I would think that if you wanted to show an alien race that you were not a threat to them you would have gone for the deeper hand shake where you hold onto more of the arm. It let's each of you check for a long knife or dagger up your sleeve.
After the whole covid thing and sales of hand sanitizer, grasping hands with someone from another world may not be the best first choice. Our bodies are covered with millions of microbes, and probably theirs too. One species may be immune to what they carry themselves but not what the other may harbor. I assume such a first meet IRL would be more careful. We're more careful about microscopic life with samples from dead Mars than with live Vulcans. ;-)
When in Rome…. Seriously though, as an ambassador you often need to adapt to the customs of the people you are visiting to avoid causing offence and to show good intentions. Snubbing the handshake because it wasn’t the Vulcan way would have been a bad start to things. Just like Cochrane tried to return the Vulcan hand gesture, even though it’s not a thing humans do.
This is the most important day in both Human and Vulcan history. The beginning of a friendship that would take them both further than they ever could have made it alone.
I think that is more than a friendship, it is more as brother's, in Rome and Greece it is pointed mars and vulcan were brother's born from zeus and hera, and we found that we are from Mars, brother's were reunited again.
@@andreeagherghescu8836 Yeah. I actually think it's like this: Vulcans had their great war, and it took 1500 years when at the end they had to completely neuter their 'humanity' for lack of a better word in order to survive. Yet, they meet humans, who do it in 100 years and yet they can do it without having to deny their true nature. I think that's what attracted Vulcans to humanity, as it's clear that they actually have so much they can learn after all.
I'm not really up on my Star Trek lore. Did the humans and Vulcans start the Federation? Or was the Federation already in existence at this point, and the humans joined shortly after? Or something else?
Yes, and one of the most important. Gene himself told fans that in his mind we bumped into the Vulcans first. Been nice if he could have lived to see this scene, he'd have loved it.
The part where Picard and Lilly part, makes you long to go with Picard and the crew- to jump into the future. And sad the parting after an epic battle even if worlds or time apart. Lilly watched them beam up knowing that is what lies ahead - the future of humanity technologically advanced and maybe a lesson learned - sometime the white whale is beaten by other means.
I agree with you, although the credits scene of Star Trek 6 (The Undiscovered Country) is also very emotional, and I am referring to the farewell of the original cast signing off. My regards
Vulcan's were observing humans for awhile. Imagine what it must have been like to see a species blow themselves back to the stone age and then have a survey vessel detect a warp signature from them. Humans must be fascinating to Vulcans. And keep in mind that Vulcan's themselves had a dark history, they wouldn't necessarily look down on humans because they also had demons they struggled with.
@@planguy9575then humans took less than a century to achieve what vulcans took centuries. No wonder high command is scared of them. If they only knew the power of coffee...
They knew of Earth and it’s culture. They just didnt come anywhere near us because we were so primitive. Besides, learning English to a Vulcan is probably a breeze.
2:52 - In some ways, this foreshadows the relationship between Humans and Vulcans for the rest of their joint histories: The humans are 110% enthusiasm, excitement and enjoyment whilst the poor Vulcans sit to one side, pondering the lessons to learn and wondering what the hell these *insane children* will do next.
It must have really frightened a lot of Vulcans to watch Earth go from a planet full of techno-barbarians to the head of an interstellar empire in just one of their lifetimes.
They did bring up that notion in ST: Enterprise, a hundred years after this. Apparently Vulcan's were fearful (or as fearful a Vulcan be) of humanity. One moment we are adrenaline fueled beasts, the next we confound them with logic.
@@andrewpytko4773 definitely not unheard of and shouldn't have shock the Vulcans. Especially since some Vulcans from their own line, broke away and became the Romulan Star Empire, which rivaled the top powers in the alpha quadrant. Showing that a meteoric rise is very possible.
The real joy of this scene is how the acting, directing, and music come together to look like it was actual history. First contact with the Vulcans seemed as real as Washington crossing the Delaware.
@@ptolemeeselenion1542 During the Revolutionary War, Washington and a column of troops clandestinely crossed the icy Delaware on the night of December 25-26 to attack Hessian forces stationed at Trenton. The Hessians were German mercenaries hired by the British. Washington's final plan: the largest contingent, commanded by Washington himself, would lead the attack on Trenton. A second column under Colonel John Cadwalader would create a diversion to the south. A third column under Brigadier General James Ewing would hold the bridge across the Assunpink Creek to prevent the enemy's escape.
@@ptolemeeselenion1542 Cool. You probably know this already, but after the war, General Washington was elected the first President of the United States.
Alfre Woodward is a great actress who always is excellent in whatever role is in. Have to say that if she were white, she would be a leading film star.
The look on the vulcans face when cochran is trying to get him to dance is priceless . Its like the vulcan is saying with his reaction whatever youre illogical and crazy😊
I can never not smile at this, I shed a tear at the cinema when it came out. The start of a beautiful friendship. Different, yet similar. Their strengths complementing eachother's weakness. Emotion and logic, united in purpose to live long and prosper. 🖖
I'm glad to know I wasn't the only one crying in the theater (or even now). Brilliant touch having Cochran unable to do the Vulcan "live long and prosper" sign with his hand.
