idk how the Vulcans chose who among them was going to make out with the aliens in the name of Peace but they chose well because Solkar's body was ready from the moment they made eye contact, let alone started macking with their hands.
i will never be over the fact that during first contact a human offered their hand to a vulcan and the vulcan was just like “wow humans are fucking wild” and took it
Vulcan High Command: "The traditional human greeting is the holding of hands. We must send our horniest Vulcan." Solkar: "At last... my time has come."
Teri J it actually created a lifelong telepathic bond between zephram and solkhar, whose grandson and Great grandson both had relationships/not so minor obsessions with humans. Not saying some vulcans are just hot for humans, buuuuuuuut....
& the 3rd type who regard " Trekkies / Trekkers " as escapist nerds or idealists with their heads in the clouds, as well as any devotee of the science fiction / fantasy genre.
Why... Why is no one talking about the fact that Vulcans come to earth and the humans unknowingly are like "lets make out" and he just... goes for it. Like, handclasping or whatever is how Vulcans make out. I'm dying my dudes this is hilarious.
I love how even the actor playing the Vulcan can't help but shed a tiny smile, if you look closely. Truly a very powerful and emotional scene, especially with the beautiful music, which evokes feelings of awe, wonder, and even the fulfilling of fate.
This was where Starfleet and the Federation was born. The fact that Spock's people were the ones who made first contact with humanity makes this even more meaningful. Kirk and Spock's close friendship is the perfect embodiment of this heartwarming event.
Leonard Nimoy (who was pretty much the Word Of God as far as Vulcans are concerned) stated that Vulcans are not lacking in emotion. After all, Romulans and Vulcans are closely related and Romulans can be quite emotional -- and if Vulcans were incapable of emotion, then the fifth Star Trek film would not have been possible (and maybe we would have been better off!) since Spock's brother Sybok was 100% pure Vulcan. According to Nimoy, Vulcans can actually be deeply emotional but they repress/suppress their emotions and practice strict logic because they perceive emotion as too self-serving and too volatile to be trustworthy as a catalyst or foundation for action. Vulcans would probably think Aesop was on the right track when he said "it is with our passions as it is with fire and water -- they make good servants but bad masters." If Vulcans could not experience emotion, they could not even begin to relate to it let alone understand it because they would have no frame of reference (but they do from their own history). Spock's father Sarek would probably have found his mother Amanda far too incomprehensible to have a reason to marry her.
@@mitchbarredo3990It's to show the audience who is actually making first contact. Before this moment the audience was never told who the actual species was.
I imagine how special this mustve felt to the vulcans, even buried deep down their minds. Usually people are sent on first contact missions, after sensors detect a world's first warp flight. To be THERE, in the system, witnessing it happen right before you, must be truly unique.
It's right up there with Spock meeting the ( former ) Enterprise crew after his mind was restored in ST III, & the crew being shown the Enterprise - A in ST IV, the Klingons peacefully meeting with the crew in ST : V, & so on.
This is how I imagine "first contact". Not some stupid Hollywood war like Independence Day with xenophobic views. But enlightenment and a larger understanding of the Universe. That is what Gene Roddenberry wanted.
Hollywood also made E.T., Starman, Close encounter of the Third Kind, The iron Giant, Superman the movie, Contact, the Day the Earth stood still... But if you're looking at evil alien conquerors, there are other movies, far less stupid than ID4: War of the World, The Arrival, the Thing,... And this Star Trek, well, it does both.
3 years late. what we're going through now ( the chaos and suffering) is probably what alot if not all races if they do exist go through. it's a learning curve from nothing to something which means if we get through this without destroying ourselves we have a good chance at creating a better future not just for ourselves but everyone everywhere and for everything around us.
+DeFactoLeader watch?v=on8AbqCKcWk is a very beautiful all-string rendition of it. It's like... it's almost music you'd expect to be played at a wedding.
I honestly admire Cochrane for being so cool and collected during this momentous occasion. Were I in his position, the Vulcan who stepped out of that ship would probably see a tear crawling down my cheek as I stand before him, in absolute awe of the fact we finally know we're not alone in the universe. After shaking his hand, it would take everything in my power not to hug him and sob with joy on his shoulder. I probably would end up doing just that, and the Vulcan might be mildly confused, but in the end, it would be extremely difficult to hold back from it, and he might understand, given the circumstances.
