It's simultaneously heartening and saddening to me that a short like this would have more heart, more intelligence and more respect for Star Trek than anything the studios have produced in the last two decades.
This was my goodbye to the series I loved the most. The fact that Shatner and Leonard Nimoy's family were behind it says everything. Shatner himself said if Gene had seen the state of Star Trek now, he'd be rolling over in his grave is very telling.
Man, you could tell Gary is a real fucking OG fan. You could tell he got emotional. I even got teary-eyed and emotional watching it and I’m nowhere near his level.
Ditto buddy! I even waited two weeks for my dad to be available, so we could share the experience together!! Two whole weeks, i was looking forward to this, i was going to enjoy absolutely anything they came up with, but was very touched and satisfied with it!!
You should really give it try. TOS is a bit outdated visually but the stories are great. If you get into it there are hundreds of hours of great TV and movies. Plus there is an EU of sorts with books, comics and games.
Yeah, it’s wholesome. TOS wasn’t looking for quips, jokes or putting down anything. It was a series that enlightened and generated thought. Good stuff. It’s the only Star Trek I’d recognize.
Since I was four years old, it was always Bill Shatner and Leonard Nimoy. Kirk, and Spock. The Motion Picture was my first piece of Star Trek. The white sleeved "longer" version. Even with all it's short comings and flaws, I was in love. TOS, and those first six movies will always be for me. Always. I will be 70 years old someday, and i will still, gladly, watch those characters. This breaks my heart, knowing what we could have had for all these years, and the people in charge just not been the ones in charge. If we could have just had people who cared running Star Trek. It's beautiful. Old friends together again. One. Last. Time.
For the hard-coreTrek fans, Spock’s son looks like the actor who played teenage Spock in Star Trek III the search for Spock. I believe his name is Stephen Manley.
The more I see this the more I year for when I was younger and first saw Star Trek. It was simply amazing, it was the coolest thing I had ever seen. Deep philosophical conversations, babes of every color (literally). Space battles, robots, aliens, spaceships, tribbles! And some of the all time greatest characters on tv. Sulu, Chekov, Uhura, Scotty, and of course the main three. But what I loved most was the Federation, the basic idea of Star Trek. Humanity, after suffering through terrible crises inflicted upon themselves, elected to work together and create a perfect utopia, then spread that idea of freedom and peace and scientific exploration across the galaxy. The show never really showed Starfleet as perfect, what with the galaxy being filled with gods and madmen, not to mention the hostile aliens with amazing facial hair, but still I looked at that idea of a unified world and thought it would be easy enough for us to do it, if we hadn’t already. I was super young so I thought the last big world conflict was the Cold War, I didn’t learn about Iraq and Afghanistan till I was in middle school. And then I grew up, and now Star Trek is just a thing, something on streaming services I don’t even want to look at anymore. And the world will never be able to create a Starfleet, never mind a Federation with aliens. We can’t even figure out what’s flying above our heads, everyone argues about our insignificant differences, wanting to be more special than everyone else, and we haven’t gotten past the stupid beautiful moon. Nor have we put a base on the moon, a satellite over it, not even a space station in it’s orbit. The ISS is going to be sent back down soon because it’s just leaking oxygen, and the future of space travel is in the hands of Boeing and rich, successful, powerful idiots. Maybe we still need more calamities, maybe it’s just not our time, but I certainly wouldn’t mind more old Star Trek either way. I think we could use the push to look ahead together again.
The flash-scenes were from earlier works of OTOY that showed Yeoman Colt from the Pike era and Spock and the crashed Enterprise prototype XCV-330. I love how Kirk casually takes the badge and the alien is like, "No. You take this with intent and importance." and is allowed to accept with both hands. This is a nod to when you accept something with gravitas, vaguely similar to accepting a business card in '80s Japan, "with both hands" and with importance. Kirk is not allowed to take this lightly and he suddenly understands and acts more diplomatic immediately, "I see...".
This short film has more heart and soul than any of the recent movies. And if it's the last bit of Star Trek I ever see then it's the perfect farewell.
