Star Trek V: Bird of Prey Attacks Shuttlecraft & Enterprise HD (What Happens When ILM is NOT used) 

Chekov demonstrates his superior tactical effectiveness in comparison to Kirk. Soon as a threat was becoming too great to ignore, he ordered the shields up and requested the shuttle go somewhere safe. Even as the situation worsened, Chekov still managed to protect the Enterprise from harm.

William Shatner made one of the most badass and unappreciated action sequences in Star Trek history here. HE'S GOOD.

Keep in mind that the best visual effects of any Star Trek movie, even to this day, were in Star Trek: The Motion Picture, and that was done by Doug Trumbull and John Dykstra, not ILM.

Even though a lot of you guys hated this movie, my Dad and I found some of the scenes really funny like the jailbreak on Enterprise!

Brilliant, on-the-fly tactic which - b/c of their cohesion - the crew on the Enterprise could correctly interpret the desperate gambit Kirk was shooting for! A tribute to Starfleet training, experience, and immediate interaction.

the movie had a solid structure. it could’ve been better had the effects not been absolutely abysmal, the story had not been lazily written, and if the characters were better developed

Hey, I just get a kick out of seeing Chekov in the Captain's chair :D

Even though the story's a hot mess (good ideas, poor execution), this film is filled with great character moments. The original cast look like they understand eachother and love working together.

Special effects by Billy!

William Shatner was doing the directing of this film. He slashing the budget to the bear minimum. ILM prices were to high and left when Mr Shatner would not pay the price. When the the film got released it did poorly and Mr. Shatner director license was taken away.

I'll never understand why STV had to end up with horrible effects. I mean the producers and Shatner kept saying ILM only offered their "B team" to work on it. Because their "A team" was on Indy Last Crusade, Ghostbusters 2 and Back to the Future 2 at the time. Which to me would've been better than what the film ended up with. Also couldn't they still have used the effects crew on the Next Gen series? Even ILM's TV divisions special effects would've been better than the final version on screen. Why that was never thought of I'll never understand. I mean they used the Next Gens studio sets anyways for the Enterprise interiors the next 2 films, albeit dressed up changes. So that was a sign of sourcing what they had. Other than the fact also the films budget had gone too high and the special effects got a hammering from what I understand for its budget. Shatner spent too much money on the film halfway into production hampering the movies budget going higher at just over $30+ mil, most ever since the Motion Picture, which was around $47 mil.

Warp Speed NOW !

4:02 Shuttle Bay is damaged thanks to that suicide maneuve!

I would like the size of that shuttle craft all dimensions. If possible remake her really nice. Just as a project.

He's on the shuttleRAFT

Shuttle Emergency Landing, Aboard The Enterprise

Yes, effects were bad, the story needed tweeks, BUT Shatner is not a bad director. I like the camera angles, cinnamonography, etc etc. I also have always really liked this design of this bridge.

The effects aren't too terribly bad. I've seen way worse from an 80s/early 90s movie. The movie itself won't win any awards but it's not near as bad as some people say. It does have its problems, its plotholes, among other things, but it's an enjoyable film.

"Built like a Tardis" (the shuttle bay).

That was a pretty cool segment of a disappointing movie. Classic Kirk.

This should be dubbed the Kirk Manuever.

Even though Scotty outranks Chekov, Pavel is impressive as a starship commander in this scene!

Criticise the story, the effects, whatever...but Jerry Goldsmith's score is absolutely brilliant!

The Final Frontier has a ton of flaws but it also has some bright spots too. Laurence Luckinbill was fantastic as Sybok. He’s a powerful actor. Also, DeForest Kelly gives one of his best performances ever. It’s the scene where McCoy has to say goodbye to his dying father. That scene gets me every time. The actor who plays the young Klingon captain isn’t bad either.

I still like this movie alot. Does it have some cheesy moments? Yes, but it's not horrible as some people made it out to be. I think someone who appreciates the franchise would find something redeemable in it.

Always love the Klingon’s reaction to Sulu’s remark. Funniest part of the movie.

I still say star trek 5 was a fun adventure movie with some problems but also had great scenes

Honestly for me, compared to everything star trek today. All of these movies are great. I get way more entertainment from these classics than I do anything modern.

Chekov should have promoted to Captain later on like Sulu. He commanded this situation very well, I think. Very calm and made sensible calls.

I actually prefer this film to number 4 because it brought back some if the Sci Fi elements which I loved about the films - the Enterprise, the Bird of Prey, more scenes in space, and a return to the music last seen in TMP. It wasn't perfect and would have preferred to see the Bird of Prey get more action but wasn't a bad film in the series.

I always like the shields graphics here, like there are multiple layers forming one after the other.

I love this scene! Despite this movie’s bad reputation, I find the music, acting, sounds and action in this scene to be brilliant.

“Well, ILM is unavailable. Guess we’ve got no choice but to use Photoshop.”

The special effects were completed by DeForest Kelly... In his daughter's bathroom.

"B...As in barricade!" Oooooooh....that clears it up. Now we definitely know what to do.

