My favorite scene: Data: Ambassador Spock, my I ask a personal question? Spock: Please. Data: As you examine your life, do you find you have missed your humanity? Spock: I have no regrets. Data: No regrets, that is a human expression. Spock: Yes. Fascinating.
"LaForge, the sun rising" is a Tamarian word-phrase in their unique language. As best as the universal translator can manage, we believe it means "to receive something you always thought would be denied to you." However, the Sato Language Institute has offered the alternate meaning of "to be so filled with joy you begin to cry," as part of their studies of the Tamarian language.
Now stop that! My eyes are already getting a little leaky. I don't need you piling on! You gonna figure out how to work "The Inner Light" in there next? "Picard, his first flute."
What makes this even better IMO is how, only 15 mins later, he says that he could never see another sunrise knowing what it would cost the Ba’ku. He throws away this chance at permanent healing (it was implied that the Son’a would be able to bottle up the metaphasic effects and replicate them elsewhere) so that he can stand with his captain and crewmates as they fight for what’s right.
100% agree! I was going to say the same, even while he's experiencing this for the first time he knows it would be wrong if it cost a culture their home
yeah, there's a lot of problems with that story but if you just ignore that and go okay, designated good guys and bad guys... Geordi's not siding with the bad guys. It's just not in him.
'Captain, how can I look at another sunrise knowing what it cost to these people?' I can't remember the line exactly but this follow up later on in the movie resonates with me.
My boyfriend and I met Levar Burton 2 years ago at Fan Expo Dallas. We both nearly broke down in tears afterward. Us, two of the most stoic, chill people imaginable. Both having met many celebrities many times without issue. He is that awesome. We truly do not deserve the man.
There's even another dimension to this scene, since Geordi talked about his regret that he'd never be able to see a sunrise the way other people do, way back in the second episode of the series.
Aah after decades someone else giving this scene the praise I always thought it deserved. To teen me, one of the most beautiful scenes in ANYTHING! This is all thanks to Burton, Frakes and Goldsmith.
"Logic...is the BEGINNING of wisdom, Valeris. Not the end." That particular scene in Spock's quarters in The Undiscovered Country is one of my favorites. But I agree, Burton delivers a top-tier performance in that scene. It's what one would expect from someone who's been blind for life, suddenly getting to truly see. Though, I imagine him finding his way around after the implants were (temporarily) removed, was pretty tricky since his brain has no idea how to process normal visual impulses from his real eyes. But still, he's ok with it being temporary because he knows the memory will stay with him. He'll be able to see a sunrise whenever he wants for the rest of his life. That brief period where his eyes truly worked as intended, probably radically changed the nature of his dreams from now on, too.
That's such a good scene. Undiscovered Country is one of my favorites, and I consider that to be a quintessential Spock scene. And I love the observations about Geordie. It's easy to forget just how different his perception must be without natural sight, and how much that would change once he has that experience.
I personally enjoyed the "king of the space station" persona he portrayed in S3 of Picard. We saw him as chief engineer of one ship, and we see him progress all the way to being chief curator of a museum station, charged with the safety and preservation of Starfleet's most treasured vessels. I think Geordie LaForge is a good fictional projection of our beloved LeVar Burton.
I think his real gift is his likeability - you just instantly want this guy to be your friend ... and to tell Romulans "I never lie when I've got sand in my shoes, Commodore."
The less I know about the actors in real life, the better. Always been a fan of him personally until I saw him on that show where they trace their genealogy. He was disgusted and angry to find out that he had relatives that were white in his bloodline. I mean, really dude? Yikes
I fully agree. Insurrection had so many clever ploys in its plot rather than simply going for brute force or mere technobabble solutions, so many great quips, great performances overall, and most important of all an amazing sense that the actors all had a blast making that movie. That last thing in particular a thing that you don't get from a lot of films (And that's okay, since making a film is still an awful amount of work - I've made a few short films myself, and even the limited format I could pull off made me appreciate how much work full motion picture really is). But getting to feel that the actors love their film and their fellow actors makes a film truly special. That, and I also had such a crush on Geordi that when I first collected VHS tapes of TNG episodes in the mid-90s, I only got Geordi-focused ones, and was overjoyed when a 2-episode tape held two Geordi episodes... :)
I have a real soft spot for Michael Piller (RIP). He "got" Star Trek. He hired Ron Moore. He wrote "Best Of Both Worlds". He explored the humanity of all our beloved characters. Made them funny, furious, courageous and loving. And he once let a nobody from Australia pitch him a Star Trek story idea in a filled auditorium. Thank you, sir.
It could be argued that Michael Piller is largely responsible for the longevity of Star Trek. He joined TNG in season 3, and is largely credited for transforming it into the show we all love. Then he created Deep Space Nine, which showed that Trek wasn’t limited to just the voyages of the Enterprise. What a legacy.
Yes, underrated movie. It's not First Contact or TWoK, but few movies are. And, yes, this scene is wonderfully written, acted, directed, and scored. I literally cried watching this in theaters.
I can tell from the glassy-eyes that Geordi is on the verge of what I call getting "choked up." for example, I'm a big softy and get choked up watching pet videos.. but.. here its a much more profound stimuli.
3:37 I love this scene. Another one of my favorites is Patrick Stewart and Alfre Woodard in First Contact, just thinking about that scene Picard's monolog about the falling back against the Borg time and time again.
