be replicated instantly, the experieced crew members would not be. The ship is only as good as her crew,and the battle trained crew would have persihed with their ships in battle. You can have 20 ships ready instantly, but could you have 8600 trained crew members that were not all ensigns or cadets to man them?
@UncleBernie2 There actually are (in universe) industrial-sized replicators to fabricate plating etc. The other Enterprise wasn't a built-from-scratch ship. It was a Constitution-class that was re-christened USS Enterprise.
@UncleBernie2 That is why Starfleet has regulations based on morality and sound logical ethics. The interesting thing is, Mirror Mirror episodes never bring your point up. In that universe they would be UNSTOPPABLE!!! I bet you are dangerous in a open ended game world with thoughts like these!!!
@UncleBernie2 Actually, like in World War 2, Starfleet in the Dominion War found that they had too many ships and not enough people to pilot them. They could build a new ship way faster then they could train new officers.
If it was such a great emotional deal, I'd come up with an idea for a Star Trek movie where it is said that a ghost starship enterprise haunts the Mutara sector. Something like where people sees a ghost of the Enterprise patroling a planet then disappears I might wright a short story and call it Star Trek 3 1/2:Final Flight of the Enterprise.
The carrier from WWII took 14 hours to sink with 30 feet of her stern blown off by a nuclear bomb during testing. She sank with her deck level and awash. If she had a crew, any that survived the blast would have been saved easily with no trouble from their ship.
The current USS Enterprise crew feels extremely strongly about their aging ship.
To a sailor, male and female, they will tell you with great pride.
THE USS ENTERPRISE IS THE FINEST SHIP IN THE FLEET!
It should also be noted that each USS Enterprise, in Star Trek or in real life, has lived well, died well, and served her crews faithfully.
In real life, the USS Enterprise was a sailing ship that would outlive many battles as a sailing ship, the only carrier in the US Navy that was at the start of WWII and still afloat at the end of the war and the first space shuttle. She is the first nuclear powered aircraft carrier in the US Navy and flies the flag from the World Trade Center.
@g4lt Its true that people forgot her and let her be scrapped but, she did live very well and as the ships bell and other things (like her some of her is on the CV-64 her namesake) and as for people letting her be scrapped...she had no control over that. She did "die with her boots on".
She didn't die like the Japanese said three times during WWII and she fought in 22 out of 24 major battles, lasting from before the war until after it and is still the most decorated ship in US Navy history.
@SimeronSteelhammer Umm...actually the USS Saratoga and USS Ranger were built before WWII and survived the war. But yeah, I see what you're saying and agree.
@SimeronSteelhammer The USS Enterprise is a proud ship and each incarnation of her has gone above and beyond the call of duty. Lets not forget that CV-6 was our only surviving carrier in the pacific. I plan to vist the USS Enterprise, CVN-65 as soon as I can before she gets decommissioned. The NCC-1701 was a good ship. This scene definatly is one, if not the sadest scenes in all of Star Trek History. May you forever swim through teh stars, protecting those who need it. Simper Fi, Big E.
The only proper way for a noble ship, built true, that served it's crew in fiction or real life should die...is saving her crew and killing her enemies.
Ships in a harbor are safe but, ships aren't built nor meant to remain in a harbor.
Everything dies. What lies beyond the veil is uncertain. The only thing we can hope to control when death comes is that we die with our honor and dignity in tact.
@F14ace Yes! It's, like, IMPOSSIBLE these days it seems for anybody to upload a clip without screwing it up by turning it into some damn music video or some crap.
But of course it really wasn't (the original Enterprise). The size was much larger in every dimension. They never would've wasted the money retrofitting a 20 year old design when they could just have built from scratch. It should've been explained as such in the first film, as opposed to a "refitting". There was absolutely nothing from the old ship anywhere on the new one.
@TheInspector3000 The new Enterprise should be sucked into a black hole, seriously who designed that engine room it's more like an aircraft carrier engine room than a federation ship engine room, and they shouldn't have gotten rid of the classic ware core, the new warp core looks like energiser batteries.
@starkweather04 too be fair they had designs for a standard engine, but they swiched to a frementation plant because of buget reason, but because the movie made alot of money, maybe they will fix it up a bit, they could say that scotty had some new ideas for the engine room. I don't understand why so many people hate the ship with a passion, it's just a movie, and the old enterprise look would look werid with the new crew and fluid camera angles
@TheInspector3000 The ship is probably hated because it doesn't resemble any of the other ships in star trek, there was too much white on the bridge, the bridge should have been a bit like the bridges on other ships with similar colours but still with it's own unique design as for the engine room the warp core is the centerpiece from TNG to enterprise the warp core was always something we could see unlike the battery type in ST11
ST11 changed too much too soon the destruction of vulcan are we to believe that vulcans from other ST TV series now will not exist unless one of the survivors was one of tuvok's family from that era and what of T'Pol, T'Pau and Soval from Enterprise are they DOA in this alternate reality.
For the next movie they should undo the alternate reality created by nero and restore 40 years of ST history that's been disregarded by ST11.
@starkweather04 i don't think that will happen, but a viset from the vulcan crewmenbers from "enterprise" would be nice to see. you see the alternate timeline was to redo the original series while not tramping on it's timeline, if they had same TOS ship, same TOS timeline, but different crew and have it a action movie, then it would have been wayyy worse
@TheInspector3000 i know man. i grew up watching the kirk era tos and movies. And i loved the constitution refit enterprise but i also like the new fresh take of the new movie. i loved the scene where the enterprise drops out of warp and goes guns'a'blazing at the narada's torpedoes
@ThomasBoyThomasTrain Actually you are the idiot. THIS IS NCC-1701! This scene is from Star Trek 3 the search for Spock. NCC-1701-A didn't make an appearance untill the end of ST4 and was still around at the end of ST6. Guess you feel really stupid now.