@@charleslong9117 Her parents knew she had potential when she built a working transporter (using her brother's erector set and parts from her mother's Electrolux vacuum) for the fifth-grade science fair.
+Andrew Ames I'll be 105 if it happens. Maybe humanity will have started to evolve beyond greed, selfishness, fear of the unfamiliar / new / radically different, rampant nationalism, racism, intolerance. MAYBE we can dare to dream of such a brave new world.
The music is so powerful. It adds even more power to an already very powerful event. Humans and Vulcans have been friends since the beginning. Don't understand each other a whole lot, but always got each other's back!😎
I agree, but there is too much religion and class division. The timeline may be off, but I figure I might be dead when people start killing each other.
I think that the shock of first contact, or at least the undisputable knowledge that technologically superior alien life exists would be enough for Humanity (or at least large parts of it) to get its shit together.
i absolutely agree. Lets hope that the generations to come can lead us as a human race to a future very similar to this example. such a beautiful scene! the main message of Star Trek: hope for the future.
The score is just so beautiful. The way the music swells… the way Cochran holds Lily’s hand on his way to become the man that history will remember: the man he couldn’t imagine being This is Star Trek
We probably will, just not with Vulcans. And we definitely wouldn't come into physical contact at first, they would have microbial life living on them that could kill us.
Veramente bella e significativa questa scena: poi si torna alla deludente realtà. Ho sempre amato la Fantascienza (con la saga di Star Trek come preferita), ma ultimamente mi fa male, perché continuo a fare confronti con il mondo che mi circonda. Avevo 15 anni quando fu lanciato il primo Shuttle, e già fantasticavo di Stazioni Orbitali gigantesche, esplorazioni a vasto raggio del sistema solare, nuovi sistemi di propulsione per accedere in un breve futuro ad altri sistemi stellari; ora mi guardo attorno e (tranne qualche eccezione), vedo solo macerie dei sogni che furono.
I really, really hope this is how it happens. An ordinary, albeit genius, lone human changing the world for the better through science. Unfortunately, I have a sinking feeling that *if* faster-than-light travel is ever developed by humans it will be funded by large multi-national corporations and patented the fuck out of.
+AnotherSignIn Sure, patents would tooootally still matter if we had FTL engines... >.> Keeping it secret, sure. Patents, no. That would be like saying patenting nuclear weapons would have had any effect on their proliferation or cold war, etc.
I'd like to think that humans will evolve much more before breaking the warp barrier. Hell, look at how much has changed in just the past 10 years, despite a lot of darkness, a lot of people are waking up and looking to the future again. Learning that we are not the only life in the universe will change our world forever, and for the better. That's what I believe anyway.
Dr. Cochrane was a genius, but was a drunk who invented FTL travel to make money in a world where things had gone terribly… in this moment he accepts his fate as the one who changed humanity for the better, to take the first step towards a friendship that will define the galaxy for centuries to come.
This movie is a wonder to me. One of the best movies I've ever seen in my life. 10/10 I'll be 80 years old at 2066, so I'll look out for the new era. :)
@@jmikronis7376 Originally, the human body could live 900 years without ever getting old (like in the Sailor Moon-manga). Some extra-terrestrial species' interfered with our genes many millenias ago.
DrAnimePhD Actually the 90s was the Eugenics Wars, which actually was a weird terrorist war. WWIII in star trek rose from the ashes and began in the 2020s... so... we're not out of the woods yet...
Brendan Feay Don't worry. WWIII will be the day that all the countries of the world send their annoying hipsters and SJWs to fight each other, while everyone else who is sane in the world gets to lay back and watch, and laugh.
Meanwhile in the Mirror Universe; After the Vulcan makes the "Live Long And Prosper" gesture, Zefram Cochrane pulls out a shotgun, fires and the humans storm the ship.
The name of the warp ship was phoenix. The Phoenix is a bird that represents a renewal. To burn away your old self, and come out a new. Phoenix tears heal wounds.
hope we get to see our own "First Contact" in this century before 2063, finally paving the way for Human Stellar Exploration and beyond using a fully equipped hyper-drive warp core starship like Cochrane did! 😀
Mestral from ENT's "Carbon Creek" episode could still be alive on Earth as of 2063, and would've been a valuable ally to bridge human and Vulcan cultures.
