It has been rare for me as a performer to not be able to land my "line"... Even if my topic is about unnecessary death. I could feel Drinker struggling in the most insanely heart wrenching way. I have a strong guess that this pushed him close to a happy/sad cry
In an interview after this short film was made, Shatner said Gene Rodenberry would be "rolling over in his grave" if he saw what modern Star Trek had become.
Rodenberry actually hated Star Trek The Undiscovered Country and the showrunners went out of their way to remove him from the decisions for the later seasons of TNG
In one of the episodes of Star Trek, the Next Generation, the crew is mourning the loss of some crew mates. Wharf, inquires why they are so sad when in his culture, they put on a celebration to remember the dead. This is how I have seen Star Trek and this homage to a great character is one more moment where I celebrate, the end of a wonderful character
As a VFX artist who has worked with the people responsible for this short film, thank you for reviewing it and spreading the word. Live long and prosper.
William Shatner on getting old: "I find age such a foreign concept. I have to be reminded. I still have the extraordinary feeling of adventure, striking out into unknown fields." On turning 90: "It's disgusting. It's a disgusting number. I mean, I don't like 90. When I heard that 90 was coming up, I thought, 'What the heck is that?' I remember 90 way back when I was in Canada and I thought, '90! People don't live till 90.' And here I am."
Disney is just a soulless money maker. Oh wait, they're a step below even that, as they don't even want to please the audience. Unless the 'modern audience' they imagine, is irredeemably brain-damaged.
At 93 years of age, William Shatner has definitely earned a Victory Lap like this. If it wasn't for his casting after the failed pilot, we wouldn't be talking about anything related to Star Trek today.
I don't think its fair to suggest Shatner is the single reason Star Trek survived to become the beloved franchise we know today however, I understand the sentiment. Credit for saving Star Trek goes to Lucille Ball. It was her who gave Star Trek a second chance after the first pilot was rejected by the network. If she had not given the green light, Star Trek would have died with 'The Cage'. After the series was cancelled in 1969 Star Trek survived through the rise of conventions and the animated series. This led to the development of a second series, 'Star Trek Phase II' which became 'Star Trek The Motion Picture' after the success of Star Wars. Unfortunately, Star Trek's first feature film was a mixed bag. 'Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan' saved the franchise by delivering it's first feature film hit, launching a successful film franchise lasting from 1982 to 1991. This gave birth to 'Star Trek TNG', the series that launched a successful television franchise which lasted from 1987 to 2001. We are talking about Star Trek today thanks to Lucille Ball, Star Trek conventions, 'The Wrath of Khan' and 'Star Trek TNG.'
@@hulkfan97 Man can you shut up about politics on something this nice? This is a beautiful send off to a character that millions of people love, and it doesn't need that shit stirred up around it.
That hit hard. I'm not sure who just said goodbye to us, James Kirk or William Shatner. It's right that he decides how the journey ends. Thank you Bill, for everything.
47yo here and Star Trek certainly shaped my youth... And after watching Unification I came to the conclusion that I haven't felt like this in many years... An iconic line comes to mind... "I have been and always shall be your friend"
To me what these scumbags have done to Star Trek is personal. I grew up on it and the messages it put forth helped shape me into the person I am today.
At 62, I reflect back to my love of the original Star Trek. How James T. Kirk was the epitome of a true hero in my young eyes, the excitement & anticipation stirred in me by the words "Space, the final frontier..." and I'm so grateful that they finally gave us the ending we waited in vain for, but truly deserved. James T. Kirk, we salute you!
I had just return from my tour of duty in Vietnam in 1966 when I saw my first episode of Star Trek. It gave hope that regardless of how bad things are, they can get better.
That's fantastic. Star Trek at it's best was always about inspiring people to be the best version of themselves, and to encourage everyone else to do the same.
Drinker, I may be wrong but I think Sam Witwer did the acting for Kirk and they digitally put Shatner's face on him. I saw a behind the scenes shot where they had Sam Witwer on set and were doing the CGI on his face in real time. Either way it's an insane feat of tech to be able to pull it off so well!
@@chilecayenne Idk I think the fact he was second in the cast lineup points to him being the only other character he actually interacted with. Aka Spock.
What Dave Blass mentioned on X makes it even cooler: “For folks using terms like "AI" and "Deep Fake" #Unification was all done in camera with SamWitwer performance captured along with his Kirk version LIVE. This next level of Digital Prosthetic technology used by actors and craftsmen will be huge. It's technology in the hands of artists not people typing prompts. The nuance that SamWitwer brought to his facial expressions combined with OTOY digital technicians allowed Sam to study @WilliamShatner mannerisms as Kirk and replicate them on set. The same with Larry Selleck and Spock.” Major props to Sam and the entire team that brought this to life!
@@vcdonovan5943 - Have my reply, sport. I can tell you're still new to this trolling business, so here's hoping your can come up with tastier, snappier bait next time. You can still become a master baiter yet ;)
The sentiment that of all Spocks friends and family who had passed, they summoned Kirk from the Beyond to come and guide his friend Spock in his last journey..... Heart shatteringly beautiful.
They defined each other. Kirk risked his life, threw away his career, lost his son and sacrificed the Enteprise (his obsession) on the slim chance that he could help his friend. “You would have done the same for me.” Spock never got that chance and likely regretted not being there for Kirk in the end. Again, Kirk wouldn’t let his friend die alone and in return, Spock got to be there with Jim as well.
In a way, this is the cathartic send off every star trek fan and cast member alike deserve. God speed James T. Kirk, God speed Mr.Spock, farewell star trek.
