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   From: weberm@polaris.net   
      
   anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:   
   > Ubiquitous  wrote:   
      
   >> The fourth and final Star Trek: The Next Generation movie, Star Trek:   
   >> Nemesis, put a nail in the coffin of what was - at the time - a dying Star   
   >> Trek franchise. Star Trek: Nemesis saw Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick   
   >> Stewart) confront a younger clone of himself, Shinzon (Tom Hardy), who had   
   >> been created by Romulans to secretly replace Picard.   
   >   
   >Who he doesn't look anything like   
      
   Heh   
      
   >>Shinzon had been discarded to the mines of Remus   
   >   
   >Hey! Look! They got the name of the planet wrong!   
      
   Wasn't the name of Romulus's twin planet?   
      
   >> before becoming the new Romulan Praetor to exact his revenge. Star Trek:   
   >> Nemesis' subplot featured the discovery of B-4 (Brent Spiner), an inferior   
   >> Soong-type android built before Lt. Commander Data (Brent Spiner).   
   >   
   >It took Spiner almost 37 seconds to come up with the name of that   
   >character, but he did break for coffee in the middle of that.   
      
   Heh. Spiner was obviously trying to copy what happened to Spock.   
      
   >> In theory, Star Trek: Nemesis' high-stakes cinematic action, with a   
   >> screenplay and story by Academy Award-nominated John Logan with Brent   
   >> Spiner, was designed to draw casual moviegoers. Further, Star Trek:   
   >> Nemesis' themes of identity and duality in its Picard and Data storylines   
   >> were supposed to create that cerebral Star Trek touch. In practice, Star   
   >> Trek: Nemesis fell apart by packing its 1 hour and 57 minute runtime with   
   >> more style than substance. Star Trek: Insurrection's lukewarm reception   
   >> soured suits on Jonathan Frakes taking the helm again, but franchise   
   >> newcomer Stuart Baird directed Nemesis like a Star Trek movie that was   
   >> afraid to be Star Trek, leaving Star Trek: The Next Generation's beloved   
   >> ensemble rudderless and inconsistent.   
   >>   
   >> Star Trek: Nemesis’ Ending Explained   
   >> Captain Picard And Lt. Commander Data Team Up To Destroy Shinzon   
   >> Star Trek: Nemesis ends with a face-off between the USS Enterprise-E and   
   >> Shinzon's massive starship, the Scimitar. Shinzon vowed to take revenge by   
   >> using deadly thalaron radiation to wipe out all life on Earth, which the   
   >> Enterprise must prevent at all costs. Romulan Commander Donatra (Dina   
   >> Meyer) arrives to help the Enterprise, not Shinzon, citing "internal   
   >> security". While the Scimitar is distracted by Donatra's Warbirds,   
   >> Counselor Deanna Troi (Marina Sirtis) empathically locates Shinzon's   
   >> cloaked ship, and opens fire. The Enterprise is outgunned, however, and   
   >> Remans board the ship to seize what Shinzon truly wants: Captain Picard.   
   >>   
   >> There have been thirteen Star Trek movies over the last 40 years, but   
   >> which is the boldest big-screen adventure to go where no man has gone   
   >> before?   
   >>   
   >> Rather than suffer more casualties, Picard yields to Reman capture,   
   >   
   >Because that's what Picard does best. Surrender.   
   >   
   >   
   >> while Data crosses the space between the Enterprise and Scimitar's open   
   >> hulls. As the thalaron emitter charges, Shinzon and Jean-Luc meet in   
   >> single combat, with Picard victoriously spearing Shinzon, who's consumed   
   >> by his own hubris. Data places an emergency transport key on his captain   
   >> and beams Picard back to the Enterprise, before Data destroys the   
   >> thalaraon emitter, sacrificing himself in the process. Data's memory is   
   >> celebrated on the Enterprise-E, and Donatra promises Picard a friend in   
   >> the Romulan Empire.   
   >>   
   >> Shinzon's determination to find and unleash the darkness in Picard's heart   
   >> is his own downfall,   
   >>   
   >> At the end of Star Trek: Nemesis, Shinzon's determination to find and   
   >> unleash the darkness in Picard's heart is his own downfall. Shinzon and   
   >> Picard share DNA and a sense of justice for the downtrodden, but Shinzon   
   >> insists that Jean-Luc would be as megalomaniacal as Shinzon is had Picard   
   >> also been raised in the darkness of the Reman mines. Picard's equally   
   >> steadfast insistence that Shinzon is capable of doing good only proves how   
   >> alike they are, instead of supporting the movie's stated point that their   
   >> backgrounds make them different.   
   >>   
   >> At the end of Star Trek: Nemesis, Lieutenant Commander Data heroically   
   >> sacrifices himself to destroy Shinzon's thalaron emitter and save all life   
   >> on Earth. Data's act of bravery ensures the Federation's survival, but   
   >> ultimately contributes to Star Trek: Nemesis' reputation as a franchise-   
   >> killer. Compared to Spock's (Leonard Nimoy) death in Star Trek II: The   
   >> Wrath of Khan, Data's death rings hollow. Unlike The Wrath of Khan   
   >> building to Spock's sacrifice, Nemesis doesn't have a narrative   
   >> throughline that supports Data's decision, and his replacement is already   
   >> lined up in B-4.   
   >>   
   >> Data's death in Star Trek: Nemesis was supposed to provide the film with   
   >> an emotional climax, but it was an unworthy end to a much beloved   
   >> character.   
   >>   
   >> Brent Spiner co-wrote Star Trek: Nemesis' story with John Logan, creating   
   >> his own graceful exit from Star Trek by killing off Data. As an android,   
   >> Data wasn't supposed to age, and Spiner's advancing years were becoming   
   >> more difficult to mask with Data's makeup. Star Trek: Nemesis ended with   
   >> B-4 in possession of Data's memories on the USS Enterprise-E, however,   
   >> leaving the door open for Spiner's return in a future Star Trek: The Next   
   >> Generation movie.   
   >>   
   >> Star Trek: Nemesis set up a potential fifth Star Trek: The Next Generation   
   >> movie that never happened. Conceptualized by Nemesis screenwriter John   
   >> Logan 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.   
      
   Yeah, I fail to see what would unite these three different groups together.   
      
   >> 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   
      
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