I learned it as a kid with the first series, which is now more than 50 years ago! Meeting and greeting a Vulkan would be no problem for me! But...I guess I would meet another species for whom that greeting would be an insult..... Shit happens!
I also shed tears watching this in the theatre. It was so basic, without any ego, and to see it was the vulcans being the first… that handshake.. so very .. human. Just perfect.
I love that longer scene with the sweep starting at about 0:50 to the handshake. In real time, you can see Zephram Cochrane go from unsure of himself to reaching out in good faith to the Vulcan before him- who recognizes what Zephram is trying to do and does likewise. Well done.
This was my other most favourite scene in the movie, after the one where Cochrane saw the Enterprise just before his historical warp flight. First contact, humanity finally meeting another race from beyond the stars, and taking those first tentative steps into a brilliant, wonderful future. Roddenberry’s vision truly remains one of great inspiration and hope.
They run amock with their passions, they throw caution to the wind, they are illogical. They are also powerful, indefigatable. They are legion. They are our brothers in arms across the cosmos. Together, we shall build a union that will make the Universe at large, a better place.
@@benjohnmiller Yes, this precisely. It's a very good musical interpretation of Samwise Gamgee's dialogue in Two Towers: (...) _It's like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger, they were. And sometimes you didn't want to know the end. Because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it's only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer._ (...)
Brings tears to my eyes. Makes me wonder what the moment in reality will be like when we make first contact with another intelligent species in our own universe. Hopefully it will go as well as this and will be the first step toward a brighter future like the one in Star Trek.
Some of you don’t give our species enough credit. We are far from perfect, and we’re experiencing every problem know to man 😉. But, I hope, reason will prevail in a first contact situation.
@@YD-uq5fi An outsider is needed to explain things that would be strange to explain to average people in the universe. Picard explaining the Borg to a normal Federation citizen would be strange, they all know the Borg. But her? It makes sense. And when he explains something to her, it's actually explaining to the audience since not everyone viewing might have seen all Star Trek.
I love that movie. I saw it several times in the theatre, once with my late mother. And I have it on DVD. The musical score is beautiful. ETA: that moment when the Vulcan ship lands had me, and a lot of the audience in tears. It was so perfect.
When Picard says "lay the course for the 24th century" reminds me that our future also awaits there. Unfortunately we will die before that BUT we are an important step along the way. Gene Roddenberry's vision right here..
@@starfleet-verdadero9808 I don't care about the 2nd film. In my eyes, it's not a movie with a solid script, even though there are quite dramatic scenes in it. I actually liked The Motion Picture better, that one really is a thoughtprovoking sci-fi.
Imagine Lilly in the following days... her thoughts, her feelings when she ruminated witnessing the enterprise jump into the rift back to the 24th century! One moment, people from 300 years in your future are right in front of you in real time and in the blink of an eye... they are gone forever for you in your lifetime! But you now live with knowing you have met, touched, connected with people... the same, but different, from 300 years ahead of you. Not even born yet in your reality or several hundred years to come. I believe any of us could imagine what she must feel at that moment of realization and perspective. She saw the size of that ship, the wonders, the power! Then she saw it for the last when she looked up in the night... a little dot in the sky, accelerating into a flash and then the future! All her life she would perhaps wonder about Picard and the others... about the world to come and what everything must be like then, about her descendants... and how by then, she will have already been gone, 300 years. It's all very sobering, humbling, saddening and brings a smile through tears! I watch the Enterprise jump through the rift several times and it always stills and quiets me.
I think she got what few ever get: solid proof that the future is hopeful. Even if she'll never see it, she knows everything will be alright. She can go to bed resting easily that all her struggles were and are worth it, and that her fears are not without hope to combat it. Her descendants will not be perfect, but they'll definitely be happier.
@@girl1213 I agree! I also believe that all her future memories would have arrived at those warm, reassuring feelings and hopes for her future descendants. I love the way you stated that fact too.
I was never able to warm up to the Next Generation, following the original. Of all of the Picard films, this is the only one I really enjoyed. I never realized that there were so many like me out there, as regards First Contact. A very good piece of SciFi.
I love how this takes place AFTER the horrors depicted in movies like The Day After and Threads. Makes it feel like theres hope even after such horrendous catastrophes like nuclear war.
Notice that when the jukebox came on the Vulcan stood up and then immediately sat down to go back to his liquor drink. He just discovered a new beverage he liked!