Old school actors realizing their time in the sun is fading and it's best to create a nice sunset instead of 'reimagining' their characters in a MultiVerse? Wow. How refreshing!
My mother introduced me to Star Trek during the Original Series' syndication heyday in the early 1970s. As I grew up, Star Trek became a beautiful bonding vehicle between us. We went to every Original Series Star Trek movie together, talked about TNG, DS9, and Voyager episodes, and even enjoyed some pieces of the first nu-Trek, JJ Abrams movie. Her love of Trek is still unsurpassed by any human I've ever met. She passed away in 2019 of complications from Covid, two days shy of her 72nd birthday. Five years later, this short film drops and by the end of it, half a decade of compartmentalized emotions broke through my psychological shields like a full spread of photon torpedoes. For the first time since she passed away, I was truly able to grieve. To whoever created this eight-minute trip through a lifetime of memories, you cannot know how grateful I am.
I had a similar experience- not StarTrek related though. In the movie Jojo Rabbit, there's a scene in which the protagonist, a boy of 10/11, and his mother are riding bicycles on a beautiful day. While watching that, I suddenly and completely broke down sobbing. Mom's been gone for almost thirty years, but sometimes the need to grieve for her returns.
@@ChristopherMurphy1969 there’s more to the story on OTOY. It’s about 20 minutes all together. Robert Myer Burnett has two fan edits he and another person did to put it all together.
I’m 55 and was raised with reruns of the original series. I’ve loved it all my life. This was extremely well done. I could have watched that sunset and rode off with them.
50 here. For the longest time I thought Star Trek was kinda silly. The bond between Kirk and Spock however was what took me over. It was build over time and that made it real.
This broke me and I have shed tears at the end turned 49 this year I remember the good times for film and times passing of memories and friends gone I really really felt that “ Go away now “ …Thank you Drinker.👏
Mr. Drinker, the saddest and most heart felt "go away now" was always from your video titled "why the past matters". This video surpasses that. Right in the feels.
Me and my best friend bonded over our mutual love of Star Trek in school 25 years ago. I used the line "I have been, and always shall be, your friend" in my best man's speech at his wedding. Brought the place down. I can't think of a single line in a movie or TV show written in the past decade that has that sort of indelible impact. Certainly nothing with the title Star Trek. What a shame.
I won't lie, I had tears when spock meet kirk at the end and It's really hard for me to be emotional over a media. I was not even sad, I just got tears. Beautiful hommage to Kirk/Spock and Leonard Nimoy
Had to pause the video to watch Unification before continuing, and without irony that short film really did invoke more emotion than the past several years of 'Trek'
This!! I pray that somewhere there’s a young writer who sees this and it inspires them to write something that boldly goes where no one of their generation has gone before.
Real, *Good* stories must eventually come to an end. Trying to keep them going in perpetuity is a huge reason why we are in this creative wasteland, and been so for well over a decade.
Good. Now, protect your memories with all the vehemence, wrath, and jealousy of a god. Because that is what all the nostalgia baiting is about. It is about trashing the inside of your mind, so that you can accept any garbage that comes along. Your brain is your most prized possession, above ALL other things. Your brain houses everything that makes you, you. And when it is gone, so are you. You are under attack. Defend yourself.
@@danielduncan6806 I have never watched anything beyond the final episode of 'Enterprise', until today of course. I have no desire to give any attention to the monster that Star Trek has been perverted into.
@danielduncan6806 Buy hard copies of your favorite films & TV shows, while you still can. Before the memories are ruined by awful remakes, retconning and wokeness in streaming form by the major studios.
I am glad I wasn't the only one genuinely moved by this true work of art. Good intentions met up with talent, creativity, and created something that spoke volumes, without a single word.
I watched this yesterday twice with tear-filled eyes. I Had to show my wife as well. I even sent it to my brother and father to watch. I miss Star Trek more than any other franchise. There was something so magical about it.
you can really tell the difference in emotion here. usually, he does simply sound like a drunken asshole whose just ranting to you, but here, there is a wholesome gentleness to it. a man tearing up because he found what had been lost for so damn long, even if it was only brief.
Like many here my father was the one that introduced me to Star trek, he passed and moved on to the Undiscovered country about a month ago now, and this hit like a gut punch. 10 minutes of the best trek ever placed on film, all done with body language. It is amazing what you can achieve with people who know, understand and most importantly love the material.
Wowwwwww.... Goosebumps.... Third of the population will not understand HOW MUCH they don't understand... Thanks, man - what an awesome episode of yours - thanks. And cheers, as I'll need some Tequila now, like quite some...
There is more drama and pathos in Critical Drinker's commentary on Star Trek Unification than there is from anything the Star Trek franchise has created - on both the big and small screen - since JJ Abrams abomination of a reboot back in 2009. This was so moving, Drinker. Thank you so much for lending your eloquence to this.
There aren't words for how powerful this short film was, like being given a few more precious moments with at an old friend that we'd thought was long gone. For those of us who grew up watching Kirk, Spock, McCoy and the rest of the crew overcome incredible odds and inspire us to find the best and noblest part of ourselves, this was a touching, poignant coda to our childhood heroes and those treasured memories.
I saw this on Sunday a day before release in Ticonderoga with Bill Shatner, Robin Curtis, James Cawley and the guys from Otoy present, the reaction in the room was amazing!
