Star Trek Generations
Now it's time to check out the first film of the Next Generation franchise. Hopefully, this one is better than how the previous Star Trek started out.
As the film opens, we witness the first launch of the new Enterprise along with its new crew. Captain Kirk (William Shatner) joins the crew on their first outing, but their trip is going to have to wait since some nearby ships are under attack by something. They go after it and decide to beam the survivors aboard the Enterprise. Once they decide to leave, they realize that they can't. So Kirk decides to sacrifice himself in order to get the ship moving again. Zoom ahead several decades to where a new crew is piloting the Enterprise, lead by Captain Picard (Patrick Stewart). They're having some fun on the holo-deck until Picard gets some very bad news. Oh and Data (Brent Spiner) pushes one of the crew mates into the virtual water, which ticks off the crew members for some reason. This actually upsets Data who then decides to have a new chip, known as the emotion chip, installed into him so he never does something as dangerous as pushing someone into virtual water ever again. Later on, Picard and the rest of the crew discover a satellite or something that has very few survivors on board. So they try to rescue them all, but end up only rescuing one very weird man, known as Soran (Malcom McDowell), who has some very dark plans for his future. It's up to Picard and the rest of the Enterprise's crew to discover what that is and, if need be, stop him.
While I can't really say a whole lot of great things about this film, I can say that some of the effects are amazing, especially one very particular one at about the midway point or beginning of the third act. I also really like the concept that's introduced later on in the film, that I won't get into right now since I don't need to and it's a pretty big spoiler.
However, I can say a lot of really bad things that are in this movie. For starters, that emotion chip that Data installs becomes very, very annoying as the movie progresses. I get what they were trying to go for here. Data's basically an android without any form of emotion, and that's not great for a relatable character. So they gave him emotions to make him seem more human than machine. However, this doesn't work out well since they really overdo it and milk it for as long as possible. This wasn't even completely necessary. Completely emotionless characters can be relatable if pulled off correctly. Heck, Spock from the previous films had little to no emotion and everyone, including myself, loved him. The concept that I was talking about earlier also seems to have been wasted here. While I like the concept on paper, in execution is where it fails. Without getting too spoiler-filled, two characters that get paired up together end up cooking instead of doing anything enjoyable. If you ever watch the movie, you'll know what I'm talking about. There's also a lot of really odd moments and some side-plots that end up going nowhere, but I've complained enough as it is.
So should you watch Star Trek Generations? Honestly, I'd say skip it. Even if you're a fan of the franchise, this isn't really any fun. You may even get upset at the movie trying to ruin characters you love from the show. If you've only watched the films, there's no need to see this one. It's basically the same as the others, but more annoying.
As the film opens, we witness the first launch of the new Enterprise along with its new crew. Captain Kirk (William Shatner) joins the crew on their first outing, but their trip is going to have to wait since some nearby ships are under attack by something. They go after it and decide to beam the survivors aboard the Enterprise. Once they decide to leave, they realize that they can't. So Kirk decides to sacrifice himself in order to get the ship moving again. Zoom ahead several decades to where a new crew is piloting the Enterprise, lead by Captain Picard (Patrick Stewart). They're having some fun on the holo-deck until Picard gets some very bad news. Oh and Data (Brent Spiner) pushes one of the crew mates into the virtual water, which ticks off the crew members for some reason. This actually upsets Data who then decides to have a new chip, known as the emotion chip, installed into him so he never does something as dangerous as pushing someone into virtual water ever again. Later on, Picard and the rest of the crew discover a satellite or something that has very few survivors on board. So they try to rescue them all, but end up only rescuing one very weird man, known as Soran (Malcom McDowell), who has some very dark plans for his future. It's up to Picard and the rest of the Enterprise's crew to discover what that is and, if need be, stop him.
While I can't really say a whole lot of great things about this film, I can say that some of the effects are amazing, especially one very particular one at about the midway point or beginning of the third act. I also really like the concept that's introduced later on in the film, that I won't get into right now since I don't need to and it's a pretty big spoiler.
However, I can say a lot of really bad things that are in this movie. For starters, that emotion chip that Data installs becomes very, very annoying as the movie progresses. I get what they were trying to go for here. Data's basically an android without any form of emotion, and that's not great for a relatable character. So they gave him emotions to make him seem more human than machine. However, this doesn't work out well since they really overdo it and milk it for as long as possible. This wasn't even completely necessary. Completely emotionless characters can be relatable if pulled off correctly. Heck, Spock from the previous films had little to no emotion and everyone, including myself, loved him. The concept that I was talking about earlier also seems to have been wasted here. While I like the concept on paper, in execution is where it fails. Without getting too spoiler-filled, two characters that get paired up together end up cooking instead of doing anything enjoyable. If you ever watch the movie, you'll know what I'm talking about. There's also a lot of really odd moments and some side-plots that end up going nowhere, but I've complained enough as it is.
So should you watch Star Trek Generations? Honestly, I'd say skip it. Even if you're a fan of the franchise, this isn't really any fun. You may even get upset at the movie trying to ruin characters you love from the show. If you've only watched the films, there's no need to see this one. It's basically the same as the others, but more annoying.