For Insurrection, I'd have to agree! For all Trek films, it seems almost impossible to choose. Spock's farewell to Kirk is an obvious one, but leaving that aside, early in The Wrath of Khan, Kirk and Spock are discussing who will take command of the ship. I always loved that. "I would not presume to debate you." "That is wise." 🖖😃
DS9. Worf kills Gowron and "earns" the title of High Chancellor but instead he gives the chancellorship to Martok (who initially refuses). The humility of both Worf and Martok (in a culture that in many ways celebrates power and achieving it through bully tactics) was great to see. Capped off with a quote from Kahless (great men do not seek power. Power is thrust upon them), it was seeing a atory arc for the whole Klingon race. We see that these two have great honor.
I like Worf, he's a good character with good development (except for Alexander, but eh, whatever). But Martok is my favorite Klingon character in all of Trek.
I remember not liking Insurrection so much in the theater, but I certainly appreciate it more now - aged like a wine. My favorite will always be way back in Star Trek III, "Stealing the Enterprise." James Horner's masterpiece of a score for that scene, the incredible visual composition of the 1701 set against Space Dock and the moon with the Excelsior in pursuit. Everyone throwing away their careers without a second thought to save their friend. Even as a kid, this scene held more awe for me than any other space fantasy could.
And that's the strength of it. Not the action (though that definitely benefits from the big screen, and thus it'd be a waste not to use it), but the characters. And Insurrection did have plenty of action, but they were clever about it rather than simply going for firepower.
I had forgotten how great that scene is. I know Insurrection gets a lot of flack from critics and fans of Next Generation, but it still feels like Next Generation. Nemesis might be narratively superior and have its moments as well, but it never felt like a Next Generation film to me. The positive future Star Trek made famous was gone and really wouldn't return until Lower Decks of all places. Thank you for highlighting this scene. As for me, my favorite scene in all of the Star Trek films is still the mind meld scene between Kirk and Sarek in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock.
the Problem with Insurrection is that we had 7 years of TNG most of which had decent-outstanding writing and for a movie we expect more, and it just felt like a TNG episode
@@AllTrekIsGoodTrekAlways loved Mark Lenard's portrayal of Sarek. He was like the "Yoda" of Star Trek, and almost made me wish Sarek was my dad. My late grandmother liked Sarek in ST III (she bought me the VHS for my birthday), and she was never into Star Trek. Even more touching than the ST III mind-meld, I think, was Picard and Sarek's mind-meld in TNG and later, Picard at Sarek's deathbed in another episode.
well-put. Insurrection is classic TNG, it's just... y'know, more in line with the bad episodes. Which they had their share of. Nemesis is a paycheck and popcorn-bait.
@@edwarddeguzman3258 I heard this criticism of the movie at the time, and when I finally watched it years later, it's certainly true. The difference is that looking back, getting a new TNG episode was a rare treat we shouldn't have taken for granted.
Star Trek is full of amazing actors. I think the casting guy or casting lady really went out of his or her way to hire some pretty top notch actors to fill the parts in TNG and most other itterations of Star Trek. Levar Burton , Captain Picard himself Patrick Stewart. Avery Brooks from DS9 and Brent Spiner.... Rene Auber Jonois , Denise Crosby . The list goes on.
To quote a song from Wax Fang; “A sight for sore eyes To the blind would be awful majestic It would be the most beautiful thing That they ever had seen It would cause such surprise It would make all of their minds electric How could anyone tell them That some things are not what they seem?”.
He also said he had a "hate hate" relationship with that visor. Picture being stuck looking through that, being somewhat glued to your head, with your peripheral vision cut off and trying not to bump into things, while giving great performances, for YEARS. So being able to act without it or contacts was probably a joy on a personal level that came through there. I suspect he could have lobbied (and may have lobbied) Rodenberry to let him switch to circuit-board looking contact lenses at some point, the way Troy got a regular uniform or Riker got to keep his beard after growing it in the off-season. I suppose if I ever meet him again I'll have to ask about that. He did get the contacts at one point during the movies, at least.
I remember Geordi got to have this experience on one other occasion, too: "Hide and Q," in TNG Season 1. Riker, with the power of Q, is handing out favors on the bridge, and to Geordi he bestows human vision. I remember it was a very touching moment. I think my pick for the best 60 seconds of any Star Trek movie would have to be "The Meld" from Star Trek: The Motion Picture. I mean, what do you even make of something like that? You just have to use your imagination. Truly a beautiful moment in sci-fi history. But I tell you what: I rewatched all the TNG movies last year, and my thoughts on them changed a little. Generations remained my favorite, First Contact went down a lot, Nemesis remained at rock bottom, and this film, Insurrection, actually went up in my estimation by quite a bit. This film has some mature themes I missed when I was younger, plus some beautiful planetside cinematography, and some great acting all around, including by Picard's love interest. I liked it way more than I remembered, even if the villains are still goofy. (Which was a problem with all the TNG and Kelvin films.)
I think it was Spock's thoughts on V'Ger that really struck me as an adult. "I weep for V'Ger as I would a brother." The idea that V'Ger came back to Earth, came home because they were in a desperate existential panic and needed help, guidance, and purpose hits like a damn truck in a way that it didn't when I was a kid.
