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00:00Hello everyone, Sean Ferrick here for TrekCulture and yeah, alright if you've watched the other
00:06video you knew we're going to try and find them as many as we possibly could in front of here
00:09because check it out, but also we have a reason for including this specific list. Now I'm not
00:15going to be talking about the big space battles out there because we have lists on those already,
00:20Klingons, Dominion, Borg, the lot, go check them out. This is going to be about the smaller ones,
00:26we're talking hand-to-hand physical combat, something that looks like I wouldn't have an
00:33absolute hope, not just for the fact that I'm effectively wearing a come kill me top.
00:38Without any further ado, let's get going on the 10 best fight scenes in Star Trek.
00:44Number 10, Seven of Nine versus the Pendari champion, Sunkatsi. The sixth season of Star
00:50Trek Voyager gifted us with this absolutely brilliant scene featuring Seven of Nine and a
00:56little-known guest star who rocked up with a raised eyebrow. Right in the beginning of his acting
01:02career, Dwayne Johnson appeared in this episode as the unnamed Pendari champion thrown into a match
01:09against Seven of Nine and to say that he's not very impressed with the drone is a bit of an
01:15understatement. He compares her to the size of a field mouse and she says that you will find resistance
01:21is futile. What we learn is resistance wasn't very futile. While the rest of Seven's crewmates are in
01:29the stands horrified and shouting her name and trying to get her out of there, these two are actually far
01:34away and it's being broadcast live. So they're in a room on their own knocking seven shades of out of
01:43each other. It's actually quite a brutal fight. We're getting kicks to the abdomen, kicks to the
01:47face, punches, backhands. It actually looks like neither one are pulling their punches on the other
01:53and especially when the finishing move features clothes lines and other wrestling type moves. You
01:59can tell I did my homework for this list. It is one of the better fight scenes and certainly one of the
02:04better scenes in that season of Star Trek. Enough to have me chanting, Sunkatsi, Sunkatsi.
02:11Number nine, Reed versus Hayes, Harbinger. The third season of Star Trek Enterprise saw a much darker
02:19story unfold as the Enterprise goes in search of the Zindi. A crew of Mako Marines led by Major Hayes
02:29is stationed aboard Enterprise and immediately Hayes and Reed start to clash because Reed being head of
02:36security doesn't like having his authority threatened. This keeps on building throughout
02:40the season and initially I will say I thought that when they started sparring Hayes was going to
02:49novel Reed but Dominic Keating absolutely commits. The sparring session spills out of the room into the
02:56corridors of Enterprise and they wail on each other, enough to be dragged in front of Archer. The fun
03:03thing about the scene is that for all of the punches thrown this was about actually helping these two
03:08characters blow off some steam and by the episodes close it looks like they actually get along a little
03:15bit better. Now I'm not saying that if you're having a problem with someone you should go and break their
03:20jaw but it's an option. Number eight, Spock versus Kirk amok time. If you're talking about fight scenes in
03:29Star Trek this is one of the most memorable iconic fights of them all. Think about it, you're already
03:37humming the music. Spock is in the throes of Ponfire here and this version of Spock and Tupring aren't
03:45really as happy as they would be in Strange New Worlds so the only way for Spock to exercise these
03:50feelings is to pick up in Lerpa and go at it with Kirk. What follows is it's just fun, it's exciting,
03:58shirts are ripped, Spock kills him. Now you heard me right, you heard me right. Now yes there was an
04:06injection or two and everyone's fine at the end but I mean Spock does kill Kirk in this. All of this
04:12scene leads up to one of the best moments of the original series which is Spock's realization that
04:19while dead Kirk came back to life. You see McCoy had been playing with a Tribble and some super blood
04:25oh no sorry that's the wrong story. McCoy had actually injected Kirk with a relaxant which
04:31basically made it look like he was dead and when Spock sees him he's delighted he goes Jim!
