I learned recently that the reason TOS had such few phaser effects and preferred fist fights was because of the budget. Phaser beams were expensive and had to be hand drawn in post production, they were restricted to firing their weapons as seldom as possible.
What about the Finger Phasers? They were very useful on the Android Planet after Harry Mudd had highjacked the TOS crew. Poor Scotty, killed by his friends.
Now these are REAL phasers, with the sustained beams and all. The ones in the JJTreks, Discovery, Picard and Strange New Worlds look and sound more like Star Wars laser pistols.
I literally came here because I was in the middle of a Strange New Worlds episode and thought "you know, for all I like this series, I really wish they understood that BEAMS ARE JUST COOLER THAN BLASTS." I also wanted to double check that TOS era was beam-y too - it is. Modern producers just have to mess it up for the sake of it, apparently 🙄🙄
Riker: "I'm setting this phaser on full spread.. uh, i mean wide field, that should blow up half of the building" Sisko: "wide field? hmm.. that could come handy against the Jem Hadar" Tuvok: "indeed, it does" 🤭 8:16
@@sunlightcrusader wide beam? hmm interreseting, to be fair never played ST Online and in the TNG episode "Frame of Mind" Riker said Level 16 wide field ^^
I imagine that they can hold a much, much smaller charge and are far less accurate at range though, assuming that the rest of the larger hand held phaser's frame is battery storage and lens focusing. Personally I would like more of the phasers in a handgun configuration for ergonomics and ease of use, like the phase pistols of Enterprise.
Data knocks a few dudes on their butts. Data: That was the stun setting. This is not. Data adjusts his phaser and sends destructive shockwave through the aqueduct system for miles. Trek phasers really are overpowered. Love the moment when Archer's Enterprise accidentally blew up a mountain the size of Mt. McKinley with their phase cannons.
It clearly shows the federation's ability to have great firepower for a relatively peaceful society, especially when a general order 24 is mentioned. Paraphrasing what Kirk said, we have the ability to destroy, but I choose not to.
When you have Darwin The Dolphin on your side you don't need phasers. That's what happens when a guy like Matthew invests millions of dollars in bio-weapons. He's a very unscrupulous person. I learned that the hard way when I met him at "Farpoint & Encounter." :-)
It's interesting that you end up with "Phase pistols" in the 22nd century that emit an orange beam with a kind of hissing sound, like 24th century phasers... but then in the 23rd century they put out a blue beam with a different sound. Then in the general TOS era it seems they went through multiple iterations of phasers in a fairly short time. Then by the 24th century the phasers are back to a beam and sound that seems similar to the phase pistols of the 22nd century, and they remain unchanged throughout most of the late century. By the very late 24th century and into the early 25th century you got compression phasers coming through, firing pulses similar to the Defiant's main guns. First as rifles in the late TNG movies and late DS9, and then as pistols by the time of _Picard._ I wonder what kind of phaser lore could be extrapoated from this path...
i did not remember that much rolling in star trek lol, good compilation. im curious what your take on the newer star treks are, mainly strange new worlds cause it's the most promising.
Thank you. I have mixed feelings about the new Trek shows. I think the two animated series, Lower Decks and Prodigy, show some promise, but I don't care for the live action shows so far.
Wrath of Khan probably had the most horrifying phaser death effect, it was a bit of a shock after TOS just had people hit with one disappear instantly and painlessly
Where are the sights? I've heard the argument, "it's a beam, you just point", but that's clearly from someone who's never fired a weapon. Handguns might as well fire beams given the ranges they're intended for, and you still need the ability to AIM.
The TOS phasers actually had pop-up sights. The big gold-ish rectangle on the top would lift ~30 degrees and had a small targeting screen facing the user. It's used on occasion in TOS. Not sure why they never added anything similar in later type 1 or 2 phasers.
