History YMMV / StarTrekSpecter

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Maybe Dr. Garr isn't a dasterdly and ruthless criminal mastermind after all...

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Scene 38.
* CreatorsPet: Carefully averted with replacement tactical officer Ensign Hargrove. Her moment to shine only comes when the chief tactical officer is off the ship.
* EngagingChevrons" Scene 42. Just...Scene 42.
* EvilIsCool: Let's face it, where else are you going to find a [[spoiler:scary-looking nightmare starship with a blue hull?]]

** Also, let's not forget that when we last left Reyf in the prologue, he was working as a science officer. So how, in only six years, does he qualify for captaincy of a ship like the USS ''F. Scott Fitzgerald'', particularly given it's his ''very first command?''

* HoYay: Subverted with [[spoiler:Ensign Renee Mitchell]] and [[spoiler:Lieutenant Kendra Erickson]]. Turns out that [[spoiler:Erickson returns Ronston's crush after all and was just tormenting him by playing hard to get.]]

* UncannyValley: The majority of the cast are played by Poser 4 characters...all except one, the mysterious Kristie android, played to perfection by DAZ's Victoria 3. Seeing the comparatively primitive Poser 4 characters alongside the lifelike Victoria 3 character was somewhat jarring for some viewers.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome" Reyf's speech and the departure sequence.
** [[WesternAnimation/TitanAE "Cosmic Castawaaaaaaaaay"]]
** How about the awesome piano rendition of the ''Voyager'' theme during the scene in Garr’s office?
** The blaring tones of the Next Generation theme when the ''Enterprise''-E arrives.

* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: The Wolf 359 flashback, which recreates shots from both ''First Contact'' and the ''Deep Space Nine'' pilot.
** Also, when [[spoiler: a NegativeSpaceWedgie swallows up a ''star system'']].

* MarySue. Initial reaction to the character of Dr. Garr is that he's one of these, serving as an AuthorAvatar for the producer. Inverted however, in that he's exactly the ''opposite'' of what anyone would consider an idealized version of themselves (who ''wants'' to be a lovestruck and brokenhearted renegade, even if he's an expert at quantum physics?).

* FridgeLogic[=/=]FridgeBrilliance: During the entire movie, Garr and Reyf are shown wearing cadet uniforms reminiscent of the uniforms from [[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan Star Trek II.]] [[UnpleasableFanbase The fans]] complained that given the movie's timeline this isn't accurate. So later in the movie, when Reyf visits [[spoiler:Garr's old office at Starfleet Intelligence]], what's the clue that tips him off? [[spoiler:A picture of him and Garr wearing the "correct" cadet uniforms!]]

** [[TitanAE "Cosmic Castawaaaaaaaaay"]]

* FanDumb: A commentator on TrekMovie.com famously [[http://trekmovie.com/2010/05/05/fanmade-star-trek-phoenix-new-25th-century-fan-series-releases-first-episode/#2693661 said this]] in response to [[http://trekmovie.com/2010/05/05/fanmade-star-trek-phoenix-new-25th-century-fan-series-releases-first-episode/#2693563 a fan's statement that they were impressed]].
** The same commentator had said, just a few lines earlier: [[http://trekmovie.com/2010/05/05/fanmade-star-trek-phoenix-new-25th-century-fan-series-releases-first-episode/#2693657 Take a look.]]

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Some people regard Scene 38 as a prime example.
** Others look at this as a RefugeInAudacity.

