You recognized Romulan Ale upon sight. You're a fan just like the rest of us. Don't listen to the haters. It doesn't matter when you begin your journey, or how you begin your journey, just that you begin it. Can't wait for TNG!

Cassie screaming “shields up!” is peak 2024 entertainment!🤓🤓🤓

Fun Fact: Kirk and McCoy’s lawyer was played by Michael Dorn, known for playing Worf in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

Loved the beginning. "Is this like a meteor shower..?" Sulu seconds later: "Don't tell me that was any meteor shower!" 😛

'FLY HER APART THEN' always gets me. Every single time.

Don’t EVER let anyone tell you that you’re not a Treky! I literally cheered when they were talking about the ship firing from underneath of them and you said, but I thought they couldn’t fire when they’re cloaked You are one of us!!! 😂😂😂

'And you've restored my son's..." God, what a line. RIP Merrit Buttrick.

One of my favorite movie lines ever; "What you want is irrelevant, what you've chosen is at hand."

General Chang kept quoting Shakespeare. "To be or not to be" "Cry Havoc and let loose the dogs of war" "Once more unto the Breach" etc James Kirk quoted Peter Pan (second star on the right and on until tomorrow) It showed their differing character. Chang was about war and conquest of space and enemies. Kirk was at heart a child looking in wonder at the universe and what was left to explore.

19:12 It's so freakin cute that you can't remember the term cloaked but you do remember that a cloaked vessel can't fire its weapons 🤣🥰

"If there is to be a brave new world, our generation will have the hardest time living in it." One of the most pointed lines I've ever heard and the older I get, the more it starts to hit home.

"Look at these silver foxes!" Look at Cassie, zero to hardened Trekkie in a matter of months. Enjoying these reactions so much.

I saw this in the theater with 6 friends. At the end my friend Bob jumped out of his seat in shock & shouted "Holy Shit! Scotty shot someone!" The entire theater burst into laughter. 30+ years later I still laugh every time I see that scene thinking about it.

the President is Kurtwood Smith, he was the dad in That 70s show and the bad guy in Robocop.

“Is it possible the we two, you and I, have grown so old and so inflexible, we have outlived our usefulness?” After 30 years working an ambulance this statement resonates with me.

30:20 - This scene, where Spock interrogates Valeris, always gave me chills. The implications are clear; Valeris' screams as Spock tears through her mind put ice in my veins. Extremely powerful acting from both Leonard Nimoy and Kim Cattrall.

The alien woman who helps Kirk and McCoy escape from the prison is played by Iman, famous actress/supermodel and wife of David Bowie.

Cassie The Undiscovered Country is a little piece of Canadian History. When William Shatner was a young actor starting out he was Christopher Plummers understudy at the Shakespeare Festival in Stratford Ontario. One night Plummer was sick and Shatner got to go on. It was his big brake and the start. So when Plummer's quoting Shakespeare in the movie it is for sure paying homage to their roots.

My favorite old Vulcan proverb: "Only Nixon could go to China." Truly words to remember.

The Federation President was played by Kurtwood Smith. He was the Dad in That 70s Show and in Robo Cop(1987) he played the leader of the gang that killed Alex Murphy.

23:44 Christian Slater cameo. His mother was involved in the casting for smaller roles and when Slater discovered she was hiring for parts in the next Star Trek movie he begged her for a part.

*Captain Spock:* _"Logic, logic, logic. Logic is the beginning of wisdom, Valeris, not the end."_ My favorite line, showing Spock's character growth. It was such a pleasant surprise when I first heard it. 🖖😎

Sulu shouting, "Fly her apart then!" is one of the best moments in Star Trek history.

It was a joy to see you experience that. You really get Star Trek the way it is meant to be. Us life long Trekkies are always overjoyed to welcome others into the fold.

Christopher Plummer as General Chang was his best role ever in my opinion. He totally owned it, a true world class actor.

This one is honestly my favorite movie of the classic crew. Not only was it a solid script with an excellent cast, it was arguably a perfect send off for the classic crew. Now that most of the original crew are gone, this is how I choose to remember them all together. "Second star to the right, and straight on until morning."

