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Passing the "Trek" baton
"Generations" is a great movie with a solid story and lots of action. Though flawed, it is a great adventure for Trek fans, at the very least. The opening scenes with Kirk, Scott and Chekov are tense, with the audience rooting for Kirk to take command of the Enterprise (version 'B') one last time. One almost wishes that the original crew (Spock, McCoy, etc.) could have made an appearance and stuck around for most of the film. But, alas, this was really a "Next Generation" film, their first, and they took over for most of the remainder of the picture. The "Next Generation" crew, with a bit less chemistry and more blandness than the original ("classic") bunch, still managed to provide the audience with a crackerjack adventure. The scenes with Kirk and Picard were awkward and made this viewer quite uncomfortable. Shatner's acting in these scenes didn't quite ring true, and somewhat marred the historic meeting between the two famous Captains of the U.S.S. Enterprise. On the other hand, Kirk's death scene was touching, bringing to an end a career which began with "Where No Man Has Gone Before", the Classic Trek pilot that introduced Captain Kirk. "It was fun". PS- The music was sensational, as well.

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An uneven, but ambitious and touching high-concept Trek
The second half-hour rambles, and they should have ditched the subplot with Data's emotions chip, but this film was still vastly more ambitious and emotionally moving than the Borg-based shoot-em-up that followed. Such moments as Ensign Sulu's shock and grief as she realizes that Kirk is gone, Picard's bereavement, and the grave moment in which Picard realizes the choice he has to make (stay in an illusion of the joyous family he always wanted, and allow 200 million to die in the "real" world, or leave to try again to save them), are intensely moving. For those who need a lot of white-knuckler explosions and crewmen flying over the railing, the half-destruction and crash landing of the Enterprise-D more than delivers. The cinematography is at times quite beautiful (Troi comforting Picard, the astral cartography room, and Picard's Christmas home), and even Dennis McCarthy's often subdued scoring seems appropriate to this more subtle installment. This movie requires an attention span and an interest in high-concept science fiction (the Nexus is a welcome derivative of P. Jose Farmer's "Riverworld"), and so bored to tears those for whom Star Trek only means space dogfights at warp speed and sparring characters. The planet in peril (Veridian 4) should have been something we saw and cared about (e.g., why not Vulcan?), the producers lost a great opportunity to have Riker, Troi and Worf standing on the surface of the ruined Enterprise, watching resignedly as the deadly shock wave rips across the planet to envelop them, and Kirk's death needed more bit more blaze-of-glory, but I still found myself dearly sorry for him as he muttered his last, "Oh, my..." For a fleeting moment, I held onto a touch of hope that the rumors were false. All told, an uneven but admirable, ambitious and touching adventure. As we left, my companion said, "I think I liked that one the best." I wouldn't go that far, but plot irregularities and all, it was science fiction for grown-ups.

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Making Generations Better!!
If your a Star Trek Fan, you will enjoy this film. This flim is a blending of the old to the new generation. It seems that at first William Shatner has a Cameo in the film's first half, but becomes a full member of the cast in the last half.
If your a TRUE Star Trek Fan, and want to enjoy this film even more, you MUST get the three books written by William Shatner. The first book is "Ashes of Eden." It takes place just before "Generations" and has Jim Kirk battling between his long Star Fleet Career and the lack of action in any retirement. In it Capt. Kirk find that he is still called to save worlds, even in his retirement. It fills the gap leading up to the first part of the film. It is true Captian Kirk in action. This book could have been made into a Star Trek movie by itself and can stand alone.
The second book, "The Return", takes place right after the death of Jim Kirk with Spock at his best friend's grave. As from the title, we all want Jim Kirk to live and he does "Return."
You can stop after this book too, if you want to have Jim Kirk dead. (Yes, he dies at the end) But, hold the phone, he will live again in the next book, "Avenger" to save the universe again. This time he has new friends. It's Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the Enterprise TNG crew. Yes, Spock is logicly there to help Kirk(RET) save the universe again.
Read this and enjoy the movie even more.