I still like Insurrection, just not as a movie. As an extended episode of TNG however, it's solid to me. Specifically because of many small moments of those fun moments, subtle lore building for the characters, and then of course for LeVar Burton and so forth acting skills despite how minor it is. It just had good character interactions and I'll always appreciate that. As for my favourite scene. Though it's hard for me to watch due to the eye bit, the PTSD flashback/warning signal to open First Contact will stick with me for a long time. It was so well made and set a tone for the entire character arc of Picard.
He was so good in Picard (yknow when it finally got good). He wasn't just the same guy decades later, he was clearly changed from having a family. Now he's not as gung-ho as he used to be, because there's something to live for, and something to protect. And that attitude change really made for some good conflict. he perfectly sold the mindset of wanting to be loyal to a friend, but being terrified to endanger his daughters.
Y'know, it brings to mind that Gargoyles episode (and hey there's lots of Star Trek in there), where they turn temporarily human one night, and then they change back before the night's over.. And they're like, it would have been nice to see one sunrise without turning to stone. Oh well. Poor Geordi. What a cruel planet that is, that it heals you but then you turn back if you leave. Functional eyeballs are not just going to break.
It's also a tragic scene, as this miracle highlights the villains' motivation. They would kill of this resource, and so might anyone who learned of it.
This was also the movie with Data attacking Worf? This was also the movie with the Riker Maneuver? This was also the movie with the Transporting Starship? Yeah, I liked this movie, a lot. Others should too.
If you had never seen the show, because Riker/Q gave him his eyes back for a scene, and "All Good Things" gave the Anti-Time present version of him them back due to the phenomenona's effects (I'd still count that as it was real for him even if that timeline was erased). In Insurrection's case, I don't understand why it wasn't permanent. I understand everyone starting to age again after they leave, but any damage that was healed should remain healed. As for my favorite Star Trek movie scene, it would be a toss up between Spock's death, the ending of Voyage Home when they see the Enterprise-A, and Picard meeting Kirk.
@edwarddeguzman3258 Rewatching the "All Hands Battle Stations" scene from Nemesis, you can definitely tell it's the cybernetic eyes instead of the natural brown eyes. Plus, Geordi even implied he would be giving them up if he helped the Ba'ku keep their home.
Yeahh like a lot of things in the movie, you have to just... turn your brain off a little and just accept that it's crazy space magic that can heal any species right back to how it should be, but only if you stay in its range forever.
I've always been under the impression that the planet's regeneration effect was contingent on constant exposure to the cause - that seemed to me to be the point of drawing off and bottling the energy, after all (though I wouldn't put it past the villains to want to simply destroy the planet's rings out of spite and revenge and give a pretend reason to the Federation to gain their assistance in the work).
Yep, those are the exact ones I've watched the most now that I think about it. They feel the most grounded in the Trek ethic and cinematic panache. I just can't be deliberately critical towards anything that enables a young person to strive towards possible utopias and shun bigotry as it did in myself, so any Roddenberry-derived entertainment gets a free pass for simply trying to keep the dream alive.
@ I feel blessed to have grown up right when TNG came out in my country, Trek’s defined the foundation of my sociopolitical and ethical viewpoints since I was a little girl. Merry Spockmas and a highly logical new year 🖖❤️
@@mistercohaagen 😂 it’s like you’re the male version of me. My first computer was a couple of years older than me, so I got to use it to teach myself programming in BASIC around the same time. Early 80s microcomputers were fantastic for that.
But, where are the phasers and the warp speed and the fist fights and the Spock/Data and the the the... I don't know if I'd peg this as my fave moment, but I love it, and yes, LeVar is amazing. Always and forever.
This moment is great, and LeVar is an incredible actor, but no 60 seconds of Trek is better than that party for Worf where everyone is LARPing as 19th century ship crew at the start of Generations.
Imagine the tears and emotion if that was done today... they be hugging and telling eachother how much they love eachother.. then geordie would say, no I can't give this up.. 😂
there are many, probably too many to list, or even remember off the top of my head. the entire episode when Picard lived an entire life because a satellite. and the flute. the scene in the episode when data was kidnapped and as he was being rescued he fired his phaser the scene where Q gave Data the ability to laugh. the episode where Tasha Yar got swallowed by the blob and Data mourned her the scene with Picard and Warf arguing. Warf said "if you were any other man id k*ll you where you stand!" the scene in Discovery where the "agent" tells Michael who he really is.
true, they could have just let him stay there for some time, maybe with an excuse like studying something, until his eyes were completely healed. However, that would have also created a leading case; if he was allowed to get healed, why not random person 15254 from planet 8472? I guess that was the moral conflict of the movie; letting him getting healed would lead others questioning why him but not them
I think the problem is that the effect is a treatment, not a cure. A form of "space magic" - if the spell ends, the benefits also revert (in a pen-and-paper RPG I ran years ago - Mage: The Ascension - there were similar limitations to magic - you could give somebody who had lost their hands new hands with magic, but the spell had to be renewed regularly, or the hands would disappear again. In the game, of course, there was a possible workaround - instead of magically growing hands, the patient was given a version of the ability certain animals have to regrow body parts, and then his metabolism was sped up to make the whole process quicker. The patient was still without functioning hands for a few weeks, and thus needed some nursing care, but new hands were growing during this time, and since only the ability to regrow hands was magical, the spell elapsing eventually only prevented a repeat of such a regeneration).