William Shatner and Christopher Plummer grew up together in Montreal in the 1930s. Shatner was even Plummer's understudy numerous times! When Plummer died in 2021, Shatner wrote an article in Variety about his friend: "We came together, finally, on Star Trek IV: The Undiscovered Country. Chris was so wonderful in it. I felt like I was inviting him to my home. I felt an obligation to him because I’d been his understudy years ago. He was a level above me for the longest time, and I would imagine you could see that in my face if we were being filmed. He was an extraordinary actor, and an extraordinary person."

17:00 Fun fact: The quote "Dont wait for the translation answer me now!" is taken from Adlai Stevenson II questioning Russian ambassador Valerian Zorin durring the Cuban Missle Crisis.

Others have already mentioned this, but it tickles my heart to see Cassie immediately recognize Romulan Ale or immediately suspect General Chang, remembering that a cloaked Klingon ship couldn't fire cloaked.

Leonard Nimoy said the hardest scene he'd ever had to film was when he mind melded with Valeris to get the info out of her. He compared it to raping her, a sort of mind-rape, and it disturbed him. Others too as you can see the reactions on their faces and it wasn't acting.

Kirk changing it from “no man” to “no one” at the end is a nice touch as it marks the exact point of historic transition from the TOS, 23rd Century, Cold War with the Klingons era, to the TNG, 24th century, peace with the Klingons era - with the change between the wording of the two openings.

The in-universe explanation as to why General Chang recites so many Shakespeare quotes is that Chang took the time to study earth history and culture. A kind of "know your enemy" type of thing. He was especially fascinated by the works of William Shakespeare, citing that had things been different, Shakespeare himself would've made a great Klingon. The real life explanation however was actually because of an inside joke between Christopher Plummer and William Shatner. Many years prior, Plummer had acted with a Canadian Shakespeare stage company, and Shatner was his understudy at the time. One night, while suffering from illness, Plummer had to bow out, and Shatner had to step into his role, to which he received rave reviews the next day, which kind of needled Plummer a bit, but in the end he was happy that everything went well. So when he was cast in Star Trek VI, it was supposedly his idea to have Chang spout out so many lines of Shakespeare.

It's easy to forget since Stare Trek has become such a pop culture phenomenon, but we should remember that the original TV series that started it all was produced against the background of the Cold War and a lot of the politics of the time were at the forefront of the stories they wanted to tell. This movie was made in 1991, 2 years after the Berlin Wall fell and the Soviet Union dissolved. It was a monumental shift in global politics and many people on both sides of the old iron curtain were unsure of what would happen to their people. This movie is a perfect example of the core philosophy of science-fiction: trying to understand and explore the issues of our current world by using a strange or future one.

I've always loved when Kirk says, "Second star on the right. Straight on till morning." Brings a tear to my eyes as it hits me that this is the last time they were all on screen together.

Fun Fact: The explosion of Praxis was based on the Chernobyl Incident and this movie is based on the collapse of the Soviet Union.

One thing you need to remember is that in the other movies the Enterprise was a training vessel, under maned, or heavy battle damage. This is the only tos movie in which the Enterprise was repaired and ship shape, fully crewed and ready for duty. She took the hits, dished it out ten fold. Constitution class was feared in her prime.

“Second Star to the right, and straight on till morning” is the directions to Neverland

"Sexy alien" is an understatement. The shape-shifter was played by Iman, a Somali-American supermodel who was married to David Bowie from 1992 until his death in 2016.

Fun fact: According to DS9, a Photon Torpedo contains about 1kg of antimatter. Some is used in the propulsion of the weapon, but with physics equations that brings the yield of a single torpedo to between 60 megatons and 600 gigatons. The fact that starships are capable of surviving an impact from one is incredible, shields or not. For reference, the largest nuke ever detonated was 50 megatons.

Fun trivia moment for "Second Star to the Right" at the end... Star Trek VI was originally slated to come out the same weekend as another holiday blockbuster: Robin Williams and Dustin Hoffman in Hook and the line was added as a nod to that movie. (The studios shuffled dates around vying for top box office weekends and they ended up not being released at the same time after all... and Hook did not perform as well as expected)

The Klingon lawyer defending Kirk is Michael Dorn. He will be very popular Klingon in the TNG.

The Klingons were always the "Russians" in the Star Trek universe. In real life when this movie was made, the Cold War was ending, the Berlin Wall had just come down... The explosion of Praxis was the Klingon version of Chernobyl... Tiberius was established as Kirk's middle name in an episode of the Animated Series (unofficially Season 4) from 1974....

