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- For Dr Soran's "Sun destroying"
rocket to reach the Veridian Sun in around
twenty seconds, it would have to travel at
many times the speed of light, in which case
you would not be able to observe its flight,
it would be there, then it would be gone!
Even if the rocket were traveling at the speed
of light, from the instant it launched, the
Sun would have to be less than 4 million miles
from the planet, in which case the planet
would be uninhabitable, to say the least.
Additionally, no rocket could travel faster
than the speed of light, whilst still within
the planet's oxygen atmosphere. Bear in mind
that the Apollo Saturn V takes around twelve
and a half minutes to attain orbit, so how
could Dr Soran's rocket leave the planets
atmosphere AND reach the Sun in about twenty
seconds? Also, in order to travel the distance
from the planet to the Sun in minutes, let
alone seconds, rather than hours or days,
it would have to be capable of reaching Warp
Speed, yet the rocket does not have any Warp
Nacelles fitted, so cannot have Warp Drive
capability. - Terry
- Comment: While
this is a clear mistake, I think having
the sun explode in twenty seconds was
a far better idea than having Picard and
Soran go back and forth with dialogue
for a few months, don't you? - ekedolphin
- This happens after Picard has met Kirk in
the Nexus. Once they go through Kirk's "Bedroom"
door and into the stable area, Kirk talks
about it being his uncle's farm in "Idaho"
-- Kirk's entire family was from _Iowa_ (and
it's Iowa in the book and screenplay). - MCVanderbilt
- Correction:
While Kirk himself is from Iowa, I don't
seem to remember any reference to his
entire family being from Iowa. And even
if they were, his uncle could have had
a summer farm in Idaho or something, or
could have moved to Idaho later. - ekedolphin
- When Picard and his "new friend"
leave the Nexus to stop Soran, why do they
choose such a disadvantageous time and place
to do so (a few minutes before Soran launches
his weapon)? It seems like they can leave
the Nexus for any time/place that they want,
so why not go back to when he was rescued
from the observation station and completely
under the control of the Enterprise crew,
or a similar situation that isn't so dramatic?
I know the answer is to provide suspense and
drama for the audience, but that is a cop-out
reason. Lazy writing. (Theatre/VHS) - Natrone
Fett
- When Soran backhands one of the Duras sisters,
her lip bleeds a deep red, very human-like
blood. In the previous film, "Star Trek
VI", the Klingons were shown to have
a distinct pink colored blood; distinct enough
for one of the characters in that film to
observe, "This is not Klingon blood."
(Upon inspecting a body that was seeping the
familiar dark red variety). (Theatre/VHS)
- Natrone
Fett
- Along the same lines as a previous goof,
the destruction of M class Veridian planet
would have taken several minutes, not seconds.
Nothing in the universe can travel faster
than light (without the help of warp technology),
so the exploding sun would take a while (it
takes 8 minutes for light to reach us from
our sun) for it's shockwave to hit the planet.
Likewise an observer on said planet would
not see a change in the sun until the time
had passed for light to reach the planet (or
stop reaching the planet, if you take my meaning).
(Theatre/VHS) - Natrone
Fett
- The clip of the Klingon bird of prey exploding
at the end of the movie is the exact same
clip of the Klingon bird of prey exploding
at the end of Star Trek VI, just zoomed in
a little. - oh
yeah
- Addition:
The shot of the underside of the Bird
Of Prey zooming by the camera and cloaking
as it leaves the Armagosa Space Observatory
just prior to the arrival of the shock
wave is also a visual effect lifted straight
out of Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered
Country! (Theatre/DVD) - BatJam
- (Plot holes) Plot Hole, as the movie relates
to the series: At the beginning of the movie
Scotty was present when everyone thinks the
Nexus killed Kirk. In a series episode that
takes place 80 or so years later, Scotty is
brought out of a transporter loop he’s
been stuck in for 80 years, but he doesn't
know how much time has passed. When Scotty
hears it is the Enterprise that has rescued
him, he thinks that Kirk himself is his rescuer.
How could he think that knowing Kirk had died??
- mingram
- This shows up best in the widescreen version.
Look closely in the opening of the film and
you will see that the 'concrete' bridge across
the river which later survives an explosion
is not as strong as it seems- you will see
the bridge bend and shake as the people run
over it. Not an amazing goof but pretty weird
when you see it. - Sythe
- While the starship Grissom is orbiting the
Genisis Planet, David Marcus and Saavik are
going to go down and explore. We hear a voice-over
of the Captain saying "Stand by"
-or- "prepare" to energize-----
and then we hear the response, a female crew
member says "aye, sir, energizing now."