Ditching the VISOR and letting LeVar actually act with his eyes was one of the best decisions the TNG movies made. Say what you will about the Picard series, he was one of the MVP's.
He's seen like this before. It may not have been the sunrise, but maybe something at least just as good. When Riker had Q powers, he gave Geordi normal eyes. He got to see Yar before she died.
I'm one of the first to point out how the TNG films too often recycled ideas used from better-told stories during the show. We've seen Geordi with real eyes, going back to the first season. This was one of the few instances of something we've already seen done much better in the film. It was certainly a much more beautiful moment for Burton to flex his acting muscles in.
Might be a bit overplayed though, no? This is actually the second time he's getting to see like everyone else... or has everyone forgotten about "Hide and Q" when Riker is being tempted into becoming a Q himself? Just to play a little Devil's Advocate...
Or the one. I never took the Kobayashi Maru test until now. What do you think of my solution? Spock... I have been and always shall be your friend. Live long and prosper. No...
I tear up every time I watch that scene with Geordi seeing a sunrise for the first time. LeVar Burton gives that scene so much resonance. Favorite scene in a Star Trek movie? Besides this one, probably stealing the Enterprise in Star Trek III. It's a fun sequence, as the crew take the NCC-1701 on one final mission to rescue Spock.
As awesome as Lavar’s acting is, I was always confused as to what happened to the implants he had. Did the mechanical parts leave his eyes? Did they become organic or something?
I think putting the visor on LB diminished his ability to act with his face. In the episode where Riker thinks he's in the future, and LaForge doesn't need his visor, LB gets to do some subtly brilliant and sinister acting with his eyes.
Lavar got across all the feelings and attitudes of Geordie for years WITHOUT USING HIS EYES. That is an amazing actor
My favorite scene:
Data: Ambassador Spock, my I ask a personal question?
Spock: Please.
Data: As you examine your life, do you find you have missed your humanity?
Spock: I have no regrets.
Data: No regrets, that is a human expression.
Spock: Yes. Fascinating.
"LaForge, the sun rising" is a Tamarian word-phrase in their unique language. As best as the universal translator can manage, we believe it means "to receive something you always thought would be denied to you." However, the Sato Language Institute has offered the alternate meaning of "to be so filled with joy you begin to cry," as part of their studies of the Tamarian language.
Oooh. Well played. That was nicely put.
"Worf, feeling aggressive tendencies" is defined as a known event of caution to occur but happening at the best possible time.
Now stop that! My eyes are already getting a little leaky. I don't need you piling on! You gonna figure out how to work "The Inner Light" in there next?
"Picard, his first flute."
@@iagmusicandflying Gahhh, I just watched that last night! One of my favorites.
"Picard, his family that never was."
What makes this even better IMO is how, only 15 mins later, he says that he could never see another sunrise knowing what it would cost the Ba’ku. He throws away this chance at permanent healing (it was implied that the Son’a would be able to bottle up the metaphasic effects and replicate them elsewhere) so that he can stand with his captain and crewmates as they fight for what’s right.
Good catch
100% agree! I was going to say the same, even while he's experiencing this for the first time he knows it would be wrong if it cost a culture their home
yeah, there's a lot of problems with that story but if you just ignore that and go okay, designated good guys and bad guys... Geordi's not siding with the bad guys. It's just not in him.
'Captain, how can I look at another sunrise knowing what it cost to these people?' I can't remember the line exactly but this follow up later on in the movie resonates with me.
My boyfriend and I met Levar Burton 2 years ago at Fan Expo Dallas. We both nearly broke down in tears afterward. Us, two of the most stoic, chill people imaginable. Both having met many celebrities many times without issue. He is that awesome. We truly do not deserve the man.
There's even another dimension to this scene, since Geordi talked about his regret that he'd never be able to see a sunrise the way other people do, way back in the second episode of the series.
Came here to comment this, cos I rewatched that episode just the other day. I hope it was an intentional callback because it’s a great reference
This film is a lot better than people give it credit for. It’s true sci-fi. It examines what it means to be human, the possibilities.
"Since my customary farewell would appear oddly self-serving, I will simply say 'good luck'".
Absolutely right. This scene made an impact on me that's lasted.
I'm glad you mentioned this. This was my favorite scene in the whole movie too, and I was wishing it would have been permanent for Geordi.
My heart and soul fills with joy when I watch this every time.
Aah after decades someone else giving this scene the praise I always thought it deserved. To teen me, one of the most beautiful scenes in ANYTHING!
This is all thanks to Burton, Frakes and Goldsmith.
"Logic...is the BEGINNING of wisdom, Valeris. Not the end." That particular scene in Spock's quarters in The Undiscovered Country is one of my favorites.
But I agree, Burton delivers a top-tier performance in that scene. It's what one would expect from someone who's been blind for life, suddenly getting to truly see. Though, I imagine him finding his way around after the implants were (temporarily) removed, was pretty tricky since his brain has no idea how to process normal visual impulses from his real eyes.
But still, he's ok with it being temporary because he knows the memory will stay with him. He'll be able to see a sunrise whenever he wants for the rest of his life. That brief period where his eyes truly worked as intended, probably radically changed the nature of his dreams from now on, too.
