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   >> 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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   e last thing I want to do is hurt you, but it is still on my list.   
      
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