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DVD Star Trek - First Contact
Even-numbered Star Trek movies tend to be better, and First Contact (#8 in the popular movie series) is no exception--an intelligently handled plot involving the galaxy-conquering Borg and their attempt to invade Earth's past, alter history, and "assimilate" the entire human race. Time travel, a dazzling new Enterprise, and capable direction by Next Generation alumnus Jonathan Frakes makes this one rank with the best of the bunch. Capt. Picard (Patrick Stewart) and his able crew travel back in time to Earth in the year 2063, where they hope to ensure that the inventor of warp drive (played by James Cromwell) will successfully carry out his pioneering warp-drive flight and precipitate Earth's "first contact" with an alien race. A seductive Borg queen (Alice Krige) holds Lt. Data (Brent Spiner) hostage in an effort to sabotage the Federation's preservation of history, and the captive android finds himself tempted by the queen's tantalizing sins of the flesh! Sharply conceived to fit snugly into the burgeoning Star Trek chronology, First Contact leads to a surprise revelation that marks an important historical chapter in the ongoing mission "to boldly go where no one has gone before." --Jeff Shannon
After a somewhat lacking film in Star Trek: Generations, First Contact really picks up. This movie focuses greatly on Picard, and Patrick Stewart really gets a chance to act.
The Borg, our nemeses from The Next Generation have returned, and now they are time travelling to disrupt the Earth's past (This raises some questions of logic, but since it serves the movie, I can not complain). Will, Deanna, and Geordie go to Earth to help repair the first Warp ship, while Picard and the rest discover the Borg have survived, and are forming a collective in engineering. There are some good action sequences, including a suspenceful spacewalk scene on the Enterprise-E.
This episode in the series shows a bit of progression from the last movie. The ships in this movie seem to fit with the style of Deep Space Nine. Geordie no longer has a VISOR, but instead has ocular implants. The Enterprise-E introduces the Soveregin class vessel, a bit less comfortable than the luxurious Galaxy-class, but having a better exterior design.
Fans of DS9 will notice the brief appearance of the Defiant, which is damaged in battle, but designated by Picard "Adrift, but salvageable". Fans of Voyager will also notice a cameo of the Enterprise's Emergency Medical Hologram, who Dr. Crusher uses to distract the Borg.
I saw this before I was a big Star Trek fan and I liked it, so I can confidently recomend this to non-Trekkers.
Yup, Resistance IS Futile.
It's awesome. Period. If you like Star Trek in any way, shape, or form, you'll love this movie. It's got humor, suspense, romance, a story, (YES! A LOT of sci-fi DOES actually have a STORY!) as well as enough wiz-bang special effects to make us drool.
The DVD itself features crisp video and perfect sound. The special features, if you're into that sort of thing, are numerous and interesting.
A+ DVD. A triumph.
Don't Resist...
A definite high point in the film series. My personal favorite. The "Next Generation" cast takes over the franchise with absolute grace. Jerry Goldsmith's beautiful score was sorely overlooked for an Academy Award nomination. The film is skillfully directed by Jonathan Frakes and the actors really get a chance to shine. Appealing to the non-Trekker as well. The Special Collector's Edition DVD improves on the widescreen transfer of the original DVD print.
Star Trek fans were decidedly mixed in their reactions to this, the ninth big-screen feature in Paramount's lucrative Trek franchise, but die-hard loyalists will appreciate the way this Next Generation adventure rekindles the spirit of the original Trek TV series while combining a tolerable dose of New-Agey philosophy with a light-hearted plot for the NextGen cast. This time out, Picard (Patrick Stewart) and his executive crew must transport to a Shangri-la-like planet to see why their android crewmate Data (Brent Spiner) has run amuck in a village full of peaceful Ba'ku artisans who--thanks to their planet's "metaphasic radiation"--haven't aged in 309 years.
There were only two ways for "classic Trek" cast members to appear in a movie with the cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation: either Capt. Kirk and his contemporaries would have to be very, very old, or there would be some time travel involved in the plot. Since geriatric heroes aren't very exciting (despite a welcomed cameo appearance by the aged Dr. McCoy), Star Trek: Generations unites Capt. Kirk (William Shatner) and Capt. Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) in a time-jumping race to stop a madman's quest for heavenly contentment. When a mysterious energy coil called the Nexus nearly destroys the newly christened U.S.S. Enterprise-B, the just-retired Capt. Kirk is lost and presumed dead. But he's actually been happily trapped in the timeless purgatory of the... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Patrick Stewart - Jonathan Frakes - Brent Spiner - LeVar Burton - Michael Dorn Director(s): David Carson DVD Release Date: Released the 28 September 2004 Usually ships in 24 hours
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The sacrifice of a beloved character is just one of many highlights in Nemesis, the 10th feature in the lucrative Star Trek franchise. Enigmatically billed as the beginning of "A Generation's Final Journey," this richly plotted Next Generation adventure maintains the "even number rule" regarding Trek's feature quality, and it's one of the best in the series. It hits its brisk stride when Picard (Patrick Stewart) and his Enterprise-E crew encounter Shinzon (Tom Hardy), a younger clone of Picard, rejected by the Romulans as the human weapon of an abandoned conspiracy. Raised on the nocturnal Romulan sister planet Remus, Shinzon now plots revenge against Romulus and Earth but needs Picard's blood to carry out his scheme. A wedding, a childlike... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Patrick Stewart - Jonathan Frakes - Brent Spiner Director(s): Stuart Baird DVD Release Date: Released the 04 October 2005 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Ending the most popular film epic in history, Star Wars: Episode III, Revenge of the Sith is an exciting, uneven, but ultimately satisfying journey. Picking up the action from Episode II, Attack of the Clones as well as the animated Clone Wars series, Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) and his apprentice, Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen), pursue General Grievous into space after the droid kidnapped Supreme Chancellor Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid).
The Star Wars Family Tree (click for larger image)
Star Trek V left us nowhere to go but up, and with the return of Star Trek II director Nicholas Meyer, Star Trek VI restored the movie series to its classic blend of space opera, intelligent plotting, and engaging interaction of stalwart heroes and menacing villains. Borrowing its subtitle (and several lines of dialogue) from Shakespeare, the movie finds Admiral Kirk (William Shatner) and his fellow Enterprise crew members on a diplomatic mission to negotiate peace with the revered Klingon Chancellor Gorkon (David Warner). When the high-ranking Klingon and several officers are ruthlessly murdered, blame is placed on Kirk, whose subsequent investigation uncovers an assassination plot masterminded by the nefarious Klingon General Chang (Christopher Plummer) in an... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): William Shatner - Leonard Nimoy - DeForest Kelley Director(s): Nicholas Meyer DVD Release Date: Released the 27 January 2004 Usually ships in 24 hours
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