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10 Deleted Scenes That Explain Confusing Star Trek Moments

So where did Nero go for 25 years?!

Like all major Hollywood franchises, Star Trek's history is full of what-ifs and alternate versions of episodes and movies we never got to see.

We've been treated to director's cuts of Star Trek: The Motion Picture, The Wrath of Khan, and The Undiscovered Country, as well as extended episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation released when that series was remastered for blu-ray. Still, there exists numerous other missing scenes or deleted material for extended editions and ultimate cuts that will likely never see the light of day.

Some of these deleted scenes are just fun additions (Kirk skydiving in Star Trek Generations, anyone?) and still others would explain points of confusion and mysteries that have cropped up over the films and episodes . With that in mind, here are 10 mysteries from Star Trek films and television episodes and the deleted scenes that explain them all away.

10. Star Trek Generations - Soran Tortures Geordi

The Mystery:

What did Soran mean when he told the Duras Sisters Geordi's "heart just wasn't in it" after they captured LaForge in Star Trek Generations?

The Deleted Scene:

Likely deleted to retain the family friendly PG rating, a torture scene was filmed but ultimately removed from Star Trek Generations that featured Soran torturing a captured Geordi LaForge.

While the scene in the theatrical cut ends with LaForge strapped to a table and Soran asking him about trilithium, the sequence was meant to continue and show Soran attempting to find out exactly what the crew of the Enterprise-D knows about his plan and what, if anything, Guinan told them about his past. While LaForge keeps his answers technical, Soran isn't satisfied and uses a Borg nanoprobe to stop Geordi's heart to motivate the engineer to talk.

The torture apparently still doesn't work, but Soran has heart jokes. He tells LaForge in the deleted scene he can tell Geordi has "a good heart" and later, in the theatrical cut, there's the whole "his heart just wasn't in it" line. Also in the final cut, Doctor Crusher can later be heard telling Geordi she's removed the nanoprobe and that she thinks he's going to be fine. Tough guy that LaForge.

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Deleted Scene from Blu-ray disc of Star Trek: Generations featuring Gates McFadden as Dr. Beverly Crusher. She's a bit wet.

Star Trek Generations

In the late 23rd century, the USS Enterprise -B is on her maiden voyage, and Kirk is no longer in the captain's chair. The ship must rescue El-Aurian refugees from a mysterious energy ribbon, but the rescue seemingly costs Kirk his life. Seventy-eight years later, one of the El-Aurian survivors leads the crew of the Enterprise -D into a deadly confrontation with the Duras sisters as he plots to re-enter the paradise of the ribbon that nearly destroyed him years prior.

• 1.1.1 23rd century (2293)
• 1.2.1 24th century (2371)
• 1.3 Act Two
• 1.4 Act Three
• 2 Log entries
• 3 Memorable quotes
• 4.1 Development
• 4.2 Preproduction
• 4.4 Costumes
• 4.5 Effects
• 4.6 Production
• 4.7 Reshoots
• 4.8 Deleted scenes
• 4.9 Official site
• 4.10 Reaction
• 4.11.1 Cast notes
• 4.11.2 References to other series and films
• 4.11.3 Sets and props
• 4.12 Apocrypha
• 4.13 Merchandise gallery
• 5 Awards and honors
• 6.1.1 Opening credits
• 6.1.2 Closing credits
• 6.2.1 Performers
• 6.2.2 Stunt performers
• 6.2.3 Stand-ins and photo doubles
• 6.2.4 Production staff
• 6.3.1 Other references
• 6.3.2 Meta references
• 6.3.3 Unreferenced material
• 6.5 Sources
• 6.6 External links

Summary [ ]

Prologue [ ], 23rd century (2293) [ ].

The launch of the new USS Enterprise -B

Floating in space , a bottle of Dom Pérignon , vintage 2265 , cracks against the hull of the new Excelsior -class USS Enterprise -B at the starship 's christening ceremony. On the drydock facility, various gathered civilians and Starfleet personnel applaud the christening. On the Enterprise -B bridge , three guests of honor, of the crew of the original USS Enterprise , Captains James T. Kirk and Montgomery Scott and Commander Pavel Chekov , emerge from the turbolift and are immediately surrounded by reporters asking the three legends of Starfleet questions all at once.

" I remember reading about your missions when I was in grade school. "

Their frantic questioning is interrupted by Enterprise -B's commanding officer , Captain John Harriman , who says there'll be plenty of time for that later – and welcomes the new arrivals to the bridge. He then tells Kirk how he's pleased to have welcomed a group of living legends aboard and how he read about their exploits when he was in grade school. After a rather awkward moment, Kirk asks if they can look around, and Harriman obliges. As the three men disperse, Chekov sees a young female Starfleet ensign and calls out her name. Kirk is asked by a reporter about how he feels for the first starship Enterprise in thirty years to be launching without him in command. Kirk says he's fine with it and that he's happy to be aboard to send the Enterprise -B on her way. Before he can be grilled further, an Enterprise -B crewman asks the reporter to let Kirk look around first and the former Enterprise captain stares longingly at the captain's chair .

Chekov then calls Kirk over and introduces him to the Enterprise 's helm officer, Ensign Demora Sulu . Demora tells Kirk that her father has told her some interesting stories about him. It surprises Kirk to learn that Hikaru Sulu is her father. Chekov reminds Kirk that he's met her before – which Kirk remembers, but didn't think it to be that long ago. Chekov tells Kirk it was twelve years previous . Kirk shakes Demora's hand and tells her, " It wouldn't be the Enterprise without a Sulu at the helm. " She thanks Kirk and Chekov tells her that her father must be very proud of her. She says she hopes so. As Demora returns to the helm, Chekov marvels at her, remarking to Kirk that he was never that young. Kirk agrees, but tells Chekov that he was younger. Scott walks by and remarks that the new Enterprise is a "damn fine ship." Kirk tells Scott he's amazed that Sulu found time to have a family. Scott says that just as Kirk would say, " If something's important, you make the time. " He then wonders if that might be what Kirk's problem is and that he might be finding retirement a little bit lonely. Kirk remarks that he's glad Scott is an engineer – because with tact like that, he'd make a lousy psychiatrist. Just then, Harriman steps up and tells Kirk and Scott it's time to go and if they would please take their seats.