I don't get it. Why does the saucer section explode? The warp core is not located there. The drive section should have exploded first. But hell, it had to be more dramatic this way.
@Snowwie88 Most likely there was a failsafe built into the auto destruct sequence where all critical systems would be destroyed to prevent them from falling into the wrong hands, tactical control was on the bridge which is most likely why the saucer was destroyed, to stop the Enterprise's weapons being used against innocent people by the klingons
This scene would've meant much more to me it it had been the true Enterprise, not the '80s retrofit. It never really seemed like the one that was in all those great adventures from the past.
This scene would be 100% perfect if only Kirk had paused a few seconds and looked lovingly at his bridge before leaving. In "The Naked Time", Kirk has lost his inhibitions and when alone in a room, looks around at the walls and says, "Never lose you!"
As painful as this scene was it was necessary to lay the ground work for the future of Star Trek (namely ST:TNG) at least that's what Gene Roddenberry said at the time.
It's not just the ship itself that matters....it's the name that must be carried on that is so important. Yes, Kirk had to destroy the Enterprise to keep it out of the hands of the enemy, but from the time of the British empire to the 20th and 21st centuries, to Kirk's ship, and to Picard's Enterprise D & E, there've been many Enterprises. What mattered was their people and the missions that the ship undertook. So long as we don' forget who they were, the name Enterprise will never be forgotten.
Its a sad moment, when the crew bravely take their ship and have to blow her up to save themeselves and a friend, original startrek is always the best
What was with your stupid music? You dishonor the Enterprise's valiant destruction by playing this? You are obviously not a true Trekkie. Go back to star wars you traitor!
WTF! Wrong music for the film! James Horner sores fits the emotional impact of the film! That's like swapping the music around from STAR TREK III and replacing GLADIATOR with James Horner it just want work.
This one of the most sadest moments in sci fi movies of all time....You can feel the face of KIRK when he sees his ship coming down to the planet completely destroyed.....
Why can't somebody post this video without god damned music. Let the scene play out properly. Whatever music there needs to be, James Horner was kind enough to write and conduct it.
As soon as they went to the science station to address the computer I KNEW what they were going to do. This brought tears to my eyes on the spot. For many many years I loved that ship... To see her destroyed was unimaginable.
The fate is like if the naval cruiser Enterprise, near the end of World War II, and after all her accomplishments, was disabled in battle against a Japanese cruiser, and Japanese boarded it to ceize possession, after securing (or thinking they secured) the surrender of the crew. Then, boom! The ship is destroyed, through a series of "self-destruct" bombs planted throughout.
Thank you for not using "Requiem of a Dream" as the music. I swear that song is in every fan made video of Star Trek. She reminds me of the "Grey Ghost", USS Enterprise of WWII, took a severe beating and asked for seconds. Although it was Kirk's ship, it was Scotty's baby. Never seen a man more proud of a ship than ole' Scotty!
@eviljim108 Yes, you are correct, RMS Queen Mary was referred to as the "Grey Ghost". However, veterans from Enterprise also referred to her as the "Grey Ghost" after nearly being sunk, but returned to duty several times. Also called the "Big E".
@Tarn1968 Archer's Enterprise wasn't the original... There have been many ships named Enterprise. L'Enterprise was the first and original. A Sixth rate ship of 28 guns, she was originally a French Frigate and captured by the Brits and renamed H.M.S Enterprize. There have been 15 ships to bear that name in RN service, and 6 in the USN. My favorite has been U.S.S. Enterprise CV-06, the 'Big E.' Of course, that's if you want to talk about originals....
Just incredible video! Very emotional. Even though I haven't seen the newest Star Trek movies (from V and after) I believe that the oldest movies are the most well-directed, original, with suitable and talented cast and personally I don't really care about the downside of the low quality visual effects(it's understandable for the years the movies where released).I'm a big fan and I miss those movies very much and it's sad most of the cast has died.... :(
Casual fans seemed not to notice when NCC-1701 got replaced by -A. At that point in ST:3 I ran out of the theater into the concessions area and the concessions folks looked at me funny. They'd likely look at me even funnier if they knew that all these years later this scene is still one I simply cannot watch. Nothing, and no one lasts forever. But still, as a flawed human being, I've never quite forgiven whoever it was who decided to destroy the real Enterprise.
@Twiggrav The 1979 Enterprise has always been my favorite. It's only been recently that the original Constitution class ships have been done justice. Properly rendered, they're pretty slick ships. But 1979 was the first time the ship seemed real from the outside. You've got to admit, the detail was stunning, even compared to later. The original TV ship was great on the inside, but not so satisfying on the outside. The 2009 Enterprise looks like a '59 Chrysler Imperial.
@sbergman27 I have to admit, the TV ship looked pretty bad, but by the third season, they had a better model to shoot. I always thought the lack of detail made it seem more otherworldly, like some UFOs. To me the '79 looked like the last year of a car model's run. Like a lot of things were stuck onto it, just to make it look newer. I never liked the fatter lower section, and absolutely hated those squared off nacelles with the crosses on the front of them. Didn't like the photon torpedo port.
@Twiggrav Actually, I liked the rakish new 1979 look. But the most important thing, to me, was that I really *was* the Enterprise. Just refit with modern technology. Remember, the TV NCC-1701 was an old, or very old, ship depending upon the chronology you choose. (Captain April, etc.) I was delighted to see it reborn. Loved the detail of the hull plating. Of course, we only ever got to see it when it was one of: Not quite ready, mortally wounded, headed for scrap, or disintegrating. Oh, well.
@SeaFox10 Apparently, a different destruct sequence for that. Blowing up the saucer section would destroy the computer core and thus all info/records stored in her... while a warp core explosion, though also doing that, would probably run the risk of killing the crew while/and causing severe damage to the planet. Thus, I'd surmise the selected destruct sequence would neutralize the anti-matter in the containment pods (as has happened in a TOS episode), & then blow up the ship w/ charges.