They've said that they are able to make them talk now but for this particular project I think it was deliberate to have no dialogue. If OTOY were ever to becom involved in future Star Trek, and this level of detail and lack of producers notes from people who haven't a clue, it would be awesome
when i watch this, it feels like it's not just Kirk saying goodbye but for me personally as well and Im sure many others can relate as so many of us stopped watching Trek ever since it became bastardized... It hurts knowing that this is the end of these actors and characters that we grown up with and how much time and opportunities to make memories were lost because of ineptitude....
Somewhere on RUclips, someone spliced together all three of the Otoy featurettes, and they fit seamlessly. I highly recommend finding that and watching it.
It would’ve been great if at the very end Bones popped out with the rest of the crew and said in his sarcastic tone something like “Well….we’re waiting!”
@@josephmorelli3408 Shatner wrote a series of Star Trek books starting with "The Return " that has Kirk being resurrected from Viridian 3 (as shown at the end of "Generations") and his actions in the 24th century. However, in the fast paced clips shown just before Kirk first shows up (where Gary references Star Trek: Picard) others have noticed the LCARS display shows Kirk's name, making some think that for this fan film, his body was taken from Viridian 3 (along with the Enterprise-D's saucer) and he ended up at the Daystrom Institute, allowing him to be resurrected through them rather than by Spock as was depicted in "The Return".
I wondered that too; how is Kirk's own son is not there?? However, FWIW, my understanding (correct me if I'm wrong) is that the actor is dead and left behind no family who could give permission for his image to be used.
I don't know how much of Kirk's facial expressions are motion capture, AI, or a mix, but damn did they capture the nuance of Shatner. Words are not needed to convey so much information.
Creative fans will surpass Hollywood. The potential is so great, the tools are improving so rapidly. And they actually understand the properties. They should be nervous, if they had the self awareness.
So he mentions 'The Return' in this. I'm can't help but shake my head in disagreement? As a monster ST fan I don't understand this short. The beginning is a bundle of quick shots, one of which is Gary floating Green Lantern-style in front of the Nexus, but it's orange. Sounds right, looks off. I dare say the lack of dialogue is curious decision making, but ok...tone poem. Every single facial expression Kirk makes is gold. Silver. Platinum. Electrum. Exquisitely done, welcoming. It's all beautiful. Then it goes all wrong with inclusion of Kelvin/Prime timeline crap. Having read several of the 'Shatnerverse' novels I'm flummuxed to the Nth degree. How one can know that exists & see this as legit? Shatnerverse > otoy. Purge all things 'Kelvin' timeline from your thoughts. Just say 'No' to Kelvin - don't support corporate erasure of popular stories that seek to dissolve the natural cohesion that exists between all of us.
With the work that went into this with Sam Witwer portraying Kirk physically along with prosthetics and CGI to bring William Shatner's Kirk back from how he looked in Generations, TOS and movies as a whole, we could easily have William Shatner's Kirk back in Trek anytime we wanted and all we need is his voice to complete it, weather it be Shatner himself or AI or a voice actor such as Sam is.
It's been said that the park he is going thrue is inside the Enterprise-J. Useing the Nexus could be a way to cross over from the Prime timeline into the Kelvin timeline.
What's sad in real life is that they pretty much didn't interact with each other off camera. They always competed with each other. Unfortunately from what I remember reading they only knew each other as Kirk and Spock. When they were done filming they went home for the day and started filming all over again. Never hung out after set. One other story I heard from Shatner himself saying he wanted Nimoy and Kelly to return in Generations, but they told him they didn't want to do it anymore. Of course, I could be wrong about this.
I guess it's not a good opinion for this crowd but I just didn't think Kirstie Alley could play a Vulcan she just didn't scream Vulcan to me where the next girl that played it did very well
Sorry wait....5:44, Robert described this as a what??? I couldn't make out the term he said, and the captions weren't much help: "TOM POEM"?? TONG POE from KICKBOXER lol, please someone tell me WTF he said/was referring to???! And also, mad respect and appreciation to those that made UNIFICATION and i think it's really great that WILLIAM SHATNER agreed to be in this!!!