These movies and TOS will always have a special place for me. I was born the year The Motion Picture came out, grew up to TOS on TV on one of our few stations and saw IV-VI in the theater when they released. Knowing this is their final voyage as a crew will always bring a tear. Cheers.

One of my favorite lines ever: "Target that explosion and FIRE!"

A great farewell to the original STAR TREK cast! 🖖

The signatures during the credits was the inspiration for the same thing during the credits of Avengers: Endgame

I love that David Warner, Christopher Plummer, Kurtwood Smith and Iman are all in this crazy flick.

Star Trek VI was the best send off of any Star Trek crew period! I’ve always liked the thought that they chose Sulu to become a captain not just because he was great for the job, but to subconsciously show the extension of the TOS crew in Starfleet. Captain Sulu’s adventures albeit not as rampant as Captain Kirk’s; Sulu would bring the same type of commitment to and from his crew that Captain Kirk did. This same type of influence would only spread and affect so many others in the course of their starfleet careers reinforcing the great character influence from Captain Kirk’s crew. I LOVE this movie and I’m glad you did too!

Brock Peters, who played Admiral Cartwright here, also played Joseph Sisko, father of Captain Ben Sisko in Star Trek: Deep Space 9.

That Christain Slater cameo was a big moment back then. It was like having the cool kid heartthrob eat at lunch with the nerds.

Trivia facts: Merritt Butrick, the actor who played David in ST2 and ST3, died 2 years before ST6 came out. The picture of him in Kirk's quarters is a stock photo. He also was in the TNG episode "Symbiosis." W. Morgan Sheppard, who plays the Klingon warden at Rura Penthe, actually was missing his eye from an incident when he was younger. He took out his fake eye for this movie. He also played Qatai in the Voyager episode "Bliss" and Dr. Ira Graves in the TNG episode "The Schizoid Man." Kurtwood Smith, who plays the Federation President, also played Annorax in the Voyager 2-parter "Year of Hell" David Warner, who plays Chancellor Gorkon, also played St. John Talbot in Star Trek V, and played Gul Madred in the TNG 2-parter "Chain of Command."

Cassie, that movie was filmed along TNG season 5 (although about 78 years seperate them timeline wise). That season has a two parter episode echoing that movie plot line, involving Romulans (hinted by the fact that the Romulan Ambassador seems to be implicated into the plot to prevent peace talks between Klingons and Federation but not spoken more about). Romulans, despite their powerful plasma torpedoes and their cloaking devices are not powerful enough to whisthand an alliance between the two biggest powers of the Quadrant, so they try to spread disunity via plotting. So in essence, the plot of the movie is not even a Klingon idea, it's a Romulan plot involving Federation and Klingon people against the idea of peace...

" ✌Space peace, everybody! ✌" 🤣 You'd be the best movie night friend ever.

I love that Yeoman Rand from TOS became transporter chief on the updated Enterprise in the first movie, and is now Sulu's chief communications officer. She's got an obviously great career story. I love this film for its complexity and mystery and acting. And it's one of my favorite lines in a ST story - "If there is to be a brave new world, our generation is going to have the hardest time living in it." Applicable. Oh, and Kirk quoting from Peter Pan, "Second star to the right...and straight on till morning."

This is where Star Trek really shines. Khan and Voyage Home are great, but Undiscovered Country has to be my favorite of the classic Treks. Politics, intrigue, character development, chemistry. As you said, a great send off. This is the best of Trek and everything that's missing from the Abram's movies, though I'm interested in your reaction to those films as well. Absolutely loved your reactions to the series and looking forward to the TNG era content! So many great episodes to choose from, I hope Patreon voters pick some amazing ones!

Cassie, the Federation President (dude with the white hair and mustache) is Kurtwood Smith, better known as Red Forman, from That 70's Show.

Fun fact. The speech by the prison commander when they get to the prison is lifted from the prison commander's speech in Bridge On The River Kwai.

I LOVE that you know the rules! "They can't fire when cloaked!" If you haven't added "Relics" to your list of TNG episodes, add it. You'll love it. Actors: Gorkon, the Chancellor, was the Earth Ambassador in Star Trek V, and Dillinger/Sark in the original Tron, and he shows up in TNG. Kirk's attorney plays Worf on TNG. Cartwright was in Star Trek IV in the Federation HQ, it was a smart move to bring him back. He shows up on DS9 as Sisko's father. The officer who wakes up Captain Sulu is Christian Slater, he's a big Trek fan and his mom was the casting director for this movie. Couldn't tell from this cut if you recognized him or not. The one-eyed Klingon warden is a character actor named William Morgan Sheppard, his son played Badger on Friefly.

