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Title: Star Trek Nemesis: Better than Khan!
Post by: LePaul on December 18, 2002, 10:03:47 AM
I thought this was the best movie yet...very well done.  Right up there, just a tad ahead of Star Trek II

Good laughs, great action...
















And you know Data will be back, eventually.  Another 7 years of learning humanity?
Title: Star Trek Nemesis: Better than Khan!
Post by: Nifty on December 18, 2002, 10:25:32 AM
you need more spolier space next time.  :p

I haven't seen it, but I heard it's awful, but not as bad as Insurrection.
Title: Star Trek Nemesis: Better than Khan!
Post by: Thrawn on December 18, 2002, 10:32:42 AM
There is no way in hell ANY Star Trek movie could be better than Khan.
Title: Star Trek Nemesis: Better than Khan!
Post by: Skuzzy on December 18, 2002, 10:32:58 AM
Hmmm,..out of all the First Generatoin movies,...First Contact still the best.

Uhmmm,...Nemisis is the last First Gen movie, by the way.
Title: Star Trek Nemesis: Better than Khan!
Post by: Charon on December 18, 2002, 11:06:59 AM
Never got into TNG very much. It always seemed too sanatized and McGiverish. "Captain, it will take three weeks to fix the warp coil. I need it in three minutes. Yes Captain."

I had higher hopes for Enterprise, but it's a victim of "Egos on the Away Team" syndrome. Lets see, for this dangerous mission we need the captian, first officer and second officer (heven forbid some main character get left out of the shoot-em up). We'll just entrust the ship and crew to third officer so and so. Admittedly, the first series had some of this, but it seemed to be more accidental (a routine, casual event takes an unexpected bad turn,  etc.) rather than ship policy. To Pol is pretty inspiring though :)

Charon
Title: Star Trek Nemesis: Better than Khan!
Post by: SOB on December 18, 2002, 11:15:48 AM
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Originally posted by Skuzzy
Uhmmm,...Nemisis is the last First Gen movie, by the way.


I saw Cap'n Picard on Conan the other night, and he said that wasn't necessarily so.  He mentioned the first they heard that it might be the last movie was that little blip on the movie poster.  He also didn't say that he was sure there would be another one.


SOB
Title: Star Trek Nemesis: Better than Khan!
Post by: midnight Target on December 18, 2002, 11:16:08 AM
There was one episode of TNG that I thought was incredible.

It was about a probe that they run across, and bring aboard. The probe then takes over Picards brain for the entire show. It allows him to relive the life of a man on the probe's planet (which was destroyed by a nova or something). Picard spends the entire show trying to learn to play a flute. Very well done and IMHO one of the best shows ever.
Title: Star Trek Nemesis: Better than Khan!
Post by: Thrawn on December 18, 2002, 11:17:20 AM
KIRK

      We are assembled here today to

      pay final respects to our honored

      dead.

   Carol and David are PROMINENTLY FEATURED.

   David watching Kirk attentively.  So are Sulu, Uhura,

   Chekov, and Saavik.  Bones stands next to Kirk.  Scotty

   carries his bagpipes.  Saavik wears her hair down.

               (CONTINUED)

107.

260   CONTINUED:               260

            KIRK

         (continuing)

      And yet, it should be noted, that

      in the midst of our sorrow, this

      death takes place in the shadow of

      new life, the sunrise of a new world,

      a world that our beloved comrade

      gave his life to protect and

      nourish.  He did not feel this

      sacrifice a vain or an empty one -

      and we will not debate his profound

      wisdom at these proceedings.  Of

      my friend, I can only say this...

      of all the souls I have encountered

      in my travels, his was the most -

         (he falters)

      - human.


*sneef*  :(
Title: Star Trek Nemesis: Better than Khan!
Post by: Sikboy on December 18, 2002, 11:18:57 AM
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Originally posted by midnight Target
There was one episode of TNG that I thought was incredible.

It was about a probe that they run across, and bring aboard. The probe then takes over Picards brain for the entire show. It allows him to relive the life of a man on the probe's planet (which was destroyed by a nova or something). Picard spends the entire show trying to learn to play a flute. Very well done and IMHO one of the best shows ever.


god you're such a lefty... did he get in touch with his feelings and hug his long lost father too? :rolleyes:

-Sik
































;)
Title: Star Trek Nemesis: Better than Khan!
Post by: Thrawn on December 18, 2002, 11:22:44 AM
Wait a friken' minute!  

"a world that our beloved comrade "

Comrade??  There's your friken' lefty!  Kirk was a commie!  Of course, he was Canadian. :D
Title: Star Trek Nemesis: Better than Khan!
Post by: midnight Target on December 18, 2002, 11:24:47 AM
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Originally posted by Sikboy
god you're such a lefty... did he get in touch with his feelings and hug his long lost father too? :rolleyes:

-Sik
;)


I think you need a hug too....

:p









Title: Star Trek Nemesis: Better than Khan!
Post by: miko2d on December 18, 2002, 11:27:38 AM
Charon: Never got into TNG very much. It always seemed too sanatized and McGiverish. "Captain, it will take three weeks to fix the warp coil. I need it in three minutes. Yes Captain."

