Star Trek: Spock's kal-if-fee
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- The kal-if-fee or challenge is an ancient Vulcan tradition. If a woman does not wish to wed the man to whom she is betrothed she can request the kal-if-fee so two men will have to fight to the death for her.
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Ah, yes, Amok Time, the episode that invented slash fiction.
HAHAHA!
Someone discovered something about him or herself watching this episode, probably!
And perfected it.
A great little moment for Kirk is at 3:20 when he gets handed the second weapon and he just looks at it like "what the hell is this" before Spock attacks him again.
Thinking you just killed your best friend...that's got to be a little traumatic.
That's why Spock snapped out of the blood fever...
Ur gonna have to kill him Jim
. Thats not we came to Vulcan for!
And then that beautiful smile when Spock got back on the ship, and there was Kirk: "Captain...? JIM !!!"
Totally kills his boner
Not really
RIP, Gerald Fried, who created the iconic "Star Trek" music for this scene.
Best fight scene music ever.
@Chris Reidy It's a rip off of Mars: the bringer of war by:Gustav Holst.
“Bolero” not Holst Planets.
Me thinks there was a part of Spock that might had held back some - kind of an internal battle within himself, that prevented him to go full force on his best friend. That human half kicked in a bit to force his other Vulcan half to out-logic his condition. Kinda like what I'm doing to this explanation.
surearrow Explains why he didn't faint in such a long fight. His bloodlusted state should have sapped a lot of stamina.
Your suspision is probsbly correct, as TPau said to him, thee speaks? When he was in the blood fevor as he was consumed with fire to carry out the ritual, however, not with him, he told TPau.
although it is well known that james tiberius kirk was a brawler with better than average human strength, also this combined with elite advanced officer combat skills and metabolics regimen
Held back? Like when he was trying to push Kirk's head back into burning coals?
@@kitcat7538
1:04 Spock has fashion sense, he should be a designer.
One of the parts I liked about the episode is that Spock, knowing what would happen if he agreed to the fight and still struggling with the Pon Farr madness; tries to tell T'Pau to call it off. Even when he was going insane he really didn't want to kill his friend.
Are those weapons supposed to be staves? They sort of look like them.
I don't know much about star trek lore...but I thought I had this original idea of alien species that is peaceful except during their yearly mating cycle...where they basically become insane and violent.
I was taking inspiration from nature like say for example rutting season.
Is that is what is going with vulcans...is there cycle related to mating behaviors at all?
@@SylkaChan
It is basically a glaive variant.
A common weapon solution that has seen realized in different itterations across cultures.
@@memegazer Pretty much the whole thing started with Spock uncharacteristically flipping out. And when Kirk finally gets him to admit what's wrong, he makes a comparison to salmon swimming upstream.
That said, it was shown after his fight with Kirk that the fight itself got rid of the Pon Farr madness. So their aesop is pretty much "If you can't fuck, fight. You'll feel better afterwards."
@@Shanethefilmmakerctually it was incredibly unusual that Spock's Pon Farr was broken without him having sex. It was only the trauma of thinking that he'd killed Kirk that was stronger than the biological drive.
I have suspected for years that T'Pau figured out what McCoy was planning, and let him do it.
It was the most logical way of dealing with a situation where the woman was being dishonorable.
You're right. Look at that look she gives him when he holds up the hypospray. She knows something's up.
And McCoy watching so intently near the end, hoping the drug kicks in before Spock really does kill Kirk.
I have often wished something like that could have been written into the plot.
Dopeing is allowed on other world’s!!
In a “to the death” battle no less!!
When you go to an advance civilization and end up fighting with an edging tool, I cannot square my lawn without this music playing now.
I watch this and think of the Cable Guy when they are at Medieval Times.
Gerald Fried, who wrote the iconic “fight music” just passed away at age 95
3:51 just a couple of guys being dudes
3:56 She clearly wet herself.
Five feet apart cause their not gay.
"No Homo"
3:20 "What do you do with these?"
3:34 "Oh, that's what."
That's one cheap ass gong if it breaks in half when it gets a good clang-on.
For such logical people, Vulcans seem to have a shit concept on how metallurgy works.
