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   >>> and Brent Spiner, the final TNG movie would have been a crossover between   
   >>> Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and Star Trek:   
   >>> Voyager. Characters from all three TNG-era Star Trek series were slated to   
   >>> join forces against a massive threat that only a team-up between Star   
   Trek's   
   >>> finest could thwart.   
   >>   
   >> OK, the characters in VOYAGER can be called many things but “finest“ is   
   >> definitely not one of them.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> Just as Star Trek Generations passed the franchise to   
   >>> the TNG cast, the Nemesis follow-up would have led to DS9 or Voyager   
   movies.   
   >>>   
   >>> Waning interest in Star Trek as a franchise, low box-office returns, and   
   poor   
   >>> fan reception led to Star Trek: Nemesis ultimately killing future Star   
   Trek:   
   >>> The Next Generation movies. As Star Trek: Enterprise's pivot to earlier in   
   >>> the Star Trek timeline suggested Star Trek might be done with the 24th   
   >>> century, Star Trek: Nemesis opened to a disappointing US$18.5 million box   
   >>> office. Ticket sales dropped 76% for Nemesis' second weekend, indicating   
   fans   
   >>> were dissatisfied with the latest TNG movie. Star Trek: Nemesis closed   
   three   
   >>> months later, after grossing a woeful $43.25 million domestically.   
   >>>   
   >>> *********************************************************************   
   >>> Film Title		US & Canada	Worldwide	Budget   
   >>> ----------		-----------	---------	------   
   >>> Star Trek Generations	$75,671,125	$118,071,125 	$38 million   
   >>> Star Trek: First Contact $92,027,888	$146,027,888 	$46 million   
   >>> Star Trek: Insurrection $70,187,658	$112,587,658 	$70 million   
   >>> Star Trek: Nemesis 	$43,254,409	$67,336,470 	$60 million   
   >>> *********************************************************************   
   >>>   
   >>> Seven years passed before Star Trek returned to cinemas with J.J. Abrams'   
   >>> 2009 reboot. The Kelvin Timeline Star Trek movies were a change of pace   
   that   
   >>> combined Abrams' fresh take with nostalgia for Star Trek: The Original   
   >>> Series. Although Star Trek Into Darkness received mixed reviews, and Star   
   >>> Trek Beyond was an underrated gem, Abrams' Star Trek movies renewed   
   interest   
   >>> in the franchise. The Kelvin Timeline paved the way for Star Trek's return   
   to   
   >>> television—and a chance to fix the mistakes made by Star Trek: Nemesis.   
   >>>   
   >>> Star Trek: Picard fixed Star Trek: Nemesis' mistakes by returning to themes   
   >>> that Nemesis botched in its delivery. Backed up as a positronic ghost,   
   >>> Lieutenant Commander Data asked Admiral Picard to grant Data's ultimate   
   wish:   
   >>> the universal human experience of death. By reframing death as the final   
   step   
   >>> in becoming human, Star Trek: Picard gave Data's death the meaning it   
   lacked   
   >>> in Star Trek: Nemesis. Data's legacy lived on in the highly advanced synth,   
   >>> Soji Asha (Isa Briones), instead of B-4, while Picard's new mirror was   
   Jean-   
   >>> Luc and Beverly Crusher's son, Jack Crusher (Ed Speleers), instead of   
   >>> Shinzon.   
   >>>   
   >>> Star Trek: Picard followed through with Commander Donatra's promise that   
   >>> Jean-Luc Picard had a friend in the Romulan Empire. Admiral Picard had a   
   >>> personal investment in evacuating Romulus before the Romulan supernova   
   >>> destroyed the planet in 2387; this promise ultimately cost Picard his   
   career   
   >>> when Starfleet called his resignation bluff.   
   >>>   
   >>> Star Trek: Picard season 3 reunited the Star Trek: The Next Generation cast   
   >>> for the proper send-off that Star Trek: Nemesis failed to give them. Picard   
   >>> gave each member of the former USS Enterprise-E crew a spotlight,   
   especially   
   >>> the characters that Nemesis sidelined, like Captain Worf and Beverly   
   Crusher.   
   >>> Deanna Troi had more agency in her few Star Trek: Picard appearances than   
   >>> ever before. Even Data's return was an evolution of his quest for humanity.   
   >>> Star Trek: Picard allowed Star Trek: The Next Generation to end with the   
   >>> dignity it deserved instead of being killed by Star Trek: Nemesis.   
   >>>   
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   >>> --   
   >>> Let's go Brandon!   
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