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Summary: The Best "Star Trek" Film With "The Next Generation" Crew
Review: Although "Star Trek: First Contact" is replete with flaws, it is the best film featuring the cast from "Star Trek: The Next Generation". Jonathan Frakes, in his feature film directing debut, did a fine job getting great performances from Patrick Stewart, Alfre Woodward, and Alice Krige, among others. Patrick Stewart's recitation of "Moby Dick" when Alfre Woodward's character urges Captain Picard to abandon the new USS Enterprise is undoubtedly one of the film's finest dramatic moments. And there are others as well, such as fighting the Borg over the Enterprise's deflector screen array. Indeed, much of the film's mood is almost as dark and foreboding as "Alien" or "Aliens". Yet there are occasional moments of humor. A star-struck Lieutenant Reginald Barclay (Dwight Schultz) following Zefrem Cochrane (James Cromwell) is a welcome sight, along with cameo appearances by "Star Trek Voyager" cast members Robert Picardo (An Emergency Medical Hologram trying to fend off Borg soldiers, while Dr. Crusher and her medical team flees Sickbay.) and Ethan Phillips (A holographic Maitre D' who welcomes his Borg guests to a Prohibition Era lounge.). Not to be missed either is Counselor Troi (Martina Sirtis) refusing to admit to Commander Riker (Jonathan Frakes) that she is drunk.Devout "Star Trek" fans will be highly critical of the plot. Although Alice Krige's performance as the Borg Queen is a first rate display of malice mixed with contempt towards humanity, her character is a radical departure from the television series. Surely, the Borg don't need a queen to direct their heinous crimes against other sentient life in the galaxy. Although I'm not a devout "Star Trek" fan, I was appalled by James Cromwell's portrayal of Zefrem Cochrane, the inventor of warp drive. It's preposterous to think that Cromwell's Cochrane was sufficiently sober to invent it. And how humanity makes first contact with an alien civilization at the film's end is also played strictly for laughs. Poor Gene Roddenberry must be tossing over in his grave, wondering what producer Rick Berman has wrought. Jerry Goldsmith's fine score is another of the film's artistic triumphs. His Klingon march from "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" becomes a stirring anthem for Lieutenant Commander Worf. He also offers memorable themes for the Borg and their Queen. And of course, his memorable "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" main title is heard again in this installment of the "Star Trek" series. Inspite of its flaws, "Star Trek: First Contact" is a fine action adventure film. I strongly recommend it to those who aren't "Star Trek" fans. And "Star Trek" fans will enjoy it, regardless of its flaws.
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Summary: Great Movie, OK DVD
Review: Star Trek: First Contact is a first-rate movie. The enterprise, ordered to stay out of the conflict with the borg violates orders and comes in at the last moment to save the day. Picard takes command of the task force and destroys the borg ship. But wait -- a small sphere broke away from the cube at the last moment. The enterprise follows it back into time to undo the damage that the borg have done A.K.A. assimilating earth. There the meet the witty Zephran Cochran and Riker & Geordi partake in the first test of the warp engine while Picard tries to get the borg off of his ship. While there is some humor, it is done much more tastefully than Generations (which at some points seemed more like bad stand-up than a star trek movie). The DVD is somewhat lacking: it, of course, contains the movie -- which looks great -- but it lacks in extras such as cut scenes, behind the scenes shots, etc. It could be a lot better as a DVD but the movie is the best Trek film to date!
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Summary: This is a Horrible DVD.
Review: The copy that I received showed Paramount's early efforts at DVD production where they would just put the movie and the trailers on the DVD itself with little or no bonus features to be seen. Now that Paramount is re-working a lot of the Star Trek movies on DVD and giving them the Director's Cut or Special Edition touch, and lots of behind the scenes looks at how the movies were made, this film should get that also.
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Summary: Better than average "Trek" movie
Review: I'm a Star Trek fan who prefers the original series (Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Scotty, etc.). Nevertheless, "Star Trek: First Contact" is a better than average movie that should appeal to most sci fi fans, even if they don't know much about Star Trek. There is plenty of action and suspense, and the special effects are simply tremendous.
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Summary: A MOVIE FOR TREKKIES AND EVERYONE ELSE!!!
Review: Everyone should have this DVD in their collection whether they're a Trek fan or not. The Dolby Digital 5.1 Soundtrack is an experience everyone should share. Hooked up to a decent home theater system, the Federation's battle with the borg cube in the beginning of the movie is astounding. Lasers and photon torpedoes resonate from left to right and right to left. Ship explosions, exploding base, are distinct and accurately placed. For Trekkers this is a dream come true. This is the battle at Wolf 359 that we never saw or heard to our liking. The rest of the movie is pretty good too.