Am I the only person in the Alpha Quadrant who likes this movie? I grew up watching this film, and number four, over and over and over again. I love the humour. And now, as an adult, I can appreciate the story more.

I love when Kirk informs Sybock about what has to be done to get aboard under the circumstances. To drop the shields will take, Spock's too logic mind 15.5 secs, ( in his head , looks at him noooooo Spock lie god dammit lie) , An Eternity , I love that line s between Kirk and Spock and the mannerisms between them.

great scene but the effects were poor. the way enterprise went to warp.... urgh 😶

Checkov's moment was special here.. 'Warp speed now!'

I’ve seen this so many times now, I forgive any problems it has. It’s a comfortable old pair of shoes at this point.

The whole enterprise crew works amazingly well as a team here.

Well someone has to stick up for this movie, which I think is the best 'Star Trek' film. Every character is fully engaged with the plot, every joke perfectly timed, the music is beautiful, cinematography and dare I say it - Shatner's direction - lend themselves to a classic Trek connundrum that slips in a few doses of moral philosophy. The other movies are great in and of themselves - but this one gets the formula just right. Of course there are a handful of dodgy effects shots but nothing that spoils the show - and could be easily edited out. On the whole the effects are more than good enough to serve the story - Enterprise looks more like a big ship than ILM's little model in Star Trek VI. But let's not mention that! Despite all the budget cuts thrown at him, Shatner tried admirably to scale everything up dramatically, which gives it a grandeur more in common with the first film. They go very well together - the Motion Picture shows how a tight crew can split up and move on, only to find they're much better together - and that's ultimately more rewarding than individual accomplishments in life. Star Trek V completes that arc to find Kirk, Bones & Spock admitting they're family. Considering what passes for entertainment these days - and especially what we're supposed to believe is the new Trek - it's long overdue we give Star Trek V it's proper place in the Pantheon.

Koenig's line. Raise shields. Do it! Very decisive instructions for the man sitting in the big chair. Good writing right there. In fact I thought the entire scene was well written.

This is one of my favorite scenes from this movie!

3:15 I'll be honest, I giggled like an idiot at that.

0:33 Heat ray sound from the 1953 adaptation of _The War of the Worlds._ I'd recognize it anywhere. Also, yeah, I know the BoP engine sound is kinda ripped from TIE Fighter SFX, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't think it worked well with it.

2:46 "What's Emergency Landing Plan B?" (LOL)

I don't understand what the complaint is here. The special effects used in this movie are far better than the majority of CGI crap they use today.

I think the effects look pretty good. This was 1989 after all. The cloak effect in particular is very nice. Sure the warp out at the end could have been a little more dramatic...

Klingon: He's good. Me: He's Kirk!

Sorry, but is this alleged to be bad? This is a very exciting sequence! Possibly the only five good minutes in the whole movie.

What's up with star trek and the number 5? Pod 5 Shuttle 5 5 year mission

Noticed at 3:58 that the main Enterprise's model doesn't have operating shuttle doors, so they appear to have painted a sliver of red on the shuttle doors to give the illusion of them being open.

While 5 was not a very good trek movie, it does have a few good moments. Despite the visual effects not being entirely up to par I do still enjoy this scene as the cuts between the shuttle, enterprise, and klingons did a good job of giving the scene some tension. This is just my personal opinion however. Plus you just got to love how as soon as Kirk said "B as in, Barricade." Scotty INSTANTLY knew what he was planning. "He can't be serious!"

When ILM is not doing the FX - and anyone but Shatner is not writing and directing...

You can argue that the movie isn't great, but I think it has some great moments. And in any case, the tactic here is pretty cool, even if it could have been rendered better. The "Kirk Maneuver" maybe?

I know this movie is far from perfect compared to the rest, but they really did the best they could under the budgetary constraints. It has its good moments, and this is one of them, it's the one scene I remembered the most from when I first saw it on VHS almost 30 years ago until I saw it on full HD last year.

SOMEONE should take their Mac and make some new special effects for this film... just on general principle.

I like the fan theory that the whole story was a shared dream brought on by Spock eating whiskey-laced beans.

3:42 I'm still sure to this day that the distortion on that screen is the videotape it was using being rewinded. They tried to hide it with a sound effect, but it still says "Activating deflector shields".

They should have gave Shatner the extra money to redo the effects for a special edition version . I’m sure it would get more credit but it’s miles better than nemesis. That movie killed the movie series

Something tells me that this is not the first time Mr Sulu has slipped it in the rear door

nice to see you still uploading, was fun to run into you in WOWS a while back :D, also I have to say V was my favorite bad trek movie, just enough decent humor to get by, spock mouthing "b?" to jim in this scene was great.

They didn't even credit ILM for the scene from Star Trek IV they did use. And they totally messed up the Enterprise model when they gave it back to ILM. They ended up having to completely redo the fiber optic lighting because the cable had been sawed through. Sadly, Paramount still hasn't learned the lesson about being cheap.

When your sound man rips off the radar bleep from 2001...