These scene is soo beautiful. I hope humanity will have a moment like this soon. And I would wish so much to be still on this planet when this should happen. ❤
I haven't seen anyone else mention it, so hopefully I am not being repetitive. But it is nearly canon that the Vulcan is Solkar, who is named in an Enterprise episode as being the first Vulcan ambassador to Earth. In Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, Sarek was identified as being the child of Skon, child of Solkar. Meaning, the Vulcan is Spock's Great-Grandpappy.
This is what we need more of in sci fi! Hope, emotion, optimism! This scene is so beautiful and emotionally charged. It means the moment where we as a species grew up and matured into the next phase of our existance. This is when humanity became adult and responsible. I really hope we reach this point eventually. I know, studying history and seeing the madness in the world today, we feel a little broken inside. We as a species still have a lot to learn, to grow, but never forget what we have already learned! (in the majority of the world today) We don't torture animals for fun anymore! We don't enslave people anymore! Women are treated as equals! We have reached unprecedented levels of life expectancy! WE HAVE HOPE! WE CAN IMPROVE! WE WILL IMPROVE! DON'T GIVE UP!
You could tell it was really important to all involved to get this First Contact scene right because they nailed it. The scenery, the acting, the score,…. All so perfect.
I love that humanities first contact isn't by some bureaucrat with a lot of money or extra-special depression/anxiety free genetics, but rather, a drunk with a dream that sobers up long enough to manage to find (with a lot of luck) a way through Don't do hope (it's a ridiculous function of our biology that causes us to become complacent), but...
so impressed that the Vulcans detect a warp signature and instantly learn English and just land there and contaminate the planet with their germs, landing exactly where the ship is without a warp signature to detect. That's impressive
I always loved this scene when I would watch it on VHS as a kid. Plus the special effects for the Vulcan Shuttle named "T'Planahath" are amazing! :D And yes, as odd as the name sounds, it really is called that. Btw, does anyone here notice a trend with Vulcan names, in which they prefer T'p in alot of stuff? For example: T'pol , the name of the shuttle + lots more.
+mansharker8 Female Vulcan names traditionally start with T'p, males with an S that ends with a K. And I say traditionally meaning not always. The ship might have been given a feminine name just as we traditionally refer to ships with feminine pronouns.
This is the best scene I've seen from a Great Star Trek movie, which gives me hope for a Brighter and STELLAR future, where One day Mankind will finally explore the Galaxy, Universe. Looking forward be a part of that Journey. Space: the Final Frontier.
My all-time favorite movie scene EVAH!! Picard and Riker were watching one of the most important moments in human history as it unfolded... like watching the signing of the Declaration of Independence for Americans.
To quote another show that speaks of Humanity; "They are broken, flawed, ABORTIONS!" "Damn right they're flawed! But a lot of them try; a lot of them try to do better. To forgive!" I truly believe that we'll get here; someday...
2:40 That's always the moment in those kinds of videos when I'm expecting that the uploaded has edited some pieces together and Cochran pulls out a shot gun.
God damn. James Cromwel is one tall dude. 6'7" Even Jonathan Frakes, who stood at a very respectable 6'3" looks small compared to him, and LeVar Burton (5'7") is outright tiny.
The Omen, Mulan, The Mummy (1999), a lot of movies Jerry Goldsmith worked on. But I feel like this is his most beautiful track, and the timing is perfect. It illustrates that as Cochrane is stepping forward to meet the new visitors, the music swells, highlighting how humanity and Earth will finally step forward into a better future, leaving behind the pain and terror of World War III behind forever. Sure, there will be a LOT of shit to come as well, like the Borg, the Dominion War, the Burn, etc. But it IS still a better future than the hellhole that is Earth prior to April 5, 2063. And the rising music encapsulates that
anyone here from the this is super gay tumblr post?
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idk how the Vulcans chose who among them was going to make out with the aliens in the name of Peace but they chose well because Solkar's body was ready from the moment they made eye contact, let alone started macking with their hands.
