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|    anim8rfsk to Ubiquitous    |
|    Re: Star Trek: Nemesis Ending & Why It K    |
|    09 Jan 25 14:49:40    |
      [continued from previous message]              > ---------- ----------- --------- ------       > 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.       >       >       > --       > Let's go Brandon!       >       >       >                            --       The last thing I want to do is hurt you, but it is still on my list.              --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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