Tbh, i think everything in this Scene was pretty Cheap xD haha
spock is more than 10 times human strength pound for pound. That is why the genetic warrior kahn was defeated by spock, as they had nearly identical strength with spock being one more human stronger (11 times human strength). And is also why spock and kahn cave in things when they punch them. klingons are stronger than human on average because of their size and height and bruteness although pound for pound is closely comparable to human strength with slight augmentation or enhancement of miniscule degree, human strength isn't all that bad, humans are missing extra musclulature that gorillas and chimpanzees have , extra sets of muscles, this is why a gorilla can bench press half a school bus and a human usually cannot -even with the mass, weight, and adrenaline being equal unless spirit power is used and the word and frequency could do it alone by command given the faith. For jesus said if you have the faith of a mustard seed, you could say to the mountain be moved and it shall. A mustard seed is built into it instruction to grow to an immense proportion tree, yet is very tiny.
The weapons are that brittle in Vulcan? Amazing the Klingons or the Romulans hasn't already subjugated them.
And the ahnwoon was basically a net.
Bone’s deception was miraculously timed. Kirk passed out just as Spock was choking him making it seem as though Spock’s choke hold did it. If he would have passed out earlier it would have given Spock the free opportunity to kill him with a single blow or slash
At 1:54 it looks like Kirk's stunt double falls awkwardly with his arm behind his back. I wonder if he ended up with a dislocated or separated shoulder.
nivce catch.... that probably hurt Lubens like hell
That's why most actors use stunt doubles.
kevbo mevbo wow I never actually saw that before, even though I’ve seen it plenty of times.
@@veronicajohnson9179 Just as you have probably missed the scene whare actor Leonard Nimoy was standing off to himsrlf with his hands behind his back when he was suppose to have been in the blood fever. This is whare the Captain helped T Pow off of her chair, and when T Pring chose the Csptain as her champion. Check it out closely, you'll see what I mean. Once Leonard Nimoy realized that the camera's were rolling, he hurried back to his position, resuming blood favor scene.
He died.
No wonder Jim Carrey was obsessed with this he must be a Star Trek fan
Every time the weather's bad I say, "The air is the air. What can be done?"
Then I say, "Kroika!"
I'm stealing that! Live long & prosper!
It's a good thing Dr. M. injected the Captain with that Bill Cosby special!
ahahahaha...seriously
Konundrum he paralyzed him transported up and gave antidote, depang had to be convinced he was dead. McCoy said you killed him and ended the blood fever as he lost interest
Ahahaha that's just wrong lol
Damn It, Jim. I'm a doctor, not a sexual predator.
@@Philip02K bones didn't kill kirk,he gave him a neural paralyzer. It simulated death. And of course knocked him out.
" ... you may find after a time, that having, is not so pleasing a thing
after all, as wanting ... ". So true.
Gal in aisle: Oh the Last Toilet Paper!
Me: Kal-if-Fee!
Funny what Co-vid's done to us, huh? Toilet paper didn't seem to be that precious a commodity before the pandemic. But I've kept an "emergency" stash ever since.
Da duh duh duh duh duh duh duh duh DAT DAT DUH DUH
BrrrrrrrRRAAA!!! BrrrrrrrrrRRAAA!!!
@@lordcarl3374 da duh da DI duh
Doh do da dat, da dat, ur gonna have to kill him Jim!
I would love to be in a Walmart Black Friday with two women fighting over an item and have that Star Trek music playing in the background really loud.
@@dbloyd2 I would pay money to watch that. I still remember seeing grown adults fight over "Tickle Me Elmo" and that would have been the perfect music for it.
RIP Leonard Nimoy, Arlene Martel, De Forrest Kelley, and Celia Lovsky
R.I.P all of them.
0:47 legendary kirk earscratching
2:33 she's just has this look like "ugh. finee" lolol Love this clip!
I need some Romulan ale!
Ur gonna have to kill him Jim.. kill Spock that's not we came to Vulcan for....
Amok Time was my fav Star Trek episode.
Bill Schmidt, same here! (At least from the Original Series.)
