# Best parts of the ill-received Star Trek films

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**Created:** [March 10, 2015, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-parts-of-the-ill-received-star-trek-films/714696 "2015-03-10T15:16:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2015, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-parts-of-the-ill-received-star-trek-films/714696/61 "2015-03-16T22:13:17Z")

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> [@johnspartan](#):
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> FWIW since we were discussing the transporter malfunction scene, here it is…
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> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ro\_QpDJX-Sk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ro_QpDJX-Sk)
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> You could, I suppose, explain away Shatner’s (rare!) underacting in response… Captain must be stoic, etc. etc.

It was spot on, unlike the emotionless response from the Starfleet transporter operator (which I think might have been provided by Gene Roddenberry himself), which you’d think should have been more along the lines of “Enterprise, we, we… \<bleurghhhh\>” or “DEAR GOD KILL IT!”.

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**Author:** ![John\_Bredin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2015, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-parts-of-the-ill-received-star-trek-films/714696/62 "2015-03-16T22:18:15Z")

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> [@Pushkin](#):
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> It was spot on, unlike the emotionless response from the Starfleet transporter operator (which I think might have been provided by Gene Roddenberry himself), which you’d think should have been more along the lines of “Enterprise, we, we… \<bleurghhhh\>” or “DEAR GOD KILL IT!”.

Unless such accidents are so common and the operator has seen the aftermath so many times before that he considers this “just another one.” :eek:😉

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**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2015, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-parts-of-the-ill-received-star-trek-films/714696/63 "2015-03-16T22:28:58Z")

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While many do not consider _The Voyage Home_ an “ill-received” film, I personally hate it. But it does have a good part: when Chekov finds his nuclear wessel, the awe in his voice when he says “And Admiral… it is the _Enterprise_” just makes you feel proud how much they respect and remember our “antique” ship!

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**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2015, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-parts-of-the-ill-received-star-trek-films/714696/64 "2015-03-16T22:57:05Z")

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In case anyone is interested, I created a counterpart to this thread:

[Worst parts of the “good” Star trek films](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=751838)

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**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2015, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-parts-of-the-ill-received-star-trek-films/714696/65 "2015-03-16T23:32:54Z")

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> [@Pushkin](#):
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> > Just rewatched TSFS the other night. I did enjoy the acting in this one. My favorite parts:  
> > Kirk falling next to his captain’s chair when told of David’s death  
> > Jim…your name…is Jim" at the end. Gets me every time!  
> > Klingon: “I do not deserve to live.” Kirk: “Ok, I’ll kill you later”  
> > Kirk fighting the Klingon commander on the Genesis planet was pretty cool.
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> There was much to recommend about TSFS, you don’t have to stoop as far as you would for The Final Frontier or the TNG movies.

_“Don’t call me ‘Tiny’.”_

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**Author:** ![Mr\_Shine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr_shine/32/464_2.png) [@Mr\_Shine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Shine)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2015, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-parts-of-the-ill-received-star-trek-films/714696/66 "2015-03-16T23:47:12Z")

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Spock kills God.

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