History NightmareFuel / StarTrekTheMotionPicture

* Spock has rejoined the crew, but he is still acting as if he were an outsider, emotionally distant and fixated on the possibilities presented by V'Ger. Doctor [=McCoy=] points out to Kirk that they can't be sure Spock's priorities align with the crew's, given Spock's obsession with cleansing himself of emotion. [[spoiler: Spock comes around after mind-melding with V'Ger and discovering that the lack of emotional understanding is V'Ger's biggest flaw and the cause of many of their problems.]]

* And then [[spoiler:we find out what V'ger does to the "information" it collects. Poor Ilia!]]

* [[spoiler:"That unit no longer functions."]] ''Brrr.''

** Crewmembers make extensive use of space suits for EVA. At one point someone has to go out to rescue another crewmember who has been stricken unconscious and is drifting helplessly outside the ship.

* Spock has rejoined the crew, but he is still acting as if he were an outside, emotionally distant and fixated on the possibilities presented by V'Ger. Doctor [=McCoy=] points out to Kirk that they can't be sure Spock's priorities align with the crew's, given Spock's obsession with cleansing himself of emotion. [[spoiler: Spock comes around after mind-melding with V'Ger and discovering that the lack of emotional understanding is V'Ger's biggest flaw and the cause of many of their problems.]]

** Crewmembers make extensive use of space suits for EVA.

** The reading of that line[[note]]A verbal dose of HeroicBSOD, where the shock is so deep you can't even react properly to what you just witnessed[[/note]] ''really'' didn't help. Also, note the use of words. The tech didn't say "who". He said "''what''".

-->'''Starfleet Transporter Tech:''' ''Enterprise'', what we got back ... didn't live long ... [[TakeOurWordForIt fortunately]].
** The reading of that line[[note]]A verbal dose of HeroicBSOD, where the shock is so deep you can't even react properly to what you just witnessed[[/note]] ''really'' didn't help.

* Oh, dear god, [[TeleporterAccident that transporter room scene]]. When the crewmen start re-materializing there's an odd, electronic buzz that slowly resolves (almost before you realize what you're hearing) into the sound of the victims screaming in agony. While you're realizing what that sound is, you start to notice that the two humanoids forming on the pad don't look quite...[[BodyHorror humanoid]]. Rand's horrified, "Oh no, they're ''forming''!" and [[ICantLookGesture her turn away]] just adds to the horror. Watch the whole thing [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ro_QpDJX-Sk here]].
-->'''Starfleet Transporter Tech:''' ''Enterprise'', what we got back didn't live long...[[TakeOurWordForIt fortunately]].
** The reading of that line [[note]] A verbal dose of HeroicBSOD, where the shock is so deep you can't even react properly to what you just witnessed [[/note]] reeeeeeeally didn't help. Gah.
** The {{Novelization}} is actually WORSE. The crew members actually materialised inside out and were alive to feel it. But not for very long. Fortunately.

* And then [[spoiler: we find out what V'ger does to the "information" it collects. Poor Ilia!]]
* And if that's not bad, try being kidnapped by V'Ger: surrounded by an incredibly strong electromagnetic /lightning type force that shocks you and anyone who tries to help you. And there's no time to cry out or to say goodbye to anyone you might care about...
* [[spoiler: "That unit no longer functions."]] Brrr.

*** Also, V'ger doesn't so much 'destroy' a target so much as reduce it to a memory and store it within itself.
* In this movie more than any other Trek production, every aspect of space travel in the 23rd Century IS TRYING TO KILL YOU! The transporter disintegrates the ship's science officer. Crewmembers make extensive use of space suits for EVA. Going to warp with the wrong kind of fault in the drive accidentally throws you inside an unstable wormhole. And remember those 300-year old space probes? One of them is coming back, and it's dragging a giant machine within a cloud ''millions'' of miles long that is more than capable of rendering the planet Earth completely lifeless. What's more, it's been sent by a race of machines that don't even perceive carbon-based organisms as living beings. V'ger is looking for God, and if it doesn't find it, it will nuke your planet.
* A more tame one than some of the above examples, but as the ''Enterprise'' is cruising along the surface of V'ger's vessel heading for a way inside, the viewing angle combined with the sometimes dim and indistinct visuals of the outer hull can cause some of the energy-filled apertures to look like [[https://falconmovies.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/startrek13.jpg a grinning face]].

* Oh, dear god, [[TeleporterAccident that transporter room scene]]. When the crewmen start re-materializing there's an odd, electronic buzz that slowly resolves (almost before you realize what you're hearing) into the sound of the victims screaming in agony. While you're realizing what that sound is, you start to notice the the two humanoids forming on the pad don't look quite...[[BodyHorror humanoid]]. Rand's horrified, "Oh no, they're ''forming''!" and [[ICantLookGesture her turn away]] just adds to the horror. Watch the whole thing [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ro_QpDJX-Sk here]].