Kirk – somewhat reluctantly – and Scott move away from the captain's chair and Harriman starts to order the ship out of dock. But then, Harriman turns and asks Kirk to give the order to get them underway. At first Kirk begs off, but Harriman persists. Kirk continues to try to get out of it, but Harriman insists and with the reporters all there, Kirk finally stands and orders to the helm, " Take us out. " After everyone on the bridge applauds, Chekov says " very good, sir " and Scott remarks " brought a tear to me eye " in regard to his choice of words, whereupon Kirk tells them both to be quiet. Then, the Enterprise -B leaves drydock on its maiden voyage around Earth's solar system . As the Enterprise -B cruises out of drydock and into open space , Kirk, Chekov, and Scott complete a full tour of the ship. Upon returning to the bridge, they're asked how it feels to be back after having seen the whole ship to which they all rather awkwardly reply " Fine. " Harriman informs the reporters that the Enterprise 's course today will take them out just beyond Pluto and then back to spacedock, " Just a quick run around the block. "

Three legends reunite

Just then, a distress call comes in over the com . The voice on the distress call notes that their ship, the SS Lakul , is one of two ships in their convoy that are currently trapped in a severe gravimetric distortion . They cannot break free and need immediate help. The voice also reports that it is tearing their ships apart before the transmission is cut off. Ensign Sulu tells Captain Harriman that the ships are only three light years away. At first hesitant, Captain Harriman asks to signal the closest starship; stating that Enterprise is currently in no condition to mount a rescue. At this, Kirk jumps up from his chair and stares at Harriman. The captain tells Kirk that they don't even have a full crew aboard. The operations officer notes that they are the only ship in range. Faced with this, Harriman reluctantly orders the Enterprise into action, having the ship accelerated to maximum warp. Kirk nervously shifts around in his chair. Scott notices this and asks if there is something wrong with his chair, implying that he knows of Kirk's desire to take over the situation. Not far out, the Enterprise encounters the two El-Aurian refugee ships, the Lakul and the SS Robert Fox , caught in a strange energy ribbon .

Faced with gravimetric distortions that threaten to destroy his ship, Harriman – at the urging of Captain Kirk – resolves to take the Enterprise into the ribbon. Once they get close enough, the ship finds both ships being battered by the energy ribbon. Kirk immediately suggests that the Enterprise use its tractor beam to pull the ships away, only to be told (much to his disbelief) that it hasn't even been installed yet, not until Tuesday . Harriman then tries a couple of safe maneuvers to try and free the ships, but to no avail before the Robert Fox explodes, killing all 265 people on board. Admitting that he's out of his depth, Harriman turns over control of the situation to Captain Kirk who immediately leaps into action and suggests they attempt to get close enough to meet transporter range and beam the El-Aurians off the Lakul . When Harriman points out the hazards, Kirk replies that danger is part of a Starfleet officer's life, especially if one is aboard the Enterprise and sitting in the chair. Harriman orders the ship in, however the initial attempt is made difficult as the El-Aurians life signs phase in and out of the space-time continuum . Scott begins a transport from the Lakul as it, too, explodes. He manages to save 47 – out of 150. Shortly afterward, the Enterprise herself gets trapped by the energy ribbon.

Chekov and Guinan

In sickbay, Chekov and two of the reporters he wrangled to be nurses (as the Enterprise 's medical staff also hasn't arrived) attempt to help wounded refugees as the ship is rocked by the gravimetric distortions. A distraught, middle aged man is particularly violent in his desire to return, and has to be sedated by Chekov. Also among the refugees is Guinan , whom Chekov notices standing in the corner of the room in distress and takes her to somewhere where she can lie down. On the bridge, Kirk, Scott, and the Enterprise crew frantically work to free the ship to no avail. Scott determines that a photon torpedo blast would free the ship… but once again, no torpedoes are present. " Don't tell me… Tuesday? ", Kirk retorts to Harriman. Scott suggests using the navigational deflector to simulate the effect of a torpedo blast.

" Your place is on the bridge of your ship. I'll take care of it. "

Initially Harriman volunteers to go to deflector control to make the necessary modifications, and asks Kirk to take command, but after Kirk savors the moment of sitting in the captain's chair one last time, he quickly realizes it's no longer his place and tells Harriman that he will go instead: Harriman's place is on his bridge.

The Enterprise hit by an energy discharge

In the bowels of the Enterprise , Captain Kirk charges to the rescue, climbing into the guts of the ship to modify the main deflector. The ship shakes and shudders under the stresses of the ribbon. When Kirk finishes the modifications, Harriman orders the deflector activated, creating a resonance burst that pushes the Enterprise free. As the ship begins to move away, an arc of energy lashes out, opening a gash along the hull . When they get free, they find out in the damage report from Ensign Sulu that the hull breach was located in the engineering section on decks 13, 14 and 15 – including the very section Kirk himself was in. Failing to contact Kirk by communication, a horrified Harriman and Scott rush to the scene.

Harriman, Scott and Chekov survey the damage at the site of Kirk's apparent death.

When they get there, joined shortly by Chekov, they find nothing but mangled technology and empty space, with no sign of Kirk. Chekov incredulously asks if anyone was in here, and all Scott can muster is a grim sounding " Aye ." Scott, Chekov, and Harriman stare somberly out through the enormous breach as the damaged Enterprise begins its journey back home.

Act One [ ]

24th century (2371) [ ].

