Comments on: Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)

By: lala

lala — Fri, 08 May 2009 23:48:43 +0000

Ha! What do you have to say about the new Star Trek movie coming out???

I was tripping when I saw Nemesis, and I could never tell what was Shinzon’s skin and what was hallucination- it was pretty good on hallucinogens.

By: paco

paco — Sat, 08 Nov 2003 12:02:57 +0000

I have seen shards of it, but I cannot get myself to sit down and watch it. The problem I have with Star Trek after Next Generation is that the series turned into a soap; less emphasis on the story/action and more about interpersonal relationships (booooring).

DS9 was so boring also, by the time they decided to spice it up by introducing the (cool) Jem H’dar (and some old N.G.-crew) I lost interest.

By: reisneus

reisneus — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Great post Paco! A while ago I wanted to review this film on CoP and point out the exact same thing. I had just posted reviews for two awful Sci-Fi flicks, so I didn’t dare put the CoP-ers through more misery. But it’s good that you did. So I agree with you. Maybe the producers, directors and writers of Star Trek can come up with a totally different series that’s not in the Star Trek universe.

By: paco

paco — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

As we say in Dutch: “gedeelde smart is halve smart”

By: weefselkweekje

weefselkweekje — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Have you two seen “Enterprise”? I haven’t, but somehow it seems to me to have a better chance of succeeding that DS9 and Voyager.

By: reisneus

reisneus — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

I’ve seen some of the ‘new’ Enterprise series. They throw in plenty of ‘historic’-storylines. It wants to be a stand-alone series. But because it’s part of the Star Trek universe/timeline, people will always expect it to compete with the other series. Still no match for ‘next generation’.
Cast pro’s. There’s an OK doctor character, chief-engineer is good, Scott Bakula is more experienced, and a good-looking Vulcan.

By: punkmachine

punkmachine — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Huh? A good looking Vulcan? Would you care to expand on that Reisneus?

By: denise

denise — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Yes, I agree with Paco’s review, though I haven’t given up totally on the future of Startrek. Enterprise seems to have a lot of potential. I like the way it actually goes more to the original series with the characters. They are much less disciplined and federationalized.

Something happened somewhere along the way with DS9 and Voyager, but it was already well taking root in NG. The federation are really a bunch of fascists. Remember when they wanted to disassemble data? They kind of makes me think of the peacekeepers in Farscape. Big bureaucracy gone bad.

Anyway, Nemesis is definitely the worse Startrek film ever and yes, the NG cast should give it a rest. Too bad for them to go out with a whimper rather than a big bang though. The original ST cast (Kirk, Spock and the crew) really had the best ending film of their movie cycle, even ending the film with the whole crew getting a big round of applause, which they rightfully deserved.

By: reisneus

reisneus — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Maybe NG can still ‘Go out with a bang’ …. nah B.t.w. I also like the less federationalized, more easy-going chain of command in ‘Enterprise’

@ punkmachine – Matter of taste, of course.

By: weefselkweekje

weefselkweekje — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Saw two Enterprise episodes last night, and loved them. Great stuff about the Prime Directive. Very basic. Not a soap.

Dig the Vulcan girl as well