I love the spoken Klingon in these scenes

Everyone forgets this moment shows just how in sync the main cast (and bridge crew) was. It’s not plot armor, it’s the the Enterprise and her crew working perfectly together. Chekhov in command when it should have been Scotty. At least Star Trek 5 gave Walter his chance to command which they never gave in tos.

2:26-2:31 Klaa: Kirk! He's on the Shuttlecraft! Alter the Attack Course!

All the cast insisted on big fat raises to do ST5. Shatner got $6 million to direct. Nimoy made another $6 million because he got paid that much to direct ST 3&4. Kelley, Doohan and every other known character in the series got up into the millions salarywise, which added up to $32 million in cast salaries alone. That left about $8 million to make the rest of the movie. ILM was tied up with THE ABYSS, GHOSTBUSTERS II, INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE and only had time to do 3 composite shots on ST5. Paramount hired Bran Ferran (ALTERED STATES) to do the film, and they subcontracted the miniature work out to another company, that wasn’t up to the job. Paramount could have gone to some more established places like Dykstra’s Apogee, but were tight with the purse strings. I always thought they should have tried someone like Derek Meddings or another U.K. effects house.

The warp streaks were made using magic markers

Industrial Light & Magic were unavailable for Star Trek V: The Final Frontier for visual effects. They were busy working for Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and Ghostbusters II at the time.

2:26 Did anyone notice the letter C was left out in Shuttlecraft on the klingon translation...I wonder if it showed "Shuttleraft" in all other VHS tapes and DVDs or it was corrected?...Curious

I always thought our Klingon commander looked like he was going to a KISS gig

What would James T. Kirk say to the Goa'uld? "Why does God need a Starship?"

I like the sound the Bird of prey makes when it's on the move. It just sounds so aggressive. Not sure why they didn't carry it over into the shows; TNG and DS9. Sure, they do scream when they fly by and it does sound good, but not in the same way.

It's funny how Kirk is trying to make it sound like it's going to be some long exposed thing to dock with the ship and Spock deadpans 15 seconds.

This is one of the reasons why Captain Kirk is a badass

Position birs of prey? "Closing" (sound of Tie fighter)

The beautiful Ncc1701 A every scene shes in sends a shudder down the spine

Love seeing Chekov in the Captain’s chair

This isn’t actually a bad scene. I like the tension, the music, and overall scenario. Why couldn’t they have just done a pure ‘high Jack the Enterprise for nefarious purpose’ story. Why did it have to be such a convoluted and nonsensical pseudo-mystical Shatner ego trip? There was potential with this to make it a pure action/adventure, especially coming out of the vibe of the Voyage Home.

First upload in a while, a request by a loyal viewer. We both acknowledge this scene is from the batch of 'bad' Star Trek movies, but I believe even the bad ones have some merit to them. I thought the argument Kirk makes with Sybok of pain and him needing his pain and how it shapes us is a highlight to me. What 'bad' Star Trek movies do you like and why? feel free to share! We're all friends here =)

I love how Birds of Prey act like submarines when cloaked

This Klingon captain is bad ass, excellent Klingon.

I'll admit this movie isn't as bad as most people say, but this scene does have 1 HUGE flaw. They clearly have a Klingon general with them, so why don't they ask him to have the klingon ship stand down? I mean, you have to admit that is really stupid of them.

It's interesting to see Checkov in charge, although Scotty is technically the most senior officer on board.

I never understood how Scotty could tell exactly what Kirk ment by "b as in barricade."

So a shuttle with 5-6 of the guys from the planet managed to take over the enterprise

it's not the best of them but far from the worst of them.... this scene was always a favorite

Miss great movies Awesome scene

In this scene there are actually some nice looking shots. The two that look terrible is the first "on approach" shot to the E where its small in the frame. It lookks like the miniature they used back in TOS during The Doomsday Machine. Not entirely convincing. The other one that really bugs me is the Enterprise jumping to warp. My GOD everything about that shot is just awful. Anything would have been better. Reuse the shot from the end of Star Trek IV if you have to, but that shot just makes the Enterprise look like a cartoon. I can literally hear Road Runner going "MEEP MEEP!"

I saw it at the cinema and God! even then the effects where bad.

3:16 That woman is so hot!

Well, any landing that you can walk away from...

As I recall ILM was busy working on the visual effects for Ghostbusters 2 and Indiana Jones and the last Crusade, and were not available for Star Trek 5.

I've never seen any issues with not useing ILM in this film. I've always thought ST5 was a great film.

So they said it would take over 15 seconds to use the tractor beam and the shields would be down and the Klingons would attack. They went in manually and it took over 15 seconds with shields down anyway and they escaped.

An embarrassing entry in the TOS universe, but man, Goldsmith's score was stinking amazing. I will say this film plays a *lot* better on TV than it ever did in the theater. And the horrendous SFX didn't help, neither did the cartoonish replacement for Shatner's infamous rock monster. What a mess. Agree with others, however, on the quality of Deforest Kelley's performance.

If I'm not mimstaken, ILM offered the models of the ships to Bran Ferren...but yeah, watching the Enterprise go slightly sideways as it lurches into warp was really bad.

Always thought this version of the red alert alarm and Voyagers sounded the best IMO.