Star Trek: Nemesis
February 26, 2010 by Coupon Source
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The sacrifice of a beloved character is just one of many highlights in Nemesis, the 10th feature in the lucrative Star Trek franchise. Enigmatically billed as the beginning of “A Generation’s Final Journey,” this richly plotted Next Generation adventure maintains the “even number rule” regarding Trek’s feature quality, and it’s one of the best in the series. It hits its brisk stride when Picard (Patrick Stewart) and his Enterprise-E crew encounter Shinzon (Tom Hardy), a youn… More »
First, I’m not one of the Trek-hounds who seem to know everything pertinent before the movies are released. I recommend that you take a look at the cast for this one. From the trailers I’ve seen there’s no indication that so many TNG series characters are in this flick… however, they’re on the cast list. That’s made me even more excited about seeing Nemesis.
btw… where’s Ambassador Spock? Isn’t he supposed to be on Romulus on special assignment, to strengthen ties with the Romulans and influence their culture in a positive manner ?
Rating: 4 / 5
Just not a big Star Trek fan.…
Rating: 1 / 5
I am telling you this simply as a lover of thought provoking, and interesting films of all types. This new star trek film looks very good indeed.The beauty of star trek, (and its fans realize this) is that it presents a morality tale in the form of pure fun and adventure. I cant wait to sit back with my popcorn and soda and enter the realm of star trek…
(just joking about the 1 year old thing)
Rating: 5 / 5
11/19/02 — How the heck can you review a movie not released yet? It’s probably not even it its final edited form yet. I have read the script floating around the Internet some months ago and the trailers look like they have got the basic outline of the story, at least, accurate. Some details, if true, look to be intriguing and irritating all at the same time.
Ricker finally takes command of his own ship — after all he has done, it’s about time. He goes flying off to sectors unknown at the end. They can bring him back for the next movie by using that hoary old device, blow up his ship and have Enterprise rescue him (see Worf in First Contact). Ricker and Deanna finally get married — nothing like a 30-year courtship and engagement — yikes.
Wesley makes a cameo — after living in the Traveler’s realm of alternative reality he reemerges to attend a wedding, then gets edited out for time constraints? Hey Wes, how was the vision quest? Did you meet Sisko on the other side? Is Ashley Judd’s know-it-all character in or out, married to Wes, cut out, too?
Worf is no longer Federation Ambassador in the Klingon Empire. OK, its better than getting a ship shot out from under you, I guess. Data looks like he will suffer from the worse case of RESET button disease ever documented. To what end? A cloned Picard? Big deal. Why would arrogant Romulens follow a human, anyway? Earth will be attacked and destroyed by 1 (one) cloaked ship. Excuse me, I see Earth’s defenses have not gotten any better after being attacked by 2 big fat probes in the TOS movie series, 2 Borg cubes, creepy worm eating buggy aliens in Star Fleet headquarters, Kelvins, and what have you. It would seem to me that after defeating the combined Dominion/Cardassin/Breen fleet and incorporating some of the enhanced technology from the Borg and the future Janeway (who does make a cameo) that one ship, even a big-assed cloaked one, would be detected and destroyed before it gets to Sector 001.
I don’t know. It’s just a movie, but the producers have to understand that it will be dissected and analyzed by the faithful to death so it better be good and it better make sense. We will see.
Rating: 5 / 5
Well let’s hope that John Logan and Brent Spiner have written a good screenplay. After seeing both trailers, the film looks very interesting, but there appears to be too much immitation of previous installments .
Like Star Trek VI, it’s the last we see of all the TNG crew together. Second,the plot has to do with a federation treaty with romulus (hence the klingon/federation treaty in IV). Forthermore, it follows in the footsteps of Star Wars Episode: II, with the cloning of a younger Picard (Shinzon played by Tom Hardy) and (B-9) another Data clone. Even more interesting is the comparisons to Star Trek II, where were supposed to believe that Shinzon (Tom Hardy’s character) is supposed to be the greatest villian since Khan, and heres a MAJOR SPOILER for those non trek fans, one of are beloved characters is to die (Mr. Data); much like the death of Mr. Spock! Maybe I’m just paranoid, but there are too many comparisons to other sci-fi films. I could go on and on about how the writers have borrowed from other films.
I will still go and see this movie because I’m a sucker for TNG and Trek in general, but I’m not I’m going to like it that much. Hell, it was supposed to run 3 hours approximately, until Paramount decided to cut out about an hour and a half; because it really didn’t relate to the films plot. I believe that for the fans sake, they should not have tampered with the running time,nor should they have gone with Shinzon as their main nemesis.
There would have been a much greater comparison to Khan if they’d used Q,Commander Sela, and Lore as their main villians. Giving us fans a much greater anticipation for the film, and perhaps more of a continuence in TNG unresolved conflict storylines.
In closing, I believe that Nemesis could have been better. Yeah sure there are cameos by Guinan,Wesley (now deleted from the film), and Janeway. But don’t you think that with three great villians Q, Sela, Lore, and cameos by Barclay, Lwaxana, and even Dr. Pulowski; that there would be a greater closure to the Next Generation. I had my dream TNG film finale implanted for years, perhaps my dream was far to expensive. But, it sure would have made a great Star Trek film, perhaps even the greatest Trek film. Here’s to the dream.….
Rating: 4 / 5