tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685723882144479396.post4152014166935980140..comments2024-02-26T21:15:28.308+00:00Comments on Ray Hardgrit's Sci-Fi Adventures: Star Trek: NemesisRay Hardgrithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18436491500347661133noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685723882144479396.post-7865025414157195412018-07-11T10:12:05.058+01:002018-07-11T10:12:05.058+01:00It's funny looking back at the Trek films now ...It's funny looking back at the Trek films now that we're in the age where everyone's trying to set up their own Marvel-style cinematic universe. If Paramount knew what they know now, we could've had 'Nemesis', a Voyager movie and a DS9 movie coming out in the same year. We could've even had 'Wesley Crusher: A Star Trek Story', or 'Wolf 359', or that bloody Starfleet Academy film they keep threatening to make.<br /><br />But nope, a bad film did badly so we didn't get another Trek movie until 2009. Though on the plus side, the long break did help Paramount get over their 'giving a damn' fatigue, as the J.J. Abrams movie actually had a blockbuster budget and a talented director who cared enough to do the research. Which helped.Ray Hardgrithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18436491500347661133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685723882144479396.post-28082922494527615172018-06-24T22:34:19.105+01:002018-06-24T22:34:19.105+01:00I can't argue with the fact that Star Trek Nem...I can't argue with the fact that Star Trek Nemesis has some major flaws to it (for example: they credit Wesley's appearance in the movie, but they almost completely cut out all of the scenes that he appears in, whereas all of the scenes in which Guinan appears in, including dialogue scenes, stay in the movie, but her appearance in the movie doesn't, I repeat, DOES NOT, get credited. What is wrong that picture?), but those flaws are not enough for me to not want to see the movie more than once, nor not own a copy of the movie. Because it would take more than major flaws to turn me off to any movies and TV shows in any franchise that I like, including Star Trek (and, believe me, the general look of the Klingons in Star Trek Discovery is one of the worst flaws, if not THE worst, in the Star Trek franchise. They don't anything like how the Klingons should look. In fact they look more like Japanese Oni demons than Klingons).<br /><br />Anyway, I don't think that "franchise fatigue" is the reason for so many flaws in Star Trek Nemesis. I think that the real reason is that the writer and the director (and possibly the producers as well) had no idea how to make Star Trek Nemesis a great movie, especially in the box office. Top that off with a release date that puts it directly up against other major motion picture competition, it's no surprise why it did not perform very well. The movie should have had a second major writer, one who knows "Star Trek", and would have seamlessly filled in most, if not all, of the plot holes in the movie. The movie should have also had either a different director (who has directed "Star Trek" projects before) or a second director who knows "Star Trek". I read that the director for Star Trek Nemesis didn't do any kind of research on anything "Star Trek" related that would have made Star Trek Nemesis a better movie than it turned out to be. I'm also disappointed that the movie had such poor performance in the box office because I wanted Paramount to do a "Star Trek" movie with Seven Of Nine in it (for the right reasons that would make her appearance appropriate, and not because of a contract dispute between Paramount and other "Star Trek" actors, which I had read was an issue with this movie).Garfield Of Borghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03298930985682406354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685723882144479396.post-16394509063011970272018-03-21T20:36:53.503+00:002018-03-21T20:36:53.503+00:00Ugh, so all the transporters were down? Seriously?...Ugh, so all the transporters were down? Seriously? Every single one? Including the pads in the cargo holds and the transporters on the shuttlecrafts? <br />Also, this movie would have been so much better if Patrick Stewart played Shinzon also. John Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05176739349636252415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685723882144479396.post-44581256478462575762017-09-28T21:21:00.914+01:002017-09-28T21:21:00.914+01:00Can't argue with that.Can't argue with that.Ray Hardgrithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18436491500347661133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685723882144479396.post-47836946497450499942017-09-28T20:43:10.709+01:002017-09-28T20:43:10.709+01:00For a long time, this was the only Star Trek film ...For a long time, this was the only <i>Star Trek</i> film I owned. I have no idea why. I no longer own it.<br /><br />It's not an awful film, but it is a massive disappointment. <i>TNG</i> was always a bit naff, but that is part of its charm; the <i>TNG</i> films seemed to over-emphasise the naff and forgot the charm. I think if there was "franchise fatigue", it was the producers that had it the worst.thekelvingreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01928260185408072124noreply@blogger.com