The USS Enterprise shouldnt have died, i always cry when i see her explode, its the waste and the love of such a vessel that we knew and grew up with, but some say shes still floating in the Mutara Sector....i only hope this is true
@Ezza190 Well, at least she died as she lived... protecting her crew. Of all the sci-fi characters I have been exposed to in books, movie and TV, her death was the worst for me to watch, since she symbolized everything that was good about the human race, and everything that could be for humanity. And, like her crew, she always fought on with a very human tenacity, always overcoming her limits to protect them... "Warp 8 is my max speed? Hell, I'll do Warp 14 for my fellow crew!"
2:22 one of the most iconic views of this ship IMO...but gone so horribly wrong. The music really adds to this. I saw this movie a long time ago and it never really hit until now. All those adventures, all the trials and tribulations... and now, it's gone. It's like losing a good friend....
I get teary eyed myself when I see the Enterprise die. Of course, it will always be MY Enterprise. What was it Scotty said in TNG to the holodeck when he wanted to see the bridge of the Enterprise? "NCC 1701, no bloody A, B, C or D." And of course now E.
I saw this Movie opening day My hands were gripping the arms of the movie seat. I was in shock and denial that the home base of our heroes was finally being Destroyed.
you miserable little son of a bitch quit bitching about it and go post somewere else that's not of your taste and get your ass out of here you little fuck
No it was not, you bitch! The original and BEST Enterprise was the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)! Archer's Enterprise was crap. All he did was act like a wuss, with his smiling face and what not.
both those points are totally superficial, and special effects are irrelivant when you are comparing sixties tv where for obvious reasons the effects wont be great, and charachter development pah look at hoshi travis tucker and tpol all of them end , in effect as they started and story line dear doctor , the unexpected , regeneration, time traveling space nazis, civilisation, silent enemy in perticular were all awful
The Enterprise was 40 years old when it was destoryed. It had faced that probe Nomad, Khan, Klignons, Romulans, the First Federation, the Horta, "Apollo", the Guardian of Forever, the Talosians, the doomsday machine, the space barrier, the space ameoba, and god knows what elese.
The only reason they destoryed the Enterprise was to stop maybe six Klignons from taking the ship home to the Klignon homeworld as a token of war. They could have just told the computer to fire phasers. But oh now, all the phaser, proton torpedo banks, and engine systems are disabled.
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Fool. Starfleet would have turned her into a museum or training ship, not scrapping the old gal. Being destoryed is still a sad fate, even if she gains everlasting glory. The ship was already famous. 40 years service is rewarded by destruction.
@YoungandRestlessboy I suspect that she would have been scrapped, her name added to a list of ships who'll always be in service. If she'd been kept as a museum... Well, her name would have been out of circulation. Either as a training ship (Which she was before she was destroyed btw) those roles don't fit the flagship of the fleet. Much better for it to be an active vessel, continuing to be at the forefront.
they should have retired it but repaired it and made it the personal flagship of admiral kirk you dont kill off something thats been alive for like ever
I agree. But that bastard Harve Bennett, who produced and wrote Search for Spock, decided to destory the Enterprise. It could become Kirk's flagship, Spock would be ressurected, and Kirk would still be a Admiral.
he still would have been demoted back to captain for stealing the enterprise and defying orders if that senario had played out but you know if time travel were invented there are always possibilites spock aid
But they would not decommission the Enterprise, and Kirk would become captain of his old ship again! Then it will be the Enterprise stopping that alien probe and saving the president of the Federation.
That new Star Trek movie is nothing. The Enterprise in there is horrible looking. I want the real Enterprise, the 40-year old one, not some cheap copy.
Anyways, the original Enterprise is my favorite. She battled Klignons, Romulans, a big space blob, Talosians, the doomsday machine, V'Ger, several nasty beings, and others. She made over 20 first contacts and became the most famous ship in science fiction.
the great constant through human history, there will always be a ship named Enterprise.
Curien247 1 month ago
The explosion effect at 2:23 still remains as good as anything Hollywood F/X studios can do today with CGI.
manco82 2 months ago
I guess Doc Brown went too far into the future, it turned him into a Klingon.
Sarasdad91 2 months ago
nooooo!!!!!!!
Cpnowys1awsome 3 months ago
@Tabby266 Plot point. If they had destroyed the warp core,that would have in turn destroyed the Klingon ship as well and marooned them on a dying planet to perish. They needed the Klingon ship intact as an escape vessel for the crew.
mlee2001 3 months ago
(Sighs) 240p we meet again....
luis6079 4 months ago
@luis6079 well what were you hoping for? 10850p or whatever, 240p is better than nothing and i personally don't like HQ much, the picture looks too sharp and clean and it feels as if it lacks humanity, detail, atmosphere and character- darker and less clean quality sometimes feels more engaging to watch imo
elcap22 3 months ago
@elcap22 Do you usually contradict yourself all the time?
luis6079 3 months ago
@luis6079 actually what i was trying to say is that if you make the picture quality of an older movie.... let's say an 80s movie, look so sharp and clean that it looks like it was made today, then it looses something,it feels like that 80s feeling to it is gone, it doesn't feel the same when watching it, i prefer the lower quality cause it brings back the memories of seeing it and feels feels more visually complete, never mind lol
elcap22 3 months ago
11A
tninbredretard 4 months ago
@Tabby266 The ships have 2 destruct modes, one simply blows up the warp core and anything nearby, such as a certain planet you want to beam down to. As such, it is often used in deep space where the only way out is tiny fragile escape pods. The other one used det charges spread throughout the ship at critical points, while producing a smaller bang, it does give the crew a greater chance at survival, besides, we can see that it did get hot enough to melt the hull before the main charges went off.
BFGfreak 4 months ago
Will I be burned in effigy if I say the Enterprise-E is my favorite Trek ship? When the auto-destruct was started in First Contact, THAT'S when I almost shouted NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! in the theatre.
megagrey 5 months ago
Attention on deck! Hand, Salute! *bows head after respectfully saluting the end of Starfleet's most mighty, faithful and beautiful ship that saved countless lives.