James looks at the rope like what are we going to do with these double dutch?
Double Dutch? I'm rollin'!!🤣🤣🤣🤣
Saw this ep for the first time, as I am just watching TOS for the first time. Knowing noone would or could die, I still couldn't keep calm. My kids hate Sci fi and even they stood in attention, worried and uneasy. Dope music, great episode, good fight.
The cable guy brought me here
me too!
Some friends who've watched Cable Guy what this theme was in the movie and when I told them the theme is from the Star Trek season 2 episode Amok Time the episode Spock had to get laid. They were amazed to learn I am a Trekkie.
That's a classic scene..
HHAHA
@@RSTI191 The Cable Guy makes no sense unless you saw the Star Trek scene first.
Same lmao
On a side note: No expendable red shirts died during the filming of this.
Judging by the craftsmanship of all the things breaking in this scene, the Vulcans also appear to be suffering from the effects of galacticization.
Made in Romulus
The background music is what makes old movies unforgettable.
"Now be careful."
"Sound medical advice." :P
spirk rise
1:49 that flip was spectacular
Yes it was
It was. There's a similar one in Kirk's fight with Gary Mitchell (Where No Man Has Gone. Before). Really impressive.
All of this could have been avoided by loaning Spock one shuttle craft lol. That said, great episode!
Or by Spock realizing he was fighting for someone that didn't even want him
I don't think Pon Farr works like that. From what I understand, it doesn't matter if the female wants the male or not. If the male wants her, the Pon Farr won't go away until either the male and female have sex, or the male gets it out of his system by fighting potential rivals. Or even by fighting the female herself if she has no champion. If she loses and he still has the fever, she must submit to him. But usually by the time the fighting is over, the blood fever goes away and male returns to normal.
god i hate it when people say "that said"
Kirk almost suffered a Denipplation.
That surprised look Kirk gave was priceless! Like, "WTF?!?"😆😆😆😆
@@elizabethjordan5755 more like, "Oh, $#!t 😳!"
The Vuicans apparently allow the doping of contestants in mortal combat.
RIP Lawrence Montaigne, 1931-2017, "Stonn".
He also played the Romulan Decius in the Star Trek episode "Balance of Terror.
@@TheItsmegp46 Exactly, as for more trivial information, Leonard Nimoy considered leaving the series after the first season, and Lawarance Montague was considered as a Mr. Spock replacement as it was said he did have a uncanny resemblance to Leonard Nimoy. As it turned out, Leonard remained throughout the series until the bitter, and sad ending of this EXCELLENT tv series, which was treated poorly by the network, NBC.
😢
He stood there, he said nothing.
Pray for Stonn
He was almost responsible for Spock killing Kirk.......... FUCK STONN!!!
poor spock has to fight the person he really loves here.
T'Paul is now officiating at MMA.
Best. Fight. Music. Ever!
Leonard Nimoy brought me here.
R.I.P
Watching his to best friends having to fight each other to death must have been hell for Bones.
Indeed. Thankfully Bones saved the day with his fake death medicine
Brilliant acting on Bones' part. He fooled T'Pau, and everyone else.
That moment of absolute ".....holy shit I KILLED HIM OH GODS WHAT DID I JUST-"
I had to go and click that “Cable Guy” clip……
all I can think of is the movie Cable Guy when I watch this
Marty McFly LOL ..
As do I Marty McFly
When I think of the movie Cable Guy I remember what a talentless asshole Jim Carrey is.
@@timothygaffney3407 fuck off you nobody
lol me too .. BrrrrrrrRRAAA!!! BrrrrrrrrrRRAAA!!!
So, this is how the most logical beings in the galaxy behave. :)
Episode name: Amok Time (1967, 2nd seasom premiere episode)
Music: The Ritual / Ancient Battle / 2nd Kroykah
Composer: Gerald Fried
One of Bones' finest moments.
We play this music anytime there’s and argument in the office.
Also I love how Spock seems to gain 20lbs in some scenes...
LOL! Classic! I love it.
This has been parodied to death, yet it' s my first time watching this .
MUSIC that could Fit almost ANY SITUATION!