As a zoomer myself, i agree 100%. We want capable crews that give it their all on the edge of the unknown, not a screamfest filled with insubordination (I'm looking at you SNW)
Gah DAMMIT!!!! That voice breaking "Go Away Now" almost got me crying...... Again! 765874 Unification is absolute PERFECTION ..... THIS is the Star Trek we have been missing for so long. Kirk and Spock bodly going where they've never gone before ..... but they're doing it TOGETHER. 🖖💙💙🖖
This was a beautiful and pontent review, Drinker. You really portray the soul of us Star Trek fans correctly after being so badly portrayed for so long.
Wow. I was NOT expecting this review to go down like this - but I'm glad they allowed Shatner and the character that he made his own: a dignified and poignant send off.
Tears streaming down my face. I didnt cry like that at my Fathers passing. The video unlocked something deep inside, and it all came tumbling out. All the grief and pain of loss. For an hour I was inconsolable. I feel lighter. Sucker punched by a Star Trek video. As a man I havent allowed myself to feel anything major in years. Well played sir, well played.
It took me back to the mid-1980s, when I watched all the TV shows, rented the cartoons on VHS, and ravenously read all the Star Trek novels I could get my hands on.
It was beautiful to behold. So much love, care and attention to detail that it hurt to watch. It showed why I love the TMP era, characters who love so dearly, and a sense of awe for the beautiful unknown.
Watching that, reminded me of what i loved about Trek, and woke up a part of me i thought was long dead. I loved and struggled watching it, but when i saw Spock and he raised that eyebrow as he always did, i flat out cried. I miss them all, but for a short amount of time, they were back and life was beautiful again. I'm so glad we all got to share this.
It was so great to meet and get a signed book from you in Grand Rapids! I truly appreciate the inspirational words both you and Nerdrotic gave during your panel!
As a trekkie since the late 60's, this short film absolutely broke me. I even sobbed at the end of YOUR video hearing the crack in your voice as you said "... Go away now."
It is awesome that Star Trek can touch your heart that way.If I could I would subscribe twice for the last 2 sentences alone. Thank you, You stay and do not go anywhere!
Didn't expect to hear the Drinker get emotional today, but man this video made me cry. Just hearing your voice filled with passion and love for a long-since destroyed franchise... it truly shows that there's more to media than it just being there for the sake of it. It means so much more than that...
I’ve just seen Unification earlier today and I’m quite impressed. Star Trek despite all its troubles can still find the most surprising ways to live long and prosper. 🖖🏻
Your voice at the end cracked like mine did after watching. At 46 years old and having to suffer the nu-trek era it was a sheer delight to view something from my childhood again.
This short has more heart, talent and sincerity than anything we have seen in the last twenty years. It achieves in eight minutes what neither Kurtzman nor Abrams could achieve in eight years. It truly is Star Trek as we knew and loved it
Because Star Trek is being controlled by HACKS (Abrams and Kurtzman) who refuse to let it go because it's their only meal ticket they can cling to after destroying other properties with their special kind of TARD sensibilities, not to mention being exposed for the Hack Frauds that they are.
They want to draw in mindless viewers who ignore the plot points, bad writing, nonsensical relationships, etc, and just show up for the visuals and pandering. They don't want to make movies for people who actually like them for good reasons, because then they'd have to actually put in effort to make a good movie. The people who would see the lazy movie decisions. They want money from quantity, not quality.
@moxxiiscarlett7141 I unfortunately have to see my daughter sit through today's crap and hear her say that she loves it. I show her real films as well, which thankfully she loves, and that includes silent films. I have shown her films from Hitchcock, Donen, Frankenheimer, Kubrick, the Reeve Superman movies, the original (non-special edition) Star Wars trilogy, the better Spielberg movies (which, as far as I am concerned, stopped in 2005), Stevens, even a couple of Scorsese films (she's too young for his grittier films, plus we tend to shy away from real violent movies). I am hoping that as she gets older, that she will shy away from the crappier films of today, and focus on the better ones in later years. Obviously, there may be guilty pleasure films, but even a bad film back in the day is better than today's crap. Just for the record, there are some more recent titles that I do appreciate, but that's because they are about the story, not the spectacle.
It is NOT a good send-off for Kirk, since I hear he dies in the Kelvin timeline along with "Beyond" Spock, neither of which I will ever accept as canon.
Just letting you know, Shatner only did the very beginning (his walk through the greenery), Sam Witwer did the rest of it, achieved with makeup and a bit of digital modification, no AI apparently, which is incredible.
It didn’t occur to me that the Vulcan behind Saavic was Spock’s son… now that you called it out, the moment hits so freaking hard! Goddamnit I miss Trek
1:14 "It doesn't just tug on the heartstrings, it braids the [frickin] things into ropes for extra purchase" Drinker just casually pulling out the best analogies ever
I've rarely cried as much watching the full version yesterday as I ever have in my entire life. Masterpiece. I've never spent a second of my life watching the garbage that is STD and I never will.
For years, we waited for that one Star Trek moment, a moment that didn't say we were just Star Trek nerds. A moment that touched Gene Roddenberry's vision. The wait was worth it.
Will need to give that a watch! Growing up without a dad, James T. Kirk was a hero to me, and that magical trifecta of Kirk, Spock and Bones was highly formative. Always a part of me and who I am today. 😢
I think that was the most emotional ‘go away now’ I have heard from the drinker, personally I’m not a massive trekky but I completely understand the sentiment here I haven’t seen the short video but after that review hit me in the feels I’m definitely gonna
Damn how far Trek has fallen that a simple 7 minute clip gets you more in the feels than anything they've done in decades. This was pretty awesome to see-a proper closure on Kirk and Spock's friendship and a fitting farewell for 2 of the most iconic figures in Sci-Fi. There's been alot of Trek over the decades, some good and some horrible, but nothing will ever top the OG crew for me. Their chemistry was perfect and transcended pure sci-fi. Wrath of Khan will always be in my top films of all time, not just top sci-fi, with all it's themes of growing older and finding new purpose, pure revenge and true kinship.