Picard and Riker honor Worf

78 years later, Captain Jean-Luc Picard , Commander William T. Riker , and the rest of the senior staff of the USS Enterprise -D have gathered on the ship's holodeck . Acting as the crew of a 19th century sailing ship , also named USS Enterprise , the Starfleet officers celebrate the promotion of Lieutenant Worf to Lieutenant Commander . As a rite of passage, Worf is made to jump while balancing on a plank to retrieve his hat which he does successfully and smartly dons it, but is then purposely sent into the water when Riker orders the computer to remove the plank. While the rest of the crew laughs, Data admits to Doctor Crusher that he doesn't understand why Worf falling into freezing cold water is so amusing to people. Crusher tells him that it's just a bit of harmless fun, and he should try and get into the spirit of things and "do something unexpected." Data tells her he understands, then suddenly pushes her overboard, falling into the sea, and taking Worf back in with her. Data turns expecting laughter, only to find the faces of his horrified crewmates Geordi La Forge and Deanna Troi , with La Forge telling him that was "not funny," leaving the android even more confused.

Savoring the simpler times the holographic ship represents, Captain Picard receives a personal message from Earth on the holodeck arch . While reading the communiqué , Picard's expression changes to one of obvious distress, which Deanna Troi picks up on. Picard looks out to sea in silence, and when Troi asks him if he is all right, he just replies that he's fine and abruptly leaves the celebration. Just after he's gone, a call comes in from the bridge: the Amargosa observatory is under attack. " Red alert ! All hands to battle stations, Captain Picard to the bridge! ", Riker orders while leaving the holodeck.

The Enterprise -D arrives at Amargosa

Arriving at the observatory orbiting the Amargosa star , Picard and company take their positions on the bridge still dressed in formal naval uniforms. Finding the station suffering from severe damage and casualties, a still visibly upset Picard orders the ship to stand down from red alert. He then has Riker and an away team head over to search for survivors and retreats to his ready room after snapping at Riker to "just do it" when his first officer tries to get more specific orders. This confirms Counselor Troi's suspicions that something is seriously wrong. Beaming over to the devastated Federation installation, Riker, Worf, Doctor Crusher, and security officers find an El-Aurian scientist , Dr. Tolian Soran , injured and buried among the wreckage. Elsewhere, Worf locates the remains of one of the station's attackers: a Romulan .

In his quarters , Data and Chief Engineer Geordi La Forge are sitting together at a table hard at work, despite frequent interruptions by the android's cat , Spot . Data ponders his difficulty with humor and other Human emotions and comes to the conclusion that he cannot continue to grow without the aid of Dr. Soong 's emotion chip . Despite the risks it poses to his positronic brain , Data urges La Forge to install the chip. La Forge reluctantly agrees. Meeting with Picard in his ready room, Riker reports that its obvious from the initial investigation that the Romulans attacked the station looking for something but have left no clues as to what, but a recovered tricorder may yield some answers. Picard tells Riker this may indicate that the Romulans are increasing their presence in that sector and orders him to contact Starfleet Command . Riker is surprised, given that this is normally done by Picard himself, but agrees before reporting that Dr. Soran urgently wishes to meet with the captain. Picard complies, but coldly rebuffs Riker when inquired as to what is wrong.

Picard meets Dr. Soran

Later in Ten Forward , Data is all smiles with his new emotion chip activated. He and La Forge approach Guinan at the bar and sample a new beverage from Forcas III . Immediately, Data experiences an emotional reaction: he hates it! As the two officers sample more of the revolting beverage, Captain Picard enters and finds Dr. Soran among the crowd. Soran implores the captain to let him return to the observatory to continue a critical experiment – time is running out and years of research will be lost. However, Picard is clearly not in the mood for an argument and tells him bluntly that he can only return once his officers have concluded their investigation. However, Soran cryptically tells Picard that " time is the fire in which we burn and right now, my time is running out. We leave so many things unfinished in our lives … I'm sure you understand. "

This eerie statement breaks through Picard's stony resolve and he agrees to see what he can do. After Picard leaves, Soran checks his pocket watch and starts to look around, and is shocked when he spots Guinan behind the bar and makes a quick exit. As he leaves, Guinan senses that something isn't right, but Soran is gone by the time she looks around. In engineering , Commander Riker checks on the status of the analysis of the retrieved Romulan tricorder that Farrell is examining. Worf reports that the Romulans were searching for a compound called trilithium , a substance capable of destroying a star. However, the Romulans never found a way to stabilize it. Riker doesn't understand why the Romulans would ransack a Federation facility for it, but orders Data and La Forge to have the observatory searched.

On the station, Data and La Forge use tricorders to search for trilithium. As they perform their scans, Data laughs incessantly and tells stupid jokes , including one he had heard La Forge tell on the bridge seven years previously during the Farpoint Mission that he just finally understood. He congratulates La Forge: " Very funny! " The punchline is " The clown can stay, but the Ferengi in the gorilla suit has to go. " Despite the distraction, La Forge finds a large hidden doorway that is magnetically sealed. Data is able to open it by reversing the polarity by attenuating his axial servo found on his wrist . After Data waves his wrist in front of the large door, it opens up. Found behind the door is a secret lab, filled with solar probes that show signs of trilithium. Data is doing nothing but laughing now and when an annoyed La Forge finally asks him to knock it off, Data says, while laughing, that he can't help it and something must be wrong and starts reeling in pain, before collapsing as his neural net has been overloaded by the emotion chip. Unable to contact help through a dampening field protecting the lab, La Forge is confronted by Soran, who knocks the engineer out and turns a phaser on Data, who is filled with fear and begs him not to shoot.

Troi and Picard mourn the dead

In the captain's quarters, Picard sits with his family photo album . Counselor Troi enters and he begins to tell her about his brother and nephew and his plans to get together with them on Earth in San Francisco the following month so he could show René Starfleet Academy . As he affectionately describes his nephew, he breaks down in tears and tells Troi that both Robert and René have burnt to death in a fire. Troi comforts him and Picard tells her that when he was growing up, he was always told about the Picard family line and his famous ancestors. When Robert got married and had a son, he no longer felt the responsibility to carry on the family line and as he got older and felt time creeping up on him, he took comfort in the fact that his family would go on. But now it won't; and once Jean-Luc is gone, there will be no more Picards. The somber mood is interrupted when suddenly the Amargosa star flashes brightly out the viewport . Arriving on the bridge, Picard and Troi learn that the observatory has launched a trilithium probe in the sun. The star has collapsed, all fusion reactions arrested, creating a level 12 shock wave that will destroy everything in the system. With the away team still on the station, Picard orders Riker and Worf to retrieve Data and La Forge.