That pleases smile at the end. I'm dying
This *is* Spock's great-grandfather we're talking about.
i will never be over the fact that during first contact a human offered their hand to a vulcan and the vulcan was just like “wow humans are fucking wild” and took it
Vulcan High Command: "The traditional human greeting is the holding of hands. We must send our horniest Vulcan."
Solkar: "At last... my time has come."
@@zemosgirl his time has *c o m e*
Can't believe you were not only at the devil's sacrament but that you stole someone else's joke from there
Whoa there, a hand shake is the equivalent of heavy petting to Vulcan, way to go dude
Teri J it actually created a lifelong telepathic bond between zephram and solkhar, whose grandson and Great grandson both had relationships/not so minor obsessions with humans. Not saying some vulcans are just hot for humans, buuuuuuuut....
@@AngelOfAdvancedPlacement Like Sarek?
First interstellar faux pau.
@@AngelOfAdvancedPlacement Considering the ones that get the assignment to initiate first contact, those are the one that are probably more xenophile.
Hey he wore a glove at least!
02:52 Jesus, get a room you two.
When it comes to star trek, there's only two type of people. Those who love it and those who never watched it.
Brilliant.
& the 3rd type who regard " Trekkies / Trekkers " as escapist nerds or idealists with their heads in the clouds, as well as any devotee of the science fiction / fantasy genre.
Or don't have the attention span to understand and appreciate star trek
And then there's the Star Wars fanboys that say "Fuck diplomacy! Bring out the ray guns!"
Old star trek yes, the new one just sucks.
Why... Why is no one talking about the fact that Vulcans come to earth and the humans unknowingly are like "lets make out" and he just... goes for it. Like, handclasping or whatever is how Vulcans make out. I'm dying my dudes this is hilarious.
Tumblr brought me here & that's what they were talking about lol.
This dude is absolutely horny on main for humanity.
they knew at the time! they must've! it was shot like a wedding and all, the hood removed like a veil and everything.
I ship them
@@poemsbypoetry That's explain Sarek and Spock XD
I love how even the actor playing the Vulcan can't help but shed a tiny smile, if you look closely. Truly a very powerful and emotional scene, especially with the beautiful music, which evokes feelings of awe, wonder, and even the fulfilling of fate.
This was where Starfleet and the Federation was born. The fact that Spock's people were the ones who made first contact with humanity makes this even more meaningful. Kirk and Spock's close friendship is the perfect embodiment of this heartwarming event.
Well yeah, he got some surprise nookie on a scouting mission.
Leonard Nimoy (who was pretty much the Word Of God as far as Vulcans are concerned) stated that Vulcans are not lacking in emotion. After all, Romulans and Vulcans are closely related and Romulans can be quite emotional -- and if Vulcans were incapable of emotion, then the fifth Star Trek film would not have been possible (and maybe we would have been better off!) since Spock's brother Sybok was 100% pure Vulcan. According to Nimoy, Vulcans can actually be deeply emotional but they repress/suppress their emotions and practice strict logic because they perceive emotion as too self-serving and too volatile to be trustworthy as a catalyst or foundation for action. Vulcans would probably think Aesop was on the right track when he said "it is with our passions as it is with fire and water -- they make good servants but bad masters." If Vulcans could not experience emotion, they could not even begin to relate to it let alone understand it because they would have no frame of reference (but they do from their own history). Spock's father Sarek would probably have found his mother Amanda far too incomprehensible to have a reason to marry her.
Yes. The moment he removes his hood for some reason always hits me in the feels.
@@mitchbarredo3990It's to show the audience who is actually making first contact. Before this moment the audience was never told who the actual species was.
...that's a very lustful nod at the end there
I imagine how special this mustve felt to the vulcans, even buried deep down their minds. Usually people are sent on first contact missions, after sensors detect a world's first warp flight. To be THERE, in the system, witnessing it happen right before you, must be truly unique.
This is the greatest, most impactful, most powerful and most respectful moment in Star Trek.
It's right up there with Spock meeting the ( former ) Enterprise crew after his mind was restored in ST III, & the crew being shown the Enterprise - A in ST IV, the Klingons peacefully meeting with the crew in ST : V, & so on.