That “go away now” really got me in the feels 😢
It did have a lot of feels. 😔
It has been rare for me as a performer to not be able to land my "line"... Even if my topic is about unnecessary death.
I could feel Drinker struggling in the most insanely heart wrenching way. I have a strong guess that this pushed him close to a happy/sad cry
Me too! And I am not even a ST fan!
I want Mr. Drinker to tell us what he thinks about the new Jaguar advert.
@@FredScuttle456oh dear god, I just watched it and now can’t un-see it. 🫣
In an interview after this short film was made, Shatner said Gene Rodenberry would be "rolling over in his grave" if he saw what modern Star Trek had become.
Ngl, i had a smile on my face when he said that, i was like "yesss, he knows, he just says it, hes a real one!!"
Shatner has TDS,Rodenberry would turn in his grave at Shatner
Is TNG/DS9/VOY/ENT considered "modern"? There is no Star Trek after that, nothing that counts to me, anyway.
@@Greenhead24 Better than having OSFB (Orange Shite Fer Brains).
Rodenberry actually hated Star Trek The Undiscovered Country and the showrunners went out of their way to remove him from the decisions for the later seasons of TNG
Of my friend, I can only say this: of all the souls I have encountered in my travels, his was the most... human
Damn you. I was holding it together at the end of this video, and this is the first comment I read, and the dam broke.
That never fails to make me cry.
Such an apt quote.
@@chucksenhowzen9740 Damn it! Whose cutting onions?
@@dandavis5533Same.
Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.
Dr "Seuss" Spock 🖖 ❤
Thanks for that. True wisdom.
In one of the episodes of Star Trek, the Next Generation, the crew is mourning the loss of some crew mates. Wharf, inquires why they are so sad when in his culture, they put on a celebration to remember the dead. This is how I have seen Star Trek and this homage to a great character is one more moment where I celebrate, the end of a wonderful character
i cry because its beatiful
As a VFX artist who has worked with the people responsible for this short film, thank you for reviewing it and spreading the word.
Live long and prosper.
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Thank you for your work!
Congratulations to you and your colleagues. The deaging tech you used for Shatner is probably the best I've ever seen
William Shatner on getting old: "I find age such a foreign concept. I have to be reminded. I still have the extraordinary feeling of adventure, striking out into unknown fields."
On turning 90: "It's disgusting. It's a disgusting number. I mean, I don't like 90. When I heard that 90 was coming up, I thought, 'What the heck is that?' I remember 90 way back when I was in Canada and I thought, '90! People don't live till 90.' And here I am."
Heh, William is so likeable.
Wow, I had no idea he was that age!
He still looks pretty good for his age. There are people younger than that that unfortunately can't even walk by themselves.
Godbless that dude.
Shatner continues to go boldly where no man has gone before.
Totally agree with him and I'm only 73. There is always so much to do and learn, to read, to make.. to understand..
Take note, Disney. THIS is how you handle legacy characters. THIS is how you show respect to the fans and their heros and what i wish Star Wars did.
I am not even sure what this is.
@@thewewguy8t88it's being passionate about fiction I think, geeking out also fits
Yaassss yaaaasss
while you are correct, Disney does not want to do any of those things.
Disney is just a soulless money maker. Oh wait, they're a step below even that, as they don't even want to please the audience. Unless the 'modern audience' they imagine, is irredeemably brain-damaged.
At 93 years of age, William Shatner has definitely earned a Victory Lap like this. If it wasn't for his casting after the failed pilot, we wouldn't be talking about anything related to Star Trek today.
I don't think its fair to suggest Shatner is the single reason Star Trek survived to become the beloved franchise we know today however, I understand the sentiment. Credit for saving Star Trek goes to Lucille Ball. It was her who gave Star Trek a second chance after the first pilot was rejected by the network. If she had not given the green light, Star Trek would have died with 'The Cage'.
After the series was cancelled in 1969 Star Trek survived through the rise of conventions and the animated series. This led to the development of a second series, 'Star Trek Phase II' which became 'Star Trek The Motion Picture' after the success of Star Wars. Unfortunately, Star Trek's first feature film was a mixed bag. 'Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan' saved the franchise by delivering it's first feature film hit, launching a successful film franchise lasting from 1982 to 1991. This gave birth to 'Star Trek TNG', the series that launched a successful television franchise which lasted from 1987 to 2001.
We are talking about Star Trek today thanks to Lucille Ball, Star Trek conventions, 'The Wrath of Khan' and 'Star Trek TNG.'
Jeez he's only two years younger than my grandpa. Double feels.
Too bad he's woke liberal bitching about the fact Kamala lost. He was anti woke and then opened his mouth on politics
@@hulkfan97 Man can you shut up about politics on something this nice? This is a beautiful send off to a character that millions of people love, and it doesn't need that shit stirred up around it.
@camerongct
Sorry just disappointed in him
That hit hard. I'm not sure who just said goodbye to us, James Kirk or William Shatner. It's right that he decides how the journey ends. Thank you Bill, for everything.
47yo here and Star Trek certainly shaped my youth... And after watching Unification I came to the conclusion that I haven't felt like this in many years... An iconic line comes to mind... "I have been and always shall be your friend"
The saddest 'go away now' that has ever been spoken. Well done good sir, well done. 😭
That was the second time I didn´t cry today
Yes, The Drinker crushed this one.