Styles of Gunplay. TOS: Gunslingers/Westerns TNG: Dirty Harry/Clint Eastwood DS9: Laser Tag VOY: James Bond Gunbarrels ENT: NCIS and CSI Crime Dramas Movies: WW2 with lasers
I think you should have included the weapons from "Menagerie/The Cage" even though you had "The Man Trap". Also from TOS, "The Devil in the Dark" and "Friday's Child". From TNG, "Hide and Q".
I always laughed at the Animated episode where Uhura and the all-female away team beamed in & phasered the group of amazons. Their expressions (on both sides) were priceless!
I actually covered those awhile back... Ship phasers: ruclips.net/video/tLjiciyxikQ/видео.html Torpedoes: ruclips.net/video/dCdpeuFMLpY/видео.html Thanks for watching.
All these old ST they seemed great at the time but when compared now to The Orville the effects possible now are amazing. I wonder if The Orville in 30-40 years will seem a little cheesy? Have we reached peak effects?
I would guess that effects technology will continue to improve over time. However, like with classic Star Trek, the Orville will hopefully endure due to the high quality of storytelling.
@@JohnDiMarco I find it hard to imagine better effects and I remember vector graphics screens. With tech like Unreal5 anyone can do it now. I suppose there is still Holodeck tech to look forwards too. Might need a bit of age regression to be around for that.
@@JohnDiMarco True, but later in the OS they use a pistol and the small hand phaser. I'm wondering what the difference is between the two other than cosmetic.
If memory serves from my tech manuals, the OS type 1 had stun settings only, and could be combined with a type 2 to include the more powerful settings.
I learned recently that the reason TOS had such few phaser effects and preferred fist fights was because of the budget. Phaser beams were expensive and had to be hand drawn in post production, they were restricted to firing their weapons as seldom as possible.
Can you do a video on tricorders, please?
Thanks for the suggestion.
The corder-corder-corders ?
The Star Trek II tricorder looked like a stop light with a handle. Did technology suddenly grow bulkier instead of shrink?
Another good topic, the helm consoles going from one operator to a two person team then back to one person.
As a kid , I had a Slimline Panasonic cassette recorder and pretended it was a Tricorder.
What about the Finger Phasers? They were very useful on the Android Planet after Harry Mudd had highjacked the TOS crew. Poor Scotty, killed by his friends.
How was he killed by his friends?
@@711desmond It was faked; the object was to drive the androids nuts with ILLOGIC. If you haven't seen it, it's a fun episode titled "I, Mudd"
Now these are REAL phasers, with the sustained beams and all. The ones in the JJTreks, Discovery, Picard and Strange New Worlds look and sound more like Star Wars laser pistols.
I literally came here because I was in the middle of a Strange New Worlds episode and thought "you know, for all I like this series, I really wish they understood that BEAMS ARE JUST COOLER THAN BLASTS." I also wanted to double check that TOS era was beam-y too - it is. Modern producers just have to mess it up for the sake of it, apparently 🙄🙄
In a firefight though, I think the pulses are more practical. The beams are more useful as a tool.
Just then when Kirk stunned Dr. Crater the beam was a little bullety the way it struck him.
Yeah.... real fucking corny 😂😂
That's because they're not real Trek...
Riker: "I'm setting this phaser on full spread.. uh, i mean wide field, that should blow up half of the building"
Sisko: "wide field? hmm.. that could come handy against the Jem Hadar"
Tuvok: "indeed, it does" 🤭 8:16
Wide beam setting, as Star Trek Online describes it.
@@sunlightcrusader wide beam? hmm interreseting, to be fair never played ST Online and in the TNG episode "Frame of Mind" Riker said Level 16 wide field ^^
I wish there were more Type 1 "cricket phasers" from each genertion...I love how small they are, yet can still reach level 8 power levels.
I imagine that they can hold a much, much smaller charge and are far less accurate at range though, assuming that the rest of the larger hand held phaser's frame is battery storage and lens focusing. Personally I would like more of the phasers in a handgun configuration for ergonomics and ease of use, like the phase pistols of Enterprise.
Love The Wrath of Khan hand phaser design and sound effects
10:19 On a random side note for the end clip, the First Contact score is an absolute work of art.
