Just like these concepts, phasers -- the all-purpose weapons Starfleet personnel carry and often use during their adventures -- are more than meets the eye. As sci-fi weapons go, the "Star Trek ...

In these moments,Star Trek: The Motion Picture achieved the ineffable. While the ordeal of mind-melding with V'Ger rendered Spock ... with an enraged Spock slapping a phaser from his protégé's ...