There's nothing new that I can say about Unification, but all those people calling out the likes of Gary and AZ for being 'toxic' should just watch their reactions in this upload. Showing more love and respect for a franchise dear to them than their critics seem to.
I watch TOS in the 60s as a kid. I've seen the movies in the theater. I've seen all the series except the last couple. Though I did watch Picard season 3 and loved it. But I just don't get what is so great about this short. I like Shatner. The guy is so charismatic in anything he does. Love Nimoy. Total professional and you can't help but love the guy. But this Unification thing? I dunno. Gary mentioning the Nexus puts a pretty good spin on it. Maybe it's just too deep for me and I'll accept that.
It's no different from videogames or comic books that use actors likeness for the characters. If permission is given and it is used respectfully, there's no problem with it.
Yes, Nimoy did pass away, which is why they asked his children’s permission, which they gave. If someone wanted to use my father’s likeness in a film and it looked this good, I’d be proud that everyone was talking about my dad again. And if you think it looks horrible, that’s just your opinion which is your right.
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"I have been, and always shall be - your friend."
CAPTAIN OBVIOUS STRIKES AGAIN!
It's simultaneously heartening and saddening to me that a short like this would have more heart, more intelligence and more respect for Star Trek than anything the studios have produced in the last two decades.
At least they gave Star Trek fans a final reunion and proper goodbye.
“Where is mauler? Is he safe? Is he alright?”
This was my goodbye to the series I loved the most. The fact that Shatner and Leonard Nimoy's family were behind it says everything.
Shatner himself said if Gene had seen the state of Star Trek now, he'd be rolling over in his grave is very telling.
Man, you could tell Gary is a real fucking OG fan. You could tell he got emotional. I even got teary-eyed and emotional watching it and I’m nowhere near his level.
Ditto buddy! I even waited two weeks for my dad to be available, so we could share the experience together!! Two whole weeks, i was looking forward to this, i was going to enjoy absolutely anything they came up with, but was very touched and satisfied with it!!
@@The_Primary_Axiom I’m assuming that’s what AZ was referring to when he suggested to Gary that they were ‘nearly there’.
@@johnjamesleahy4065 That's what fandom is truly about!
William Shatner also graciously thanked a Star Wars related Twitter account that was enthusiastically plugging this project .
Unification indeed .
Sam Witwer's physical performance as Kirk needs to be appreciated. He nails Shatner's mannerisms perfectly.
Yes. He acts like he has lifts in his boots to be at the same height as Nimoy when on the show.
He was amazing in smallville like exceptionally good
Star Wars fans only WISH they had someone caring about their franchise as much as this.
not a word said. better story with harder impact than most modern slop.
I have never seen anything that has to do with "Star Trek"
WHY AM I GETTING EMOTIONAL!🤦🏻♀️😭😭😭😭
You should really give it try. TOS is a bit outdated visually but the stories are great. If you get into it there are hundreds of hours of great TV and movies. Plus there is an EU of sorts with books, comics and games.
Because it has heart. If you can watch the original series, the original six movies and the 2009 one
@@GiovanniAlckmimRusso Alright. I'll give it a go.
Yeah, it’s wholesome. TOS wasn’t looking for quips, jokes or putting down anything. It was a series that enlightened and generated thought. Good stuff. It’s the only Star Trek I’d recognize.
@@Will-m4s Idk if I started in the right place, but I watched the first movie last night and that's good story there.
I love that they amalgamated the Marvel Comic storyline. It gives a lot of 2001 vibes...“Second star to the right, and straight on till morning”.
The best captain and crew that ever existed on Star Trek. Dam we need this right now.
I really want to see the behind the scenes stuff with Sam Witwer and the prosthetics that they put on him.
7:25 you can hear the original Enterprise viewing screen.
Watching this now (with you guys) for the...14th time.