That was beautiful 😢 it's good enough to make a grown man cry.
Now this is proper Star Trek, not what we've been getting the last few years.
About time. It feels like a miracle from God himself.
Current Star Trek should be called Star Agenda.
@@liamphibia satan's little season, my friend
More like 20 years
Last decade rofl
To me what these scumbags have done to Star Trek is personal. I grew up on it and the messages it put forth helped shape me into the person I am today.
As did I. I was in 5th grade when Cpt Kirk first appeared.
Feel the same.
Same, espiceally since Star trek was something I watched with my father.
@@Dave19812506 I first watched TNG with my parents when I was knee high to a grasshopper.
Rule of Acquisition 239:"Never be afraid to mislabel a product"
61 year old Trekkie, glorious finale and celebration of the character James Tiberius Kirk.
At 62, I reflect back to my love of the original Star Trek. How James T. Kirk was the epitome of a true hero in my young eyes, the excitement & anticipation stirred in me by the words "Space, the final frontier..." and I'm so grateful that they finally gave us the ending we waited in vain for, but truly deserved. James T. Kirk, we salute you!
I'm with you. I'm 60 myself and grew up with James Tiberius Kirk. This short touched me in a way very few pieces do.
Shatner modeled Kirk on Alexander the Great, a bold man if there ever was one.
I had just return from my tour of duty in Vietnam in 1966 when I saw my first episode of Star Trek. It gave hope that regardless of how bad things are, they can get better.
Thank you for your service. Hope you enjoyed unification
Dad was in Vietnam for almost all of 1966.
That's fantastic. Star Trek at it's best was always about inspiring people to be the best version of themselves, and to encourage everyone else to do the same.
I was NOT prepared for this.
This really took me back.
To quote Kirk, “I feel…young” 😢
So many iconic quotes from Kirk and you brought up the one I did not think of. It's very, very powerful right now.
I was glad to see the son of Saavik and Spock, cut from the original ST III script, finally acknowledged.
@@Hatchetforce 💯
I'm 57 and I wasn't crying either, you were.
Incredibly moving. ❤
Drinker, I may be wrong but I think Sam Witwer did the acting for Kirk and they digitally put Shatner's face on him. I saw a behind the scenes shot where they had Sam Witwer on set and were doing the CGI on his face in real time. Either way it's an insane feat of tech to be able to pull it off so well!
I think Sam was the "young" Kirk...but the one at the beginning and I think the end, was really Shatner.
@@chilecayenneit was Sam the whole way
Just shows you how amazing things can be with the right tech done well
@@chilecayenne Idk I think the fact he was second in the cast lineup points to him being the only other character he actually interacted with. Aka Spock.
What Dave Blass mentioned on X makes it even cooler: “For folks using terms like "AI" and "Deep Fake" #Unification was all done in camera with SamWitwer performance captured along with his Kirk version LIVE. This next level of Digital Prosthetic technology used by actors and craftsmen will be huge. It's technology in the hands of artists not people typing prompts. The nuance that SamWitwer brought to his facial expressions combined with OTOY digital technicians allowed Sam to study @WilliamShatner mannerisms as Kirk and replicate them on set. The same with Larry Selleck and Spock.”
Major props to Sam and the entire team that brought this to life!
I’m a very casual Star Trek fan. That short film was absolutely great.
Yeah, no. This short is horrendously dumb, schmaltzy, and cliche.
@@vcdonovan5943 - Have my reply, sport. I can tell you're still new to this trolling business, so here's hoping your can come up with tastier, snappier bait next time. You can still become a master baiter yet ;)
@@Shamshiro Trolling? Nah, you're just butthurt. Seethe
@@Shamshiro Funny thing is, even if I was trolling, you took the bait :D
Sam Witwer NAILED his mannerisms and expressions without saying word.
The sentiment that of all Spocks friends and family who had passed, they summoned Kirk from the Beyond to come and guide his friend Spock in his last journey..... Heart shatteringly beautiful.
They defined each other. Kirk risked his life, threw away his career, lost his son and sacrificed the Enteprise (his obsession) on the slim chance that he could help his friend.
“You would have done the same for me.”
Spock never got that chance and likely regretted not being there for Kirk in the end.
Again, Kirk wouldn’t let his friend die alone and in return, Spock got to be there with Jim as well.
They're alive, actually
There is a story in there if you know who all the characters are
And it follows all the canon
@ I know the particulars..especially with the audible life sign you could hear in Daystrom for Kirk. “Project Phoenix.”
In a way, this is the cathartic send off every star trek fan and cast member alike deserve.
God speed James T. Kirk, God speed Mr.Spock, farewell star trek.
Old school actors realizing their time in the sun is fading and it's best to create a nice sunset instead of 'reimagining' their characters in a MultiVerse? Wow. How refreshing!
My mother introduced me to Star Trek during the Original Series' syndication heyday in the early 1970s. As I grew up, Star Trek became a beautiful bonding vehicle between us. We went to every Original Series Star Trek movie together, talked about TNG, DS9, and Voyager episodes, and even enjoyed some pieces of the first nu-Trek, JJ Abrams movie. Her love of Trek is still unsurpassed by any human I've ever met.
She passed away in 2019 of complications from Covid, two days shy of her 72nd birthday. Five years later, this short film drops and by the end of it, half a decade of compartmentalized emotions broke through my psychological shields like a full spread of photon torpedoes. For the first time since she passed away, I was truly able to grieve.