That's such a good scene. Undiscovered Country is one of my favorites, and I consider that to be a quintessential Spock scene. And I love the observations about Geordie. It's easy to forget just how different his perception must be without natural sight, and how much that would change once he has that experience.
I guess given what a panacea the planet is, maybe it healed his neural pathways too. It seems to just know what you should be like.
LeVar Burton is justifiably revered for Reading Rainbow, TNG, & Roots, but few people talk about his acting ability. He deserves credit for that too.
I personally enjoyed the "king of the space station" persona he portrayed in S3 of Picard. We saw him as chief engineer of one ship, and we see him progress all the way to being chief curator of a museum station, charged with the safety and preservation of Starfleet's most treasured vessels. I think Geordie LaForge is a good fictional projection of our beloved LeVar Burton.
I think his real gift is his likeability - you just instantly want this guy to be your friend ... and to tell Romulans "I never lie when I've got sand in my shoes, Commodore."
@@whitleypedia I can totally see your point. He feels like an old friend even though I’ve never had the good fortune to meet him.
The less I know about the actors in real life, the better. Always been a fan of him personally until I saw him on that show where they trace their genealogy.
He was disgusted and angry to find out that he had relatives that were white in his bloodline.
I mean, really dude? Yikes
@@chriskoschik391 It surprises you that he's a racist a-hole in real life?
Insurrection was a joy to see. Loved every minute of it. ❤❤❤
I fully agree. Insurrection had so many clever ploys in its plot rather than simply going for brute force or mere technobabble solutions, so many great quips, great performances overall, and most important of all an amazing sense that the actors all had a blast making that movie. That last thing in particular a thing that you don't get from a lot of films (And that's okay, since making a film is still an awful amount of work - I've made a few short films myself, and even the limited format I could pull off made me appreciate how much work full motion picture really is). But getting to feel that the actors love their film and their fellow actors makes a film truly special.
That, and I also had such a crush on Geordi that when I first collected VHS tapes of TNG episodes in the mid-90s, I only got Geordi-focused ones, and was overjoyed when a 2-episode tape held two Geordi episodes... :)
Honestly, Insurrection is one of my all time favorite Trek movies. Its a shame that it's so underrated.
I have a real soft spot for Michael Piller (RIP). He "got" Star Trek. He hired Ron Moore. He wrote "Best Of Both Worlds". He explored the humanity of all our beloved characters. Made them funny, furious, courageous and loving. And he once let a nobody from Australia pitch him a Star Trek story idea in a filled auditorium. Thank you, sir.
It could be argued that Michael Piller is largely responsible for the longevity of Star Trek. He joined TNG in season 3, and is largely credited for transforming it into the show we all love. Then he created Deep Space Nine, which showed that Trek wasn’t limited to just the voyages of the Enterprise. What a legacy.
@@AllTrekIsGoodTrek Amen to that!
Yes, underrated movie. It's not First Contact or TWoK, but few movies are. And, yes, this scene is wonderfully written, acted, directed, and scored. I literally cried watching this in theaters.
My ALL TIME favorite scene in Trek
I can tell from the glassy-eyes that Geordi is on the verge of what I call getting "choked up." for example, I'm a big softy and get choked up watching pet videos.. but.. here its a much more profound stimuli.
As a child of the 80s, I'm often giddy and emotionally overwhelmed listening or watching LeVar these days.
What a great scene. Hits different from when I first saw it at 16 vs. now at 43. Great video, you’ve got my sub 👍🏼
I have a soft spot for Insurrection, Beautiful soundtrack and that scene with LaForge is the absolute best.
Me: Make me cry.
Geordie: I just did.
lol
This is the encapsulation of "have you ever experienced a perfect moment?" from earlier
3:37 I love this scene. Another one of my favorites is Patrick Stewart and Alfre Woodard in First Contact, just thinking about that scene Picard's monolog about the falling back against the Borg time and time again.
Lily: "Jean-Luc, blow up the damn ship!"
Picard: "No! NOOOOOO!!!" [smashes glass]
Awesome scene!
The line must be drawn HE-YAH!! This far! NO FURTHER!!
For Insurrection, I'd have to agree! For all Trek films, it seems almost impossible to choose. Spock's farewell to Kirk is an obvious one, but leaving that aside, early in The Wrath of Khan, Kirk and Spock are discussing who will take command of the ship. I always loved that.
"I would not presume to debate you."
"That is wise."
🖖😃
What a great pick! A quiet moment that shines as one of the best showings of the trust and friendship between Kirk and Spock.
" I just did " is right up there with " One damned moment Captain. "
"One damned minute, Admiral"
DS9. Worf kills Gowron and "earns" the title of High Chancellor but instead he gives the chancellorship to Martok (who initially refuses).
The humility of both Worf and Martok (in a culture that in many ways celebrates power and achieving it through bully tactics) was great to see. Capped off with a quote from Kahless (great men do not seek power. Power is thrust upon them), it was seeing a atory arc for the whole Klingon race. We see that these two have great honor.
I like Worf, he's a good character with good development (except for Alexander, but eh, whatever). But Martok is my favorite Klingon character in all of Trek.