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: The launch sequence.
** "Departure stations!"
** Then when the ''Fitzgerald'' reaches Sector 585: "Courage, Number One. Whatever happens now, let us face it with eyes open and heads high. Mr. Parks: take us in. '''Full impulse power!'''"
* CrowningMomentOfFunny:
** "Gaius, if you want to have a literary debate, let's do it over coffee next time. You'll obviously need the extra energy if you want to win!"
** When the EMH is treating Garrett after the shuttle collision, the "medical scanner" is a deactivated lightsaber.
*** To go with the EMH's [[IncrediblyLamePun cutting wit!]]
** Between Reyf and Thornton:
-->'''Reyf''': "I should've never had that damned holocommunicator installed."\\
'''Admiral Thornton''': “What makes you say that?”\\
'''Reyf''': “Because you’re only half as intimidating on the viewscreen.”
** Between Ronston and Erickson:
-->'''Ronston''': "Wow...it's an android! A ''female!''"\\
'''Erickson''': "Obviously."
** Erickson and Reyf:
-->'''Erickson''': "You've just spent '''eight days''' chasing down a man so mired in self-pity that he almost destroyed the timeline. You've done the right thing, so don't you '''dare''' start pitying yourself."\\
'''Reyf''': "Permission to speak freely is granted."
** Scene 50B: Erickson comes to see Ronston in Ten Forward after everything is through, and winks at him. The look on his face, possibly because he realizes he's about to get some, is PRICELESS.
** And just before that, Reyf's log entry says: "I come away with the realization that while life may not always come with instructions, you ''can'' find helpful hints." (as he holds up a padd with the "Frankenstein" book cover on it) "If you know where to look." The smug look on his face is priceless, because he's showing it to Dr. Falwell, with whom he lost a debate over this very story near the beginning of the movie. Turns out, he was right all along.
*** There's AnAesop in there somewhere...
** The first scene of Reyf in his quarters has a musical CMOF. Reyf is listening to what sounds like classy piano music—but if you listen closely, you’ll quickly recognize it as a piano version of the theme from KingOfTheHill.
* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: What ultimately convinces Garr to abandon his sinister plot is [[spoiler:his residual feelings of friendship towards Reyf.]]
** Reyf's speech just before the ship leaves Deep Space Nine.
** And just a few frames before that, Reyf looking at the old photo of himself and Garr, set to some truly moving music. It's the [[strike:first]] second hint that the two of them have history.
** In Garr's lab, just after the female android wakes up, she reaches out and touches Reyf's hand, and right about then some soft music starts to play. The look on her face when she looks at Reyf is priceless.
** "I've been trying to teach that lesson to others, when all this time I was the one who needed to learn it."
** Then there's this gem from Scene 46B, between [[TheMcCoy Lt. Erickson]] and Reyf: "All of a sudden you started acting like a captain again. I don't know about anyone else, but personally I'm proud of you for facing him the way you did. And I don't want to see you lose your confidence, not now. Not after everything we've been through."
** The ultimate CMOH: "Forgive her. And forgive yourself."
*** This one's also most definitely a TearJerker.
** "Because the needs of the many, outweigh the needs of the few. Or the one."
** In the wrap-up "Captain's Log" sequence, when Erickson comes to see Ronston, and winks at him. And you realize she's been toying with him the whole time.

* FanDumb: A commentator on TrekMovie.com famously [[http://trekmovie.com/2010/05/05/fanmade-star-trek-phoenix-new-25th-century-fan-series-releases-first-episode/#2693661 remarked]], in response to [[http://trekmovie.com/2010/05/05/fanmade-star-trek-phoenix-new-25th-century-fan-series-releases-first-episode/#2693563 a fan's statement that they were impressed]]: "''Star Trek Specter''...seriously? With the really bad 1990 CGI animation, terrible voice acting and music stolen from ''Voyager''? You were blown away by this? I’d be embarrassed to admit that."
** The same commentator had said, just a few lines earlier: [[http://trekmovie.com/2010/05/05/fanmade-star-trek-phoenix-new-25th-century-fan-series-releases-first-episode/#2693657 "I hate fan productions because they all suck on so many different levels."]]

** We don't know exactly how old Reyf is but it's implied that his age and Garr's are relatively close together. Garr is said to have been born in 2347. The Battle of Wolf 359 took place in 2367. Soon after that, Reyf and Garr both went to [[AcademyOfAdventure Starfleet Academy]], presumably for a four-year course of instruction (conservatively leading to 2371). After that, Garr is said to have worked at Starfleet Intelligence for SIX YEARS before the events of the prologue (2376), after which he vanished for five years, leading to the present day... 2378. The implication is that both Garr and Reyf are highly intelligent, and completed a full curriculum at the Academy in just one year each.
*** So where does Garr find the time to get his advanced degrees in quantum physics, cybernetics, string theory, holography, and so on?