To whoever created this eight-minute trip through a lifetime of memories, you cannot know how grateful I am.
Remember the good times.
I had a similar experience- not StarTrek related though. In the movie Jojo Rabbit, there's a scene in which the protagonist, a boy of 10/11, and his mother are riding bicycles on a beautiful day. While watching that, I suddenly and completely broke down sobbing. Mom's been gone for almost thirty years, but sometimes the need to grieve for her returns.
@ChristopherMurphy1969
Everyone grieves differently. It's great that you were finally able to process the emotions that were pent up.
@@ChristopherMurphy1969 there’s more to the story on OTOY. It’s about 20 minutes all together. Robert Myer Burnett has two fan edits he and another person did to put it all together.
Gaun yersel Drinker. A beautiful tribute to a beautiful little film. The Star Trek all us fans deserve.
I’m 55 and was raised with reruns of the original series. I’ve loved it all my life. This was extremely well done. I could have watched that sunset and rode off with them.
Me too brother. I'm 56.
50 here. For the longest time I thought Star Trek was kinda silly. The bond between Kirk and Spock however was what took me over. It was build over time and that made it real.
This broke me and I have shed tears at the end turned 49 this year I remember the good times for film and times passing of memories and friends gone I really really felt that “ Go away now “ …Thank you Drinker.👏
Mr. Drinker, the saddest and most heart felt "go away now" was always from your video titled "why the past matters". This video surpasses that. Right in the feels.
Me and my best friend bonded over our mutual love of Star Trek in school 25 years ago. I used the line "I have been, and always shall be, your friend" in my best man's speech at his wedding. Brought the place down. I can't think of a single line in a movie or TV show written in the past decade that has that sort of indelible impact. Certainly nothing with the title Star Trek. What a shame.
Who knew that a simple short film conveyed more soul than all the modern “Star Trek” shows combined.
This boldly went where no one has gone before.
6:20.
@@MisteRRYouTuby Yeah, that kicked you in the feel with the force of a super nova.
Yeah, no. This short sounds horrendously dumb, schmaltzy, and cliche.
@@vcdonovan5943 Missed the point entirely.
@@thomashauguel6811 And then some.
I won't lie, I had tears when spock meet kirk at the end and It's really hard for me to be emotional over a media. I was not even sad, I just got tears. Beautiful hommage to Kirk/Spock and Leonard Nimoy
“The older you get the more you lose”
Man is that ever true especially with recent years for me. So many things lost to me all in my 20s
Had to pause the video to watch Unification before continuing, and without irony that short film really did invoke more emotion than the past several years of 'Trek'
It's the holding of hands in the last scenes for me. Just two friends saying hello and goodbye at the same time. Sometimes people get it right.
Everything that Star Trek should be.
Agreed 100%.
This is the type of film every person fans or not of Star Trek, deserves. That ending hit the feels
For me it truly revitalizes the awe and wonder of the Trekiverse that’s been watered down for far too long.
This!! I pray that somewhere there’s a young writer who sees this and it inspires them to write something that boldly goes where no one of their generation has gone before.
Wow lost interest in Star Trek 20 plus years ago but this is so beautiful,I’m glad drinker got something to finally care about watching 😊
Drinker's usual outro genuinely made me tear up a bit. I don't think I've ever heard him this sad in a while.😢
Sad with of tinge of hope? Maybe?
@@barfolomewmog5005 he should lay off the sauce
For me this will bring closure to my 40-year love affair with Star Trek.
RIP Star Trek (1964-2005)
Real, *Good* stories must eventually come to an end. Trying to keep them going in perpetuity is a huge reason why we are in this creative wasteland, and been so for well over a decade.
Good. Now, protect your memories with all the vehemence, wrath, and jealousy of a god. Because that is what all the nostalgia baiting is about. It is about trashing the inside of your mind, so that you can accept any garbage that comes along. Your brain is your most prized possession, above ALL other things. Your brain houses everything that makes you, you. And when it is gone, so are you. You are under attack. Defend yourself.
@@danielduncan6806 I have never watched anything beyond the final episode of 'Enterprise', until today of course.
I have no desire to give any attention to the monster that Star Trek has been perverted into.
@danielduncan6806 Buy hard copies of your favorite films & TV shows, while you still can. Before the memories are ruined by awful remakes, retconning and wokeness in streaming form by the major studios.
You are on the page of someone who hates because he is a click whore and a huge douchebag
Damnit, Drinker. You got me in tears over a franchise I'm not even a fan of. Excellent work, good sir.
November of 2024 does not stop giving. Feels like things are getting better.
I agree.
I am glad I wasn't the only one genuinely moved by this true work of art. Good intentions met up with talent, creativity, and created something that spoke volumes, without a single word.
I watched this yesterday twice with tear-filled eyes. I Had to show my wife as well. I even sent it to my brother and father to watch. I miss Star Trek more than any other franchise. There was something so magical about it.
DAMN! Drinker got hella choked up with his “That’s all I’ve got for today, go away now!”
Never heard him THIS emotional!!!!
He just had a new emotion chip installed
I know!
@@TruDis01 No. He got reminded of how great Star Trek was...and can still be, in the right hands.
you can really tell the difference in emotion here. usually, he does simply sound like a drunken asshole whose just ranting to you, but here, there is a wholesome gentleness to it. a man tearing up because he found what had been lost for so damn long, even if it was only brief.
You should have heard Doomcock when he covered it. Sounded like he was barely holding it together.