I remember not liking Insurrection so much in the theater, but I certainly appreciate it more now - aged like a wine.
My favorite will always be way back in Star Trek III, "Stealing the Enterprise." James Horner's masterpiece of a score for that scene, the incredible visual composition of the 1701 set against Space Dock and the moon with the Excelsior in pursuit. Everyone throwing away their careers without a second thought to save their friend. Even as a kid, this scene held more awe for me than any other space fantasy could.
A fun and inspiring moment of found family. That’s quintessential Star Trek.
Insurrection is one of my favorite Next Gen movies. The story felt more like the series to me.
And that's the strength of it. Not the action (though that definitely benefits from the big screen, and thus it'd be a waste not to use it), but the characters. And Insurrection did have plenty of action, but they were clever about it rather than simply going for firepower.
This was absolutely dead on correct this is one of the greatest things in the entire franchise
I had forgotten how great that scene is. I know Insurrection gets a lot of flack from critics and fans of Next Generation, but it still feels like Next Generation. Nemesis might be narratively superior and have its moments as well, but it never felt like a Next Generation film to me. The positive future Star Trek made famous was gone and really wouldn't return until Lower Decks of all places. Thank you for highlighting this scene.
As for me, my favorite scene in all of the Star Trek films is still the mind meld scene between Kirk and Sarek in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock.
the Problem with Insurrection is that we had 7 years of TNG most of which had decent-outstanding writing and for a movie we expect more, and it just felt like a TNG episode
That’s a great scene in Search for Spock. Incredible performances from Shatner and Mark Leonard.
@@AllTrekIsGoodTrekAlways loved Mark Lenard's portrayal of Sarek. He was like the "Yoda" of Star Trek, and almost made me wish Sarek was my dad. My late grandmother liked Sarek in ST III (she bought me the VHS for my birthday), and she was never into Star Trek. Even more touching than the ST III mind-meld, I think, was Picard and Sarek's mind-meld in TNG and later, Picard at Sarek's deathbed in another episode.
well-put. Insurrection is classic TNG, it's just... y'know, more in line with the bad episodes. Which they had their share of. Nemesis is a paycheck and popcorn-bait.
@@edwarddeguzman3258 I heard this criticism of the movie at the time, and when I finally watched it years later, it's certainly true. The difference is that looking back, getting a new TNG episode was a rare treat we shouldn't have taken for granted.
I really liked this movie, it's one of my favorites. I wanted to live on that planet even before I knew about the magic rings.
Star Trek is full of amazing actors. I think the casting guy or casting lady really went out of his or her way to hire some pretty top notch actors to fill the parts in TNG and most other itterations of Star Trek. Levar Burton , Captain Picard himself Patrick Stewart. Avery Brooks from DS9 and Brent Spiner.... Rene Auber Jonois , Denise Crosby . The list goes on.
This is one of my favorite Star Trek movies.
It *IS* such an underrated film.
+1 for using the tune from Star Trek 25th Anniversary
To quote a song from Wax Fang; “A sight for sore eyes
To the blind would be awful majestic
It would be the most beautiful thing
That they ever had seen
It would cause such surprise
It would make all of their minds electric
How could anyone tell them
That some things are not what they seem?”.
Aww background music giving my good memories need to find that game
He also said he had a "hate hate" relationship with that visor. Picture being stuck looking through that, being somewhat glued to your head, with your peripheral vision cut off and trying not to bump into things, while giving great performances, for YEARS.
So being able to act without it or contacts was probably a joy on a personal level that came through there.
I suspect he could have lobbied (and may have lobbied) Rodenberry to let him switch to circuit-board looking contact lenses at some point, the way Troy got a regular uniform or Riker got to keep his beard after growing it in the off-season. I suppose if I ever meet him again I'll have to ask about that. He did get the contacts at one point during the movies, at least.
NGL, I teared up a bit when I saw this scene in the theater.
Also, HOW THE HE11 WAS THAT 25 YEARS AGO?!?!?!?
Gads, I'm so old!
Awesome video on an awsome scene followed up by nearly perfect closing credits (loved 25th anniversary!)
I remember Geordi got to have this experience on one other occasion, too: "Hide and Q," in TNG Season 1. Riker, with the power of Q, is handing out favors on the bridge, and to Geordi he bestows human vision. I remember it was a very touching moment.
I think my pick for the best 60 seconds of any Star Trek movie would have to be "The Meld" from Star Trek: The Motion Picture. I mean, what do you even make of something like that? You just have to use your imagination. Truly a beautiful moment in sci-fi history. But I tell you what: I rewatched all the TNG movies last year, and my thoughts on them changed a little. Generations remained my favorite, First Contact went down a lot, Nemesis remained at rock bottom, and this film, Insurrection, actually went up in my estimation by quite a bit. This film has some mature themes I missed when I was younger, plus some beautiful planetside cinematography, and some great acting all around, including by Picard's love interest. I liked it way more than I remembered, even if the villains are still goofy. (Which was a problem with all the TNG and Kelvin films.)
I think it was Spock's thoughts on V'Ger that really struck me as an adult. "I weep for V'Ger as I would a brother." The idea that V'Ger came back to Earth, came home because they were in a desperate existential panic and needed help, guidance, and purpose hits like a damn truck in a way that it didn't when I was a kid.