Still works. Good for my dry Screen eyes after a nightshift in the studio ;-)
...."Clap, Clap Clap, Clapclapclapclap!....WOOoo WEEeee!".....!
Since I was four years old, it was always Bill Shatner and Leonard Nimoy. Kirk, and Spock. The Motion Picture was my first piece of Star Trek. The white sleeved "longer" version. Even with all it's short comings and flaws, I was in love. TOS, and those first six movies will always be for me. Always. I will be 70 years old someday, and i will still, gladly, watch those characters.
This breaks my heart, knowing what we could have had for all these years, and the people in charge just not been the ones in charge. If we could have just had people who cared running Star Trek.
It's beautiful. Old friends together again. One. Last. Time.
The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering.
-Bruce Lee
For the hard-coreTrek fans, Spock’s son looks like the actor who played teenage Spock in Star Trek III the search for Spock. I believe his name is Stephen Manley.
This puts everything since St6 to shame.
Also, I think the ornate box on the table was the one from the J.J. Abrams Star Trek with the Photo of the whole crew in it.
Yeah, that moment at 7:44 with the young Kirk, that looked pretty danged close to photo realism there. Glad you guys liked this too.
The more I see this the more I year for when I was younger and first saw Star Trek. It was simply amazing, it was the coolest thing I had ever seen. Deep philosophical conversations, babes of every color (literally). Space battles, robots, aliens, spaceships, tribbles! And some of the all time greatest characters on tv. Sulu, Chekov, Uhura, Scotty, and of course the main three. But what I loved most was the Federation, the basic idea of Star Trek. Humanity, after suffering through terrible crises inflicted upon themselves, elected to work together and create a perfect utopia, then spread that idea of freedom and peace and scientific exploration across the galaxy. The show never really showed Starfleet as perfect, what with the galaxy being filled with gods and madmen, not to mention the hostile aliens with amazing facial hair, but still I looked at that idea of a unified world and thought it would be easy enough for us to do it, if we hadn’t already. I was super young so I thought the last big world conflict was the Cold War, I didn’t learn about Iraq and Afghanistan till I was in middle school. And then I grew up, and now Star Trek is just a thing, something on streaming services I don’t even want to look at anymore. And the world will never be able to create a Starfleet, never mind a Federation with aliens. We can’t even figure out what’s flying above our heads, everyone argues about our insignificant differences, wanting to be more special than everyone else, and we haven’t gotten past the stupid beautiful moon. Nor have we put a base on the moon, a satellite over it, not even a space station in it’s orbit. The ISS is going to be sent back down soon because it’s just leaking oxygen, and the future of space travel is in the hands of Boeing and rich, successful, powerful idiots. Maybe we still need more calamities, maybe it’s just not our time, but I certainly wouldn’t mind more old Star Trek either way. I think we could use the push to look ahead together again.
You have got this which is looks amazing and then you she hulk which cost £225 million
Sorry I missed some words out
the last glimmer of the prime universe...
This is that small bit of closier we've been needing for such a long long time. ^.-.^
It's awesome to see them enjoying and getting emotional over this short story
The flash-scenes were from earlier works of OTOY that showed Yeoman Colt from the Pike era and Spock and the crashed Enterprise prototype XCV-330.
I love how Kirk casually takes the badge and the alien is like, "No. You take this with intent and importance." and is allowed to accept with both hands. This is a nod to when you accept something with gravitas, vaguely similar to accepting a business card in '80s Japan, "with both hands" and with importance. Kirk is not allowed to take this lightly and he suddenly understands and acts more diplomatic immediately, "I see...".
This short film has more heart and soul than any of the recent movies. And if it's the last bit of Star Trek I ever see then it's the perfect farewell.
They've said that they are able to make them talk now but for this particular project I think it was deliberate to have no dialogue. If OTOY were ever to becom involved in future Star Trek, and this level of detail and lack of producers notes from people who haven't a clue, it would be awesome
when i watch this, it feels like it's not just Kirk saying goodbye but for me personally as well and Im sure many others can relate as so many of us stopped watching Trek ever since it became bastardized... It hurts knowing that this is the end of these actors and characters that we grown up with and how much time and opportunities to make memories were lost because of ineptitude....