The bridge when the Amargosa star goes dark

On the observatory, Riker and Worf find Data and La Forge held hostage by Soran who responds to the appearance of the Enterprise officers with phaser fire. Suddenly, a route to La Forge opens and Riker asks Data if he can get to the engineer, but the android is clearly paralyzed by fear and tells him he can't. Entering coordinates into a computer, Soran disappears in the transporter beam with La Forge… transporting aboard a Klingon Bird-of-Prey , de-cloaking near the observatory and warping away. As the away team returns to the ship with Data, Picard orders the Enterprise to warp just as the shock wave obliterates the Amargosa observatory.

Act Two [ ]

On the bridge of the Klingon getaway ship, the Duras sisters , Lursa and B'Etor , are admonished by Soran for allowing the Romulans to attack the Observatory (it emerges that the trilithium was stolen from a Romulan outpost by the sisters), reminding them that their plans to use trilithium to conquer the Klingon Empire are dependent on him. The El-Aurian demands they set course at maximum warp for a planet in the Veridian system and the sisters grudgingly comply. In the bowels of the ship, Soran holds La Forge captive. Marveling at the engineer's VISOR , Soran interrogates La Forge to learn all he knows about trilithium.

Guinan describes the "Nexus": " Like being inside joy. "

Back on the Enterprise , Dr. Crusher has done some research into Soran's background, telling Commander Riker that he was one of the survivors rescued by the Enterprise -B eighty years ago after the Borg destroyed their world and that Guinan was also listed on the passenger manifest. To learn more about the scientist, Captain Picard visits Guinan in her quarters. There she describes the energy ribbon as the " Nexus ," a blissful realm where time has no meaning, and a place Soran must be desperately trying to get back to. The experience left such an impact on Guinan that she suspects it has turned Soran into a dangerous threat. As he is trying to get back to the Nexus, this raises the question: Why destroy a star? Picard leaves after thanking Guinan for her help, but she warns him that if he goes into the Nexus, he will not care about anything. Not his ship, Soran, nothing. All he'll want is to stay in the Nexus – and he will not want to come back.

Picard and Data track the path of the Nexus

In the cavernous stellar cartography section of the Enterprise , Picard and Data work in front of a huge projection of space, and Picard asks for everything affected by the destruction of the Amargosa star. Data is clearly distracted and doesn't immediately respond, and when Picard asks the android if he's all right, Data admits that he is feeling intense guilt over his failure to save La Forge in the observatory. Composing himself, Data reports that one of the things affected was that the USS Bozeman had to make a minor course correction due to a change in the gravitational field. Picard asks Data to chart the ribbon's course. Data stands up and tells Picard that he cannot continue with the investigation, and asks to be deactivated until the emotion chip can be removed. Picard tells him that he is not willing to allow it and tells Data he must attempt to integrate the emotions into his life. Data tries to argue with this, but Picard matter-of-factly tells him that he will not be deactivated as he is a Starfleet officer on his ship and orders him to continue to perform his duties. Data agrees to try, and resumes his position at the console. Picard tells him that it takes courage to try and that courage can also be an emotion.

Data is able to chart the ribbon's course, and Picard asks if the Amargosa star's destruction was taken into account when he charted the course. Data tells him that he didn't, and makes the adjustment. However, when this is done, it becomes clear that the gravitational change has altered the ribbon's course. Unable to fly into the ribbon with a ship, Soran is attempting to make the ribbon come to him, and they find that the ribbon comes close to Veridian III . Data then simulates the course if the Veridian star was destroyed, and this causes the ribbon to come into direct contact with the planet. Now they know where Soran is going. Data points out that if the Veridian star is destroyed, it will also produce a shock wave that will destroy the system, similar to the one produced by Soran at Amargosa. This will claim the lives of the 230,000,000 people living on Veridian IV . Knowing they have to stop Soran, Picard taps his combadge and orders Worf to take the Enterprise to the Veridian system at maximum warp.

The Enterprise in orbit of Veridian III

Finished with the interrogation, Soran returns to the bridge of the Klingon vessel as they enter orbit of Veridian III: he provides the Duras sisters with the information required to make a trilithium weapon, though as a guarantee against betrayal, informs them he will only provide the means to decrypt it once the Klingons have transported him to the planet's surface. The discussion is interrupted by the arrival of the Enterprise , transmitting a message to the cloaked ship demanding the return of La Forge and threatening to destroy any probes fired at the Veridian star. Irritated by the interruption, Soran orders the sisters to destroy the Enterprise but they remind him that their Bird-of-Prey would stand no chance in battle against a Galaxy -class starship. Soran cryptically has a solution in mind to give the sisters the edge, an idea which involves La Forge's VISOR…

On the bridge of the Enterprise , the Klingon vessel decloaks on screen and Lursa and B'Etor greet the captain. Claiming they have merely had La Forge as a guest aboard their ship, they agree to a "prisoner exchange," taking Picard in his place. First, however, they agree to allow Picard to beam to Soran's present location, somewhere on the planet's surface. As the captain beams down, a stricken La Forge rematerializes on the Enterprise transporter pad and promptly collapses. Dr. Crusher and Nurse Alyssa Ogawa rush to his aid.

Appearing on an arid desert mountain top, Picard finds Soran hard at work on a solar probe launcher. Attempting to reach the scientist, Picard is blocked by a huge force field . Keeping his distance, the captain appeals to Soran, but the El-Aurian is unconvinced. On the Enterprise, Data visits La Forge to apologize for being too frightened to help him on the observatory, but La Forge assures the android he understands and notes that Data is now acting a lot more like a Human. Full of happiness, Data reports to his station to aid in the search for Picard and is so jubilant he plays his console like a piano as he scans for lifeforms causing the whole bridge crew to stare at him.

