EXO-6 Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country Figures

[davejames]

Unfortunately I don't have either.

 

[Jgg1701]

No, but he's got style.

Agreed.
-Jim

 

[JohnnyStarTrek]

Star Trek 6 has always been my favorite Trek film, and Chang is HUGE part of the reason why. Of course, when you have an actor of Chris Plummer's caliber, that's easy to understand. So this was an easy purchase for me. I might waffle a bit on, say, Sybok, and I'd definitely say no to Klaa, but Chang, Khan, and Kruge are all fantastic villains played by fantastic actors, and they will all be mine!

I would LOVE a Sybok (more than Chang tbh)!

"Share your Pain!!"
"What have I done!?"
"Join My Quest!"
"Stop! The God of Sha Ka Ree would not do this!!"

Heck yeah!

 

[davejames]

I'd absolutely love to see a 1/6 Sybok. Not sure I'd get him, but it would be fun to see.

 

[S. Griffin]

I probably would get Sybok. That movie is terrible, but he's a pretty outstanding character.

 

[Jgg1701]

I probably would get Sybok. That movie is terrible, but he's a pretty outstanding character.

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[QuiGonFishing]

I probably would get Sybok. That movie is terrible, but he's a pretty outstanding character.

I recently re-watched TFF, and to my surprise, it wasn't NEARLY as bad as I thought I remembered.

My guess is because when it came out it was in reasonably close proximity to II, III, and IV and it certainly suffers in comparison to those films, but on its own, and taken for its own merits, I found it quite good!

And always so great to see those TOS'ers we've lost since out there doing their thing...

 

[davejames]

Yeah it may not have the strongest story, but seeing the original cast in those roles again is never not fun.

And the movie does have some powerful, well-directed scenes in it that are as good as anything in the other movies. And the action isn't bad either.

 

[S. Griffin]

I recently re-watched TFF, and to my surprise, it wasn't NEARLY as bad as I thought I remembered.

My guess is because when it came out it was in reasonably close proximity to II, III, and IV and it certainly suffers in comparison to those films, but on its own, and taken for its own merits, I found it quite good!

And always so great to see those TOS'ers we've lost since out there doing their thing...

I like it a lot more than Insurrection and Trek Into Darkness and probably the 2009 movie, as well. There's some genuinely good stuff in it: Sybok, the Yellowstone scenes, McCoy and his dad. I think a lot of the ideas were good, but the execution really fell short for most of it. In the hands of a more capable writer/director than Shatner like Nicholas Meyer or Leonard Nimoy, I think it could have been really great.

 

[thedarkknight]

I like it a lot more than Insurrection and Trek Into Darkness and probably the 2009 movie, as well. There's some genuinely good stuff in it: Sybok, the Yellowstone scenes, McCoy and his dad. I think a lot of the ideas were good, but the execution really fell short for most of it. In the hands of a more capable writer/director than Shatner like Nicholas Meyer or Leonard Nimoy, I think it could have been really great.

Watch the behind the scenes stuff. Shatner wanted to do a darker film and Paramount kept pressuring for more humor. I think that's the main problem with the movie, the tone shifts often.

 

[Skyroes]

I recently re-watched TFF, and to my surprise, it wasn't NEARLY as bad as I thought I remembered.

My guess is because when it came out it was in reasonably close proximity to II, III, and IV and it certainly suffers in comparison to those films, but on its own, and taken for its own merits, I found it quite good!

And always so great to see those TOS'ers we've lost since out there doing their thing...

I watched it last weekend too. Aside from some weak visual effects, of all the Trek movies, TFF covers one of the most interesting topics, “the search for God”. There’s definitely flaws but it’s an entertaining watch.

That opening scene with Kirk, McCoy, and Spock with his rocket boots is a laugh every time.

 

[davejames]

Watch the behind the scenes stuff. Shatner wanted to do a darker film and Paramount kept pressuring for more humor. I think that's the main problem with the movie, the tone shifts often.

I think the humor saves the movie and gives it it's charm, but it definitely feels out of place with such a serious storyline. And kinda makes the whole thing feel a bit frivolous.

 

[ebor]

The ‘row row row your boat’ song at the end always gets me in the ‘feels’. Just a simple touching scene between good friends.

 

[Stryker2011]

The ‘row row row your boat’ song at the end always gets me in the ‘feels’. Just a simple touching scene between good friends.

Oh man! That was the worst part of the movie for me. As a lifelong TOS fan, I was actually embarrassed for them having to do that — it took me completely out of the film. And then there was Scotty’s gag bit of knocking himself out… just too much silliness. That was my least favorite of the the original crew movies.

 

[Pauln6a]

Oh man! That was the worst part of the movie for me. As a lifelong TOS fan, I was actually embarrassed for them having to do that — it took me completely out of the film. And then there was Scotty’s gag bit of knocking himself out… just too much silliness. That was my least favorite of the the original crew movies.

Yeah, I felt that V and VI nudged just the wrong side of cheesy parody at times. Admittedly, IV, V, and VI treating former security chief Chekov as an imbecile is possibly justified because nobody could work out why he would ever have been promoted in the first place. They still had some great one-liners though.

 

[davejames]

Yeah that scene was pretty cringey, but I do love the callback later on:

"I am well versed in the classics, Doctor."
"Yeah? Then how come you don't know Row, row, row your boat?"

God I really miss those two.

 

[DParga21]

Yeah that scene was pretty cringey, but I do love the callback later on:

"I am well versed in the classics, Doctor."
"Yeah? Then how come you don't know Row, row, row your boat?"

God I really miss those two.

I think the main things that undid STV were the abysmal effects and the badly executed humor. Some of the humor was great, others were very awful (Uhura fan dance, Scotty banging his head).
Plus, some of the weird things, like the Enterprise having 100+ Decks, or getting to the center of the galaxy in a few hours. And the Enterprise being in such bad shape on top of it all.
Those things really took away from what was, honestly, a good story.

 

[davejames]

Yeah it's hard to believe that Starfleet would really be that sloppy and inept putting together a new starship, where even the doors aren't working properly. Surely they have basic construction standards they need to follow in the 23rd century.

 

[DParga21]

Yeah it's hard to believe that Starfleet would really be that sloppy and inept putting together a new starship, where even the doors aren't working properly. Surely they have basic construction standards they need to follow in the 23rd century.

I've always thought the A was either already being built to replace the original OR it was another ship that got quickly renamed (Like Sao Paulo to Defiant or Titan-A to Enterprise-G). Fan canon has often said the Enterprise A was a rebadged Yamato, and I tend to lean that way as an explanation for at least some of the mechanical issues it had.

 

[davejames]

I've always thought the A was either already being built to replace the original OR it was another ship that got quickly renamed (Like Sao Paulo to Defiant or Titan-A to Enterprise-G). Fan canon has often said the Enterprise A was a rebadged Yamato, and I tend to lean that way as an explanation for at least some of the mechanical issues it had.

True, but renaming the ship shouldn't cause it to have a complete system's failure across the board. And if it already existed as the Yamato then it should be even less likely to be in such poor condition, since you can't say it was built yesterday in a huge rush.