QM2NerdfromOz 5 months ago
I believe this is Hans Zimmer's work.
tubenachos 6 months ago
Not the most effective self-destruct, is it? Your enemy could still get a lot of info from that wreckage.
Uridien 6 months ago
If only it had stayed dead...
Metaphoid 7 months ago
Brasil 2011 I lilike enterprise! i dont speak english,... i love enterprise ncc 1701 , i cry lockyng to movie, destruction off enterprise is feling... no good! é muito triste ver essa cena! foi nesseçario mas é triste! amo (love) star trek! congratulations for remember off my infant VIDA LONGA E PROSPERA!(LONG LIFE AND PROSPER) ADMIRAL!
2121005 7 months ago
he would probably say "Good thing Starfleet has no outstanding credit..." I MEAN THEY MADE A CARBON COPY IN UNDER TWO YEARS..plus some upgrades
NSAThrace 8 months ago
@NSAThrace
Just think what would happen if Starfleet had STARSHIP SIZED REPLICATORS!!!
If Starfleet went to war with an enemy and all ships were lost, they could replicate the entire fleet in an instant!
And don't get me started with my ideas about "The Genesis Torpedo: with Biological-Cellular-Molecular Generation/Re-Generation Matrix Technology"!
Starfleet would be UNSTOPPABLE!!!!!
UncleBernie2 7 months ago 4
@UncleBernie2 Only problem with that is though the ships would be replicated instantly, the experieced crew members would not be. The ship is only as good as her crew,and the battle trained crew would have persihed with their ships in battle. You can have 20 ships ready instantly, but could you have 8600 trained crew members that were not all ensigns or cadets to man them?
mlee2001 3 months ago
@UncleBernie2 There actually are (in universe) industrial-sized replicators to fabricate plating etc. The other Enterprise wasn't a built-from-scratch ship. It was a Constitution-class that was re-christened USS Enterprise.
ElTee842 3 months ago
@UncleBernie2 That is why Starfleet has regulations based on morality and sound logical ethics. The interesting thing is, Mirror Mirror episodes never bring your point up. In that universe they would be UNSTOPPABLE!!! I bet you are dangerous in a open ended game world with thoughts like these!!!
redbeardsoutpost 4 weeks ago
@UncleBernie2 Actually, like in World War 2, Starfleet in the Dominion War found that they had too many ships and not enough people to pilot them. They could build a new ship way faster then they could train new officers.
stikibunn 3 hours ago
@NSAThrace They renamed New york to Enterprise
jonesphillip25 2 months ago
When I first saw that.....I thought "I grew up with that ship" as it burned up streaking across the sky!!!!
kdc43 8 months ago
If it was such a great emotional deal, I'd come up with an idea for a Star Trek movie where it is said that a ghost starship enterprise haunts the Mutara sector. Something like where people sees a ghost of the Enterprise patroling a planet then disappears I might wright a short story and call it Star Trek 3 1/2:Final Flight of the Enterprise.
TonyShow82 8 months ago
Great video. Well not great because the Enterprise was just destroyed. A fitting tribute
Slinn1000 8 months ago
Kirk is so bad ass! *salutes*
rad4life1 8 months ago
(((APPLAUSE & STANDING OVATION TO ALL 3 OF 'SimeronSteelhammer's' COMMENTS!!!)))
Very Well Said!
UncleBernie2 9 months ago 6
The carrier from WWII took 14 hours to sink with 30 feet of her stern blown off by a nuclear bomb during testing. She sank with her deck level and awash. If she had a crew, any that survived the blast would have been saved easily with no trouble from their ship.
The current USS Enterprise crew feels extremely strongly about their aging ship.
To a sailor, male and female, they will tell you with great pride.
THE USS ENTERPRISE IS THE FINEST SHIP IN THE FLEET!
SimeronSteelhammer 9 months ago 3
It should also be noted that each USS Enterprise, in Star Trek or in real life, has lived well, died well, and served her crews faithfully.
In real life, the USS Enterprise was a sailing ship that would outlive many battles as a sailing ship, the only carrier in the US Navy that was at the start of WWII and still afloat at the end of the war and the first space shuttle. She is the first nuclear powered aircraft carrier in the US Navy and flies the flag from the World Trade Center.
SimeronSteelhammer 9 months ago 20
@SimeronSteelhammer I'm not going with the "died well" for CV-6. She was made into razor blades FFS
g4lt 7 months ago
@g4lt Its true that people forgot her and let her be scrapped but, she did live very well and as the ships bell and other things (like her some of her is on the CV-64 her namesake) and as for people letting her be scrapped...she had no control over that. She did "die with her boots on".
She didn't die like the Japanese said three times during WWII and she fought in 22 out of 24 major battles, lasting from before the war until after it and is still the most decorated ship in US Navy history.
SimeronSteelhammer 7 months ago
@SimeronSteelhammer Umm...actually the USS Saratoga and USS Ranger were built before WWII and survived the war. But yeah, I see what you're saying and agree.
JohnnyC133 6 months ago
@SimeronSteelhammer The USS Enterprise is a proud ship and each incarnation of her has gone above and beyond the call of duty. Lets not forget that CV-6 was our only surviving carrier in the pacific. I plan to vist the USS Enterprise, CVN-65 as soon as I can before she gets decommissioned. The NCC-1701 was a good ship. This scene definatly is one, if not the sadest scenes in all of Star Trek History. May you forever swim through teh stars, protecting those who need it. Simper Fi, Big E.
hammerman6842 3 months ago
@SimeronSteelhammer and soon to be the first in a long line of exploration and transport ships V.S.S enterprise
makutateridax200 1 month ago
The death of the USS Enterprise is not sad.
The only proper way for a noble ship, built true, that served it's crew in fiction or real life should die...is saving her crew and killing her enemies.