But... she was told to stand by, not actually
do it. - xentrick
- The U.S.S. Excelsior is the newest ship
in the fleet and many times larger than the
Enterprise. Just compare the two in establishing
shots of the interior of Spacedock while looking
through the window of the Spacedock lounge
as the Enterprise docks. When the Enterprise
both enters and exits the Spacedock doors,
you can clearly see that the opening was designed
for ships of that size. How does the incredibly
massive Excelsior fit through these same doors
in its pursuit of the Enterprise? After all,
it is shown following the Enterprise towards
the same set of doors! (Theatre/DVD) - BatJam
- Does the engine room flight recorder visuals
on the Enterprise zoom around and do closeups
and record personal dialogue of every small
detail that happens in Engineering? There
are some mighty personal closeups of Spock
and McCoy, as well as Kirk and Scotty during
the escape from the Mutara Nebula! (Theatre/DVD)
- BatJam
- On the Genesis Planet when a quake awakens
Lt. Saavik from her sleep and signals the
beginning of Spock's Ponn Farr, watch the
tree that falls down and over to the right
you will see a Klingon dodging around. This
is obviously a clip from the destruction of
the planet towards the end of the film that
they decided to use here instead. (Theatre/DVD)
- BatJam
- When Kruge orders that one of the prisoners
on the planet be killed, why does Kirk express
concern over Saavik first before his own son
David??? (Theatre/DVD) - BatJam
- When the Bird of Prey decloaks over the
boat, judging by the air blasting chaos caused
when it landed in the park, surely the boat
would be capsized? - Sythe
- During Spock's and Kirk's visit to the Cetacean
Institute, Spock swims in the tank with Gracie
the whale to mind meld with her. But as he
is met by Kirk and Gillian Taylor upon leaving
the tank, Spock is perfectly dry. - Ben-O-53
- After Kirk leaves the truck with the pizzas
and is beamed onboard, he hands Uhura the
boxes and she opens them and Scotty is looking
at the pizza with looks on their faces like
"what is it?" Most of the newer
VHS releases do not have this in the scene.
(Theatre) - Lurker
- When (Blank) takes over the ship and orders
them immediately to go to the centre of the
galaxy, they arrive there in a matter of hours.
How can this be!? The series Star Trek Voyager,
with its supposedly much more advanced technology,
claims that it will take them 60 years to
get home (from one side of the galaxy to the
other). The distance traveled in Trek 5 must
be half of this, so would take them 30 years
probably longer. What an annoying goof! -
Sythe
- Correction:
When the Enterprise heads for Shakare
in the middle of the galaxy, it is not
stated where in the galaxy they are. There
is also a time lapse, they must have been
in the holding cell for a while. - sager
- Correction:
In the final episode of Star Trek:
The Next Generation's first season
entitled "Conspiracy", a
map of the explored and mapped galaxy
is shown. Only a small portion of
the Milky Way Galaxy has even been
explored by that time, and it did
not reach anywhere near the "center
of the galaxy" that Star Trek
V wanted to take us to! It is impossible
to reach such incredible distances
in just a few hours or months for
that matter. Thirty to forty years
obviously didn't pass while Sybok
controlled the Enterprise and held
the Captain prisoner in the holding
cell, so this is a huge mistake! (Theatre/DVD)
- BatJam
- In Yosemite park, Spock uses his ridiculous
"jet boots" to save Kirk from hitting
the ground....but he hovers above the forest
floor with his boots above him, not below:
he should be rocketing into the ground! -
xentrick
- Comment: These
"jet boots" are multi-directional
even though the movie does not clearly
indicate this. (VHS/DVD) - robmar
- When Spock uses those awful jet boots again
inside the elevator shaft, we see the deck
numbers fly by to indicate how high up they're
flying. But the numbers are going up---the
numbers should be going down: the Bridge is
at the "top" of the ship and is
Deck 01, with Deck 02 below it, and so on.
And everyone knows that there aren't 99 decks
on that or any other Enterprise! - xentrick
- Addition:
Also, none of the Enterprises on any movie
or series are designed in a way that one
single turbo shaft could travel the entire
span of the ship from top to bottom. Just
look at the ships from a side view to
see what I mean! I would think that the
tallest turbo shaft area would probably
exist around the neck area of the movie
Enterprise, and that would only entrail
about 10 levels at the most!! (Theatre/DVD)
- BatJam
- When the Klingon moon of Praxis explodes,
right at the beginning of the film, the shock
wave, which strikes the Excelsior, is horizontal,
like a record. Since long range sensors show
that around half the planet is missing, the
shock wave should be a very large cone shape.
- Terry
- Prior to the shockwave from Praxis blowing
up Captain Sulu is enjoying some tea in a
cup with a United Federation of Planets emblem
on it. When the shockwave hits it falls to
the floor but the emblem is gone and we see
only a plan white tea cup. - Anyjoe2000
- After the crew of the Enterprise takes a
beating from the cloaked Klingon Bird of Prey,
Uhura says "What about all that equipment
we're carrying to catalogue gaseous anomolies?
The thing's gotta have a tail pipe!".
It wasn't the Enterprise cataloguing gaseous
anomolies, but the Excelsior (Sulu's ship).
The movie starts with Sulu dictating to his
Captain's Log "...after spending 5 years
cataloging gaseous anomolies...". - munkin
- Comment: Federation
Starships are, first and foremost, vessels
of exploration. Therefore, it's certainly
reasonable to assume that the Enterprise
would have such equipment onboard. - ekedolphin
- (Continuity) When Kirk records his Captain's
Log in his quarters, he states, "I have
never trusted Klingons, and I never will.
I could never forgive them for the death of
my boy." Later, when that log entry is
played during his trial, his words have changed
to "I have never been able to forgive
them for the death of my boy." - Mindogger
- (Plot holes) While attempting to sort out
what happened on the night of Gorkon's assassination,
Spock theorizes that there was a cloaked Bird
of Prey beneath the Enterprise. Chekov states
that the assassins must have beamed aboard
the Klingon ship from the Bird Of Prey, but
Spock shoots down that theory saying, "According
to our databank, this ship fired those torpedoes.
If we did, the killers are here. If we did
not, whoever altered the databank is here.
In either case, what we are looking for is
here." That turns out to be two pairs
of gravity boots. However Spock's argument
allows for the possibility that the assassins
are not aboard the Enterprise. Indeed, as
it turns out, the assassins and the person
who altered the databank are not the same.
Spock's argument is not logical. - Mindogger
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