A beautiful moment, in visuals with Cochrane holding Lily's hand for a brief moment as if saying either "please stay with me" or "we did it.", the ship in widescreen, and he slowly walks up, the music playing knowing he was the one to get their attention, he should be the one to welcome them. When they reveal who the aliens were, Vulcans, and its an ancestor of Spock, it essentially acknowledges the TOS movies where its been said humans and vulcans have always been hand-in-hand in developing the Federation. And it would make sense, as it was never said in the whole movie who theses aliens are that would detect their warp signature, but they knew the whole time, but they wanted Zephram, and namely us, to be surprised. Plus, as said, its an excellent way of paying tribute to the original series with a Vulcan appearing in a Star Trek Next Generation film. Helps being the whole mythology full circle.
Up until about a hundred years ago... there was one question that burned in every Human - that made us study the stars and dream of traveling to them: "Are we alone?" Our generation is privileged to know the answer to that question. We are all explorers, driven to know what's over the horizon, what's beyond our own shores. And yet... the more I've experienced, the more I've learned... that no matter how far we travel, or how fast we get there... the most profound discoveries are not necessarily beyond that next star. They're within us - woven into the threads that bind us - all of us - to each other. -Johnathan Archer
The Inner Light is more likely. Our society will burn out long before interstellar travel by alien races reaches earth. They are more likely to find something closer to the Voyager probes and the Gold Record than a face to face meeting with a living human.
Out of all the humans they could have met, they meet this awesome goofball. Just makes me laugh seeing Cochrane dancing in front of a Vulcan getting them to have a good time while he tries not to judge us as inferior...lol
Imagine. The first time humans meet extraterrestrial people there was drinking and dancing. Looks like the leader was more interested in drinking than dancing. Wonder if he took the tequila or the whiskey back to Vulcan. I say the whiskey, which he seemed to like.
They took a bottle of every type of booze available, even moonshine. They say the Vulcan Scholar of Liquor to this day claim 21st century Earth Moonshine is the closest to Romulan Ale.
This is now set less than 40 years in the future. That would be a hopeful sign, except for the fact that the Eugenics Wars are supposed to have already happened. Meaning we've all been living in the Mirror Universe, the whole time. It explains a lot, when you think about it.
yup the Enterprise dark mirror universe, the terrain empire, the classic star trek had one ,was well as the next generation books. but yes I agree wes kind of frightening, but as the human race has been at war with it self since the invention of the spear I think human nature as it is would do exactly the same in the dark mirror universe.
Vulcans: "We're gonna spend a billion Vulcan dollars building a spaceship!" Also Vulcans: "Let's make the doors too short so everyone has to stoop to go through them!"
I see this really happening in the future. Unfortunately WW3 is getting closer and closer, but a united world after first contact with beings from another world is very very possible. My grandson, who is 6 years is already passionate about science just might be the next Zefram Cochran, and just might develop warp drive.
@@thomas.parnell7365 Hell, even if he figures out the chemical formula to recreate that fireproof Starlite plastic, it would revolutionize every industry.
@@Thoralmir it would yes though ib be more interested in gravity plating .you crack that any spherical body in solar system no matter how small is a viable base or colony site.
I think that's Spock's great-grandfather, isn't it? Sarek was quite old and infirm by Picard's time; it seems unlikely that Sarek's grandfather would still be alive by then.
I love how this is the point in the mirror universe where the Terran Empire starts. Cochrane shoots the Vulcan with a shotgun. Its the little things that change us all.
Fun fact: the Vulcan ambassador is named Solkar. He has a son named S’kon. Who has a son called Sarek. Who has a son called Spock.
wow
They made him the descendant of the first encounter? I feel that makes it all seem too small
Nepotism. 😁
@@Milnoc Competence.
@@rileyk5228 Small universe syndrome.
I love the fact that intimate contact is so alien to Vulcans, yet he just goes right in for a handshake. This is bliss.
I would think that if you wanted to show an alien race that you were not a threat to them you would have gone for the deeper hand shake where you hold onto more of the arm. It let's each of you check for a long knife or dagger up your sleeve.
Hm.
He might have been on spring break and experiencing ponfarr.
After the whole covid thing and sales of hand sanitizer, grasping hands with someone from another world may not be the best first choice. Our bodies are covered with millions of microbes, and probably theirs too. One species may be immune to what they carry themselves but not what the other may harbor. I assume such a first meet IRL would be more careful. We're more careful about microscopic life with samples from dead Mars than with live Vulcans. ;-)
When in Rome….
Seriously though, as an ambassador you often need to adapt to the customs of the people you are visiting to avoid causing offence and to show good intentions. Snubbing the handshake because it wasn’t the Vulcan way would have been a bad start to things. Just like Cochrane tried to return the Vulcan hand gesture, even though it’s not a thing humans do.
This is the most important day in both Human and Vulcan history. The beginning of a friendship that would take them both further than they ever could have made it alone.
I think that is more than a friendship, it is more as brother's, in Rome and Greece it is pointed mars and vulcan were brother's born from zeus and hera, and we found that we are from Mars, brother's were reunited again.
@@andreeagherghescu8836 Yeah. I actually think it's like this: Vulcans had their great war, and it took 1500 years when at the end they had to completely neuter their 'humanity' for lack of a better word in order to survive. Yet, they meet humans, who do it in 100 years and yet they can do it without having to deny their true nature. I think that's what attracted Vulcans to humanity, as it's clear that they actually have so much they can learn after all.