This has always been my favorite Next Gen movie, because it's the only one that actually felt like the TV series.
Agreed.
It was like a two part episode in a theatre. The best of what made next generation what it was: the stories and the crew.
Super cool bro. LeVar Burton is a fantastic actor.
It's been years since I saw this movie, and I still remember this scene.
The start trek v monologue about pain
I still like Insurrection, just not as a movie. As an extended episode of TNG however, it's solid to me. Specifically because of many small moments of those fun moments, subtle lore building for the characters, and then of course for LeVar Burton and so forth acting skills despite how minor it is. It just had good character interactions and I'll always appreciate that.
As for my favourite scene. Though it's hard for me to watch due to the eye bit, the PTSD flashback/warning signal to open First Contact will stick with me for a long time. It was so well made and set a tone for the entire character arc of Picard.
You know if you could take the character moments of INsurrection and fuse it with the action of Nemesis, it might be a pretty perfect movie.
It’s a great movie, screw them haters!
LeVar is great. I cherish every time I see him on screen. I wanted more of him in Perception.
He was so good in Picard (yknow when it finally got good). He wasn't just the same guy decades later, he was clearly changed from having a family. Now he's not as gung-ho as he used to be, because there's something to live for, and something to protect. And that attitude change really made for some good conflict. he perfectly sold the mindset of wanting to be loyal to a friend, but being terrified to endanger his daughters.
Geordi actually looks a lot like Worf to me, with that wide-eyed gaze.
I think my favorite moment was from Into Darkness when Spock is choking up realizing too late that Kirk is his friend.
I still remember the impact of this seeing it in theaters for the first time. Quinto’s Spock is so underrated.
Y'know, it brings to mind that Gargoyles episode (and hey there's lots of Star Trek in there), where they turn temporarily human one night, and then they change back before the night's over.. And they're like, it would have been nice to see one sunrise without turning to stone. Oh well. Poor Geordi. What a cruel planet that is, that it heals you but then you turn back if you leave. Functional eyeballs are not just going to break.
It's also a tragic scene, as this miracle highlights the villains' motivation. They would kill of this resource, and so might anyone who learned of it.
Good catch man.
Just realized the Armada background music. Good job. I wish there was a modern version of that game series.
Yes, loved that moment.
All Trek Is Good Trek - the name of the channel plus a video showing LeVar love? Subscribed!
This was also the movie with Data attacking Worf?
This was also the movie with the Riker Maneuver?
This was also the movie with the Transporting Starship?
Yeah, I liked this movie, a lot. Others should too.
I love Insurrection. It really honors the series but has enough action to satisfy being a movie.
I love Levar Burton, but the Klingon moon blowing up and Captain Sulu experiencing it (ST-6) is my fave solo isolated element.
It was a Klingon moon, Praxis, not a Vulcan moon.
@@redfive2008 my goof. lack of sleep- edited. thx
I've certainly also come to appreciate George Takei/Zulu a lot more since then, too.
My favorite is the “take a leak” scene in First Contact! I forgot about the sunrise scene in “Star Trek: California Wine Country”… 😂
I knew this was going to be the moment you picked just from the title and thumbnail
WTF? You must be high bro! 🤣 The battle between Kahn And the Enterprise is the best sixty seconds of Star Trek ever!
If you had never seen the show, because Riker/Q gave him his eyes back for a scene, and "All Good Things" gave the Anti-Time present version of him them back due to the phenomenona's effects (I'd still count that as it was real for him even if that timeline was erased). In Insurrection's case, I don't understand why it wasn't permanent. I understand everyone starting to age again after they leave, but any damage that was healed should remain healed.
As for my favorite Star Trek movie scene, it would be a toss up between Spock's death, the ending of Voyage Home when they see the Enterprise-A, and Picard meeting Kirk.
I think it was permanently healed, I don't think ocular implants are referenced after Insurrection
@edwarddeguzman3258 Rewatching the "All Hands Battle Stations" scene from Nemesis, you can definitely tell it's the cybernetic eyes instead of the natural brown eyes. Plus, Geordi even implied he would be giving them up if he helped the Ba'ku keep their home.
@@HyraxusPrimus That plus Picard.
Yeahh like a lot of things in the movie, you have to just... turn your brain off a little and just accept that it's crazy space magic that can heal any species right back to how it should be, but only if you stay in its range forever.
I've always been under the impression that the planet's regeneration effect was contingent on constant exposure to the cause - that seemed to me to be the point of drawing off and bottling the energy, after all (though I wouldn't put it past the villains to want to simply destroy the planet's rings out of spite and revenge and give a pretend reason to the Federation to gain their assistance in the work).
Q gave him eyesight briefly in a very early episode.
Mine isn't a scene so much as a single line.
"What does god need with a starship."
This movie is definitely in my top five, along with 4 (my favourite), 6, 8, and 13.
Yep, those are the exact ones I've watched the most now that I think about it. They feel the most grounded in the Trek ethic and cinematic panache. I just can't be deliberately critical towards anything that enables a young person to strive towards possible utopias and shun bigotry as it did in myself, so any Roddenberry-derived entertainment gets a free pass for simply trying to keep the dream alive.