** The screaming gets even worse when you consider one of the people screaming in fear and agony is a ''[[NotSoStoic Vulcan]]''.

** The screaming gets even worse when you consider one of the people screaming in fear and agony is a ''Vulcan''.

*** The {{Novelization}} is actually WORSE. The crew members actually materialised inside out and were alive to feel it. But not for very long. Fortunately.

** And we never learn what happened to that guy. Was he digitized and killed by V'Ger, was he crushed eventually against V'Ger's hull, or did he spend the next several hours wondering which would come first: asphyxiation or hypothermia?

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* Oh, dear god, [[TeleporterAccident that transporter room scene]]. When the crewmen start re-materializing there's an odd, electronic buzz that slowly resolves (almost before you realize what you're hearing) into the sound of the victims screaming in agony. While you're realizing what that sound is, you start to notice the the two humanoids forming on the pad don't look quite...[[BodyHorror humanoid]]. Rand's horrified, "Oh no, they're ''forming''!" and [[ICantLookGesture her turn away]] just adds to the horror. Watch the whole thing [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibBTZyQpVAA here]].

* Oh, dear god, [[TeleporterAccident that transporter room scene]]. When the crewmen start re-materializing there's an odd, electronic buzz that slowly resolves (almost before you realize what you're hearing) into the sound of the victims screaming in agony. While you're realizing what that sound is, you start to notice the the two humanoids forming on the pad don't look quite...[[BodyHorror humanoid]]. Rand's horrified, "Oh no, they're ''forming''!" and her turn away just adds to the horror. Watch the whole thing [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibBTZyQpVAA here]].

* Oh, dear god, [[TeleporterAccident that transporter room scene]]. When the crewmen start re-materializing there's an odd, electronic buzz that slowly resolves (almost before you realize what you're hearing) into the sound of the victims screaming in agony. While you're realizing what that sound is, you start to notice the the two humanoids forming on the pad don't look quite...[[BodyHorror humanoid]].

*** The book is actually WORSE. The crew members actually materialised inside out and were alive to feel it. But not for very long. Fortunately.

* In this movie more than any other Trek production, every aspect of space travel in the 23rd Century IS TRYING TO KILL YOU! The transporter disintegrates the ship's science officer. Crewmembers make extensive use of space suits for EVA. Going to warp with the wrong kind of fault in the drive accidentally throws you inside an unstable wormhole. And remember those 300-year old space probes? One of them is coming back, and it's dragging a giant machine thousands of miles long that is more than capable of rendering the planet Earth completely lifeless. What's more, it's been sent by a race of machines that don't even perceive carbon-based organisms as living beings. V'ger is looking for God, and if it doesn't find it, it will nuke your planet.

* In this movie more than any other Trek production, every aspect of space travel in the 23rd Century IS TRYING TO KILL YOU! The transporter disintegrates the ship's science officer. Crewmembers make extensive use of space suits for EVA. Going to warp accidentally throws you inside an uncontrollable wormhole. And remember those 300-year old space probes? One of them is coming back, and it's dragging a giant machine thousands of miles long that is more than capable of rendering the planet Earth completely lifeless. What's more, it's been sent by a race of machines that don't even perceive carbon-based organisms as living beings. V'ger is looking for God, and if it doesn't find it, it will nuke your planet.

-->'''Starfleet Transporter Tech.''': ''Enterprise'', what we got back didn't live long...[[TakeOurWordForIt fortunately]].
** The reading of that line reeeeeeeally didn't help. Gah.

-->'''Starfleet Transporter Tech.''': ''Enterprise'', what we got back didn't live long...fortunately.

* Oh, dear god, [TeleporterAccident that transporter room scene]]. When the crewmen start re-materializing there's an odd, electronic buzz that slowly resolves (almost before you realize what you're hearing) into the sound of the victims screaming in agony. While you're realizing what that sound is, you start to notice the the two humanoids forming on the pad don't look quite...[[BodyHorror humanoid]].

* The first Trek movie was relatively tame, except for a delightful scene where two crewmembers get pulverized by [[TeleporterAccident a malfunctioning transporter beam]]. While screaming in agony. And if that isn't bad enough, this is the message they get from the other transporter room:
---> "''Enterprise'', what we got back... didn't live long. Fortunately."

* The first Trek movie was relatively tame, except for a delightful scene where two crewmembers get pulverized by a malfunctioning transporter beam. While screaming in agony. And if that isn't bad enough, this is the message they get from the other transporter room: