Best Trek Movie Moment 3: The Search For Spock

Varthikes · Post by **Varthikes** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 3:13 am

What do you think was the best moment in The Search for Spock?

A tough one between theft of the Enterprise and her destruction.

But, I think I'll go with the destruction.

mwhittington · Post by **mwhittington** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 3:40 am

Kirk and Kruge beating each other to a pulp. "I....have had.....enough of ...YOU!"

Post by **Mikey** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 4:22 am

I had to go with the death of the Enterprise, just for the sheer incredulity of the scene. Who honestly didn't think, "No, they can't do that... can they?"

Enkidu · Post by **Enkidu** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 11:21 am

I really don't like ST III. It's redeeming points are the introduction of the Excelsior, and Christopher Lloyd's, an actor I have a lot of time for, fine villain.
The Enterprise didn't deserve to die in such a mediocre film.

Reliant121 · Post by **Reliant121** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 11:42 am

I had to go with the Excelsior stalling.

Post by **Captain Seafort** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 11:46 am

Enkidu wrote:The Enterprise didn't deserve to die in such a mediocre film.

Maybe not, but her destruction was beatifully done, and served a purpose. Unlike the E-D's destruction.

The death of Enterprise takes it, although the theft comes a close second.

kostmayer · Post by **kostmayer** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 1:52 pm

The death of the Enterprise. It seems as if Kirk feels the loss of the Enterprise almost as greatly as he does David.

And having the Klingons beam other before hand was wonderfully cold blooded - not to mention sneaky.

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 2:18 pm

Death of the Enterprise. You could almost see Kirk's pain in destroying the ship.

Blackstar the Chakat · Sun Feb 03, 2008 4:16 pm

The theft wins in my book.

Reliant121 · Post by **Reliant121** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 4:31 pm

ChakatBlackstar wrote:The theft wins in my book.

I agree.

Post by **Graham Kennedy** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 5:27 pm

I also voted the theft. I have to give a nod to the music there. It's just so amazing... I have it as an mp3, and when you listen to it you feel like you are watching the scene again, it just recalls every moment of it so perfectly.

Reliant121 · Post by **Reliant121** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 5:29 pm

GrahamKennedy wrote:I also voted the theft. I have to give a nod to the music there. It's just so amazing... I have it as an mp3, and when you listen to it you feel like you are watching the scene again, it just recalls every moment of it so perfectly.

The theme music is good. As is that of the Reliant's first attack in STWOK.

kostmayer · Post by **kostmayer** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 10:53 pm

Have just started rewatching this at last and am suprised at how well I remember the film. It must be a 10 years since I watched it and I can still recite most of the scenes.

A few things occur that might well have been raised elsewhere.

1) Could the Enterprise really be ready for decommisioning. She might be old by todays standards, but in any age a Starship is quite a feat of engineering.

What were they planning on replacing the flagship with? Even the thought of it being used as a training ship kind of rankles.

2) The self destruct doesn't seem that effective - it only seems to destroy about half the ship, the rest burns up in the atmosphere. Its also hardly painless for the people left on board. Hopefully the Enterprise D has a quicker kaboomer, what with all those children on board.

For that matter, has any other ship ever self destructed? The various Enterprises have started the clock several times, but I don't recall another ship going through with it.

Post by **Captain Seafort** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 11:07 pm

kostmayer wrote:1) Could the Enterprise really be ready for decommisioning. She might be old by todays standards, but in any age a Starship is quite a feat of engineering.

The ship was 40 years old, over a decade past her second major refit, and had been seriously damaged in her battles with the Reliant. You get to the point where it would be cheaper to build a new ship.

What were they planning on replacing the flagship with? Even the thought of it being used as a training ship kind of rankles.

I don't think the E-nil was ever described as the Fed flagship - the best she could be described as is Kirk's flagship in TMP and TWOK. That concept was only brought in with the E-D. It's a stupid concept at any rate, since a flagship is by definition the ship carrying and admiral's flag - which the E-D never did.

2) The self destruct doesn't seem that effective - it only seems to destroy about half the ship, the rest burns up in the atmosphere. Its also hardly painless for the people left on board. Hopefully the Enterprise D has a quicker kaboomer, what with all those children on board.

The self-destruct seems to be focused on destroying the primary hull, probably because the main computers are there in order to destroy any sensitive data. It's not intended to be used while people are still aboard, but to prevent hostile forces capturing classified data or a usable ship.

kostmayer · Post by **kostmayer** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 11:55 pm

The ship was 40 years old, over a decade past her second major refit, and had been seriously damaged in her battles with the Reliant. You get to the point where it would be cheaper to build a new ship.

Fair point. I gather theres an error regarding the age of the Enterprise. Prior history suggests it is indeed 40 years old, and not 20 as stated in the film.

The self-destruct seems to be focused on destroying the primary hull, probably because the main computers are there in order to destroy any sensitive data. It's not intended to be used while people are still aboard, but to prevent hostile forces capturing classified data or a usable ship.

Possibly, but I'd have thought there was a less drastic way. Something similiar to the program Sisko ran just before evacuating DS9.

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