They could have had a *SPOILER*

(return of the Emissary - story, and a new Gamma crisis)

However, it would have gone like a multi-episode story, rather than a feature film. Trek doesn't lend itself to feature films, anyway. Even the "trilogy" has TSFS in the middle which has really not aged well and TVH is fun and I enjoy it, but the only, true homerun of a Trek feature film was TWOK - and one of the best films of all time, on its own merits. I agree that First Contact was good - maybe even better than good, but the rest of the films were very uneven. I'm a fan and I enjoy every legitimate Star Trek movie, including TMP - however, the depth and breadth of the material simply lends itself to the episodic or arc format, on the small screen - this was true even prior to the tentpole/teen-oriented film era.

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Posted by Dorothy

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Posted on 1/7/14 at 9:09 pm to Ace Midnight

Ace, I usually enjoy your posts, but all the abbreviations for the movie titles are driving me nuts! I've seen all the Star Trek movies multiple times (with the exception of the latest two, which I've only watched a couple of times), but your post made my brain hurt trying to remember all the titles. I got DS9 and TNG right away, but I had to go back and list the movie titles in my head to figure out the rest of what you were talking about.

(Sorry, maybe it's just a lack of sleep this week, or maybe I'm just not as big of a Star Trek geek as I've been accused of being!

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Posted by elprez00

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Posted on 1/8/14 at 8:29 am to Ace Midnight

quote:
I'm a fan and I enjoy every legitimate Star Trek movie, including TMP

I know I'm in the minority, but this is one of my favorite movies, let alone Star Trek movies. It's the essence of what Star Trek was about: Exploration. First Contact. The Unknown. I enjoyed the first season and a half of Enterprise because they focused on this.

I like Khan, and First Contact. But IMO, Star Trek is at its best when they dont focus on war.

You are absolutely right that the material lends itself to an episodic format. TNG struck a wonderful balance between space exploration episodes, strange anomaly episodes, and action episodes. Theres nothing wrong with having an episode where they fight the Borg, or a space battle.

I thought Star Trek 6 was excellent, with the combination of interstellar politics, revenge, racism, combined with a "whodoneit?" murder investigation.

The reboot is brilliant. Nero's arrival explains not only the tech advances when compared to TOS, but also the focus on militarization of Starfleet. Abrams first movie was great and seemed to satisfy both old fans and garner new fans. I loved Into Darkness, including the villain. It also allowed Abrams to address the militarization, deal with it, and send the crew off on a 5 year mission.

I really hope the next episode has some sort of Vger for the crew to combat (but hopefully not a straight up remake like Into Darkness. Get creative, JJ).

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