The first moment a human ****Ed a Vulcan
And LGBT+ history in general
waiting for cochrane to pull a shotgun
I agree, this is one of the most powerful moments in Star Trek history and a great scene.
That'll do human, that'll do.
In 7 years I’m apparently the only one to catch the Babe reference 😂
@@Megalith79 109 thumbs up says otherwise.
I came here from the super gay Tumblr post but got absolutely _blindsided_ by Jerry Goldsmith's score
i love how cochrane can't 🖖 and looks at his hand like ">:\ cooperate!!"
first contact, sealed with a kiss
This is how I imagine "first contact". Not some stupid Hollywood war like Independence Day with xenophobic views. But enlightenment and a larger understanding of the Universe. That is what Gene Roddenberry wanted.
Hollywood also made E.T., Starman, Close encounter of the Third Kind, The iron Giant, Superman the movie, Contact, the Day the Earth stood still...
But if you're looking at evil alien conquerors, there are other movies, far less stupid than ID4: War of the World, The Arrival, the Thing,...
And this Star Trek, well, it does both.
***** Then again our first contact could be with the Borg.
Nash Potter actually watching a Borg episode right now. (Voyager)
T0mR0b1n sir you have really good tastes :D
3 years late. what we're going through now ( the chaos and suffering) is probably what alot if not all races if they do exist go through. it's a learning curve from nothing to something which means if we get through this without destroying ourselves we have a good chance at creating a better future not just for ourselves but everyone everywhere and for everything around us.
The music in this scene is actually beautiful.
It's very very emotive. Makes the hairs always stand up on the back of my neck
+DeFactoLeader watch?v=on8AbqCKcWk is a very beautiful all-string rendition of it. It's like... it's almost music you'd expect to be played at a wedding.
sadly, it's not available anymore
I honestly admire Cochrane for being so cool and collected during this momentous occasion. Were I in his position, the Vulcan who stepped out of that ship would probably see a tear crawling down my cheek as I stand before him, in absolute awe of the fact we finally know we're not alone in the universe. After shaking his hand, it would take everything in my power not to hug him and sob with joy on his shoulder. I probably would end up doing just that, and the Vulcan might be mildly confused, but in the end, it would be extremely difficult to hold back from it, and he might understand, given the circumstances.
SgtPiggie I meant Cochrane as in the character.
+Ricarius vi Solvada The year is 2077, and a female inventor invents the warp drive after years of watching this moment on television.
I'd be sobbing and hugging that poor Vulcan while saying "THANK YOU!! We're not alone out here -- oh god, I'm so happy to see you!!"
@@charleslong9117 Her parents knew she had potential when she built a working transporter (using her brother's erector set and parts from her mother's Electrolux vacuum) for the fifth-grade science fair.
My GOD you’re cringe
5 April 2015...48 years to go.
Happy "First Contact" day!
starguy2718 i'll only be 73 years old.
+Matt Boesch On April 5 2063 I will be 97 years old...........I hope I live that long.
+Matt Boesch I'll be 90. LOL
+starguy2718 World War III needs to happen though. Hope I don't die in that.
+chen j and I'll be 82 :)
A Beautiful moment from the greatest scene in Star Trek history.
Tears of nerdly joy, every, single, time! I'll be 75...
+Andrew Ames Ummm...well I'll be 97 if I make it that far...;)
+Andrew Ames ..and me 83 ;)
+Andrew Ames I'll be 105 if it happens. Maybe humanity will have started to evolve beyond greed, selfishness, fear of the unfamiliar / new / radically different, rampant nationalism, racism, intolerance. MAYBE we can dare to dream of such a brave new world.
+Andrew Ames I will be 77. Live Long and Prosper Mr. Ames
+Andrew Ames I'll be 70 if it ever happens.
I can’t believe Solkar made out with that dude the absolute madlad
The music is so powerful. It adds even more power to an already very powerful event. Humans and Vulcans have been friends since the beginning. Don't understand each other a whole lot, but always got each other's back!😎
1:54 is my all time FAVORITE music in Star Trek Music.
Spock's great-grandfather meets the "Kirk" of his time. Is it no wonder Spock and Kirk got along so well almost 200 years later?