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Summary: A nice way to kick off the new series of films, but shallow
Review: First Contact starts of with a major offensive against Earth by the Borg, and every Federation starship possible is involved, including the Defiant and the new Enterprise. But before they can be destroyed, the Borg travel back in time to 21st century Earth in the hope of changing the course of history in their favor. The Enterprise follows, and must make sure that the first contact with aliens takes place, or the Federation will never be founded, and the Borg will take the galaxy apart. But what I did not like is that you did not get familiar with the new Enterprise as well as we should have. The ship represents the Star Trek franchise even better than Kirk. But we only get glimpses of it, no stats on it's performance, etc. Plus, the movie drags along. I have no problems with a slow movie, but this one just seemed to slow without much of plot or character development. It is not a bad film, just not as good as Generations, or the Voyage Home. It is of course worth checking out, but not to buy. The only redeeming value is the astounding picture and sound on the DVD version.
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Summary: This is the best and last good film in the Star Trek Series
Review: Hello, To all Star Trek fans. You've got to get this film. It is the best film they've made since Star Trek II Wrath of Kahn. This movie involves the Borg as they travel back in time to the time when Zephren Cohran is building his warpship. Basically the Enterprise goes back to stop the borg from assimilating the EArth. This movie is full of action and good special effects and really follows a straight plot line. I was really impressed by this when i went to see it for the first time. If you have seen earlier Star Trek Movies, you know that this movie is the first one in a while that really lives up to the Star TRekkers expectations. Overall, a great movie and an excellent buy!!!!!!
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Summary: Here's a note to make you think...
Review: The movie was excellent, all around. I won't reiterate that point since it's been said here at Amazon in many different ways, so I'll let that be. Listen instead to this: It seems that many viewers (and the writers of the Voyager series as well) seem to have missed a rather important fact from the film. Someone else here mentions that the Borg Queen "rules" the Borg, making all of the decisions, and all of the drones are merely slaves to her. This is actually brought up in the movie, when she first appears, during her conversation with Commander Data. Several times, she was forced to correct him.. "you imply disparity where none exists" and "I am the collective". The queen does not "rule" the Borg. In fact, she's not a "queen" in the true sense of the word. She IS the Borg. The same way ANY of them are. She is the new Locutus, a single drone picked out to give a singular voice to the collective mind. Her death at the end is irrelevant, as she's no different from any other drone. This also explains her reappearance on the TV series. She's easily replacable by any other member of her species. Once I figured this out, I actually found the movie to be even more enjoyable, and adds a great deal of depth to the Borg as an "entity". I hope you'll find the same.
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Summary: The crew is back for another one...
Review: The Federations greatest enemy is back and in full force, the Borg. Their plans are to take control of Earth and only one ship, one crew, can stop them..... With the Enterprise-D destroyed in the previous film, Generations. We now get our first look at the newly designed Enterprise-E, a spectacular sight to say the least... Great performances by James Cromwell, Alfre Woodard and Alice Krige really complimented Patrick Stewart, Johnathan Frakes and the entire crew of TNG.... This film is full of action and adventure, from quantum torpedos firing to rampaging borg assimilating everything in sight. It may be slightly confusing if you're not a fan of star trek, but I promise that after seeing this, you'll want to go out and purchase every episode of the next generation... This was the best Star trek film to date, it combined great action scenes with deep moral issues... It was a true masterpiece, I can't imagine any other star trek film topping this. I highly reccommend it and if I could give this film more than 5 stars, I would....
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Summary: Physics has let us down, God has left the receiver off...
Review: ... the hook and time is running out. Apologies to Arthur Koestler. This movie confirms a very important trend in post modernism, which is a late affirmation that one, the future hasn't happened, and two, that even with a gargantuan effort, it probably is too late now. Given that the main plot is in two segments, it is astonishing how both slot into the premise of essential despair outlined in "the ghost in the machine" by Koestler. Let me explain. Firstly, the Borgs - potentialy the most sucessful lifeform in this galaxy - are depicted brilliantly as ugly mothers, so much so that in you ever wanted to allow some form of secular damnation, this is it, right in your face. These monsters can make you live for ever. We appear to be so very hard pressed to resist them, and the question arises, is Man an anomaly? if we were ever made in the image of God, what did he do when he made something far more powerful but unspeakably hideous? Similar questions about the significance of man and his integrity as a lasting form in the universe occur in Alien particularly, and I believe the anxiety is the same one as depicted here, though the dramatic vehicle is of course entirely different. Secondly, many physics buffs reading this will be aware that there are three major crises approaching, all with long, long time constants. Three elements are likely to be approaching scarcity status, Helium, Copper and Phosphorus. The first two are virtually essential for the technology used in large scale engineering, especially in space. Verify this if you doubt it. Now, I don't think it is an accidental feature of the movie that the second plot element depicts a situation where only one man might have the answer to the technological cul de sac not too many years from now (note that he is working alone and there is at that time no large community of scientists to support him). He is close to collapse, and has all but given up. The war situation at that time is close to the projected "civilisation crises" currently under discussion by intellectuals such Steven Shermer and others, and obviously, its getting "thin"... And this is the real kicker - it takes an impossible situation (as far as physics knows about), visitors from the future, and on top of all this, someone (a Vulcan) has to come from the outside to really get earth on its feet and to start the "real" future. The danger is that this movie is really showing the wounds as they are. Its a good film, and very well made. From this point of view it is really frighteningly accurate and clever. We are dead vulnerable, scared of the great empty spaces, terrified of being alone, and looking for some unspecified something or someone from beyond. God help us.
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