In the Star trek IV Novelization, It states that the reason why Saavik remained behind was because she was Pregnant.
please please let that be the fitting end to Star Trek. We don't need any more films or spin-offs, they can't add anything
In my head canon, this is it. This is how I want to end Star Trek if I get 'round to watching it all.
Star Trek is dead, so yes. This is your final goodbye.
It's about friendship not a agenda, what's been missing from Trek for so long.
If there is good stories and content people will fall in love with those stories forever…
Somewhere on RUclips, someone spliced together all three of the Otoy featurettes, and they fit seamlessly. I highly recommend finding that and watching it.
With this Star Trek, as I know it, may rest in peace. 🖖
It would’ve been great if at the very end Bones popped out with the rest of the crew and said in his sarcastic tone something like “Well….we’re waiting!”
Wokelings have taken and destroyed so much. This...this right here - is what we wanted all along.
At last. A proper farewell. ♥️
The thing I miss in scenes with Savik is David. That would've been perfect.
but that wasn't the afterlife so why would David have been there?
@TF80s It wasn't? Thought it was. Wasn't Kirk buried on the planet?
@@josephmorelli3408 Shatner wrote a series of Star Trek books starting with "The Return " that has Kirk being resurrected from Viridian 3 (as shown at the end of "Generations") and his actions in the 24th century.
However, in the fast paced clips shown just before Kirk first shows up (where Gary references Star Trek: Picard) others have noticed the LCARS display shows Kirk's name, making some think that for this fan film, his body was taken from Viridian 3 (along with the Enterprise-D's saucer) and he ended up at the Daystrom Institute, allowing him to be resurrected through them rather than by Spock as was depicted in "The Return".
I wondered that too; how is Kirk's own son is not there??
However, FWIW, my understanding (correct me if I'm wrong) is that the actor is dead and left behind no family who could give permission for his image to be used.
I don't know how much of Kirk's facial expressions are motion capture, AI, or a mix, but damn did they capture the nuance of Shatner. Words are not needed to convey so much information.
Every time I see this I cry. This is Star Trek.
Creative fans will surpass Hollywood. The potential is so great, the tools are improving so rapidly. And they actually understand the properties. They should be nervous, if they had the self awareness.
I got chills
The only part of this that looked 'off' was the side view of Kirk when he was coming up to the alien
So he mentions 'The Return' in this. I'm can't help but shake my head in disagreement?
As a monster ST fan I don't understand this short. The beginning is a bundle of quick shots, one of which is Gary floating Green Lantern-style in front of the Nexus, but it's orange. Sounds right, looks off. I dare say the lack of dialogue is curious decision making, but ok...tone poem. Every single facial expression Kirk makes is gold. Silver. Platinum. Electrum. Exquisitely done, welcoming. It's all beautiful.
Then it goes all wrong with inclusion of Kelvin/Prime timeline crap.
Having read several of the 'Shatnerverse' novels I'm flummuxed to the Nth degree. How one can know that exists & see this as legit?
Shatnerverse > otoy.
Purge all things 'Kelvin' timeline from your thoughts. Just say 'No' to Kelvin - don't support corporate erasure of popular stories that seek to dissolve the natural cohesion that exists between all of us.
With the work that went into this with Sam Witwer portraying Kirk physically along with prosthetics and CGI to bring William Shatner's Kirk back from how he looked in Generations, TOS and movies as a whole, we could easily have William Shatner's Kirk back in Trek anytime we wanted and all we need is his voice to complete it, weather it be Shatner himself or AI or a voice actor such as Sam is.
That video is better than all kurtzman trek added together. Absolutely beautiful
I my view Kirk is not dead for good. Not as long as his body is looked after by Section 31.
It's been said that the park he is going thrue is inside the Enterprise-J. Useing the Nexus could be a way to cross over from the Prime timeline into the Kelvin timeline.