Plot Twist: Spock and Kirk are reincarnations of these two.
@@boloblade2 doesn't work- Zephram Cochrane was still alive when Kirk was.
And the very first response to the first contact greeting was a kiss. You go Zef!
I really wish this is how our civilization moves forward, and maybe just maybe I can die a peaceful death knowing we have a chance.
I agree, but there is too much religion and class division. The timeline may be off, but I figure I might be dead when people start killing each other.
Its the past and lack of forgiveness that keeps this from becoming a reality.
I think that the shock of first contact, or at least the undisputable knowledge that technologically superior alien life exists would be enough for Humanity (or at least large parts of it) to get its shit together.
i absolutely agree. Lets hope that the generations to come can lead us as a human race to a future very similar to this example. such a beautiful scene! the main message of Star Trek: hope for the future.
Nigel Murphy lol Aliens land by the White House to be greeted by Trump.
It doesn't matter how many times I see this scene, it always makes me cry, darnit!
…..really??? Jesus. 😂
Happy First Contact day, everyone! Live long, and prosper. 🖖
I can’t believe they just made out in public
The score is just so beautiful. The way the music swells… the way Cochran holds Lily’s hand on his way to become the man that history will remember: the man he couldn’t imagine being
This is Star Trek
Ok,i have 2 things to say :
1: DAAAAAMN POINTY-EARED DADDY !!!!!
2 : THEY ARE MAKING OUT !!!!!
Happy First Contact day!
+Antony Barbosa Happy First Contact day "Live long and prosper"
+Antony Barbosa I would love if it were a real day. I know it will I'm just saying i'd love to celebrate it for real.
+Starfleet2360 in around 40+ years it'll be a real day. Just like 'This is the future birth place of James t kirk' for that city in Iowa. 😊🖖
I hope all of you will survive World War III ten years prior and live to see this historic day in 30 years
Still makes Me Emotional 😢❤!
I wish we are someday able to have this too...
We probably will, just not with Vulcans. And we definitely wouldn't come into physical contact at first, they would have microbial life living on them that could kill us.
+Ryan Lowry Or vice versa. We may have microbes that could kill them...
I think its inevitable, whither it will be in our life times, who knows
That's unlikely. The microbes would never have encountered a human in their lives and will most likely die in our bodies before it kills us.
good assestion, how do we compensate, any solutions even if theoretical?
The most beautiful and meaningful moment in Trek history.
This scene made my eyes water in the theater when I saw it the first time.
Veramente bella e significativa questa scena: poi si torna alla deludente realtà. Ho sempre amato la Fantascienza (con la saga di Star Trek come preferita), ma ultimamente mi fa male, perché continuo a fare confronti con il mondo che mi circonda. Avevo 15 anni quando fu lanciato il primo Shuttle, e già fantasticavo di Stazioni Orbitali gigantesche, esplorazioni a vasto raggio del sistema solare, nuovi sistemi di propulsione per accedere in un breve futuro ad altri sistemi stellari; ora mi guardo attorno e (tranne qualche eccezione), vedo solo macerie dei sogni che furono.
I remember I had to write an in class narrative essay and I literally just used the plot to First Contact.
You got an A+ I assume?
2:40 And then Cochrane pulls out a gun and shoots the Vul-- Oh wait, wrong universe.
I really, really hope this is how it happens. An ordinary, albeit genius, lone human changing the world for the better through science. Unfortunately, I have a sinking feeling that *if* faster-than-light travel is ever developed by humans it will be funded by large multi-national corporations and patented the fuck out of.
+AnotherSignIn Sure, patents would tooootally still matter if we had FTL engines... >.>
Keeping it secret, sure. Patents, no. That would be like saying patenting nuclear weapons would have had any effect on their proliferation or cold war, etc.
I'd like to think that humans will evolve much more before breaking the warp barrier. Hell, look at how much has changed in just the past 10 years, despite a lot of darkness, a lot of people are waking up and looking to the future again. Learning that we are not the only life in the universe will change our world forever, and for the better. That's what I believe anyway.
It took world war 3 before humanity pulled this off in the trek universe. Sadly we are right on track.