04:35Oh dear. Number seven, Elnor versus Tenkem Andrev. Absolute candor. I'll be straight with you, this is a bit of an
04:45amalgamation because you could pick any of Elnor's fights and they would be absolutely welcome on this
04:51list. One thing you never want to do is put that man in handcuffs and give him a particularly sharp con
04:58badge but the one I really want to spend the time about is that first scene that allowed the iconic
05:05line please my friends choose to live. You see Elnor is a member of the Co-op Malat and when you engage
05:13a Co-op Malat in combat there's only ever one outcome and Tenkem Andrev probably should have done
05:21his homework before challenging Elnor. Andrev is an ex-senator from Romulus and he was none too fond of Picard
05:28when Picard landed on Vashti to the point where he challenges Picard to a sword fight. Picard is pushing
05:34173 at this point and is not really able to fight the man so he throws down a sword and Adrev is like
05:40okay sucks to be you buddy and comes at him only for Elnor to step in the way, utter that line,
05:46Adrev raises his sword and the next thing you see his head just bouncing across the uh the clearing.
05:52When you are going to go up against Elnor do yourself a favor choose to live and don't.
05:58Number six everyone versus the Klingons the way of the warrior. Sean you specifically said you weren't
06:05going to include the way of the warrior and I did say that yes I did but actually I meant the battle
06:11outside the battle inside absolutely deserves a spot on this list. Pretty much everyone gets something to
06:18do let's start with Odo he's on the promenade and he's doing the you know the old the double fist and
06:23he's doing that he's doing that and the Klingon comes up behind him with a bat left and then Bashir shoots
06:26him in the back like the brave soldier he is. That's just one part. Then you've got Dukat and Garak
06:32who are protecting the members of the Deetapa Council. Garak with a phaser but Dukat with a bat left.
06:38Loads of fun. We have of course then what's going on in Ops. Now we get Dax fighting Klingons with
06:44bat lefts. We get Sisko using everything that isn't nailed down to fight the Klingons. We've got Kira
06:49showing that you know a duck tug directly to the side. Nah it's a flesh wound walk it off. We even get a cheeky
06:55O'Brien must suffer moment as well when the poor man is just doing his best and the next thing he
07:00gets absolutely walloped in the eye by a Klingon but thankfully his old buddy from the next generation
07:07a certain Starfleet officer who's a Klingon is standing there introducing the new Mekleth sword
07:14into Star Trek lore. Yeah that Klingon he got gutted by Worf. Number five Spock versus Kahn,
07:22Star Trek Into Darkness. Kahn is responsible for the death of James Kirk in Star Trek Into Darkness
07:29and we've discussed that at length. It leads to the scream by Spock which is all a bit no. It does
07:35however lead to one of the most brutal fight scenes that we had yet seen involving this Vulcan officer.
07:42In his fit of anger Spock beans down to hunt Kahn in the streets of San Francisco and he does catch up
07:49with him and he goes berserk on him. It is a proper scrap. There is no punches being pulled here. Spock does
07:59try and go for the Vulcan neck pinch at one point but Kahn being genetically engineered is just like
08:03no and they you know there's head crushing going on there's tossing all over the place and it's just
08:11brutal. Although there is triumphant music and stuff in the background it's not one of those big hooray
08:15scenes. This even if Spock wins this fight what cost? Uhura does beam down and the combined attack by Uhura and
08:24Spock finally does manage to bring Kahn down and she is able to calm Spock down to stop him from killing
08:33Kahn. It's it was a new side of Spock that we had seen but knowing the history of Kirk and Spock as we
08:41do quite frankly yes I do believe that this is how Spock would react. Number four Georgiou and Nan
08:49versus Leland Such Sweet Sorrow Part Two. Such Sweet Sorrow Part Two is the season two finale of
08:57Star Trek Discovery and it's a bit of a greatest hits of the series. You get Enterprise, you get
09:03Discovery, you get Burnham, you get Spock, you get Georgiou, you've also got the Klingon Cleave ship,
09:08you've got Laurel, you've got Tyler, you've got Serana and the other Kelpians who return to help the
09:13crew but the standout really is Georgiou and Nan versus Control. I mean there was no way that Michelle
09:22Yeoh was not going to make this list. If you want to talk about brutal fights it really does look like
09:28no one told Michelle Yeoh that you're actually not allowed to kill your opponent in this scene