Like many here my father was the one that introduced me to Star trek, he passed and moved on to the Undiscovered country about a month ago now, and this hit like a gut punch. 10 minutes of the best trek ever placed on film, all done with body language. It is amazing what you can achieve with people who know, understand and most importantly love the material.
Wowwwwww.... Goosebumps.... Third of the population will not understand HOW MUCH they don't understand... Thanks, man - what an awesome episode of yours - thanks. And cheers, as I'll need some Tequila now, like quite some...
There is more drama and pathos in Critical Drinker's commentary on Star Trek Unification than there is from anything the Star Trek franchise has created - on both the big and small screen - since JJ Abrams abomination of a reboot back in 2009. This was so moving, Drinker. Thank you so much for lending your eloquence to this.
There aren't words for how powerful this short film was, like being given a few more precious moments with at an old friend that we'd thought was long gone. For those of us who grew up watching Kirk, Spock, McCoy and the rest of the crew overcome incredible odds and inspire us to find the best and noblest part of ourselves, this was a touching, poignant coda to our childhood heroes and those treasured memories.
I cried watching it, and now I cried watching your review. I was right there with you in the end there, Drinker. WHO’S CHOPPING ONIONS 😭
I saw this on Sunday a day before release in Ticonderoga with Bill Shatner, Robin Curtis, James Cawley and the guys from Otoy present, the reaction in the room was amazing!
I didn’t expect this “Unification” video to not only hit me in the feels, but to completely dismember them. I was utterly speechless after watching.
Isn't it painfully ironic that, after all the attempts to modernize Star Trek, the best Trek we get is still just... Shatner.
Thank you for covering this. THIS IS THE STAR TREK WE WANT!
Not Zoomers in space.
As a zoomer myself, i agree 100%. We want capable crews that give it their all on the edge of the unknown, not a screamfest filled with insubordination (I'm looking at you SNW)
Gah DAMMIT!!!! That voice breaking "Go Away Now" almost got me crying...... Again! 765874 Unification is absolute PERFECTION ..... THIS is the Star Trek we have been missing for so long. Kirk and Spock bodly going where they've never gone before ..... but they're doing it TOGETHER.
🖖💙💙🖖
No way.
Was literally showing my wife this video, and talking about how amazing it was, when your review popped up.
And that was amazing too.
👍
You were showing your wife this video when this video popped up ?
@@kurtiscleary9759 The first "this video" refers to the Paramount show. The second refers to this review.
🥺😭 That was beautiful. And so was this video.... I felt that one, Drinker.
This was a beautiful and pontent review, Drinker. You really portray the soul of us Star Trek fans correctly after being so badly portrayed for so long.
I was rolling in my chair, from one emotional nostalgia wave to the next. 7 minutes and 35 seconds of Star Trek.
It was beautiful and I, as a 42 year old dad, wept.
Gay
@@CroMagnon1970 If being moved by something I've loved since I was 5 makes me gay, then that's fine with me.
Same
Where can I see this video?
@@BiffBuffchest Type in the title and it'll pop up. It's here in YT
What a beautiful monologue and 'go away now'. Well done, Drinker. Very well done.
Wow. I was NOT expecting this review to go down like this - but I'm glad they allowed Shatner and the character that he made his own: a dignified and poignant send off.
Tears streaming down my face. I didnt cry like that at my Fathers passing. The video unlocked something deep inside, and it all came tumbling out. All the grief and pain of loss. For an hour I was inconsolable. I feel lighter. Sucker punched by a Star Trek video. As a man I havent allowed myself to feel anything major in years. Well played sir, well played.
I've cried each time I watched it, and I suspect I'll some more from it. This is the story telling these characters and the fans deserve.
I kid you not, this alone has revived my passion for Trek... Real Trek. Not the bullshit we've had since the end of Enterprise
It took me back to the mid-1980s, when I watched all the TV shows, rented the cartoons on VHS, and ravenously read all the Star Trek novels I could get my hands on.
Let it be said and known: Star Trek ended with Enterprise!
@@DomH75I still have Mr. Scott’s Guide to the Enterprise and the Michael and Denise Okuda guide to the NCC-1701D. Memory gold for me.
Dang man. This recap put the lump in my throat again.
It was beautiful to behold. So much love, care and attention to detail that it hurt to watch. It showed why I love the TMP era, characters who love so dearly, and a sense of awe for the beautiful unknown.
Watching that, reminded me of what i loved about Trek, and woke up a part of me i thought was long dead. I loved and struggled watching it, but when i saw Spock and he raised that eyebrow as he always did, i flat out cried. I miss them all, but for a short amount of time, they were back and life was beautiful again. I'm so glad we all got to share this.
It was so great to meet and get a signed book from you in Grand Rapids! I truly appreciate the inspirational words both you and Nerdrotic gave during your panel!
Nice to see you again Star Trek. It has been far too long.
As a trekkie since the late 60's, this short film absolutely broke me. I even sobbed at the end of YOUR video hearing the crack in your voice as you said "... Go away now."
It is awesome that Star Trek can touch your heart that way.If I could I would subscribe twice for the last 2 sentences alone. Thank you, You stay and do not go anywhere!
Man, the emotional "Go away now..." hits different. Glad you got to watch something that warmed your cold drunken heart.