@@ProCoRat A decade after World War 3, don't forget.
Live long and prosper 🖖
I'm not really up on my Star Trek lore. Did the humans and Vulcans start the Federation? Or was the Federation already in existence at this point, and the humans joined shortly after? Or something else?
The most powerful scene in Star Trek ever! If this scene doesn’t get you emotional, you have no soul
Yes, and one of the most important. Gene himself told fans that in his mind we bumped into the Vulcans first. Been nice if he could have lived to see this scene, he'd have loved it.
I like an alternative version more
I agree! I was actually surprised how moved I was by it.
The part where Picard and Lilly part, makes you long to go with Picard and the crew- to jump into the future. And sad the parting after an epic battle even if worlds or time apart.
Lilly watched them beam up knowing that is what lies ahead - the future of humanity technologically advanced and maybe a lesson learned - sometime the white whale is beaten by other means.
I agree with you, although the credits scene of Star Trek 6 (The Undiscovered Country) is also very emotional, and I am referring to the farewell of the original cast signing off.
My regards
Can we appreciate the fact that, to the Vulcan Commander's understanding, Cochrane kissed him upon arrival? Kudos to him for going along with that.
Why else do you think he started drinking?
A very understanding man he is.
They probably assumed humans had different ways of showing affection, or they were very promiscuous, or both
Well they have been watching humanity since at least the 1950's so they do know some of our customs
@@thomasmartin4281 I mean if he assumed the latter he wouldn't have been that far off xD
"And that, young Federation, was how I met your mother."
NGL I knew, somehow, the founding of the Federation required the activity of the Slutty Pumpkin
Vulcan's were observing humans for awhile. Imagine what it must have been like to see a species blow themselves back to the stone age and then have a survey vessel detect a warp signature from them. Humans must be fascinating to Vulcans.
And keep in mind that Vulcan's themselves had a dark history, they wouldn't necessarily look down on humans because they also had demons they struggled with.
Elaborate.
Vulcans nearly destroyed themselves in conflict before they embraced logic to control their extreme emotions.
@@planguy9575then humans took less than a century to achieve what vulcans took centuries. No wonder high command is scared of them. If they only knew the power of coffee...
@@targetseeker As T'Pol says, "Caffeine has little effect on Vulcan physiology."
@@agm8554 oh it's more of what caffienated humans can do since non-caffienated humans already scares them rather than Vulcans on caffiene.
Everything about this scene is fantastic.
The start of a wondrous friendship between two races.
Which will eventually be turned into a kiddie ride at a theme park.
@@Thoralmir the famous jukebook that only has one song!
Except the fact that they spoke perfect English.
I prefer the real first Contact. "Bord their ship!" :-]
They knew of Earth and it’s culture. They just didnt come anywhere near us because we were so primitive. Besides, learning English to a Vulcan is probably a breeze.
I love how the Vulcan understands extending the hand is a sign of friendship.
It is logical.
Completely logical. Vulcan does LLAP with his hand, Cochrane responds with a hand thing of his own.
2:52 - In some ways, this foreshadows the relationship between Humans and Vulcans for the rest of their joint histories: The humans are 110% enthusiasm, excitement and enjoyment whilst the poor Vulcans sit to one side, pondering the lessons to learn and wondering what the hell these *insane children* will do next.
Noone can be at 110% ..we have merely measured their potential incorrectly;)
Lol.
But it is reminding them of *their* childhood and wondering if things were different could they have been like the humans?
@@NeilCWCampbellFound the Vulcan.
@@NeonPixels81 I wish
For me the Vulcan's reaction to the music as if it was a battle was priceless, prolly thinking, "Huh, this noise is kinda catchy" lol
Imagine, you encounter an alien species and the first thing you do is try to get them drunk and dance.
Hahah
They trying to clap them alien cheeks
Welcome to Earth
It would call for a major celebration 😺♥️
I'm not even sure Vulcans could get drunk off alcohol. Give them chocolate, on the other hand, and they'll get totally plastered
3:14 Zefrem Cochrane: *plays "Ooby Dooby" and starts dancing*
Vulcan ambassador(?): "This is highly illogical."
😂
I love how the Vulcans are like, ‘These are a strange people, but they seem friendly enough. I think we can mingle for a bit.’
😊
It must have really frightened a lot of Vulcans to watch Earth go from a planet full of techno-barbarians to the head of an interstellar empire in just one of their lifetimes.
It's not unheard of.
😂 just look at how far we got in 40 years. Bttf 2 had all of that stuff, and we just about have everything now.
They did bring up that notion in ST: Enterprise, a hundred years after this. Apparently Vulcan's were fearful (or as fearful a Vulcan be) of humanity. One moment we are adrenaline fueled beasts, the next we confound them with logic.
@@andrewpytko4773 definitely not unheard of and shouldn't have shock the Vulcans. Especially since some Vulcans from their own line, broke away and became the Romulan Star Empire, which rivaled the top powers in the alpha quadrant. Showing that a meteoric rise is very possible.
Tuesday, April 5th 2022: only 41 years to go!
Happy First Contact Day!
I’ll be double my age 😅
LLAP. See ya then!
Mmm 41 years? I think I'll make it.
i guess you forgot that World War 3 from 2026 to 2053. So lets not be to enthusiastic ;)
I should still be alive then. Just old.
The real joy of this scene is how the acting, directing, and music come together to look like it was actual history. First contact with the Vulcans seemed as real as Washington crossing the Delaware.
What did your general did in the Delaware?
@@ptolemeeselenion1542 During the Revolutionary War, Washington and a column of troops clandestinely crossed the icy Delaware on the night of December 25-26 to attack Hessian forces stationed at Trenton. The Hessians were German mercenaries hired by the British. Washington's final plan: the largest contingent, commanded by Washington himself, would lead the attack on Trenton. A second column under Colonel John Cadwalader would create a diversion to the south. A third column under Brigadier General James Ewing would hold the bridge across the Assunpink Creek to prevent the enemy's escape.
@@mattrogers5188 I see.
@@ptolemeeselenion1542 Cool. You probably know this already, but after the war, General Washington was elected the first President of the United States.
@@mattrogers5188 I do know about it.
Alfre Woodward was so excellent in this movie. Those deep, gorgeous eyes say so much.
Lol.
Alfre Woodward is a great actress who always is excellent in whatever role is in. Have to say that if she were white, she would be a leading film star.
@@davidallbaugh6858 You want to start a race war, have you?
@@ptolemeeselenion1542 No.
One of my top favourites.
A criminally underrated actress.
The look on the vulcans face when cochran is trying to get him to dance is priceless . Its like the vulcan is saying with his reaction whatever youre illogical and crazy😊
I'm going to be a grammar natzi and say it's 'you're'.
I can never not smile at this, I shed a tear at the cinema when it came out. The start of a beautiful friendship. Different, yet similar. Their strengths complementing eachother's weakness. Emotion and logic, united in purpose to live long and prosper. 🖖
Yeah, I also experienced this picture in a cinema with my friends. We're of the Next Generation
Jerry Goldsmith's music and how it is integrated with on-screen events helps a lot.
@@sigh2sayMe too, I remember some tears comes down from my eyes.
To seek out new life, and new civilization. To boldly go where no man (one) has gone before....
I would love to see this movie in cinema. As the borg ship rises menacing over the screen heading for Earth. This is peak cinematography!
Jerry Goldsmith for the absolute win. His First Contact theme gives this moment in the franchise the emotional punch that it needed.
It is my favorite theme of all Star Trek movies,
Mine as well.
He outdid himself, which is something!
I'm glad to know I wasn't the only one crying in the theater (or even now). Brilliant touch having Cochran unable to do the Vulcan "live long and prosper" sign with his hand.
Very nice touch..at first I couldn't do it but I forced my fingers apart until I could now I can do it both hands.
@@TheWPhilosopher Me too. The Vulcan hello takes a little practice. But now it's not a problem.
I learned it as a kid with the first series, which is now more than 50 years ago! Meeting and greeting a Vulkan would be no problem for me! But...I guess I would meet another species for whom that greeting would be an insult..... Shit happens!
I also shed tears watching this in the theatre. It was so basic, without any ego, and to see it was the vulcans being the first… that handshake.. so very .. human. Just perfect.
I was just a kid but I remember the whole theater just...melting.
Vulcans: Live long and prosper.
Humans :Be excellent to each other.... and party on dudes.
Also humans: Enhance your calm, and Be Well!
Star Trek: first contact
Bill and Teds excellent adventure
Demolition Man
Three very different and very good films.
I love that longer scene with the sweep starting at about 0:50 to the handshake. In real time, you can see Zephram Cochrane go from unsure of himself to reaching out in good faith to the Vulcan before him- who recognizes what Zephram is trying to do and does likewise. Well done.
This was my other most favourite scene in the movie, after the one where Cochrane saw the Enterprise just before his historical warp flight. First contact, humanity finally meeting another race from beyond the stars, and taking those first tentative steps into a brilliant, wonderful future. Roddenberry’s vision truly remains one of great inspiration and hope.
Perfect score, perfect acting. Amazing scene to end an equally amazing movie
Just imagine witnessing something this amazing
Its why vulkens are humans longest and best friends.😅
They run amock with their passions, they throw caution to the wind, they are illogical. They are also powerful, indefigatable. They are legion. They are our brothers in arms across the cosmos. Together, we shall build a union that will make the Universe at large, a better place.
Vulcans: it was our first contact with humans! and guess what
Senator Vulcan: what?
Vulcan: the human kissed him!
From 0:00 -- This is the best moment in Star Trek soundtrack history. I wish that Jerry Goldsmith had lived a bit longer.
i concur
I've never heard a more perfect representation of 'hope' in music.
@@benjohnmiller Yes, this precisely. It's a very good musical interpretation of Samwise Gamgee's dialogue in Two Towers: (...) _It's like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger, they were. And sometimes you didn't want to know the end. Because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it's only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer._ (...)
Lol.
He lived exactly long enough to write the soundtracks of the first and last (prime universe) Star Trek movies.
Brings tears to my eyes. Makes me wonder what the moment in reality will be like when we make first contact with another intelligent species in our own universe. Hopefully it will go as well as this and will be the first step toward a brighter future like the one in Star Trek.
You give our species too much credit
🍽
Well just think how well first contact went for the Native Americans when they met Europeans.
@@prideofasia99 Indeed. it is far more likely we will destroy ourselves first, smh....
Some of you don’t give our species enough credit. We are far from perfect, and we’re experiencing every problem know to man 😉.
But, I hope, reason will prevail in a first contact situation.
Lily Sloane is probably my favorite one-off character in a Star Trek movie.
“Blow the damn ship Picard!”
I don't know. Why was she even necessary, other than to call Picard Captain Ahab?
@@YD-uq5fi An outsider is needed to explain things that would be strange to explain to average people in the universe.
Picard explaining the Borg to a normal Federation citizen would be strange, they all know the Borg. But her? It makes sense. And when he explains something to her, it's actually explaining to the audience since not everyone viewing might have seen all Star Trek.
@@fieldy409 yup. This was a movie aimed at a broader audience than hard core trekkies. An everyman character was needed for exposition purposes.
Zefram Cochrane was a one-off character, from TOS. In "First Contact", we get to watch Zef break the light barrier.
I love that movie. I saw it several times in the theatre, once with my late mother. And I have it on DVD. The musical score is beautiful.
ETA: that moment when the Vulcan ship lands had me, and a lot of the audience in tears. It was so perfect.
The shot of them travelling back into the vortex at 2:48 is fantastic.
When Picard says "lay the course for the 24th century" reminds me that our future also awaits there. Unfortunately we will die before that BUT we are an important step along the way. Gene Roddenberry's vision right here..
Not me
Not necessarily
Speak for yourself, sir. I plan on living forever. 😉
The start of a great friendship that all would cherish.
Lily taught Picard more in the few moments they shared than he learned in the 7 years of trek. She taught him he still had a long way to go to heal
he never really did
@@raymondcanessa7208 Hm.
When the Vulcan jumps up at the music 😂🤣
Lets appreciate The Vulcans enjoy earth alcoholic beverages.
The world needs this...real bad 😢
Man, the score for this movie is fantastic and it absolutely makes this scene. Just an incredible piece of music.
This is BY FAR the best Star Trek movie of all time, bar non period!
One of the best. Let's also remember StarTrek The Wrath of Khan.
@@starfleet-verdadero9808 I don't care about the 2nd film. In my eyes, it's not a movie with a solid script, even though there are quite dramatic scenes in it.
I actually liked The Motion Picture better, that one really is a thoughtprovoking sci-fi.
Star Trek VI is killer, too.
@@johnblough7989 From the 7 films featuring the older cast, I liked the 1st and 6th one.
First Contact is better than The Wrath of Khan.
This is more Star Trek Picard than Star Trek Picard.
well said!
I wonder what you'd say now...
@@Arday60 Same.
My dog taking a dump on the carpet is more Star Trek than Star Trek Picard.
Then you need to see the Third and Final Season of Picard
I would love to see that Vulcan's report on consuming alchohol.
They're generally resistant to alcohol, if anything they'd probably comment on the taste.
@@dmanc85 Would love to see them report on eating cake or candy tho
If I remember right, that's their thing
@@dmanc85 probably discreetly scanned it with a trip corder .
There is Romulan Ale, and Romulans are Vulcans who chose not to embrace logic. Maybe the Romulans invented their ale after splitting from the Vulcans.
0:55 - This bit of music for the handshake is just gorgeous.
Imagine Lilly in the following days... her thoughts, her feelings when she ruminated witnessing the enterprise jump into the rift back to the 24th century! One moment, people from 300 years in your future are right in front of you in real time and in the blink of an eye... they are gone forever for you in your lifetime! But you now live with knowing you have met, touched, connected with people... the same, but different, from 300 years ahead of you. Not even born yet in your reality or several hundred years to come. I believe any of us could imagine what she must feel at that moment of realization and perspective. She saw the size of that ship, the wonders, the power! Then she saw it for the last when she looked up in the night... a little dot in the sky, accelerating into a flash and then the future! All her life she would perhaps wonder about Picard and the others... about the world to come and what everything must be like then, about her descendants... and how by then, she will have already been gone, 300 years. It's all very sobering, humbling, saddening and brings a smile through tears! I watch the Enterprise jump through the rift several times and it always stills and quiets me.
I think she got what few ever get: solid proof that the future is hopeful. Even if she'll never see it, she knows everything will be alright. She can go to bed resting easily that all her struggles were and are worth it, and that her fears are not without hope to combat it. Her descendants will not be perfect, but they'll definitely be happier.