Dr. Cochrane was a genius, but was a drunk who invented FTL travel to make money in a world where things had gone terribly… in this moment he accepts his fate as the one who changed humanity for the better, to take the first step towards a friendship that will define the galaxy for centuries to come.
This movie is a wonder to me. One of the best movies I've ever seen in my life. 10/10
I'll be 80 years old at 2066, so I'll look out for the new era. :)
And, I’ll be 110 years old. I’ll probably be in the grave by that time.
@@jmikronis7376 Originally, the human body could live 900 years without ever getting old (like in the Sailor Moon-manga). Some extra-terrestrial species' interfered with our genes many millenias ago.
49 years from now!
It may come sooner with NASA developing their own warp drive.
try to make it through WWIII and we could live to see it :D
***** World War III was in the 90s so woo! We did it!
DrAnimePhD Actually the 90s was the Eugenics Wars, which actually was a weird terrorist war. WWIII in star trek rose from the ashes and began in the 2020s... so... we're not out of the woods yet...
Brendan Feay Don't worry. WWIII will be the day that all the countries of the world send their annoying hipsters and SJWs to fight each other, while everyone else who is sane in the world gets to lay back and watch, and laugh.
Meanwhile in the Mirror Universe;
After the Vulcan makes the "Live Long And Prosper" gesture, Zefram Cochrane pulls out a shotgun, fires and the humans storm the ship.
Imagine if you met a new alien race and the first thing they wanted to do was make out
The name of the warp ship was phoenix. The Phoenix is a bird that represents a renewal. To burn away your old self, and come out a new. Phoenix tears heal wounds.
Humanity really lucked out with the Vulcans, and not the Klingons, being the first to pay us a visit.
That Vulcan and that human just made out by Vulcan standards...
two things people used to say bout this part : The old man at 0:37 look Vulcan & and the face on the bottom of the Vulcan ship. Lol
hope we get to see our own "First Contact" in this century before 2063, finally paving the way for Human Stellar Exploration and beyond using a fully equipped hyper-drive warp core starship like Cochrane did!
😀
Peak Star Trek moment.
0:37 is it just me that the old man shown looks like a Vulcan.
It's not just you. When I saw that man, I said, "Is that Sarek?"
Apparantly he played a romulan in TNG.
Mestral from ENT's "Carbon Creek" episode could still be alive on Earth as of 2063, and would've been a valuable ally to bridge human and Vulcan cultures.
These scene is soo beautiful. I hope humanity will have a moment like this soon. And I would wish so much to be still on this planet when this should happen. ❤
I wish it was an Andorian ship that showed up. Those guys are so underrated.
I haven't seen anyone else mention it, so hopefully I am not being repetitive. But it is nearly canon that the Vulcan is Solkar, who is named in an Enterprise episode as being the first Vulcan ambassador to Earth. In Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, Sarek was identified as being the child of Skon, child of Solkar. Meaning, the Vulcan is Spock's Great-Grandpappy.
I fucking miss Jerry Goldsmith.
Gets me right in the feels every time :D
me too dude!
I love the dramatic music when he reveals his ears lmao
1:54 was when I lost it right there in the theater seeing this movie for the first time.
This is what we need more of in sci fi! Hope, emotion, optimism! This scene is so beautiful and emotionally charged. It means the moment where we as a species grew up and matured into the next phase of our existance. This is when humanity became adult and responsible. I really hope we reach this point eventually. I know, studying history and seeing the madness in the world today, we feel a little broken inside. We as a species still have a lot to learn, to grow, but never forget what we have already learned! (in the majority of the world today) We don't torture animals for fun anymore! We don't enslave people anymore! Women are treated as equals! We have reached unprecedented levels of life expectancy! WE HAVE HOPE! WE CAN IMPROVE! WE WILL IMPROVE! DON'T GIVE UP!
If that ship landed in my back yard, I would have FAINTED !
Sarek walked out of that ship ready to go down on Zefram Cochrane, and ever since his descendants have been just as horny on main for humans as he was
You could tell it was really important to all involved to get this First Contact scene right because they nailed it. The scenery, the acting, the score,…. All so perfect.
I love that humanities first contact isn't by some bureaucrat with a lot of money or extra-special depression/anxiety free genetics, but rather, a drunk with a dream that sobers up long enough to manage to find (with a lot of luck) a way through
Don't do hope (it's a ridiculous function of our biology that causes us to become complacent), but...
