Subcommander Tal @subcommandertal.bsky.social · Jun 8

I love that moment in Star Trek II when Sulu decides to cue up the VHS tape of Star Trek: The Motion Picture

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FJ Fry · Jun 8

Or Generations using the same Bird of Prey explosion from the end of Undiscovered Country.

Rustin Richtarik 🖖 · Jun 8

And he flipped the image to avoid DMCA.

Spy Fi · Jun 8

How did he manage this one too?

Sir Willard Scott · Jun 8

I always knew that’s what that was and I never remember being taken out of the scene by it.

Have Phaser - Won't Use Transporter · Jun 8

But he refuses to turn on closed captioning. tlhIngan Hol wIyaj Hoch, qar'a'?

Jake Turk · Jun 8

Likewise, Tegula I is just the station from The Motion Picture flipped upside down. They pinched every penny they could.

Hister333 · Jun 8

VHS? Pretty sure that was Betamax...

Peter Nolan · Jun 8

I remember going to a marathon cinema showing of the first six movies and a little cheer going up when the Enterprise is leaving spacedock and a little spacesuited guy in the scaffolding does a backflip... again. Must be a shipyard tradition as he does the exact same thing in TMP.

Todd Eschlund · Jun 8

Yeah, those home movies from the Epsilon-9 sensor drone were pretty good.

I’m Just Sayin’ · Jun 8

Classic.