In space, the Duras sisters watch their viewscreen and see from the perspective of Geordi La Forge's modified VISOR. They watch impatiently as he moves from sickbay, to his quarters, then finally to engineering. As the engineer checks several readouts, the sisters discover what they have been looking for – the exact shield modulation of the Enterprise . With this new knowledge, they will be able to fire through the Enterprise 's shields by adjusting their torpedo frequency.

The Enterprise under fire

On the Enterprise bridge, the search for Captain Picard on the planet below is interrupted as the Bird-of-Prey opens fire with photon torpedoes , which pass straight through the shields to hit the secondary hull. Disruptor blasts likewise pass directly through, hitting the portside nacelle . The Enterprise returns fire, but the Klingons' shields hold up against phaser fire. The bridge is engulfed in explosions, injuring Jae , the conn officer. Riker orders Counselor Troi to take the helm and to get the ship out of orbit, but the Duras sisters' assault is relentless and they pursue the helpless Enterprise , firing non-stop. Riker asks Worf if their ship, an older model, has any exploitable weaknesses, and Worf states that their Bird-of-Prey is a class D12, retired because of defective plasma coils . He doesn't see how they could use that information, but the plasma coil is a part of the D12's cloaking device .

Riker asks Data what effect an ionic pulse aimed at a defective plasma coil would have. Enthusiastically, Data realizes that a low-level pulse could reset the coil and trigger the ship's cloaking device, disabling its shields and weapons. As the Duras sisters continue their onslaught, Riker orders Worf to target their primary reactor with photon torpedoes; they will only be vulnerable for a few seconds at best and this is the Enterprise 's only chance. Making a few quick modifications, Data triggers the pulse just as a direct hit from the Klingons causes an aft bridge terminal to explode, hurling the hapless crewmember manning it over the tactical station and down onto the command chairs.

Aboard the Bird-of-Prey, Lursa and B'Etor triumphantly order the weapons targeted at the Enterprise 's bridge to deal the death blow, when their bridge officer reports with alarm that their cloaking device is engaging and their shields are dropping. The sisters are allowed only a few seconds of horrified realization, before the Enterprise fires a single photon torpedo from the aft torpedo launcher , and their vessel is completely destroyed, killing Lursa and B'Etor in a fiery explosion. The Enterprise crew stares silently at the remains of the destroyed ship, as Data triumphantly exclaims " Yes! "

Meanwhile, on Veridian III, Picard carefully walks around the force field's edge as Soran continues to work on his probe. Picard nonchalantly throws a small rock into the force field, prompting Soran to look up and ask if Picard hasn't got anything better to do. At that, Picard sits down and Soran resumes working. While Soran is distracted, Picard notices a small hole in the rocks and tosses another rock through it and sees the force field doesn't cover it, providing a way in. Picard waits for Soran to move away so he can try to get through that hole unnoticed.

" Oh, shit! "

In engineering, La Forge finds a new problem: the magnetic interlocks have been ruptured, and while he's reporting this to Riker, plasma coolant begins violently leaking out of the warp core. Evacuating engineering, La Forge tells Riker that he can't shut it down and gives an estimate of five minutes until a warp core breach , rolling out of engineering as the last one out just in time before the isolation door comes down to the floor. On the bridge, Riker orders Troi to evacuate everyone to the saucer section and Data to prepare to separate the ship . The crew and their families hurry to evacuate their doomed stardrive section with Dr. Crusher leading her staff and patients out of sickbay and La Forge guiding the crew to safer locations. As the breach nears critical and with the crew cleared of the stardrive section , the ship separates and begins to move out of range. However, just as Troi begins engaging the impulse engines the core breaches prematurely, completely destroying the damaged stardrive section of the Enterprise and creating a ion shock wave that disables the entire saucer section including all helm controls and pushes the saucer into the atmosphere of Veridian III. On the bridge, the Enterprise crew watches in horror as they begin to plummet toward the surface of the planet. Data, for the first time, swears.

The saucer section of the Enterprise falling into the atmosphere

As Picard climbs through the hole in Soran's force field, he jostles the rocks which sets off the field. Soran, spotting Picard caught in the hole, fires his weapon, sending rocks raining down on the captain. Careening out of control towards the planet, the bridge crew desperately attempts to regain control of what's left of their starship as the rest of the crew seeks safety as best they can on the lower decks. Data is able to route the remaining auxiliary power to the lateral thrusters in an attempt to stabilize the Enterprise 's descent as Riker warns the crew to brace for impact. As the ground rushes towards them on the viewscreen, the saucer impacts off a slight rise in the terrain, briefly forcing it back in the air. As the crew fights to regain control, the saucer nosedives into a large hill, destroying all remaining ship functions and knocking the crew to the deck.

Riker, arising from the destroyed bridge of the Enterprise

The saucer section of the Enterprise crash landed on Veridian III

With their fate now left to chance, the bridge crew protects themselves any way they can as the Enterprise skids through a heavily forested area, cutting a large swath of destruction. Fires burn and structural supports rain down from the top of the bridge as the crew weathers the horrific ride, completely sensor blind and only lit by the fires and emergency lighting. With one final violent lurch forward, the momentum slows and the saucer finally comes to a stop. Data and Troi regain their senses first and survey the damage. What was once an immaculate nerve center for the flagship of the Federation is now largely destroyed; the large viewscreen has been shattered, consoles and displays are burnt out, chairs have been ripped out from the deck and the only light comes from the broken top of the bridge dome as the blue Veridian sky shines in from above. The Enterprise is down.

Soran enters the Nexus

Miles away from the crash site, Dr. Soran looks out over the rugged terrain of Veridian's desert only to be surprised by Picard who attacks him outright. The two men struggle, and Picard manages to disarm Soran quickly, but is knocked back by Soran's blows and thrown down a hill, landing face down in rock and sand as the Nexus appears in the sky. Picard recovers, and tries again to get up to the launcher to stop the countdown… however he is too late as Soran's launcher engages and his solar probe streams into the sky. Watching from the surface, Picard is horrified as the probe finds its target and the star is destroyed, darkening the sun in seconds. Soran climbs to a high platform and throws his arms into the air as the Nexus changes its course. Sweeping down toward the ground, the ribbon envelops everything, taking Soran and Picard along with it. Gliding away from the planet and out into space, the Nexus departs the system just before the shock wave hits, which destroys the entire planet, taking the Enterprise saucer section, its crew, as well as the rest of the solar system, with it. Soran has succeeded.

