Yeah, the second half of the film doesn't make a whole lot more sense than the first.
At least I got to draw God. (Well, "God" anyway.) That was fun. Now I know why there's all that Old Testament stuff about an angry God - He's so much more fun to draw that way.
The forward observation room on the Enterprise-A is pretty cool though. I like to imagine that ship's wheel is functional, and Sulu could control the helm from there.
Transcript
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Caption: Fist fight on Enterprise!
Kirk: Shoot him, Spock! Shoot him!!
Spock: I cannot.
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{in the brig}
Spock: Sybok is my half-brother.
McCoy: Great. Weird-ass family background that was never even hinted at before.
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Caption: Some hijinks with breaking out of the brig. I dunno, Sybok just captures them again anyway.
Scotty: Jailbreak!
SFX: Boom!
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{forward observation room}
Sybok: We're going to Sha Ka Ree, the place of Creation!
McCoy: Oh lord. After "The Changeling" we had 78 other episodes to remake and we chose "The Way to Eden"??
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Sybok: It's at the centre of the Galaxy!
Kirk: You can't get through the Great Barrier!
Sybok: We'll just fly through it.
Kirk: Oh. Well, that might work.
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Sybok: Release your pain, tell me...
McCoy: My father was suffering... I turned off his life support.
Spock: You were saying about weird-ass, doctor?
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Sybok: Kirk. Give me your pain.
Kirk: No! I need my pain!
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{bridge}
Sulu: Sha Ka Ree.
McCoy: For serious?
Sybok: I knew it!
Kirk: Allons-y, I guess.
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{on the planet Sha Ka Ree}
"God": Welcome, I am God.
McCoy: For serious?
Sybok: We sought you! We came by starship!
"God": I shall use this starship to travel beyond the Barrier.
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Kirk: Exsqueeze me... What does God need with a starship?
"God": How dare you! Smite! Smite! Smite!
Kirk: Chekov! Fire torpedo! Beam us up!
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{Klingon vessel}
Klaa: Surprise! I beamed you up. I shall kill you, Kirk!
General Korrd: Oh no you don't. Klingons and humans will get along now.
Kirk: Until the start of the next movie, anyway.
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{Yosemite campsite}
Spock: {singing} Row, row, row your boat...
McCoy: Wow. Worst movie tagline ever.