09:35because it's got everything. I mean there's so much I mean she is an incredible martial artist
09:39anyway but I would not like to be her opponent even in filming, even in stunt, even with a crew
09:46sitting there being like okay all right yeah cut cut cut. Really it comes down to in that spore bait
09:51it's Georgiou and it's Leland. I don't know about you but if I'm locked in a cage where someone's just
09:58flicked a button and you see it's Georgiou has flicked that button and she's smiling at you like a
10:03shark who's just smelled its dinner I know the jig is up and we all did I have to say it was a bit
10:10cool. Number three the siege of AR-558. Now this is actually one of the sadder entries on this list
10:17because the siege of AR-558 coming in DS9's final season the entire point of this episode was to show
10:24the horrors of war and I have to say for Star Trek in the 90s it went pretty bloody far. Think about it,
10:32you have fan favorite character Nog losing a leg, you have Quark firing a phaser against the Jem'Hadar,
10:39you have Ezri Dax who at this point was still a relatively new character and was designed in
10:45such a way that there was so much youth in that character being thrown into this horrible war
10:49situation. You had guest stars Raymond Cruise and Bill Mummey who were introduced and they were
10:54quite likeable in their own way. They're both offed by the episode's end and eventually it comes down to
11:00Sisko is knocked on the ground and a Jem'Hadar raises its phaser to fire at him and it ends.
11:05It's not about the victory that yes technically Starfleet does win the fight here but it's all
11:12about the pointless cost of the lives lost. It's horrific, it's intense and honestly it's an episode
11:21I don't re-watch very often for that reason. Number two, Starfleet vs the Klingons Trials and
11:27Tribulations. Now things got really serious there for a second so let's go with one of the funniest
11:32moments from certainly Star Trek Deep Space Nine. You might wonder why didn't I just go with the brawl
11:38from the original series episode The Trouble with Tribbles. The reason is because this one is way funnier.
11:43You have of course that wonderful scene of Chekov, Scotty and Spare who are facing up against the
11:50Klingon who thinks that the Enterprise should be hauled away as garbage and at that point I mean
11:55everyone stands up, Scotty stands up, I stand up, everyone gets ready to go. You're throwing digs,
12:02you're throwing people but also you've now got O'Brien, Bashir, Odo and Worf joining the fight as well and
12:11we got that line a few minutes prior about the fact of they are Klingons, it is a long story and we do
12:16not talk about it but what you also really get here is how the 60s Klingons do not stand a snowball's
12:24chance in hell against the mighty 80s and 90s Klingons and Worf just he just decimates them.
12:33Unfortunately it's not good news for O'Brien and Bashir although that scene where Bashir throws a punch
12:39the next thing is like the whole thing leads up to that line up where O'Brien and Bashir are being
12:45confronted by Kirk it's just brilliant it's fun but also I have to say it's a pretty well choreographed
12:51fight. Number one, Kirk versus the Gorn arena. I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, you're like
12:59he's clearly made this number one for the crack and you know what of course we did but I will say an
13:06actual serious point if I were to say to you think of a fight scene from Star Trek odds are
13:12you're thinking of this or a muck time. Look the fight's pants! I'm not going to argue that it isn't
13:17but it's so lovingly pants it is iconic. I mean we're what 55 years or something after it originally
13:24aired and I'm stood where it was filmed and you're thinking of it right now aren't you? You're thinking,
13:30here we go! I realize this is Riker but still. And it is one of the greatest fights in sci-fi history.
13:41I will stand by this. This is my hill to die on. Is there really anything else that needs to be said
13:48about this? Actually I will say I'm glad Kirk was fighting this Gorn because he was fighting one of
13:52the ones from Strange New Worlds. This would be a very different entry. That is everything for our list
13:57today folks. Now if you reckon there is a scene that we absolutely should include let me know in
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14:20Oh just let us do this outro. Until then you look after yourselves. I'm going to go before all of the wind
14:25comes down on top of us. Make sure that you live long and prosper. Make sure that you stay well.
14:30I will see you soon. Thanks very much.
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