One of my favorite shots is at 18:38 when Spock turns around in his chair. He was so distraught he couldn’t watch his brother Kirk get sentenced and was probably expecting them to get the Delete penalty. The Vulcan version of abject horror

I like how Sulu became captain of the Excelsior. He was impressed by the Excelsior when it was built in part 3. He was hoping everyone would be reassigned to the Excelsior in part 4. And now he is in charge of it.

This was the first Star Trek film I actually got to see in theaters. It was SUCH a huge deal at the time, as it was the last time the original cast would be together. It also marks the end of an era in the Star Trek Universe: The film sees the end of the Cold War between the Federation and Klingon Empire, laying the foundations for what will in time become an alliance, as a metaphor for the end of the real world Cold War (the Berlin Wall came down two years before this film released). Sulu gaining command is the end of a long character arc that was originally to be set up in Wrath of Khan; Dialogue cut from the film would have revealed Sulu was to receive command of Excelsior following the training mission. Takei has long blamed Shatner for delaying Sulu getting his command (Takei and Shatner...don't get along. Or rather, Takei doesn't get along and Shatner couldn't care less) however it honesty makes complete sense given the timeline and events of II - V (Khan, his part in Kirk's mutiny, his exile on Vulcan, and the Nimbus III situation all packed into at most about 6-9 months). However, approximately 7-8 years have passed between TFF and TUC, so there's finally enough of a gap for Sulu's promotion to fit. Excelsior's communications and executive officer is Janice Rand, played by a returning Grace Lee Whitney. Whitney reprised her role as Rand from the original series in TMP and The Voyage Home. She also cameoed in Search for Spock (she's the redheaded woman who shakes her head when Enterprise arrives in space dock. Her character wasn't named, even in the credits, but fans like to say it was Rand, especially because that familiar smirk she gives on seeing Enterprise's condition would be completely fitting to her character. Praxis is an allegory for the Chernobyl nuclear meltdown, which occurred under similar circumstances (gross negligence, poor maintenance, etc.) and was a major contributing factor to the ultimate collapse of the Soviet Union. The entire reason Kirk was put forward for this assignment was precisely BECAUSE the Klingons didn't like him. The intended message is that if even someone like Kirk is behind peace, it would be symbolic of the Federation's earnestness. Shatner hated Kirk's "let them die," so threw in a sort of physical backtrack to show that he was ashamed of it. Most of it got cut, but there's still a bit of it in the hesitation while he gathered his thoughts. The character of Valeris was originally to be Saavik, and Meyer wanted Alley to reprise her role. Roddenberry was vehement in his insistence that Saavik would never betray the crew, and the resulting conflict between him and Meyer on the matter pretty much destroyed their working relationship until Roddenberry's death before the film released. It ended up being a non-issue because Alley had priced herself way out of their budget, and Meyer had no interest in bringing back Robin Curtis. So when Cattrall was cast, they ultimately decided to make a new character rather than have a THIRD actress play Saavik. There's a few elements of Saavik left, such as being Spock's protege, and while it WOULD have given the betrayal more impact, I frankly have to agree with Roddenberry: Saavik betraying Spock and the rest of the crew would have been completely out of character from what we saw of her in her previous appearances. Also, Saavik is an INCREDIBLY popular character, and her being the traitor wouldn't have been much different than if it had been Chekov or Scotty. Fans would have been LIVID. Merrit Buttrick (David) passed away in 1989 from AIDS-related complications, which adds a bit of extra poignancy to his photo. Chekov's comment "Guess who's coming to dinner" is a reference to the 1967 film of the same name. In the original script it was Uhura who had the line, but Nichelle Nichols objected, given the racial overtones of the film being referenced (in which Sidney Poirtier plays a black man dating a white woman, which in 1967 was a HUGE deal). This is the second of three appearances in Star Trek for David Warner. You previously saw him with a lot less makeup as Ambassador St. John Talbot in Star Trek V. His third role would come in an episode of TNG the following year. You probably would also recognize him as Dillinger/Sark/the MCP from Tron. Incidentally, Hamlet's soliloquy HAS been translated into Klingon (in fact, I believe the entire play has been). There's a video of it on KZfaq. Neutron radiation is an indication