@ I feel blessed to have grown up right when TNG came out in my country, Trek’s defined the foundation of my sociopolitical and ethical viewpoints since I was a little girl. Merry Spockmas and a highly logical new year 🖖❤️
@@DissociatedWomenIncorporated Yeah, same. Bad childhood, wasn't on a good path until I found Trek and computers. Lucked out.
@@mistercohaagen 😂 it’s like you’re the male version of me. My first computer was a couple of years older than me, so I got to use it to teach myself programming in BASIC around the same time. Early 80s microcomputers were fantastic for that.
But, where are the phasers and the warp speed and the fist fights and the Spock/Data and the the the...
I don't know if I'd peg this as my fave moment, but I love it, and yes, LeVar is amazing. Always and forever.
The best 60 seconds of any Star Trek movie, is from Spock's death scene in WoK. No contest.
Five words: "I CAN live with it."
This moment is great, and LeVar is an incredible actor, but no 60 seconds of Trek is better than that party for Worf where everyone is LARPing as 19th century ship crew at the start of Generations.
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Imagine the tears and emotion if that was done today... they be hugging and telling eachother how much they love eachother.. then geordie would say, no I can't give this up.. 😂
Something got in my eye.
good vid. also huge props for the armada 2 music.
I don't know how long it takes but Mt favorite scene in a Trek movie is The Final Frontier when McCoy describes what happened to his father.
That’s an incredible choice. It reveals so much about McCoy and really deepens an already great character.
there are many, probably too many to list, or even remember off the top of my head.
the entire episode when Picard lived an entire life because a satellite. and the flute.
the scene in the episode when data was kidnapped and as he was being rescued he fired his phaser
the scene where Q gave Data the ability to laugh.
the episode where Tasha Yar got swallowed by the blob and Data mourned her
the scene with Picard and Warf arguing. Warf said "if you were any other man id k*ll you where you stand!"
the scene in Discovery where the "agent" tells Michael who he really is.
No one will ever be able to convince me that his eyes shouldn’t have stayed fixed after this.
true, they could have just let him stay there for some time, maybe with an excuse like studying something, until his eyes were completely healed.
However, that would have also created a leading case; if he was allowed to get healed, why not random person 15254 from planet 8472? I guess that was the moral conflict of the movie; letting him getting healed would lead others questioning why him but not them
I think the problem is that the effect is a treatment, not a cure. A form of "space magic" - if the spell ends, the benefits also revert (in a pen-and-paper RPG I ran years ago - Mage: The Ascension - there were similar limitations to magic - you could give somebody who had lost their hands new hands with magic, but the spell had to be renewed regularly, or the hands would disappear again. In the game, of course, there was a possible workaround - instead of magically growing hands, the patient was given a version of the ability certain animals have to regrow body parts, and then his metabolism was sped up to make the whole process quicker. The patient was still without functioning hands for a few weeks, and thus needed some nursing care, but new hands were growing during this time, and since only the ability to regrow hands was magical, the spell elapsing eventually only prevented a repeat of such a regeneration).
Ditching the VISOR and letting LeVar actually act with his eyes was one of the best decisions the TNG movies made. Say what you will about the Picard series, he was one of the MVP's.
Levar is a beautiful man and hiding him behind the visor was a shame, but he still did an incredible job on the show.
He's seen like this before. It may not have been the sunrise, but maybe something at least just as good. When Riker had Q powers, he gave Geordi normal eyes. He got to see Yar before she died.
Data telling picard he doesn't want his emotions when they're in astromrics in Generations. I've felt that on so many occasions
I'm one of the first to point out how the TNG films too often recycled ideas used from better-told stories during the show. We've seen Geordi with real eyes, going back to the first season. This was one of the few instances of something we've already seen done much better in the film. It was certainly a much more beautiful moment for Burton to flex his acting muscles in.
Might be a bit overplayed though, no? This is actually the second time he's getting to see like everyone else... or has everyone forgotten about "Hide and Q" when Riker is being tempted into becoming a Q himself? Just to play a little Devil's Advocate...
How about the best scenes from every other Star Trek movie? I'll start: The Wrath of Khan... When Kirk is giving Spock's eulogy.
Logic clearly dictates that the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.
Or the one. I never took the Kobayashi Maru test until now. What do you think of my solution?
Spock...
I have been and always shall be your friend. Live long and prosper.
No...
I tear up every time I watch that scene with Geordi seeing a sunrise for the first time. LeVar Burton gives that scene so much resonance.
Favorite scene in a Star Trek movie? Besides this one, probably stealing the Enterprise in Star Trek III. It's a fun sequence, as the crew take the NCC-1701 on one final mission to rescue Spock.
personally, i loved Insurrection.
"I just did." Freaking. Awesome.
Well said!!
As awesome as Lavar’s acting is, I was always confused as to what happened to the implants he had. Did the mechanical parts leave his eyes? Did they become organic or something?
2:38 Wow!🤩
Second time. Geordie was given normal eyes for a bit by Q in one episode and flirts with Tasha.
Love the music from Armada II 👍🏻
I think putting the visor on LB diminished his ability to act with his face. In the episode where Riker thinks he's in the future, and LaForge doesn't need his visor, LB gets to do some subtly brilliant and sinister acting with his eyes.
I wish I was LeVar Burton!
You didn’t show the minute.
pity they couldn't dedicate this kind of attention to the first time Geordie was able to use his eyes. S1 EP - Hide and Q