This is a nice inspiring one....but I loved the Borg theme even more haha. And the feeling of them stepping out onto the hull...whew!
3:27 he got her pregnant. His secret could not be let out. She had to go!
No clip of the TNG dust buster phasers?
Your missing TNG season 1-2’s Black and Decker vacuums.
Data knocks a few dudes on their butts.
Data: That was the stun setting. This is not.
Data adjusts his phaser and sends destructive shockwave through the aqueduct system for miles. Trek phasers really are overpowered. Love the moment when Archer's Enterprise accidentally blew up a mountain the size of Mt. McKinley with their phase cannons.
It clearly shows the federation's ability to have great firepower for a relatively peaceful society, especially when a general order 24 is mentioned. Paraphrasing what Kirk said, we have the ability to destroy, but I choose not to.
@@homelessend8557 A good king always prepares for war, and never seeks it.
That was probably Data's best one-liner ever.
That’s because they are basically magic beams!
O’Brien gets the thumbnail? Good for him. Some recognition.
Missed S1 & 2 of TNG they were used then. Nice though. 😉
To me, TNG/DS9/Voyager phasers have the coolest sound.
Where was the original TNG dustbuster type 2 phaser?
When you have Darwin The Dolphin on your side you don't need phasers. That's what happens when a guy like Matthew invests millions of dollars in bio-weapons. He's a very unscrupulous person. I learned that the hard way when I met him at "Farpoint & Encounter." :-)
AMEN TO THAT, and thanks for the various phaser seens, in the various versions of "Startrek' over the years.
It's interesting that you end up with "Phase pistols" in the 22nd century that emit an orange beam with a kind of hissing sound, like 24th century phasers... but then in the 23rd century they put out a blue beam with a different sound. Then in the general TOS era it seems they went through multiple iterations of phasers in a fairly short time. Then by the 24th century the phasers are back to a beam and sound that seems similar to the phase pistols of the 22nd century, and they remain unchanged throughout most of the late century. By the very late 24th century and into the early 25th century you got compression phasers coming through, firing pulses similar to the Defiant's main guns. First as rifles in the late TNG movies and late DS9, and then as pistols by the time of _Picard._ I wonder what kind of phaser lore could be extrapoated from this path...
There was also a phaser set on overload by some intruder in TOS
i did not remember that much rolling in star trek lol, good compilation.
im curious what your take on the newer star treks are, mainly strange new worlds cause it's the most promising.
Thank you. I have mixed feelings about the new Trek shows. I think the two animated series, Lower Decks and Prodigy, show some promise, but I don't care for the live action shows so far.
The new phasers suck with their PEW PEW PEW effects.
Wrath of Kahn Phasers are my favourite. They are smaller but also super deadly, the bigger Phasers in later movies look so bulky
The TNG's third season developed a kind of lens flair that proceeded the emission of the beam.
Ahhh, TnG S1, S2 Dustbusterz
The Ugliest sidearm Ever devised by Starfleet
TOS films had brutal vaporisation they live long enough to scream in pain
STOS still has my phavorite phaser from scifi. the ones in Discovery are nice too.
my second favorite isn't Trek sadly. Space: 1999 stun phaser.
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the very first one is my favorite. Could replay it a lot when playing ST Elite Force 2
I just love those beams. I don't want that new fancy pew pew stuff.
thank you for not including the stupid ass dustbuster
Wrath of Khan probably had the most horrifying phaser death effect, it was a bit of a shock after TOS just had people hit with one disappear instantly and painlessly
Cardassian weapons are disruptors. Bajoran weapons are phasers
2:33 this particular sound effect has been used in the naruto anime for the rasengan.
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I loved Enterprise, but shoehorning the Borg into that timeline?
6:02 is it just me or do the phasers in Insurrection look worse than the ones from the TNG show?
"I pretend to be their friend....and then I shoot YOU!"
1:28 oh noes! They stunned She-Ra! Princess of Power! 😮
Thank you John! Great video.
I appreciate it.
Generations and Nemeses were not great.