of weapons powering up (this is made clearer in the novelization). Kirk and McCoy's lawyer is played by Michael Dorn, and was created as a deliberate connection to the character he plays in TNG as part of the principle cast as Lt Worf, the first Klingon in Starfleet. Colonel Worf is Lt. Worf's grandfather. As another fun aside, the actor who played Klaa in Star Trek V plays the court translator here. It's popular fanon that after Klaa's attack on Enterprise, he got relieved of his command and dumped into this job. Apparently, Spock's ancestor is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. "If you eliminate the impossible..." is a direct quote of Sherlock Holmes (from The Sign Of Four, to be exact). Star Trek writers LOVED Holmes. I don't like the galley scene. Chekov is generally depicted as Enterprise's head of security, which means HE SHOULD KNOW about that alarm and wouldn't need to have it demonstrated by a Jay Gee straight out of the Academy. Christian Slater's cameo got a lot of cheers in the theater. He was one of the "Next Big Things" in the mid and late-80s, so having him appear even in that one scene garnered attention. He's a HUGE Star Trek fan, and his mother actually worked on the film as the casting director, so got him in. If you pay close attention, you can actually see Spock stick the patch Kirk mentions on his back before he leaves the bridge, and it's present in the courtroom scenes. The border crossing scene was another choice made for the film that Nichols disliked because it made Uhura (the head of the ship's communications department would be EXPECTED to be multilingual) look bad, but this time Meyer overrode her objections because he insisted on having a scene with real books. The border guard's response was basically a smuggler's code telling them not to be caught by the authorities. Kim Cattrall deliberately shaved her sideburns because it's such an unusual hairstyle it makes her look SLIGHTLY off, as a hint of Valeris's true nature. Also, Eris is the Greek goddess of strife and discord, so even her name was chosen to foreshadow her part in the conspiracy. The final battle is spectacular, but it also makes Kirk look INCREDIBLY incompetent. He knew he had to face Chang to reach the planet, but shows no indication of having planned for how to deal with him. Especially egregious because Kirk is a master starship tactition, and has fought cloaked ships before (in short: saturate space where Chang's torpedoes are coming from with phaser fire). The Federation President is played by Kurtwood Smith, AKA Red Forman. Smith was yet another actor who played multiple roles across the Star Trek franchise. In the original script, it was Excelsior that rigged the seeker torpedo. If you remember in the opening, Sulu's log states they were doing EXACTLY what Uhura said: Cataloguing gaseous anomalies. So it made sense for Excelsior to have that equipment. However Shatner insisted that Enterprise be able to save herself in her final mission. And even if it's a bit of a plothole (Enterprise had no reason to have the equipment aboard) Shatner IMO was RIGHT. Kirk's delivery of the order to fire is EPIC. Under the best of circumstances, a Bird of Prey of that class would be hopelessly outmatched by ONE Federation cruiser (Chang only did as well as he did because the script kept Kirk from using actual combat tactics). Against two she's well and truly @#$%ed. It's hinted at several times throughout the film, but the Federation President is actually blind. His glasses are a primitive form of a technology you'll see Geordi LaForge wear in TNG. This is why he's looking around wildly when Kirk's calling his name, because he can't locate who's calling him There's a deleted subplot restored in the Director's cut involving a Federation officer named West (played by DS9's late Rene Auberjonois) who's part of the conspiracy. The ending would reveal that the Klingon gunman who tried to assassinate the President was actually West in disguise, with Colonel Worf realizing the dead assassin wasn't bleeding Klingon blood before the reveal. The change "Where no man...where no ONE...has gone before" was the final bridge in this film between TOS and TNG. TNG first updated the opening narration to use "where no one has gone before." This was the last time the entire original cast appeared in a production. Although some of the cast would reprise their roles later in the franchise, you never got to see all of them together again.

For some unknown reason, Undiscovered Country has always been my favorite from the original films. It feels like a Cold War thriller and I love it.

Christopher Plummer was, and remains to this day, the only actor who ever managed to out-ham William freaking Shatner one-on-one in a given movie.

I saw this in the cinema when I was 8 years old. I’ve been a Trekkie since I was 6 I’m now 41. This is still one of the best send offs.