Ships in a harbor are safe but, ships aren't built nor meant to remain in a harbor.
Everything dies. What lies beyond the veil is uncertain. The only thing we can hope to control when death comes is that we die with our honor and dignity in tact.
SimeronSteelhammer 9 months ago 5
the death of the enterprise was sad but the 1701 lives on
465jd 9 months ago
It'd be nice if it had the actual audio instead of the damn music.
F14ace 10 months ago 2
@F14ace Yes! It's, like, IMPOSSIBLE these days it seems for anybody to upload a clip without screwing it up by turning it into some damn music video or some crap.
MikeAM78 9 months ago
But of course it really wasn't (the original Enterprise). The size was much larger in every dimension. They never would've wasted the money retrofitting a 20 year old design when they could just have built from scratch. It should've been explained as such in the first film, as opposed to a "refitting". There was absolutely nothing from the old ship anywhere on the new one.
Twiggrav 11 months ago
well, I just hope the new 2009 enterprise will earn enough respect to be destroyed this emotionally
TheInspector3000 11 months ago
@TheInspector3000 The new Enterprise should be sucked into a black hole, seriously who designed that engine room it's more like an aircraft carrier engine room than a federation ship engine room, and they shouldn't have gotten rid of the classic ware core, the new warp core looks like energiser batteries.
starkweather04 11 months ago
@starkweather04 too be fair they had designs for a standard engine, but they swiched to a frementation plant because of buget reason, but because the movie made alot of money, maybe they will fix it up a bit, they could say that scotty had some new ideas for the engine room. I don't understand why so many people hate the ship with a passion, it's just a movie, and the old enterprise look would look werid with the new crew and fluid camera angles
TheInspector3000 11 months ago
@TheInspector3000 The ship is probably hated because it doesn't resemble any of the other ships in star trek, there was too much white on the bridge, the bridge should have been a bit like the bridges on other ships with similar colours but still with it's own unique design as for the engine room the warp core is the centerpiece from TNG to enterprise the warp core was always something we could see unlike the battery type in ST11
starkweather04 11 months ago
@TheInspector3000 ran out of space in the last message i sent you.
ST11 changed too much too soon the destruction of vulcan are we to believe that vulcans from other ST TV series now will not exist unless one of the survivors was one of tuvok's family from that era and what of T'Pol, T'Pau and Soval from Enterprise are they DOA in this alternate reality.
For the next movie they should undo the alternate reality created by nero and restore 40 years of ST history that's been disregarded by ST11.
starkweather04 11 months ago
@starkweather04 i don't think that will happen, but a viset from the vulcan crewmenbers from "enterprise" would be nice to see. you see the alternate timeline was to redo the original series while not tramping on it's timeline, if they had same TOS ship, same TOS timeline, but different crew and have it a action movie, then it would have been wayyy worse
TheInspector3000 11 months ago
@TheInspector3000 i know man. i grew up watching the kirk era tos and movies. And i loved the constitution refit enterprise but i also like the new fresh take of the new movie. i loved the scene where the enterprise drops out of warp and goes guns'a'blazing at the narada's torpedoes
jcramsay 1 month ago
The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few....or the one....
zenithomega19 11 months ago
when i first saw the previews for the search for spock when i was a kid it broke my heart.
optimusprimal1972200 11 months ago
it's ncc 1701A you idiot
ThomasBoyThomasTrain 11 months ago
@ThomasBoyThomasTrain Actually you are the idiot. THIS IS NCC-1701! This scene is from Star Trek 3 the search for Spock. NCC-1701-A didn't make an appearance untill the end of ST4 and was still around at the end of ST6. Guess you feel really stupid now.
Jrider72 11 months ago
@Jrider72 ya i cinda do i have the vids of them i just forgot that detail sorry forgive my
ThomasBoyThomasTrain 8 months ago
36 klingons hate this vid
bolatluver29 1 year ago
I don't get it. Why does the saucer section explode? The warp core is not located there. The drive section should have exploded first. But hell, it had to be more dramatic this way.
Snowwie88 1 year ago
@Snowwie88 Good Point.
But, as you said, it defintely looks better the way that they did it though...
flickmonger87 11 months ago
@Snowwie88 Most likely there was a failsafe built into the auto destruct sequence where all critical systems would be destroyed to prevent them from falling into the wrong hands, tactical control was on the bridge which is most likely why the saucer was destroyed, to stop the Enterprise's weapons being used against innocent people by the klingons
starkweather04 11 months ago
This scene would've meant much more to me it it had been the true Enterprise, not the '80s retrofit. It never really seemed like the one that was in all those great adventures from the past.
Twiggrav 1 year ago
@Twiggrav The Enterprise is the Enterprise regardless of the configuration of her nacelles or whatever the interior looks like retrofit be damned.
starkweather04 11 months ago
nice vid but the orignal horner music was so wonderful :')
griffonstink 1 year ago
Sniff. That sucked.
220guy 1 year ago
Thank God that code wasn't 123 or ABC :D
96Kava96 1 year ago
@96Kava96 123 conduduity abort destruct order, i repeat, 123 condaduity abort destruct order
stampede122 1 year ago
@96Kava96
I know, that's what an idiot would have on his luggage. (Spaceballs.)
katey1dog 1 year ago
This scene would be 100% perfect if only Kirk had paused a few seconds and looked lovingly at his bridge before leaving. In "The Naked Time", Kirk has lost his inhibitions and when alone in a room, looks around at the walls and says, "Never lose you!"
lonstar70 1 year ago
NOOOO!!!!!
Wunderwaffen1946 1 year ago
As painful as this scene was it was necessary to lay the ground work for the future of Star Trek (namely ST:TNG) at least that's what Gene Roddenberry said at the time.
