Star Trek: Generations

Excellent way to transition and perfect prelude to the best Star Trek movie of them all, First Contact.

Starting from a story point of bringing two Captains together isn't a good sign and the convoluted use of The Nexus is the kind of science-fiction technobabble that gives Star Trek a bad name. It is nice to see the crew of the Next Generation make the transition to feature films from the TV show, but it would have been a far better film had the focus solely been on them. There are some funny moments with Data, a nice cameo from Whoopi Goldberg and the film touches on some interesting themes on dealing with grief, death and regret, but these moments are fleeting and not explored enough. The eventual pairing of Kirk and Picard is fun to watch yet the outcome is somewhat anticlimactic, when it should be powerful. Perhaps this is down to the fact that the original cast had a perfectly good send off in VI. It is entertaining enough, but flawed from the beginning really.