Act Three [ ]

" What… where is this?! Where am I? " Captain Picard's voice echoes as he transitions from the real world to the Nexus. A hand reaches toward him from space and removes his blindfold to suddenly find himself in a Victorian -style house where his wife and children greet him on Christmas morning. Picard quickly allows himself to be absorbed into the fantasy, enjoying a perfect life with a wonderful family. René, also present, gives Picard a gift. Picard happily receives it, then remembering what happened gives his nephew a loving hug before sending him to help his aunt.

Picard finds himself in his own Nexus

Later Picard strolls through his home, into a study and to large bay windows overlooking snow-covered trees, decorated with colorful lights and bulbs. Standing at the windows, Picard finds himself staring into a strange, surrealistic world, the bulbs on the trees containing small stars that flash brilliant bursts of light and begins to realize that something is wrong. Suddenly, he turns to find Guinan standing behind him in the study. The El-Aurian bartender tells the captain that she exists both here and in the real world, a part of herself she left behind so many years ago – an echo of her former self. Picard is unable to believe how perfect the fantasy is around him, knowing that although he never had a family, he knows the children are his own. Guinan tells him that in the Nexus time has no meaning, so he can travel to any point in his children's past or future as he wishes.

An "echo" of Guinan in the Nexus

With the appearance of Guinan, Picard is at first divided, tempted by the prospect of staying in the Nexus and living out this fantasy life. But he soon realizes that action must be taken to save the hundreds of millions of people who would be killed if Soran destroys the Veridian star and asks Guinan if he can leave the Nexus. Guinan tells him that the timeless nature of the Nexus would allow him to go any place, any time. Picard knows exactly where he wants to go: to the mountaintop on Veridian III to stop Soran from destroying the star, but he will need some help. As she already exists in the real world, Guinan tells the captain that she cannot go with him. But she says there is somebody who can help, who as far as they are concerned, just arrived in the Nexus themselves…

Kirk meets Picard

Suddenly Picard finds himself standing outside a rustic cabin in the woods, daylight shining down through the trees. A few feet away, James T. Kirk stands, chopping wood with an ax. Seeing Picard, Kirk smiles, " Beautiful day. " Picard agrees and helps Kirk chop wood. Kirk is then drawn inside the cabin, hurrying into the kitchen where eggs are burning on the stove. Kirk tells Picard to come on in, this is his house – at least, it used to be. He had sold it some years prior.

Two captains, one breakfast

Picard steps inside and into the kitchen, helping Kirk prepare a fresh set of scrambled Ktarian eggs on the stove. Picard hesitates momentarily, then introduces himself as captain of the Enterprise , from what Kirk would consider the future, the 24th century . Kirk is too distracted by the memories of the past to fully take in what Picard is telling him, excited to be in his old home, with his beloved dog Butler , who seemingly died seven years ago . A woman calls down to him and he instantly knows who it is: Antonia , a lost love. While Kirk is preparing breakfast, Picard asks " How long have you been here? " Kirk isn't quite sure; one second he was aboard the Enterprise -B, the next thing he knew, the bulkhead in front of him disappeared and he was here, chopping wood, right before Picard walked up. Picard then tells Kirk that history records him as dying while saving the Enterprise -B and that both of them are caught in some kind of temporal nexus. He then tries telling Kirk of the dire situation on Veridian III, but as Kirk tries to get his head around the situation, he realizes that he has gone back to the day he told Antonia he was leaving her to rejoin Starfleet… but this time he won't make the same mistake, now he intends to go upstairs and propose to her. The two argue, as Picard tells him that as a Starfleet officer he has a duty to help him, but Kirk argues that all duty ever got him in the end was an empty house and figures that after all he's done for the galaxy, it owes him a favor. Kirk then enters Antonia's bedroom, noting that this time, it is going to be different.

Picard follows Kirk up the stairs and after a moment's hesitation, opens the bedroom door and walks into a barn on Earth. " This is not your bedroom, " Picard half asks Kirk, who says that it is even better: his uncle's barn in Idaho . Noting this as a spring day eleven years prior – the day he met Antonia – Kirk grabs a saddle, jumps onto a horse , and gallops out into rolling hills. Picard, no stranger to horseback riding himself, grabs a saddle and rides after him. Ahead of Picard, Kirk and his horse come to a deep ravine. Without equivocation, Kirk jumps the ravine, then turns around and jumps it again, stopping to consider it. As Picard rides up, Kirk knows something is wrong: " I must have jumped that fifty times, scared the hell out of me each time. Except this time, because it isn't real. Nothing here is. Nothing here matters. " He looks up and sees Antonia mounted on her own horse on the horizon, waiting. " She isn't real either. " Kirk moves his horse next to Picard and gives the new Enterprise captain a once over. " Captain of the Enterprise , huh? "

The two men sit on horseback and discuss the situation. Kirk admits that he does not miss the house or the family he never had, he misses his days on the USS Enterprise , and offers Picard some advice; to never retire, accept a transfer, or get promoted out of the command chair of the Enterprise , because it is only as the Captain of the Enterprise that they can truly make a difference. Picard appeals to Kirk, " Come back with me, help me stop Soran – make a difference again. " Kirk considers it, then agrees, " Who am I to argue with the captain of the Enterprise ? "

Kirk and Picard leave the Nexus

" I take it the odds are against us and the situation is grim, " Kirk says. Picard admits that it is. Kirk continues, " You know, if Spock were here, he'd say that I'm an irrational, illogical Human being for taking on a mission like that… " and then grinning, adds, " sounds like fun. " Together, they ride off and a beam of light envelops them as they exit the Nexus.