TheAndyinSeattle 1 year ago
It's not just the ship itself that matters....it's the name that must be carried on that is so important. Yes, Kirk had to destroy the Enterprise to keep it out of the hands of the enemy, but from the time of the British empire to the 20th and 21st centuries, to Kirk's ship, and to Picard's Enterprise D & E, there've been many Enterprises. What mattered was their people and the missions that the ship undertook. So long as we don' forget who they were, the name Enterprise will never be forgotten.
centurion205 1 year ago
Honestly, this was beautiful, and that thing at the very end... ... ... ...
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH :(
StoneKnivesBearskins 1 year ago
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
D:
StoneKnivesBearskins 1 year ago
This makes me so sad. At least I cheered up when I watched the related video: 'Star Trek: Ressurection of the Enterprise' by barryc1701.
Sammyy46 1 year ago
NERDS!
rjones6801 1 year ago
computer, activate auto-destruct sequence 1, code 11a
stampede122 1 year ago
She was a good ship. She deserved to go out in a blaze of glory.
CosmicLoveful 1 year ago
Its a sad moment, when the crew bravely take their ship and have to blow her up to save themeselves and a friend, original startrek is always the best
pscnu1 1 year ago
My childhood died when I saw this, I every day got home from school to see the Enterprise and when I saw this part of me died as well
Megatron65 1 year ago
XUPA, BANDO DE KLINGOTARIO!
Aqui tem JAMES KIRK!
PERDERAM quando acharam que tinham ganho!
FOI DE VIRADA!!!!!!!
fernandozeca 1 year ago
I'm not quite sure your third party fire and theft will cover this...
Buuuuuutch 1 year ago
What was with your stupid music? You dishonor the Enterprise's valiant destruction by playing this? You are obviously not a true Trekkie. Go back to star wars you traitor!
thefinalfrontier1701 1 year ago
One of my favourite movies in the Star Trek series. I love the music for this video.
Seattlecarnut 1 year ago
WTF! Wrong music for the film! James Horner sores fits the emotional impact of the film! That's like swapping the music around from STAR TREK III and replacing GLADIATOR with James Horner it just want work.
EmpireLS56KW 1 year ago
@EmpireLS56KW amen! Horner rules!
joeylodes 1 year ago
My God bones what hiave done? You di what you had to do, what you always do turn death into a fighting chance to live.
jadrians1971 1 year ago
@jadrians1971 No, I mean why did I allow this music to be played during the valiant death of my ship?
thefinalfrontier1701 1 year ago
To HELL with this music crap. Why not let the damn scene play out alone!?
screwaccounts 1 year ago 4
This one of the most sadest moments in sci fi movies of all time....You can feel the face of KIRK when he sees his ship coming down to the planet completely destroyed.....
romeonarcizo 1 year ago
when enterprise D died it wasnt as emotional as this until picard and riker look around the bridge
TheDEATHSTARIII 1 year ago
Why can't somebody post this video without god damned music. Let the scene play out properly. Whatever music there needs to be, James Horner was kind enough to write and conduct it.
escelante 1 year ago
@Balien650
this ship is not the enterprise A. Shes the one that comes after this one.
77shadowknight 1 year ago
@77shadowknight
Yer darn tootin'. The Enterprise A was a refitted and re-named USS Yorktown.
escelante 1 year ago
@escelante
I am aware of that. I was saying that this ship is not the A.
77shadowknight 1 year ago
Death of a symbol, legacy, and friend. :{ She was like family to her crew, and if I was her captian, I would have gone down with her.
booomfilms 1 year ago
As soon as they went to the science station to address the computer I KNEW what they were going to do. This brought tears to my eyes on the spot. For many many years I loved that ship... To see her destroyed was unimaginable.
AzTrailRider57 1 year ago
The fate is like if the naval cruiser Enterprise, near the end of World War II, and after all her accomplishments, was disabled in battle against a Japanese cruiser, and Japanese boarded it to ceize possession, after securing (or thinking they secured) the surrender of the crew. Then, boom! The ship is destroyed, through a series of "self-destruct" bombs planted throughout.
YoungandRestlessboy 1 year ago
Thank you for not using "Requiem of a Dream" as the music. I swear that song is in every fan made video of Star Trek. She reminds me of the "Grey Ghost", USS Enterprise of WWII, took a severe beating and asked for seconds. Although it was Kirk's ship, it was Scotty's baby. Never seen a man more proud of a ship than ole' Scotty!
bmaguire1981 1 year ago
@bmaguire1981 just to point out, the grey ghost was the RMS Queen Mary, not the Enterprise.
eviljim108 1 year ago
@eviljim108 Yes, you are correct, RMS Queen Mary was referred to as the "Grey Ghost". However, veterans from Enterprise also referred to her as the "Grey Ghost" after nearly being sunk, but returned to duty several times. Also called the "Big E".
bmaguire1981 1 year ago
great video
mackbolan8 1 year ago
sad :(
fred0800001066 1 year ago
WAHHHHH! I'm a crybaby!
youngeagle14 1 year ago
@Tarn1968 The Kirk would slap you upside your head like a red-headed step-child and then seduce your mother into having wild monkey sex! =P
Fizwalker 1 year ago
@Tarn1968 Archer's Enterprise wasn't the original... There have been many ships named Enterprise. L'Enterprise was the first and original. A Sixth rate ship of 28 guns, she was originally a French Frigate and captured by the Brits and renamed H.M.S Enterprize. There have been 15 ships to bear that name in RN service, and 6 in the USN. My favorite has been U.S.S. Enterprise CV-06, the 'Big E.' Of course, that's if you want to talk about originals....
Fizwalker 1 year ago
@Fizwalker I mispoke... There were 8 in USN service.