Valeris's whole arc makes more sense when you understand that, originally, she was supposed to be Saavik returning for a third movie. But since they didn't want to recast the character again, they went with a whole new Vulcan. Though it's not said in ST3 the movie, the novel and background reveal that Saavik and David Marcus were in a relationship while on USS Grissom. David's death was her motivation for joining the conspiracy. During the interrogation when Valeris says she doesn't remember, Spock asks "A lie?" And she says "A choice." This was a callback to ST2 when Saavik says to Spock, "You lied," and he replies, "I exaggerated." The betrayal and anguish you see in Spock and Kirk were supposed to be for a character who had, essentially, been part of the crew for a long time, and not a random newbie Kirk had just met. I wish they had just gone with her being Saavik as that would have had much more of an emotional punch.

I don't know about anyone else, but for me this movie encapsulates what made the original Star Trek series, and Star Trek in general, so good. It may not be cinematically as impressive as the previous movies, but as a Star Trek story it's one of the greatest.

Spotting the name Tiberius.... No one knew what the 'T' stood for, until it was given in this send off. One of the last unanswered questions of the original crew.

This was one of, if not the first, movie I ever watched in theaters when I was a kid. Watching Star Trek since before I was in school I cannot tell you how many times I also got full body chills and was one of the best experiences in my life. Like Star Trek IV this movie had a story that was extraordinarily relevant in real life, a parallel of the collapse of the Soviet Union and Gorbachev's outreach to end the Cold War. It fills me with such sorrow that in the short span of my life we've seen the hope of a healthy environment and peace dissolve before our eyes. These movies still give me hope, but that hope is far weaker than when I watched these movies as a child.

"If there is to be a brave new world, our generation is going to have the hardest time living in it." I'm really glad the editor kept that clip in this video. That quote runs through my head a lot as I grow older.

"Yes we do, sexy alien." The actress was Iman, a supermodel back in the day who was married to David Bowie until he died.

This movie is the best "wrap up" of Any series I've ever seen. They did such a great job resolving The Original Series this way. Gene Roddenberry died just before it came out, but I read that he saw a "rough cut" of it. They managed to stay Optimistic... right to the end. The story is Great, and ends with Kirk and Friends saving Everybody... yet again. Great review and observations! I remember seeing this in the theater and got a lump in my throat when the original cast put their signatures down in the credits. It looks to me like you are now a Star Trek fan... like the rest of us! Welcome to the group!

One of the most thought provoking episodes of Star Trek is "Errand of Mercy." It was between the Federation (Enterprise) and the Klingons. A 3rd party intervened and kept the two sides from fighting. But in doing so, it took away their free will. Both sides were so blinded by rage that they didn't realize that in arguing for their free will, they were arguing for the right to kill and be killed.

A lot of people prefer Wrath of Khan, but The Undiscovered Country is absolutely classic American Science Fiction. It's my favorite Star Trek movie ever.

This one is a darker “who done it” with lots of twists and turns keeping us affixed to the story. A perfect send off for the original cast and a very unique score for a Star Trek film.

The actress playing the Chancellor's daughter played Ritchie Valens's mother in La Bamba.

As a fan of Star Trek when you said they can't fire while cloaked I was really impressed. Shows you're paying attention.

The Federation President was played by Kurtwood Smith, who also played Red Foreman on That 70s Show and, more famously for nerds, the deliciously villainous Clarence Boddicker in Robocop!

I worked on this movie, making props at Greg Jein's shop in Marina Del Rey. I have a lot of fond memories of those times.

6:46 Interesting Fact about this scene, Cassie: Merrick Buttrick, the actor who played David, had died from an HIV-related illness, and Kirk placing his photo on his desk was basically paying tribute to Merrick

Not in this video, but the quote from Scotty about Sulu always gives me goosebumps. When Chekov says (about Excelsior) "That's a big ship," Scotty says, "Not so big as her Captain, I think."

Sulu: "Raise shields! Fasten seat belts!!" Bridge crew: "Huh?"

Hi Cassie!! Not sure if you noticed, Kirk and McCoys LAWYER in the trial was played by Michael Dorn, who plays Commander Worf in TNG. I was told he is playing the grandfather, or great grandfather of Worf.

