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   >>>> 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.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>> 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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