ʟᴇs'ᴛ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴀ ᴄᴏɴᴠᴇʀsᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ɢᴏᴛ sᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ sᴘᴇᴄɪᴀʟ ғᴏʀ ʏᴏᴜ 🤍🤍sᴇɴᴅ🤍🤍ᴍᴇ🤍🤍ᴀ🤍🤍ᴅɪʀᴇᴄᴛ🤍🤍ᴛᴇxᴛ🤍±𝟷𝟽𝟷𝟿𝟽𝟽𝟸𝟶𝟹𝟷𝟷
Didn't expect to hear the Drinker get emotional today, but man this video made me cry. Just hearing your voice filled with passion and love for a long-since destroyed franchise... it truly shows that there's more to media than it just being there for the sake of it. It means so much more than that...
I’ve just seen Unification earlier today and I’m quite impressed. Star Trek despite all its troubles can still find the most surprising ways to live long and prosper. 🖖🏻
Your voice at the end cracked like mine did after watching.
At 46 years old and having to suffer the nu-trek era it was a sheer delight to view something from my childhood again.
This short has more heart, talent and sincerity than anything we have seen in the last twenty years.
It achieves in eight minutes what neither Kurtzman nor Abrams could achieve in eight years. It truly is Star Trek as we knew and loved it
This video made my eyes water, but in a good happy way 😭💗
It was so freaking good. Good sendoff for Kirk. Why the hell they won't do stuff like this in the mainstream anymore??
Because Star Trek is being controlled by HACKS (Abrams and Kurtzman) who refuse to let it go because it's their only meal ticket they can cling to after destroying other properties with their special kind of TARD sensibilities, not to mention being exposed for the Hack Frauds that they are.
They want to draw in mindless viewers who ignore the plot points, bad writing, nonsensical relationships, etc, and just show up for the visuals and pandering.
They don't want to make movies for people who actually like them for good reasons, because then they'd have to actually put in effort to make a good movie. The people who would see the lazy movie decisions.
They want money from quantity, not quality.
I think the pendulum will swing, just have to give it time.
@moxxiiscarlett7141 I unfortunately have to see my daughter sit through today's crap and hear her say that she loves it. I show her real films as well, which thankfully she loves, and that includes silent films. I have shown her films from Hitchcock, Donen, Frankenheimer, Kubrick, the Reeve Superman movies, the original (non-special edition) Star Wars trilogy, the better Spielberg movies (which, as far as I am concerned, stopped in 2005), Stevens, even a couple of Scorsese films (she's too young for his grittier films, plus we tend to shy away from real violent movies). I am hoping that as she gets older, that she will shy away from the crappier films of today, and focus on the better ones in later years. Obviously, there may be guilty pleasure films, but even a bad film back in the day is better than today's crap. Just for the record, there are some more recent titles that I do appreciate, but that's because they are about the story, not the spectacle.
It is NOT a good send-off for Kirk, since I hear he dies in the Kelvin timeline along with "Beyond" Spock, neither of which I will ever accept as canon.
As they always say, "There's always possibilities."
But nothing gold can stay
Science fiction has always been about possibilities. So has been Star Trek.
Any ST fan is going to love this. Beautifully awesome! I made an educated wish for this film several years ago.
Very well said Mr Drinker. Very well said indeed.
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It's okay Drinker I broke down too.. my God whatta sendoff.. pure genius..
Just letting you know, Shatner only did the very beginning (his walk through the greenery), Sam Witwer did the rest of it, achieved with makeup and a bit of digital modification, no AI apparently, which is incredible.
And Spock was played by an actor named Lawerence Selleck.
It didn’t occur to me that the Vulcan behind Saavic was Spock’s son… now that you called it out, the moment hits so freaking hard! Goddamnit I miss Trek
And didn't he look a lot like Sarek? =^[.]^=
Brilliant art by gifted artists that truly love the characters, story, and legacy. Gives me hope.
They've still got it. Glad someone up there in the industry loves trek as I do.
1:14 "It doesn't just tug on the heartstrings, it braids the [frickin] things into ropes for extra purchase" Drinker just casually pulling out the best analogies ever
I've rarely cried as much watching the full version yesterday as I ever have in my entire life. Masterpiece. I've never spent a second of my life watching the garbage that is STD and I never will.
For years, we waited for that one Star Trek moment, a moment that didn't say we were just Star Trek nerds. A moment that touched Gene Roddenberry's vision. The wait was worth it.
Yes indeed. Live Long...🖖
Will need to give that a watch! Growing up without a dad, James T. Kirk was a hero to me, and that magical trifecta of Kirk, Spock and Bones was highly formative. Always a part of me and who I am today. 😢
Took me right back to being a kid watching the original series with my dad. Very poignant and well done.
I think that was the most emotional ‘go away now’ I have heard from the drinker, personally I’m not a massive trekky but I completely understand the sentiment here I haven’t seen the short video but after that review hit me in the feels I’m definitely gonna
Damn. I never thought hearing the Drinker to tell me to Go Away Now would hit me in the feels.
He's done it a couple of times before, but this one was exceptionally strong.
Damn how far Trek has fallen that a simple 7 minute clip gets you more in the feels than anything they've done in decades. This was pretty awesome to see-a proper closure on Kirk and Spock's friendship and a fitting farewell for 2 of the most iconic figures in Sci-Fi. There's been alot of Trek over the decades, some good and some horrible, but nothing will ever top the OG crew for me. Their chemistry was perfect and transcended pure sci-fi. Wrath of Khan will always be in my top films of all time, not just top sci-fi, with all it's themes of growing older and finding new purpose, pure revenge and true kinship.
This genuinely moved me to tears. It just goes to show what is possible by people who have a very real love for Star Trek. It’s beautiful
That Unification video demonstrates perfectly that with good writing, direction and actors, you can say 1000 words without needing to speak one.