 Sanitized? Oh, I see... The edited version had some dialog removed that leads to perceived artificiality. You should have bought the DVD with the uncut scenes. It was actually quite natural:

Yes, Captain, but I will get a hell of a trouble from my LABOR UNION rep.

 miko :D
Title: Star Trek Nemesis: Better than Khan!
Post by: LePaul on December 18, 2002, 11:45:43 AM
Ah that is a good episode.

Liked "Yesterday's Entrprise" too.  Other favorites are "Cause and Effect" where they are in a time loop, or "Booby Trap".

I really liked the Voyager series a lot, several great ones in there.  The one (name eludes me) where the Hirogen invade and the holodeck is World War II....2 part episode.
Title: Star Trek Nemesis: Better than Khan!
Post by: newguy on December 18, 2002, 12:54:13 PM
I agree, this was the best star trek ever. Great bad guy, special effects were not over done, (starwars) a lot of suspence, and great use of subtlety. They seemed to take some great scenes from other movies and  tastefully added them into Nemisis: Mad Max - the beginning, the original star wars - the shootouts in the ships coridors, and others. I was pleasantly suprised, and I would definately watch it again. Funny thing; when I left the theatre, I also said, this one was better than Khan. Check it out.

newguy
Title: Star Trek Nemesis: Better than Khan!
Post by: Charon on December 18, 2002, 01:08:50 PM
Miko, I was actually referring to the entire series. It is entertaining, but it was just a bit too polished and clean for my tastes and I never went out of my to watch it regularly. The federation technology seemed just too superior and all-encompassing, and it was too easy to manufacture a convenient solution to most problems. I'm catching a lot more on reruns these days though.

I actually liked the first TNG movie better than most of the original series movies, though Rath of Kahn was a winner. I'll probably see Nemesis on DVD when it comes out.

Charon
Title: Star Trek Nemesis: Better than Khan!
Post by: CyranoAH on December 18, 2002, 01:50:26 PM
Quote
Originally posted by midnight Target
There was one episode of TNG that I thought was incredible.

It was about a probe that they run across, and bring aboard. The probe then takes over Picards brain for the entire show. It allows him to relive the life of a man on the probe's planet (which was destroyed by a nova or something). Picard spends the entire show trying to learn to play a flute. Very well done and IMHO one of the best shows ever.


The probe is not brought aboard, it just connects with Picard ;).
The episode is "Inner Light", and I believe its script won several Sci-Fi awards.

The fun fact of this episode is that the actor that plays the son of the character whose life Picard re-lives is actually Patrick Stewart's son :D

My favourite episode is "All good things"... that should have been ported to the big screen, not Generations or Insurrection.

BTW, I read that Stewart said it would be his last Star Trek movie at the premiere.

Daniel
Title: Star Trek Nemesis: Better than Khan!
Post by: LePaul on December 18, 2002, 01:54:45 PM
Baloney

Read the TV Guide article on it, he's quite in the mood for more.

Where did you read that?
Title: Star Trek Nemesis: Better than Khan!
Post by: Saurdaukar on December 18, 2002, 01:55:37 PM
Those in the foreground were caught watching Star Trek.
(http://galactic-voyage.com/images/SW%20pics/The%20Empire%20Strikes%20Back/at-at%20attack.jpg)
Title: Star Trek Nemesis: Better than Khan!
Post by: miko2d on December 18, 2002, 02:13:11 PM
Charon: Miko, I was actually referring to the entire series.

 I know. I just wanted to take a jab at the labor unions...

 The federation technology seemed just too superior and all-encompassing, and it was too easy to manufacture a convenient solution to most problems. I'm catching a lot more on reruns these days though.

 Have to disagree here. At least compared to the original series TNG was less about technology and daring and more about mental work - ingenuity, solving moral dilemmas facing responcibility.
 Of course when you want to make a plot based on ingenuity and moral dilemmas attractive to a mass audience, you have to seriously dumb it down - so it will not come out right for some people burdened by wit and education. With the original series we had a dumb cartoon but at least we did not expect to see more.

 That is besides the fact that TNG is a blatant communist propaganda. Central authority. No money or choice apparent in the Federation, no mention of competition or commercial freedom. The only free market types are either deranged loners, criminals or ridiculous Ferenghee selling their mothers.

 miko
Title: Star Trek Nemesis: Better than Khan!
Post by: Thrawn on December 18, 2002, 02:27:06 PM
Quote
Originally posted by newguy
Funny thing; when I left the theatre, I also said, this one was better than Khan. Check it out.

newguy


Some of you guys need to watch Khan again.

Here's the script for it.

http://www.godamongdirectors.com/scripts/khan.shtml

Here's the script for Nemesis.

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&selm=888ee1ef.0203191352.7185dff7%40posting.google.com

And what the hell, here's a crapload of other movie scripts.


http://www.script-o-rama.com/table4.shtml
Title: Star Trek Nemesis: Better than Khan!
Post by: Thrawn on December 18, 2002, 02:29:00 PM
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Originally posted by miko2d
No money or choice apparent in the Federation.
 miko


What makes you think there is no choice?