I added this music to my to cats fighting video. Very fitting.
Some trivial information here. TPau there, actress Cecilia Lovasky, was on a Big Valley episode with Lousise Sorell, you know, Reyna from Requiem For Methuselah, third season, they both played gypsies in The Big Valley. She also appered as a Gypsy in The Waltons tv show. Lawarance Montague there as Stonn, everybody knows, potrayed Decious in the first season episode of Star Trek, Balance Of Terror.
Did you know he was also in The Great Escape?
She goes back even further. She was on the Twilight Zone, episode QUEEN OF THE NILE.
lol Kirk's reactions are so hilarious
These days it's called Korv-fe-fe
😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
For being a scientific, logical, highly advanced society that is always lecturing humans on their failings, Vulcans seem to observe a lot of violent rituals without question.
Agreed; they probably would use the excuse "it is logical to behave illogically, in the specific context" and be even more smug than before...
Not to mention the archaic barbarism of allowing men to break a betrothal at will, but women can't get out of an arranged marriage without a man dying- and she still ends up being property of someone. She doesn't get to just go free.
Thank you. Sometimes when Spock goes into his critique of human history, I think he's being more than a little judgemental given Vulcan 's history.
@@suzanneroberge494 Exactly. The writers that had Spock saying detrimental things about human history forget that other writers have had him say Vulcan history was savage, even by human standards.
RIP Celia Lovsky, Arlene Martel, and Lawrence Montaigne.
R.I.P
4:14 McCoy hoping the drug kicks in before Spock actually kills Kirk.
The greatest fight in Star Trek history! And it was set on Vulcan! :)
1000% correct sir
This is a classic, but Kirk's fight with Finnegan was the best.
The Cable Guy scene at Mid Evil Times
Three times as strong, "damned fast too" and the increased gravity of Vulcan and Kirk still manages to somehow hold his own. The power of plot armor. Archer was able to wear the mantle of plot armor as well in Enterprise when he fought against Vulcan security on Vulcan as well.
kuribo1 Spock was Ill. I'm surprised that he even managed to stay conscious for so long. I've seen people pass out when they fight too long while bloodlusted.
Also when Archer fought Schran
Kirk and Archer also overpowered Andorians and Klingons. Lol. Both warrior races known for their strength and battle prowess. Hmmmm . . .
Plot armor aside who do you think would come out on top if this had been a real fight between Nemoy and Shatner?
Bc my money would be on Nemoy
I'm surprised that T'Pau was so forgiving after she had been lied to.
To hold a grudge would be illogical
I think T'Pau appreciated the honor in Kirk's actions and the ingenuity and logic in McCoy's. She was also probably thankful not to have to explain to the Federation how one of theirStarship Captains was murdered by his First Officer during a Vulcan ceremony. She knew McCoy would spill the beans. Kirk's alive and the less said the better. That's why she covered for Kirk. Given his honorable actions and his unwitting survival, it was only logical.
Well said...
Love the shot of Spock jabbing at the camera
Whos here after the Spock Amok episode of SNW?
"...buddy, get on the friggin horse, I don't think he's kidding.."
Just wonderful wonderful writers can't top em anywhere
only those that only think of CG enhancement would think this is sub-par. not about the writing, nor the musical direction, nor the actual acting. this was Vulcan.
Spock didn't have the heart to kill Captain. (James T Kirk, that is).
Live long and prosper.
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I love that they used this same music in the opening of Spock Amock in Strange New Worlds
Those bells would drive anyone crazy.
All I can say is thank God for Dr McCoy they were both in the soup there weren't they!
the idea of fighting your best friend and hen the idea of thinking you just killed your best friend
This fight is such a classic Star Trek moment. The music too.
Thank you. Best fight sequence in TOS, followed by every other time Kirk & Spock knocked each other around. They were great together in these roles.
KIRK: Sound medical advice.
I think after this day, Kirk was able to teach a class on just EXACTLY what this kal-if-fee is. Before this day, he had no clue.
The Cable Guy.
"The air is the air... what can be done..."
That became part of my repertoire whenever people come to me with problems that I can't solve :)
Nothing like a good "Kroika!" to get your Tuesday morning going.
