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The Death of James T. Kirk. Next Generation begins.
In the previous film, STAR TREK: THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY (1991), we came to the final voyage of our beloved Enterprise crew that we have known for 25 years. We would never see Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Scotty, Uhara, Chekov or Sulu together again. However, Rick Berman, Ronald D,. Moore, and Brannon Braga had one more idea!
The new Star Trek tv series, Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987-94) became such a sensation, when it ended on television in 1994, it was time for the Next Generation cast to continue their voyages on the movie screen.
The idea begins with a bottle of Dom Pergnon champagne, vintage 2265 (the year Kirk began with the Enterprise) christens the new NCC-1701-B Enterprise. Captain Kirk (William Shatner) visits the bridge and is soon hounded by reporters. Also guests aboard the bridge are Chekov (Walter Koenig) and Scotty (James Doohan). Captain Harriman (Alan Ruck) gives the honors to Kirk to "take us out".
Soon, the Enterprise receives a distress call. The Enterprise does not have a tractor beam installed yet. Kirk tries to sit by and let the new young captain command, but when trouble becomes to great, the captain finally asks Kirk for suggestions. Scotty was able to save 47 of 150 people aboard the Lakul. Safely aboard is the leader Suran (Malcolm McDowell) and Guinan (Whoopie Goldberg). Kirk decides to go down to Deck 15 to help the Enterprise make a blast. They have no torpedos yet. The Enterprise is hit. Deck 13, 14 and 15 have been destroyed. Scotty and Chekov finds the deck rooms and Kirk gone.
Now it is 78 years later. The Enterprise crew contains Captain Picard (Patrick Stewart), Riker (Jonathan Frakes), Data (Brent Spiner), LaForge (Levar Burton), Worf (Michael Dorn), Beverly Crusher (Gates McFadden) and Troi (Marina Sirtis). They are responding to the Amargosa Observatory. They beam down for survivors. Riker and Worf find Dr. Tolian Soran (wasn't he on the Enterprise where Kirk was "killed"?). They also find two dead Romulans.
Guinan who was also saved by the Enterprise 78 years ago, is now a bartender aboard Picard's ship. Guinan explains to Picard that when she was rescued aboard the Enterprise B, she was in an energy ribbon that destroyed the Lakul. The energy ribbon is also a doorway to the Nexus. "It is like being in joy". She was beamed out of it by the Enterprise B. So was Suran who is now a very dangerous man and is holding LaForge hostage.
Later in the film, when Picard, the Enterprise crew and Saran are swept up by the energy ribbon and enter Nexus. It is like heaven. Picard finds another person who has just arrived in the Nexus. It is James T. Kirk alive chopping wood for his cabin house.

Star Trek: Voyager tv series began January 16, 1995. (1995-2001)
The next three films are solely the Next Generation cast:
Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)
Star Trek: Nemesis (2002).
Star Trek: Enterprise tv series began September 26, 2001 (2001-05).

Disc 2: Special features oncludes many featurettes, including 4 deleted sequences with the alternate ending.

James Doohan passed away July 20, 2005. His ashes were sent up in space in October 2006.

Update: J.J. Abrams and Damon Lindelof (ABC Network, LOST) will produce and direct STAR TREK XI. Rumor is it will be a prequel with the story set while young James T. Kirk is in the Starfleet Academy. The film will be releaed in 2008.

LOST IN THE ALPHA QUADRENT
TO THE PREVIOUS REVIEWER. I PURCHASED THE S.C.E. OF GENERATIONS WHICH LISTED THE TRAILERS BUT COULD NOT FIND THEM ON EITHER DISK HOW DID YOU FIND THEM? I V'E TRIED WRITING PARAMOUNT ABOUT THIS,BUT THEY WILL NOT RESPOND. I THINK GENERATIONS HAD THE BEST TRAILERS OF ALL THE STAR TREK MOVIES AND I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO HAVE THEM!

An Excellent Collection: Superb Second Disc is Great
GENERATIONS is the so-called Passing of the torch in the Star Trek Universe of the time of the movies release.
The movie is basically about getting the two Captains together to fight off an El Aurian Scientist who wants to live forever in the Nexus.The film is a great fun watch.Some of the minor criticisms about the movie really come down to who likes which version best. Well, as someone who thinks that There can be only one, Kirk, for me, is the only Captain, however, I can appreciate what Picard has done, but still my opinion is in favour of Kirk.
The commentary by the two writers of this movie is interesting, but not entirely fulfilling, still, it does live up to its entertaining task, which some informative commentaries never quite achieve.
THIS DVD: Great menus of the various options. Nicely done as well.Great Sections abound. In THE STAR TREK UNIVERSE, the tribute is excellent, and at points very touching. The creation of the Picard Family Album is at turns interesting, at turns funny to the point of silly, but all entertaining.
The Remaining features that cover Production, Visual Effects, Scene deconstruction, and also the Deleted Scenes, are all both entertaining as well as informative. It was informative to see the scenes that prompted the major re-shoot, and revealing to see why it was made necessary.
I now have Three Versions of this Film, Two on VHS, now this one on DVD. It is intersting to see that the cover is the best and clearest on this DVD 2 disc, and the British one has some very rare extras, and is a numbered release which I was very happy to get. Kirk is dead, long live the Captain of the Enterprise, Captain James T Kirk !!! Hopefully the rumours that the next film will have the young Kirk and Spock acted by other actors, but voiced by the originals. Certainly Shatner does some superb voice work... check out his Audio Books.

Please note: the SCE version DOES have the Theatrical trailers, so don't think you will miss that... it says so on the box, and its on the disc set I have.

And thanks again to AMAZON for making good on another USPS mess up where my DVD was damaged.The new copy was great, totally intact, not used as a football, and the quality is superb. KUDOS to Amazon !!!!!!!!

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