** Garr's method of [[spoiler:time travel]]. Rather than using any previously known method, he goes and invents an approach of his own.
** Braiyon Garr is said to have worked at Starfleet Intelligence for six years. This is AFTER the same agency had secretly developed its own cloaking technology (in "The Pegasus" (TNG)). Yet no one mentions this as a possible explanation for how Garr managed to sneak around for five years undetected.

*** Still doesn't account for the light inside the caves.

* [[HoYay LesYay]]: Subverted with [[spoiler:Ensign Renee Mitchell]] and [[spoiler:Lieutenant Kendra Erickson]]. Turns out that [[spoiler:Erickson returns Ronston's crush after all and was just tormenting him by playing hard to get.]]
* MarySue. Initial reaction to the character of Dr. Garr is that he is one of these, serving as an AuthorAvatar for the producer. Inverted however, in that he is exactly the ''opposite'' of what anyone would consider an idealized version of themselves (who ever WANTS to be a lovestruck and brokenhearted renegade, even if he's an expert at quantum physics?). This trope turned UpToEleven in the sequel.
* MemeticMutation: Played with; the villain's name is "Braiyon," a mispronunciation of the word "brain."
* TearJerker: The scene where the female android regains her memory definitely qualifies, because as soon as she tells Reyf what's going on, you realize maybe Garr isn't such a villainous mastermind after all.
** The next scene is even more so, because of the song Garr chooses to listen to. Chris Brown's "Forever" definitely tugs on the heartstrings.
** What about in Garr's guest quarters on the ''Fitzgerald?'' The music from {{Titanic}} backing the moment when Garr and the female android embrace definitely qualifies.
** "When we received word that the fleet had been destroyed...I was devestated."
* UncannyValley: The majority of the cast are played by Poser 4 characters...all except one, the mysterious Kristie android, played to perfection by DAZ's Victoria 3. Seeing the comparitively primitive Poser 4 characters alongside the lifelike Victoria 3 character was somewhat jarring for some viewers.
** Particularly given that her ponytail prop wouldn't render completely at the settings used to create the other character animations, resulting in what looked like a wire-mesh ponytail...[[Blooper which we can't see through]].
** And a huge TearJerker.
** Is also one hell of a CrowningMomentOfHeartWarming.
* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: Arguably, the Wolf 359 flashback, which recreates shots from both ''First Contact'' and the ''Deep Space Nine'' pilot.
** Also, the [[spoiler: moment when a {{Negative Space Wedgie}} swallows up A WHOLE FREAKING STAR SYSTEM!]]

* FetishFuel: The female android is very fit, isn’t she?
** FetishRetardant: the aforementioned android’s metallic arm.
** The photo on Garr's desk of [[spoiler:the girl he based the android on]] definitely qualifies.

* {{Dedication}}:
** Given what we see of the Garr character, seeing this is definitely a TearJerker.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything:
** A far, far better example is when Garr asks "How thorough was their examination" after he and the android hug. When that clip was first posted [[FreudWasRight many people]] thought Garr was making [[UnfortunateImplications an unfortunate implication]]. Turns out it was InnocentInnuendo, and what he was really asking was whether Reyf's crew had discovered the site-to-site transporter he'd built into her.

* PatrickStewartSpeech: Reyf gets in not one but THREE of these:
** Lieutenant Erickson even gets one in. Combines with CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming as soon as she says: "...personally I'm proud of you for facing him the way you did. And I don't want to see you lose your confidence, not now. Not after everything we've been through."
* SorryILeftTheBGMOn:
** With a side of CrowningMusicOfAwesome.

* ThemeMusicPowerUp: When Reyf finally figures out Garr's plan, for the first time since the launch sequence we get a piece of upbeat music. It was [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome awesome]].

* GeniusBonus: Anyone who knows a lot of Star Trek trivia will love this movie for all its subtle references to [[ThePriceIsRight the first four]] ''Star Trek'' series (the exception being ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'', which the creator [[FanonDiscontinuity chose to ignore]] for some mysterious reason).

** WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome: [[spoiler:Just because Garr left a holographic replica of the set from ThePriceIsRight for Reyf to find?]]