2:26 ‘They’re roids Jim.’
You're going to have to kill him Jim. Kill Spock? that's not what we came to Vulcan for... The music they have on this scene is incredible!!
Jordan Gordan - Spock is under the complete influence of Pon Farr, and he is nowhere near his fighting skill, or in his right mind. ROIKA, Jordan Gordan!!! )))
Maurice Ravel song Bolero influenced the theme ..
Who can help but recall Cable Guy during this scene?
So many plot points brought up in a single episode and written so well too. Once again the Vulcan hierarchy punishing Spock for being half-human. His betrothed punishing him for not being around so he could hang out with yet more humans. His betrothed selecting a human challenger, forcing him to either choose her or choose to hang with humans. T'Pau, knowing "outworlders" wouldn't know Vulcan custom, neglecting to tell them the challenge was too the death. McCoy in response making the potion sound like it would compensate for human "weakness" preying upon T'Pau's ego for Vulcan superiority ("the air is the air"). T'Pring's sudden gratification that she had logically manipulated Spock, which turned into shock when he readily dumped her for her lack of logic for wanting Stonn. ("wanting is not the same as having"). T'Pring's attempt to manipulate the situation to her liking failed. She didn't get Spocks house, his wealth or his lands, she got only Stonn, I suspect was a Vulcan commoner. As T'Pring said, she wanted both. The money and the man. I have a feeling Stonn didn't last very long after this ritual was done. Very little in television is written this well today. Rich in story, tons of nuance.
Well, as far as the "B" canon of ST is concerned, Spock turns out to be right - the marriage between Stonn and T'Pring is not a happy one. I think in one of the stories Stonn dies trying to induce ponfarr - which proves that initially, the concept for Vulcans was only to be able (and driven) to mate every seven years.
But coming to think of it - this must be Spock's first ponfarr, otherwise he would be fully married already, so I assume that in the classical series, he may appear to be a man in his mid-thirties to early forties, while by Vulcan standards he would be considered a teenager...I also think that ponfarr is an evolutionary adaptation that kicked in after Vulcans assumed the "pure logic" teachings of Surak - they needed to make the mating drive an overriding one to ensure Vulcans would continue mating at all! It also seems that according to the initial concept, men would experience the more violent version of ponfarr, while women seemed to be even more ruled by logic (which is perhaps also why the decision whether there will be a kalifee or not lies with them, not the men). However, they later did muddy the waters by suggesting that women could have the violent symptoms as well (T'Pol in Enterprise), the other races could be "infected" with it as well (Torres in Voyager) snd that the kalifee was a means to "dissipate" the ponfarr (likewise in Voyager).
T'Pring is babelicious.
4:30 when the post-nut clarity kicks in
The vulcans say we are primative but they still have fights to the death.
Best fight music ever!
One of the greatest fight songs ever
If this fight music doesn't give you goosebumps, then you are already dead.
Ha, McCoy gave Kirk a shot of “tri-ox.” Would that be 3-oxygen/O3, or just plane old OZONE? 🤣🤣🤣
That shot that Bones gave Kirk could have backfired and Kirk could have passed out in that pretend dead at the wrong second and Spock could have actually stabbed or burned Kirk for reals.
One of those rare cases where the music is better than the scene itself.
Umm..they pioneered the use of themes for continuous use..(Wagner etc) like John Williams making up themes for Luke, Leia, The Force etc..The music was the exact same 8n every episode..
It's the national anthem of Zoiberg!
I searched for this right after Strange New World Episode 5 cos Spock's dream seemed so familiar haha!
0:48 I like how Kirk sort of reluctantly approaches Spock, and his body language even from behind suggests he thinks this situation is surreal and he's going to be able to talk his way out of it. But when Spock does a little jump towards him, Kirk immediately reacts and his stance instantly transforms to High Alert Combat Mode.
Was William Shatner directed to perform like this, or it is something he just did? If you look for it, you start to see a lot of under-appreciated little moments in Star Trek: TOS like this, small actions and expressions that bring a level of realism into this otherwise fantastical series.
i love it when mccoy or scotty save the day