8. Punk On The Bus (Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, 1986)
Back again with the comedy stylings of the fourth movie, which finds Kirk and Spock reduced to riding through 1980s San Francisco on a bus.
In one of the funnier moments, the pair are confronted by a boom box-touting punk who, when asked to turn down the loud, offensive music blaring from his device, proceeds to give ‘em the finger.
One quick Vulcan neck pinch from Spock and he’s unconscious, the music’s off and the rest of the passengers are offering heartfelt applause. Silly, but it's good fun to see the characters out of context.
Trek Trivia: The punk is played by associate producer Kirk Thatcher (who also wrote the song).
7. A Meeting For The Ages (Star Trek Generations, 1994)
It was straight out of fan fiction – the moment that Captains Kirk (William Shatner) and Picard (Patrick Stewart) meet for the first time.
In the middle of the plot-convenient Nexus (a parallel dimension where all your dreams can come true), Picard goes to ask Kirk – busy enjoying life riding horses in the mountains – if he’ll leave the place and come to help save the universe one last time.
Kirk seems reticent, but then realises it’s his calling (“Sounds like fun...").
The Shat got to show off his riding skills and Patrick Stewart got to show that he’s clearly the better actor.
Trek Trivia: It won’t shock anyone to learn that the horse Kirk rides belongs to Shatner. As does the farm.
Next: This Far. No Further, Disorder In The Court
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mattburgess
May 4th 2009, 16:33
Star Trek Generations, and the Enterprise-D is moments from being destroyed by a vastly inferior klingon warbird. But thanks to a nifty little trick by Data, they force the warbird to drop its own shields, and in one brilliant, heart stopping, breath taking moment, Commander Riker gives the order: "Fire!" A single, fateful photon torpedo later, and the warbird is a complete wreck. Brilliant! (Never mind the fact that Riker has previously asked for a spread of torpedos)
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jhr01
May 5th 2009, 21:42
6. “This Far. No Further!” (Star Trek Generations, 1994) The scene involving Patrick Steward and Alfie Woodward's Lily Sloane is from First Contact, not Star Trek's Generations! Shame on you Total Film!!!!
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jwhite
May 7th 2009, 21:26
Argh! My bad. I'm turning in my phaser and heading to the Agony Booth for a sesh. Error fixed!
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Juliette
May 8th 2009, 19:53
Brilliant article, thanks! Though I think Spock's death has to be No 1 for me, and I also have a soft spot for Chekov's 'Now would be a good time!' in Star Trek IV
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stewart
May 10th 2009, 18:08
A really good article, thanks! Personally I thought your number 3 was probably the number 1 - Kirk destroying that which he coveted above all else - and of course the exchange between Kirk & Bones that followed. I felt that Star Trek III was the best of the lot - despite the critics harangueing it no end, and largely because of the scenes from that filn that you included in this article!
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