" Just who the hell are you? " " He's James T. Kirk. Don't you read history? "

The immediate past replays; the Enterprise -D saucer section crash-lands and Picard crawls through the hole in the force field. Soran stands on the Veridian III mountaintop and checks his pocket watch when a lone figure steps toward him. Soran looks up at the man and scowls, " Just who the hell are you? " Behind him, Picard appears, " He's James T. Kirk. Don't you read history? " Soran knows he is in trouble and jumps away, down onto the rocks below and makes a quick retreat. Picard heads for the launcher as Kirk sets off in pursuit of the El-Aurian.

Soran fires his phaser

Rounding a corner, Kirk is caught by Soran who shoves a phaser in his face. " Actually I am familiar with history, " Soran growls, " and if I'm not too mistaken… you're dead! " Picard jumps down behind Soran, catching him off guard long enough for Kirk to get in several blows. Kirk and Soran fight, exchanging punches until Kirk is able to knock Soran off a cliff. Grabbing onto a dangling rope, Soran saves himself, entering a command into his PADD that cloaks his rocket launcher. Suddenly the rope snaps and Soran drops suddenly, then jolts to a stop, losing his control PADD which falls onto a metal bridge spanning a chasm.

Kirk and Picard work together to stop Soran

Realizing they must decloak the launcher in order to prevent it from launching, Kirk and Picard run onto the bridge toward the PADD. A volley of phaser fire flies through the air, narrowly missing the two Starfleet captains and slicing the bridge in half. Picard is thrown clear, but Kirk hangs on to what is left of the bridge. With all his might, Picard pulls Kirk to safety and the two collapse on the ground, noticing the PADD intact on the other half of the bridge, a deep chasm away. They then see the Nexus begin to appear in the sky. Kirk volunteers to go, telling Picard to get to the launcher and prepare to deactivate it once it is decloaked. Picard maintains Kirk will never make the jump himself and that they should work together to get the PADD. Kirk reminds Picard that they are working together and to trust him. He tells Picard to call him "Jim." Picard smiles at the Starfleet legend and heads for the launcher.

Kirk thinks before he leaps

Gingerly stepping out onto the broken bridge, Kirk stands at the edge, preparing to jump over the chasm to the other half. As the delicate bridge collapses under his weight, Kirk leaps, catching himself on the other half of the bridge and grabbing hold of the PADD. Entering in a command, Kirk decloaks the rocket launcher and begins to try to climb up. But it is too late. The bridge buckles and careens down the rock face, taking Kirk with it.

Soran's launcher explodes

Running up a platform and onto the launcher, Picard frantically works the controls, trying to prevent it from launching. Aiming his phaser at Picard, Soran demands the captain step away from the launcher. Picard jumps down and runs around a rock face and out of sight. Soran heaves himself onto the launcher, just in time to read the display screen: the locking clamps have been engaged. Soran only has time to recognize his doom as the launcher fires and explodes in an enormous fireball that covers the entire area in a thick cloud of smoke and dust. With the Veridian sun still intact, the Nexus passes the planet, never making contact.

Captain Kirk dies

Emerging from the cloud, Picard makes his way down into the chasm where the bridge has collapsed. Digging through the twisted metal wreckage, Picard uncovers Kirk, laying broken among the debris. Kirk is bloody and faint, " Did we do it? Did we… make a difference? " Picard assures him they have and thanks the captain. " The least I could do, " Kirk says, " for the captain of the Enterprise . " He manages a weak smile, " It was… fun, " then turns and faces his destiny, " Oh my. "

Picard at Kirk's grave

Burying Kirk beneath a cairn of large rocks on the mountaintop as the sun sets, Picard stands and keeps silent vigil.

The following day, Picard begins trekking through the desert until a shuttlecraft locates the captain and picks him up.

" Perhaps the chip is malfunctioning. "

At the saucer crash site, Starfleet rescue shuttles have begun a salvage effort. In the ship's destroyed cargo bay , crewmembers carry out salvageable equipment, belongings, and patients out while Deanna Troi and Data use tricorders to search for survivors. Data tells Troi that after experiencing 261 distinct emotional states, he believes that he will be able to control his feelings in the future so he has decided not to remove the emotion chip. As Troi wishes him luck, her tricorder detects a faint lifeform in the wreckage. Tearing through the debris, Data finds his cat, Spot, alive and well. As he cradles his pet in his arms, Data begins to break down in tears. When Troi asks if he's all right, Data tells her that he is unsure – he is happy to see Spot, yet is crying. Data thinks that perhaps the chip is malfunctioning but Troi kindly reassures him that she believes the chip is working perfectly.

" I'm gonna miss this ship. She went before her time. "

In what is left of Picard's ready room, Commander Riker and Captain Picard retrieve the Picard family album under broken pieces of the room's furniture and then move out onto the bridge, a burnt-out shell of its former glory. Riker laments that the Enterprise went before her time, and Picard relates to his first officer his thoughts, " Someone once said that time was a predator that stalked us all our lives, but I rather believe that time is a companion that goes with us on the journey, and reminds us to cherish every moment because they'll never come again. " They stand near the center seats and survey the damage. Picard holds his family album close and smiles, " What we leave behind is not as important as how we lived. After all, Number One, we're only mortal. " Riker grins mischievously, " Speak for yourself, sir. I plan to live forever. "

" Somehow I doubt this will be the last ship to carry the name Enterprise . "

Riker is disappointed that he will no longer have the chance to command this Enterprise and stands near the ruined captain's chair, but Picard assures his first officer that he very much doubts that this will be the last ship to bear the name. After nearly eight years of calling the Enterprise -D home, Picard and Riker take one last look around their destroyed starship and Picard signals the Nebula -class starship USS Farragut for two to beam up. The Farragut , along with a Miranda -class starship and an Oberth -class starship, goes to warp leaving Veridian III behind. While the Enterprise -D may be gone, her legacy , like the name, will live on .

Background information [ ]

Development [ ].