* AndTheFandomRejoiced: Fans have repeatedly praised this movie for the depth of the characters and full, well-developed plot.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation. Maybe Dr. Garr isn't a dasterdly and ruthless criminal mastermind after all...
* AndTheFandomRejoiced. Fans have repeatedly praised this movie for the depth of the characters and full, well-developed plot.
* AssPull. The so-called "magneton warhead" they use at the end can come across that way, but this is an allusion to Reyf's order earlier in the movie for Erickson and Ronston to come up with some way to stop Garr by force should it become necessary.
* BigLippedAlligatorMoment. Some people regard Scene 38 as a prime example.

* CreatorsPet. Carefully averted with replacement tactical officer Ensign Hargrove. Her moment to shine only comes when the chief tactical officer is off the ship.
* CrowningMomentOfAwesome. The launch sequence.

** Then when the ''Fitzgerald’’ reaches Sector 585: "Courage, Number One. Whatever happens now, let us face it with eyes open and heads high. Mr. Parks: take us in. '''Full impulse power!'''"
* CrowningMomentOfFunny.

-->'''Reyf''': “I should’ve never had that damned holocommunicator installed.”\\

* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming. What ultimately convinces Garr to abandon his sinister plot is [[spoiler:his residual feelings of friendship towards Reyf.]]
** Reyf’s speech just before the ship leaves Deep Space Nine.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome. Reyf's speech and the departure sequence.

* EngagingChevrons. Scene 42. Just...Scene 42.
* EvilIsCool. Let's face it, where else are you going to find a [[spoiler:scary-looking nightmare starship with a blue hull?]]

* FanDumb. [[JerkAss A commentator]] on TrekMovie.com famously [[http://trekmovie.com/2010/05/05/fanmade-star-trek-phoenix-new-25th-century-fan-series-releases-first-episode/#2693661 remarked]], in response to [[http://trekmovie.com/2010/05/05/fanmade-star-trek-phoenix-new-25th-century-fan-series-releases-first-episode/#2693563 a fan's statement that they were impressed]]: "''Star Trek Specter''...seriously? With the really bad 1990 CGI animation, terrible voice acting and music stolen from ''Voyager''? You were blown away by this? I’d be embarrassed to admit that."

* FanonDiscontinuity. Many fans regard the film's 38th scene, when Reyf has his "aha" moment, as pure GenreBlindness.
** WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome? [[spoiler:Just because Garr left a holographic replica of the set from ThePriceIsRight for Reyf to find?]]

* GeniusBonus. Anyone who knows a lot of Star Trek trivia will love this movie for all its subtle references to [[ThePriceIsRight the first four]] ''Star Trek'' series (the exception being ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'', which the creator [[FanonDiscontinuity chose to ignore]] for some mysterious reason).

* MemeticMutation. Played with; the villain's name is "Braiyon," a mispronunciation of the word "brain."
* TearJerker. The scene where the female android regains her memory definitely qualifies, because as soon as she tells Reyf what's going on, you realize maybe Garr isn't such a villainous mastermind after all.
** The next scene is even more so, because of the song Garr chooses to listen to. Chris Brown's "Forever" definitely tugs on the heartstrings.
** What about in Garr's guest quarters on the ''Fitzgerald?'' The music from {{Titanic}} backing the moment when Garr and the female android embrace definitely qualifies.

* UncannyValley. The majority of the cast are played by Poser 4 characters...all except one, the mysterious Kristie android, played to perfection by DAZ's Victoria 3. Seeing the comparitively primitive Poser 4 characters alongside the lifelike Victoria 3 character was somewhat jarring for some viewers.

* VisualEffectsOfAwesome. Arguably, the Wolf 359 flashback, which recreates shots from both ''First Contact'' and the ''Deep Space Nine'' pilot.
** Also, the [[spoiler: moment when a {{Negative Space Wedgie}} swallows up A WHOLE FREAKING STAR SYSTEM!]]

* FanonDisContinuity. Many fans regard the film's 38th scene, when Reyf has his "aha" moment, as pure GenreBlindness.

** YourMileageMayVary.