@@girl1213 I agree! I also believe that all her future memories would have arrived at those warm, reassuring feelings and hopes for her future descendants. I love the way you stated that fact too.
A drunk and a alien race devoid of emotion make a unlikely, imperfect friendship.
the fact that he tries to do the vulcan greeting before giving up due to difficulty like he TRIES to greet the vulcans in THEIR way.
Exactly 40 years from now we are going to have warp drive and we will meet Vulcans! 😉Happy First Contact Day guys! 🖖
We won't. Did you remember that in the film's reality a lot lot lot of people die.
@@skiena I mean in that case current events say we are right on track…. Unfortunately.
@@BigHeadClanleast it seems it works out in the end
I was never able to warm up to the Next Generation, following the original. Of all of the Picard films, this is the only one I really enjoyed. I never realized that there were so many like me out there, as regards First Contact. A very good piece of SciFi.
I love how this takes place AFTER the horrors depicted in movies like The Day After and Threads. Makes it feel like theres hope even after such horrendous catastrophes like nuclear war.
Notice that when the jukebox came on the Vulcan stood up and then immediately sat down to go back to his liquor drink. He just discovered a new beverage he liked!
It’s such a heartwarming moment because you know it only goes up from here for this current generation living on Earth.
Where the future looks nostalgically on the past and where the past looks into the future with hope
A drunk Zefram Cochrane inviting the Vulcan ambassador to dance is the perfect way for humanity to make first contact. 😅🖖
3:14 : the Vulcan must be thinking: What kind of a mess did I just drag my people into??
Every influential Vulcan from that point forwards would ask the same question.
@@benrussell-gough1201 LOLLLLL
but then again, there were human-vulcan unions
@@raynekraven Like Trip and T'Pol just 90 years after First Contact and Sarek and Amanda in the next century.
This was the best Star Trek movie ever made. Thank you Jonathan Franks
A beautiful moment, in visuals with Cochrane holding Lily's hand for a brief moment as if saying either "please stay with me" or "we did it.", the ship in widescreen, and he slowly walks up, the music playing knowing he was the one to get their attention, he should be the one to welcome them.
When they reveal who the aliens were, Vulcans, and its an ancestor of Spock, it essentially acknowledges the TOS movies where its been said humans and vulcans have always been hand-in-hand in developing the Federation.
And it would make sense, as it was never said in the whole movie who theses aliens are that would detect their warp signature, but they knew the whole time, but they wanted Zephram, and namely us, to be surprised.
Plus, as said, its an excellent way of paying tribute to the original series with a Vulcan appearing in a Star Trek Next Generation film. Helps being the whole mythology full circle.
Time to make a disceet exit... in full view of the Vulcan vessel
Up until about a hundred years ago... there was one question that burned in every Human - that made us study the stars and dream of traveling to them: "Are we alone?" Our generation is privileged to know the answer to that question. We are all explorers, driven to know what's over the horizon, what's beyond our own shores. And yet... the more I've experienced, the more I've learned... that no matter how far we travel, or how fast we get there... the most profound discoveries are not necessarily beyond that next star. They're within us - woven into the threads that bind us - all of us - to each other.
-Johnathan Archer
Hm.
I just realized: The Vulcans went to the effort to ditch their shipsuits and dress in full ceremonial robes.
Anyone notice just the flicker of joy and excitement the Vulcan ambassador
I hope one day we will all see this happen!
The Inner Light is more likely. Our society will burn out long before interstellar travel by alien races reaches earth. They are more likely to find something closer to the Voyager probes and the Gold Record than a face to face meeting with a living human.
Let’s just hope it goes like this, and not like how it happens in Half-Life…
Out of all the humans they could have met, they meet this awesome goofball. Just makes me laugh seeing Cochrane dancing in front of a Vulcan getting them to have a good time while he tries not to judge us as inferior...lol
Meanwhile Troi steals the bottle of rum before returning 😂
Make that TWO Bottles of Rum.
drunk deanna troi was so funny
“But where has all the rum gone?” Yeah I know wrong movie but still funny to add 😂
Boy, oh boy. That would be an interesting situation...
The part I like was how the Vulcan leader looked like he really liked the alcohol he drank.
Happy First Contact Day, 2024!!! I hope we aren't in the Mirror Universe...
😂 we're probably half and half of both
Imagine. The first time humans meet extraterrestrial people there was drinking and dancing. Looks like the leader was more interested in drinking than dancing. Wonder if he took the tequila or the whiskey back to Vulcan. I say the whiskey, which he seemed to like.
They took a bottle of every type of booze available, even moonshine.
They say the Vulcan Scholar of Liquor to this day claim 21st century Earth Moonshine is the closest to Romulan Ale.
Unfortunately given what we are like as a species, in real life they'd get them drunk then steal their spaceship.
@@darthroden you should see the enterprise version of this, he straight up shotguns the Vulcan point blank 😂
@@alphadog9211 Oh yeah the one version from the Mirror Universe. I love that two-parter.
Lmao.
Man, I forgot how good this movie is. I need to watch it again.
The beginning of a relationship that would redefine the galaxy for centuries to come. 🖖
First Contact with an alien species and the first thing good ol’ Z Cochran does is take them out for drinks and do some dancing… What a Legend!
In 2 years this movie will be 30 years old.
still one of the best sci-fi action movies ever! =)
i love how he wanted to reply with salute but fingers refused to comply
Happy First Contact Day! 🥰
The soundtrack is just moving. Love it so much
This is now set less than 40 years in the future. That would be a hopeful sign, except for the fact that the Eugenics Wars are supposed to have already happened. Meaning we've all been living in the Mirror Universe, the whole time.
It explains a lot, when you think about it.
Post-Apocalypse Good Ending Unlocked.
The 2nd chance.
~cue Fallout: New Vegas ending music~
Chapter 1 Complete! Space Travel Unlocked. Extrasolar Travel Unlocked. New Ally Species, Vulcan, Unlocked.
Imagine being a Star Trek fan in the 90s 🥰
1:10 Charles Xavier? Is that you?
Now someone just gotta invent that warp drive, and we can meet us some Vulcans. Preferably without having to go through WW3..
Mexican scientist Miguel Alcubierre already established the theory of a Warp engine. He might be the Zephram Cochrane of our world.
My favourite all time scene in Star Trek. Nothing embodies it more than that moment Cochrane and Sloane clasp hands together.
One of the best scenes in Star Trek history
The BEST.
BOARD THAT SHIP! TAKE EVERYTHING YOU CAN!!
dammit you beat me to it! I was just clicking on it to say that!!!
@@aerisgainsborough2141 Warp capability ain't nothing against a 12-guage shotgun.
Did you ever see the Enterprise two parter from the Mirror Universe where Cochrane does shoot the Vulcans?
Long live the empire!!
@@jessedellross3245 Hail!
5 days ago was the 40th pre-anniversary of First Contact. I wonder if they had a shindig in Bozeman?
The alternate universe version of this encounter has tragic consequences, to say the least.
Shooting that Vulcan 🖖 transgressor is highlight of humanity 😂😂😂
yup the Enterprise dark mirror universe, the terrain empire,
the classic star trek had one ,was well as the next generation books.
but yes I agree wes kind of frightening,
but as the human race has been at war with it self since the invention of the spear I think human nature as it is would do exactly the same in the dark mirror universe.
Ahh, back in time when Star Trek was still Star Trek
Vulcans: "We're gonna spend a billion Vulcan dollars building a spaceship!"
Also Vulcans: "Let's make the doors too short so everyone has to stoop to go through them!"
Gov't contract for sure.
Back to the drab 24th century, at least the lads and the vulcans were gonna have a session
I see this really happening in the future. Unfortunately WW3 is getting closer and closer, but a united world after first contact with beings from another world is very very possible. My grandson, who is 6 years is already passionate about science just might be the next Zefram Cochran, and just might develop warp drive.
funny thing about star trek is warp drive is invented after WW#
even if he only invents artificial gravity and impulse engines you would change everything.
@@thomas.parnell7365 Hell, even if he figures out the chemical formula to recreate that fireproof Starlite plastic, it would revolutionize every industry.
@@Thoralmir it would yes though ib be more interested in gravity plating .you crack that any spherical body in solar system no matter how small is a viable base or colony site.
Ww3 is part of the star trek universe
Which Ultimately leads to world peace
i can only imagine just how much different in profile and coverage if Tom Hanks had agreed to play the role of Zefram Cochrane in this movie!
That Vulcan who greeted Zephram Cochrane could still be alive in Jean-Luc Picard's time. It's also possible that Picard recognized him.
Vulcans have an average lifespan of only about 200 years. Solkar was probably already about 80 in First Contact.
I think that's Spock's great-grandfather, isn't it? Sarek was quite old and infirm by Picard's time; it seems unlikely that Sarek's grandfather would still be alive by then.
0:00 ~ 0:39 has to be my favorite Star trek music of all the series & movies. I don't know why, but it simply IS.
I came to this video not knowing anything about Star Trek but read a Facebook comment saying this is how alien contact will be ❤
When I saw this in theatre there were a good 20-25 people crying.
Everyone's Grandma: is that Spock?
Everyone: 😒
Don't feel bad. Before pulling his hood down, at first silhouette I had friend tell me for a split second he though "Obi-Wan"? 🤣
On April 5, 2063 humanity was no longer alone in the Universe.
Well, given what touching hands means to Vulcans, I guess Spock comes from a long line of Vulcans with exotic tastes.
I love how this is the point in the mirror universe where the Terran Empire starts. Cochrane shoots the Vulcan with a shotgun. Its the little things that change us all.
😂😂
Of course what really happened is the crowd stormed the ship and the Terran Empire began.
The closing door scenario: Do you turn left or right?