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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Prince Atom" data-source="post: 361246" data-attributes="member: 6046">So what was it that made the first 6 movies and not feature-length episodes?I think it was the feel that the universe is getting on.  The Federation is growing, the Klingons are not as aggressive, and all the heroes of the Federation are getting older and older....By contrast, in the TNG movies you have some folks getting different job assignments (i.e. Worf) but they're always there when you need them.  Picard isn't struggling with getting older like Kirk did, and he definitely doesn't have a son whom he's only known for a few months before he dies.And somehow, losing the Enterprise D doesn't hurt as much as losing the Enterprise.  Maybe it's because that Enterprise has seen so much before Kirk got ahold of it, and had kept them all safe and sound through dangers unnumbered for so long.  There just isn't that sense of history to the D.Then again, maybe it's the thought that the Enterprise was going to be decommissioned and that Kirk blew her up to prevent her from going to the Klingons.  The D was blown up by the Klingons, Riker didn't have to make the decision to destroy it.But yes, the latest movies have sucked bigtime.  There's always hope that the next movie is better, however, and I hope this time that Nemesis is.TWKExcuse me...  I've got something in my eye....</blockquote>