Sam witwer was exceptional in smallville too
What's sad in real life is that they pretty much didn't interact with each other off camera. They always competed with each other. Unfortunately from what I remember reading they only knew each other as Kirk and Spock. When they were done filming they went home for the day and started filming all over again. Never hung out after set. One other story I heard from Shatner himself saying he wanted Nimoy and Kelly to return in Generations, but they told him they didn't want to do it anymore. Of course, I could be wrong about this.
the thing i love about this is that it shows that star trek doesnt need modernising for todays audiences...
2:50 that Park is located on the Enterprise J.
No BBC in the whole video, I am disappointed
I guess it's not a good opinion for this crowd but I just didn't think Kirstie Alley could play a Vulcan she just didn't scream Vulcan to me where the next girl that played it did very well
Best Star Trek since The Orville.
OMG this gets me every time. 😢
its a very suiting/believable end that the peoples of the universe would pool their resources to give this last gift to Spock.
9:40 got me in the feels
What Star Trek could/should be!!👍👏👏👏
A Star trek movie with John Wayne in it. Don't give them ideas
Sorry wait....5:44, Robert described this as a what??? I couldn't make out the term he said, and the captions weren't much help: "TOM POEM"?? TONG POE from KICKBOXER lol, please someone tell me WTF he said/was referring to???! And also, mad respect and appreciation to those that made UNIFICATION and i think it's really great that WILLIAM SHATNER agreed to be in this!!!
Tone poem, you moron.
I hope the crew that made this makes new IP. Let these dead franchises go, and make new things
Love it!
There's nothing new that I can say about Unification, but all those people calling out the likes of Gary and AZ for being 'toxic' should just watch their reactions in this upload. Showing more love and respect for a franchise dear to them than their critics seem to.
Could the lovely planet where Kirk meets Savik be the Genesis planet created in Wrath of Khan? I wonder…
When people that know how to do proper Star Trek are not allowed to do Star Trek beyond vignettes such as this. 😢
Like the end of 2001?
I watch TOS in the 60s as a kid. I've seen the movies in the theater. I've seen all the series except the last couple. Though I did watch Picard season 3 and loved it.
But I just don't get what is so great about this short. I like Shatner. The guy is so charismatic in anything he does. Love Nimoy. Total professional and you can't help but love the guy.
But this Unification thing? I dunno. Gary mentioning the Nexus puts a pretty good spin on it. Maybe it's just too deep for me and I'll accept that.
We're is Deforest Kelly 😢
I know, right?
WOW
I think i hear the whale song.
It puts to shame all those pretenders who have made what they call Star Trek in recent years.
Gives me 2001 vibes
For some reason this is jarring to me that there actually is real star trek around.
For years its just been shite.
You guys should have paused more.
the only ones that were not jarring was Robin Curtiss and fake Spock.
I hope your paying for this stolen content!!
The audio sounds like crap and stop talking over the video and pausing it just watch it
Not a reaction. More of a commentary.
To be honest , this is just as soulless as the Luke skinwalker from mando season 2.
It's called an overreaction.
Horrific.
I seem to be the only person that thinks this thing is atrocious. Talk about cringefest.
Cannot understand why people are so behind this CGI Frankenstein monstrosity.
It's no different from videogames or comic books that use actors likeness for the characters. If permission is given and it is used respectfully, there's no problem with it.
@nslater1388 Leonard Nimoy is dead and it looks terrible
Yes, Nimoy did pass away, which is why they asked his children’s permission, which they gave. If someone wanted to use my father’s likeness in a film and it looked this good, I’d be proud that everyone was talking about my dad again.
And if you think it looks horrible, that’s just your opinion which is your right.
Sorry, I just don't care about star trek anymore. I tired of the taste of messiah-piss, and yall telling me how good it tastes isn't working.
Can you go for more than three seconds without stopping it!?
Watch the whole damn thing first and then review it piece by piece.
Annoying!
When you all don’t speak it’s something