John Crichton
First Post
That's a well-put obsevation that I wish I had said. The TNG movie didn't do anything for me. Instead of having Data do things like he did in the series they reduced him to an emotion-esque character who delivered occassional punchlines (I cannot say how he was used in Nemesis as I have yet to see it). Picard had an emotional breakdown in the first movie that not many Trek fans could even relate to (for the character) as it came right out of the blue. The rest of the cast was just about spot-on but, for me, TNG was mostly about Picard and Data as they were easily the most interesting characters of the entire crew. They were poorly portrayed in TNG films. You saw glimpses of the true Picard and Data but not the real characters.jdavis said:
If First Contact had been the worst movie of the bunch (assuming the others were better realized) then I wouldn't have as many problems, but it was the best of out of a crop of mediocre Trek films (I would say FC was a good movie, but an average Trek movie). The new franchise's films started out badly by killing Kirk. That was a bad movie. No one wants to see Kirk die. Not like that. He is second to none and the the original (forget Pike) Trek captain. Trek 6 had the perfect ending and it was tainted and ruined by the events of 'Generations.'
That said, I don't want to see a DS9 movie (that saga is over). Or a Voyager movie. I may be interested in an Enterprise movie, but as of now, no. I would like to see TNG get a great swan song and restore the glory to the characters as they were at the end of the series. But it would take a very good production team to do that. I hope that Paramount does make that move one day. I want to see a visionary director deliver a script to Patrick Stewart that blows his mind and convinces him to sit in the Captain's Chair once more for a fitting end.