Glad that the Vulcans could speak English
wonderful scene.
For both Humans and Vulcans, this was a Date with Destiny
"Board their ship! Take everything you can!!!"
Gene would've absolutely loved Vulcans making first contact with Earth. Such a good idea.
So Enterprise was still in orbit when the Vulcan's showed up?
Imho one of the best scenes in the whole movie!
This is my favorite part of this movie and my favorite movie of the series
so impressed that the Vulcans detect a warp signature and instantly learn English and just land there and contaminate the planet with their germs, landing exactly where the ship is without a warp signature to detect. That's impressive
I wish the Vulcans saved our asses right about now.
With Russia invading Ukraine today, I decided to watch this bc I truly believe something like this is the only way world peace will ever be achieved.
Through alien contact?
This moment happened 10 years after WW3 ended in the trek canon.
2:52 this is a truly alien moment for us in 2020.
I always loved this scene when I would watch it on VHS as a kid. Plus the special effects for the Vulcan Shuttle named "T'Planahath" are amazing! :D
And yes, as odd as the name sounds, it really is called that.
Btw, does anyone here notice a trend with Vulcan names, in which they prefer T'p in alot of stuff?
For example: T'pol , the name of the shuttle + lots more.
+mansharker8 Female Vulcan names traditionally start with T'p, males with an S that ends with a K. And I say traditionally meaning not always. The ship might have been given a feminine name just as we traditionally refer to ships with feminine pronouns.
@@VelociQueen T'plana Hath is referred to as "Matron of Vulcan Philosophy" in ST IV- so she was clearly important enough to name a ship after.
Pretty damn cool. The best! 😉
I was half expecting a splice with the Mirror Universe version of this event :P
Jonathan Frakes is at least 6'4". James Cromwell is absolutely MASSIVE.,
This is the best scene I've seen from a Great Star Trek movie, which gives me hope for a Brighter and STELLAR future, where One day Mankind will finally explore the Galaxy, Universe. Looking forward be a part of that Journey. Space: the Final Frontier.
Hmmmm, 46 more years till we make first contact.
1996 when Star Trek was at its peak.
Thanks buddy
Happy FIRST CONTACT DAY !
Today is April 5, 2021 countdown to 2063 still 42 years off and we're getting close. Live Long and Prosper! 🖖
Right there at 2:53 the best moment in all of star trek ever
On this day, the Federation was born.
Well, at least he didn't blast him with the sawed off shotgun...
Anyone else see that Leonard Nimoy cameo or am I just seeing ghosts?
My all-time favorite movie scene EVAH!! Picard and Riker were watching one of the most important moments in human history as it unfolded... like watching the signing of the Declaration of Independence for Americans.
To quote another show that speaks of Humanity; "They are broken, flawed, ABORTIONS!" "Damn right they're flawed! But a lot of them try; a lot of them try to do better. To forgive!" I truly believe that we'll get here; someday...
Don't lie. We all know how you got here.
2:40 That's always the moment in those kinds of videos when I'm expecting that the uploaded has edited some pieces together and Cochran pulls out a shot gun.
God damn. James Cromwel is one tall dude.
6'7"
Even Jonathan Frakes, who stood at a very respectable 6'3" looks small compared to him, and LeVar Burton (5'7") is outright tiny.
What's really awesome is the Vulcan he meets there is Cully Fredricksen (General Rahm Kota from Star Wars: The Force Unleashed)!
First Contact and already to first base.
I must get this on Laserdisc
Solkar was down to pound and didn't care who knew it
The Omen, Mulan, The Mummy (1999), a lot of movies Jerry Goldsmith worked on.
But I feel like this is his most beautiful track, and the timing is perfect. It illustrates that as Cochrane is stepping forward to meet the new visitors, the music swells, highlighting how humanity and Earth will finally step forward into a better future, leaving behind the pain and terror of World War III behind forever. Sure, there will be a LOT of shit to come as well, like the Borg, the Dominion War, the Burn, etc. But it IS still a better future than the hellhole that is Earth prior to April 5, 2063. And the rising music encapsulates that