I was able to watch this movie at our local theater & to be in a room full of trekkies was awesome & watching the signature at the end was so cool. We laughed, cried, hugged each other. It was amazing.😍😍😍😍😍

The ensign who wakes Sulu is played by Christian Slater, (Heathers, Broken Arrow, Hard Rain.) His mother is Mary Jo Slater, who was the casting director for the film. Supposedly, he framed the check he got for his cameo in the film.

​Christopher Plummer had so much fun with this role!

I met and acted on stage with W. Morgan Shepherd, the gentleman who played the one-eyed jailer on Rura-Pente. He was a delightful man, and I’m glad to have met him years before he passed!

6:29 "I Would Never Have Imagined Samantha As A Vulcan In Star Trek" Well, Cassie, it might interest you to know that twice before, Kim Cattrall auditioned for the role of Saavik in Star Trek II and III and was reluctant to play Valeris, thinking that she was going to be the 3rd actress to play that character, but accepted when it was made clear to her that it was a totally different Vulcan character she'd be portraying

Actually it's not the last time the original crew shows up. Several key members show up in "Generations" movie, and Spock and Scottie both show up in episodes of Next Generation. Scottie has a major role in Next Gen episode called "Relics" where he was trapped in a transporter buffer for 75 years and gets recovered by the Next Gen crew on the Enterprise "D".

Hand over heart here... I've GENUINELY been looking forward to you watching ST VI. I am delighted and relieved you enjoyed it so much! I'd be honored to be allowed to submit my TNG episode recommendations!

"Second star to the right and straight on till morning" was the directions to Neverland in 'Peter Pan". The actor who played Admiral Cartwright {Brock Peters) played Tom Robinson in the classic movie "To Kill a Mockingbird"

I got to watch this in the theater when it was new, and the tension as they were trying to figure out how to hit that cloaked Bird of Prey was huge. When it got blown up, there was a cheering and shouting throughout the theater. It was epic! Episode IV has it on the funny with all of the "fish out of water" 1980's stuff, but this one does it for me with the excitement.

The Federation President is played by Kurtwood Smith who played Clarence Boddicker in Robocop and Red Foreman in That 70's Show

Undiscovered Country is hands down one of my favourite Trek movies! I find it tends to be rather underrated. Beautiful send off for the OG cast.

"Only Nixon could go to China". Even as a kid I thought that was hilarious. Watching this in an old duplex theater in Wrightstown, NJ was an experience that I will always remember. Kirk's "Fire!" is still the greatest single shot in all of Star Trek and when that torpedo [spoilers censored] I was ready to jump out of my seat.

TRIVIA - Kirk's Klingon lawyer is played by Michael Dorn who plays Lt. Worf in Star Trek: The Next Generation The Federation President is played by Kurtwood Smith - "Red" Foreman from That 70s Show and Robocop

The "Ancestor" of Spock's that maintained that "If you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth." was himself...before he died on the Reliant in ST2. It is also a quote from Sherlock Holmes.

A few things. Chancellor Gorkon was played by David Warner, you saw him in the last film as the Federation representative on Nimbus III, you also saw him in Tron as Dillinger/Sark/MCP. Kirk and Bones' Klingon defense attorney was played by Michael Dorn, who you'll see as one of the main characters, Worf, in The Next Generation, and was meant to be an ancestor of his. Admiral Cartwright was played by Brock Peters, who would have a later role in DS9 as Commander/Captain Sisko's father. And finally we have Colonel West, who was unfortunately removed from the theatrical cut. We first see him earlier in the film giving a briefing to the president (who is not a Klingon, he's an Efrosian, they just look similar), and at the end its revealed that he was actually the Klingon sniper (they cut his mask being pulled off). He was played by Rene Auberjonois, who would later become one of the main characters, Odo, on DS9.

The officer who woke up Captain Sulu was played by Christian Slater The Federation President was played by Kurtwood Smith, whom you saw as Clarence Boddicker in "Robocop" Klingon Defense Attorney Worf was played by Michael Dorn, who was playing Lt. Worf in "Star Trek The Next Generation" when ST:VI was made Sulu's communications officer was Janice Rand (Kirk's yeoman) in the original TV series

I bought a B&W glossy photo of Sulu and Chekov at a garage sale for a dollar. When I got it home, I noticed that it was autographed in ball-point pen by Walter Koenig. Thanks to this movie's end credits, I was able to determine that the signature was authentic.

"I need them to believe them!" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