Fizwalker 1 year ago
R.I.P Enterprise. But the spirit lives on....
strade100 1 year ago
Just incredible video! Very emotional. Even though I haven't seen the newest Star Trek movies (from V and after) I believe that the oldest movies are the most well-directed, original, with suitable and talented cast and personally I don't really care about the downside of the low quality visual effects(it's understandable for the years the movies where released).I'm a big fan and I miss those movies very much and it's sad most of the cast has died.... :(
marilena6 1 year ago
Casual fans seemed not to notice when NCC-1701 got replaced by -A. At that point in ST:3 I ran out of the theater into the concessions area and the concessions folks looked at me funny. They'd likely look at me even funnier if they knew that all these years later this scene is still one I simply cannot watch. Nothing, and no one lasts forever. But still, as a flawed human being, I've never quite forgiven whoever it was who decided to destroy the real Enterprise.
sbergman27 1 year ago
@sbergman27 That's exactly how I felt after seeing the new "movie" Enterprise in 1979.
Twiggrav 6 months ago
@Twiggrav The 1979 Enterprise has always been my favorite. It's only been recently that the original Constitution class ships have been done justice. Properly rendered, they're pretty slick ships. But 1979 was the first time the ship seemed real from the outside. You've got to admit, the detail was stunning, even compared to later. The original TV ship was great on the inside, but not so satisfying on the outside. The 2009 Enterprise looks like a '59 Chrysler Imperial.
sbergman27 6 months ago
@sbergman27 I have to admit, the TV ship looked pretty bad, but by the third season, they had a better model to shoot. I always thought the lack of detail made it seem more otherworldly, like some UFOs. To me the '79 looked like the last year of a car model's run. Like a lot of things were stuck onto it, just to make it look newer. I never liked the fatter lower section, and absolutely hated those squared off nacelles with the crosses on the front of them. Didn't like the photon torpedo port.
Twiggrav 6 months ago
@Twiggrav Actually, I liked the rakish new 1979 look. But the most important thing, to me, was that I really *was* the Enterprise. Just refit with modern technology. Remember, the TV NCC-1701 was an old, or very old, ship depending upon the chronology you choose. (Captain April, etc.) I was delighted to see it reborn. Loved the detail of the hull plating. Of course, we only ever got to see it when it was one of: Not quite ready, mortally wounded, headed for scrap, or disintegrating. Oh, well.
sbergman27 6 months ago
Didn't really look like a space explosion, but I hope they do it again with the new movies.
TVperson1 1 year ago
I always wondered why the saucer section blew up, and not the warp core!
SeaFox10 1 year ago
@SeaFox10 Apparently, a different destruct sequence for that. Blowing up the saucer section would destroy the computer core and thus all info/records stored in her... while a warp core explosion, though also doing that, would probably run the risk of killing the crew while/and causing severe damage to the planet. Thus, I'd surmise the selected destruct sequence would neutralize the anti-matter in the containment pods (as has happened in a TOS episode), & then blow up the ship w/ charges.
RobertMfromLI 1 year ago
The USS Enterprise shouldnt have died, i always cry when i see her explode, its the waste and the love of such a vessel that we knew and grew up with, but some say shes still floating in the Mutara Sector....i only hope this is true
Ezza190 1 year ago
@Ezza190 kirk did what he had to do
cammera118 1 year ago
@Ezza190 Well, at least she died as she lived... protecting her crew. Of all the sci-fi characters I have been exposed to in books, movie and TV, her death was the worst for me to watch, since she symbolized everything that was good about the human race, and everything that could be for humanity. And, like her crew, she always fought on with a very human tenacity, always overcoming her limits to protect them... "Warp 8 is my max speed? Hell, I'll do Warp 14 for my fellow crew!"
RobertMfromLI 1 year ago
2:22 one of the most iconic views of this ship IMO...but gone so horribly wrong. The music really adds to this. I saw this movie a long time ago and it never really hit until now. All those adventures, all the trials and tribulations... and now, it's gone. It's like losing a good friend....
Thegunstarhero 1 year ago
I get teary eyed myself when I see the Enterprise die. Of course, it will always be MY Enterprise. What was it Scotty said in TNG to the holodeck when he wanted to see the bridge of the Enterprise? "NCC 1701, no bloody A, B, C or D." And of course now E.
1964nickel 1 year ago 34
I saw this Movie opening day My hands were gripping the arms of the movie seat. I was in shock and denial that the home base of our heroes was finally being Destroyed.
Roadracer987654321 1 year ago 19
Good-bye original Enterprise.
No bloody A, B, C, or D.
He did what he always does, give life a fighting chance.
escelante 1 year ago 3
When Kirk sets the self-distruct he means it! Unlike Panzy-ass Picard.
MrMichael1701 1 year ago
@Tarn1968
oh your gonna make me cry lol
JediMasterHorton 1 year ago
@Tarn1968
i have the best of both worlds you bastard oh i love the ewoks but i hate jar jar but i ate his liver with some fava beans and i nice chianti
JediMasterHorton 1 year ago
The Enterprise did not have to be destroyed
YoungandRestlessboy 1 year ago
@Tarn1968
i have a life but im not sure about you so You!'Get a life'!
JediMasterHorton 1 year ago
@Tarn1968
you miserable little son of a bitch quit bitching about it and go post somewere else that's not of your taste and get your ass out of here you little fuck
JediMasterHorton 1 year ago
@arachknight1979 That reminds me! I have to change the combination on my luggage!
thunder97 1 year ago 3
@Tarn1968
Kirk was not a loser. I know he was better then Archer.
YoungandRestlessboy 1 year ago 3
@YoungandRestlessboy
no kirk wasn't a loser James T. Kirk is a bonafied Hero!!!!!!!!
JediMasterHorton 1 year ago
@Tarn1968
No it was not, you bitch! The original and BEST Enterprise was the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)! Archer's Enterprise was crap. All he did was act like a wuss, with his smiling face and what not.