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Where are the sights? I've heard the argument, "it's a beam, you just point", but that's clearly from someone who's never fired a weapon. Handguns might as well fire beams given the ranges they're intended for, and you still need the ability to AIM.
The TOS phasers actually had pop-up sights. The big gold-ish rectangle on the top would lift ~30 degrees and had a small targeting screen facing the user. It's used on occasion in TOS. Not sure why they never added anything similar in later type 1 or 2 phasers.
disintegration weapons in sci fi always freak me out. watching this to cure my phobia
The target would explode, if it was realistic.
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Nice work
Styles of Gunplay.
TOS: Gunslingers/Westerns
TNG: Dirty Harry/Clint Eastwood
DS9: Laser Tag
VOY: James Bond Gunbarrels
ENT: NCIS and CSI Crime Dramas
Movies: WW2 with lasers
3:27 When Riker realizes he can't have the woman he was gunning for. So he practically gunned her down.
I think you should have included the weapons from "Menagerie/The Cage" even though you had "The Man Trap". Also from TOS, "The Devil in the Dark" and "Friday's Child". From TNG, "Hide and Q".
They never seem to remember the wide beam setting when it'd be most helpful.
I always laughed at the Animated episode where Uhura and the all-female away team beamed in & phasered the group of amazons. Their expressions (on both sides) were priceless!
No disruptor whips? Guess had to draw a line somewhere...
Maybe next time.
I wished they included the KKKKK Fight (Khan -Klingon -Kirk of the Kelvin timeline on Kronos)
It's good to see that Scotty finally got to shoot a hand phaser. Kirk, Spock and Sulu got to have all the fun.
9:22 Is this the power of Ultra Instinct?!
the flying dog vomit is the best episode :))
I think the DS9 handhelds were the apex.
I think you forgot the phasers used in the first episode of TNG, they were more smaller and easier to pocket
Those were the type-1 phasers, also known as cricket phasers due to their smaller size.
Best example of that phaser was in "Friday's Child", when the Klingon was blasting anything that came near.
3:22 One of Scotty’s best moments ever!
7:12 the back and forth while in the midst of battle is funny. The vfx at 9:17 are impressive. What's the context?
At 9:17, Archer is in the chamber where Silik talks to Future Guy, and there are a bunch of temporal distortions.
Where the ship weapons using the same sound affects as the hand weapons?
The sounds were very similar, yes.
Maybe cover the LCARS computer system?
I'll keep that in mind. Thanks.
You should do Ship Phasers. Maybe Torpedoes yeah?
I actually covered those awhile back...
Ship phasers: ruclips.net/video/tLjiciyxikQ/видео.html
Torpedoes: ruclips.net/video/dCdpeuFMLpY/видео.html
Thanks for watching.
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What episodes were the ds9 clips from
A list of episodes used from each series can be found in the video description.
All these old ST they seemed great at the time but when compared now to The Orville the effects possible now are amazing. I wonder if The Orville in 30-40 years will seem a little cheesy? Have we reached peak effects?
I would guess that effects technology will continue to improve over time. However, like with classic Star Trek, the Orville will hopefully endure due to the high quality of storytelling.
@@JohnDiMarco I find it hard to imagine better effects and I remember vector graphics screens. With tech like Unreal5 anyone can do it now. I suppose there is still Holodeck tech to look forwards too. Might need a bit of age regression to be around for that.
Name of TOS Films at 2:38 & 2:50?
Star Trek V and Star Trek VI, respectively.
@@JohnDiMarco Ok, thank you.
So, what's the difference between them? Why choose a Phaser Pistol over the Hand Phaser? Is one more powerful than the other?
The phase pistol was the weapon used in Enterprise, since they didn't have phasers yet.
@@JohnDiMarco True, but later in the OS they use a pistol and the small hand phaser. I'm wondering what the difference is between the two other than cosmetic.
@@thullraven1 I believe the phaser pistol (AKA type 2) is more powerful.
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If memory serves from my tech manuals, the OS type 1 had stun settings only, and could be combined with a type 2 to include the more powerful settings.