YoungandRestlessboy 1 year ago
@YoungandRestlessboy
i also agree with you about the nx-01 it has little penass and very little taste that's why i like the classic better
JediMasterHorton 1 year ago
@Tarn1968
both those points are totally superficial, and special effects are irrelivant when you are comparing sixties tv where for obvious reasons the effects wont be great, and charachter development pah look at hoshi travis tucker and tpol all of them end , in effect as they started and story line dear doctor , the unexpected , regeneration, time traveling space nazis, civilisation, silent enemy in perticular were all awful
ondank 1 year ago
@Tarn1968
in what way :S
ondank 1 year ago
@Tarn1968 please tell me you are joking
ondank 1 year ago
@Tarn1968 Anyone who begins a post with "sorry" is pretty sorry, all right -- not to mention lame. Uh... sorry.
LOL! :-D
racookster 1 year ago
Anyways, I will miss her.
YoungandRestlessboy 1 year ago
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alantay11 1 year ago
those damn writers wont bring her back
JediMasterHorton 1 year ago
The Enterprise was 40 years old when it was destoryed. It had faced that probe Nomad, Khan, Klignons, Romulans, the First Federation, the Horta, "Apollo", the Guardian of Forever, the Talosians, the doomsday machine, the space barrier, the space ameoba, and god knows what elese.
YoungandRestlessboy 1 year ago
@arachknight1979 Epic quote is EPIC!
katey1dog 1 year ago
farewell, beautiful ship
kubalibre77 1 year ago
The only reason they destoryed the Enterprise was to stop maybe six Klignons from taking the ship home to the Klignon homeworld as a token of war. They could have just told the computer to fire phasers. But oh now, all the phaser, proton torpedo banks, and engine systems are disabled.
YoungandRestlessboy 1 year ago
@MrEric177 81kamill fits the classic definition of "A Troll" The best thing in the world you can do for people like that is to COMPLETELY IGNORE their comment as if it doesn't exist. Treat his comment like that part in "Raiders of the Lost Ark" when Indy & Mariam keep their eyes shut as the Nazis faces melt off & are burned alive. Just think about the same thing happening to you if you respond to a Troll. THANKS!
UncleBernie2 1 year ago
whats the song?
cammera118 1 year ago
She could either go down in flame and glory, of be scrapped at a shipyard and have her parts melted down, which do you choose?
Lordofdragonz 1 year ago
Fool. Starfleet would have turned her into a museum or training ship, not scrapping the old gal. Being destoryed is still a sad fate, even if she gains everlasting glory. The ship was already famous. 40 years service is rewarded by destruction.
YoungandRestlessboy 1 year ago
@YoungandRestlessboy I suspect that she would have been scrapped, her name added to a list of ships who'll always be in service. If she'd been kept as a museum... Well, her name would have been out of circulation. Either as a training ship (Which she was before she was destroyed btw) those roles don't fit the flagship of the fleet. Much better for it to be an active vessel, continuing to be at the forefront.
Fizwalker 1 year ago
The ship did not deserve to be destoryed. She would become a museum ship. Better that then to die.
YoungandRestlessboy 1 year ago
@YoungandRestlessboy
i agree
JediMasterHorton 1 year ago
@JediMasterHorton
Thanks for your support. The Enterprise was the greatest ship in Star Trek, and perhaps the greatest ship in all science fiction.
YoungandRestlessboy 1 year ago
@YoungandRestlessboy
they should have retired it but repaired it and made it the personal flagship of admiral kirk you dont kill off something thats been alive for like ever
JediMasterHorton 1 year ago
@JediMasterHorton
I agree. But that bastard Harve Bennett, who produced and wrote Search for Spock, decided to destory the Enterprise. It could become Kirk's flagship, Spock would be ressurected, and Kirk would still be a Admiral.
YoungandRestlessboy 1 year ago
@YoungandRestlessboy
he still would have been demoted back to captain for stealing the enterprise and defying orders if that senario had played out but you know if time travel were invented there are always possibilites spock aid
JediMasterHorton 1 year ago
@JediMasterHorton
But they would not decommission the Enterprise, and Kirk would become captain of his old ship again! Then it will be the Enterprise stopping that alien probe and saving the president of the Federation.
YoungandRestlessboy 1 year ago
i so agree
JediMasterHorton 1 year ago
@YoungandRestlessboy
boy i would love to see that besides in the final episode of the next generation riker got command of the enterprise-d so imagen the possibilities
JediMasterHorton 1 year ago
@JediMasterHorton
That new Star Trek movie is nothing. The Enterprise in there is horrible looking. I want the real Enterprise, the 40-year old one, not some cheap copy.
YoungandRestlessboy 1 year ago
@YoungandRestlessboy
i was refuring to this ship not the crappy one
JediMasterHorton 1 year ago
@JediMasterHorton
Anyways, the original Enterprise is my favorite. She battled Klignons, Romulans, a big space blob, Talosians, the doomsday machine, V'Ger, several nasty beings, and others. She made over 20 first contacts and became the most famous ship in science fiction.
YoungandRestlessboy 1 year ago
@YoungandRestlessboy
you also forgot she faced kahn twice
JediMasterHorton 1 year ago
@JediMasterHorton
Oh sorry. She faced him in 2267 and in 2285. The Enterprise had a good lifetime. I think she engaged in hundreds of thousands of missions.
YoungandRestlessboy 1 year ago
@YoungandRestlessboy
but still it was a grand ole lady and it still is regardless
JediMasterHorton 1 year ago
@JediMasterHorton
Well, Enterprise was a good ship. Crying.
YoungandRestlessboy 1 year ago
@YoungandRestlessboy
no not was is i still have her alive in my mind she will always be the tride and true dont ever be sad about it
JediMasterHorton 1 year ago
@JediMasterHorton
Ok. I have one more question. Do not be offended. What gender are you?
YoungandRestlessboy 1 year ago
@YoungandRestlessboy
male mon capitan
JediMasterHorton 1 year ago
@JediMasterHorton
And do you want to now what gender I am?
YoungandRestlessboy 1 year ago
@YoungandRestlessboy
do i have to ask? it's not appropreate but ok
JediMasterHorton 1 year ago
@JediMasterHorton
Female.