Star Trek: The Next Generation Executive Producer Rick Berman was approached by Paramount Pictures executives (first by Brandon Tartikoff , and subsequently by his immediate successor Sherry Lansing ) in the fall of 1992 (during the series' sixth season ) in regards to a seventh Star Trek film . While the studio intended Star Trek VII to be a TNG vehicle, Berman and Tartikoff felt the outing was an opportunity to "pass the baton." In February 1993 , Berman and the studio commissioned two stories and three writers. A fourth, TNG writer and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine co-creator Michael Piller , passed, objecting to what he viewed as "competition" for the assignment.

As written by former TNG writer/producer Maurice Hurley , the film had Captain Picard recreating Captain James T. Kirk ( William Shatner ) on the holodeck to help him solve a dilemma involving an interdimensional species wreaking havoc by crossing into our realm. [1] Then-current TNG writing staffers Ronald D. Moore and Brannon Braga , whose script was ultimately greenlighted, chose to feature Kirk appearing in the flesh, as well as (initially) the entire Star Trek: The Original Series cast.

Though Moore and Braga at first bandied about ideas which involved the two Enterprise crews battling each other, the pair of writers quickly abandoned this concept. Ron Moore explained, in 1994 :

Rick Berman and Whoopi Goldberg discuss the script on set

Braga and Moore nonetheless continued searching for a major "event" to anchor the film. Recalled Moore:

As proposed by Moore and Braga, the film would feature Kirk and his Star Trek: The Original Series shipmates in a prologue, with Kirk later appearing at the film's climax. Berman later recalled the process:

Berman and the studio pursued the Moore/Braga story. Early drafts of the script took shape under the guidance of Rick Berman and with input by Shatner. The film's villain, "Moresh", was later changed to Dr. "Soran" to avoid recalling David Koresh , the infamous cultist. ( Information from Larry Nemecek )

A first draft script was completed during TNG's sixth season hiatus, dated 1 June 1993 . As of 1 October of that year, the scripted prologue contained Kirk, Spock , McCoy , Scott , Uhura , Sulu , and Chekov . The script was in its third draft by 6 December 1993 , and the third draft's first revised pages (colored blue) were added to the screenplay on that date. ( Information from Larry Nemecek )

The early scripts featured large action set pieces that were later removed. Among them was the Romulan attack on the Amargosa observatory, cut when TNG writer (and Star Trek: Voyager co-creator) Jeri Taylor suggested something more "charming". ( citation needed • edit ) Another major revision to the script revolved around the Duras sisters and their crew: surviving the destruction of their ship, they would have battled the Enterprise -D crew in the jungles of Veridian III. ( AOL chat , 1998 )

The producers eventually chose to pare the appearances of the TOS cast down to two select cameos. This decision was made by 28 January 1994 , when the fourth draft of the script was issued, with Kirk, Spock, and McCoy in the prologue. ( Information from Larry Nemecek ) The producers then sought their guest stars. While William Shatner agreed to appear pending script approval, Leonard Nimoy and DeForest Kelley – the two preferred cameo appearances – were less eager to return. Stating that they had felt their characters made sufficient exits in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country , both actors declined to appear in Star Trek VII . Leonard Nimoy – having been offered the director's chair – reportedly requested script changes, but was rebuffed. In his memoir Star Trek Movie Memories , William Shatner wrote:

In an interview with Trekmovie.com 's Anthony Pascale in July 2007 , Nimoy explained the issues he had with the Generations script and why he declined to appear. After proclaiming that "there was no Spock role in that script", he elaborated:

After DeForest Kelley and Leonard Nimoy declined to appear, the final draft of the film's script was submitted on 16 March 1994 . Its prologue featured Scott and Chekov along with Kirk, as it stayed from then on. ( Information from Larry Nemecek )

Later drafts of Generations and the full TNG finale " All Good Things... " were written simultaneously. This often led the writers to mix the stories up. In their joint 2004 commentary for the Star Trek Generations (Special Edition) DVD , they admitted that they felt "All Good Things…" turned out to be the superior effort. During the scripting stages, however, the studio had few qualms and pre-production proceeded even as filming on Star Trek: The Next Generation was winding down and Deep Space Nine continued.

Preproduction [ ]

David Carson surrounded by Klingon-playing actors, including Barbara March, Gwynyth Walsh and Guy Vardaman

John Alonzo with Whoopi Goldberg and Malcolm McDowell

With the start of pre-production, Berman battled the studio over budget figures, the film cut in cost to an estimated US$35 million. [4] Hopes for location shooting in Hawaii and Idaho were dropped in favor of more local shoots in Hollywood, Marina del Rey, Pasadena, Lone Pine, and the Valley of Fire State Park near Las Vegas, Nevada. By 16 March 1994 , Moore and Braga's script reflected budget and cast changes.

In place of first choice Leonard Nimoy, veteran TNG and DS9 director David Carson was hired, in turn recruiting veteran cinematographer John Alonzo of Chinatown and Scarface fame. Herman Zimmerman – who designed the initial TNG and DS9 sets – was called back into service on the film, working with Alonzo and illustrator John Eaves to refresh the aging TV sets. Budgetary constraints reined in some of the proposed sets; the new stellar cartography set reduced from three levels to two. As with most of the previous Trek movie installments, visual effects giant Industrial Light & Magic was hired to produce space and spaceship shots, while TNG mainstay CIS Hollywood was brought in for phaser shots, transporter effects, cloaking and decloaking transitions and the Picard family Christmas ornament.

Last minute decisions included the hiring of actor Malcolm McDowell as the man who would (at least in the final draft script) gun down Captain Kirk, reportedly later receiving death threats from obsessed fans. [5] The actor's nephew and DS9 star Alexander Siddig later said during an interview that McDowell thought the script was "shit". [6] (X) McDowell had previously explained his reason for accepting the role:

Stellar cartography on screen and in real life

Despite its reuse of sets built, in some cases as early as 1978 for Star Trek: The Motion Picture , production designer Herman Zimmerman and his art department – namely John Eaves – began designing and redesigning as early as December 1993 . One of the first and most elaborate sets generated from Paramount's motion picture art department was the two story stellar cartography room . Initially conceived of after a visit to Griffith Park's Laserium in Los Angeles, the room was imagined as a large sphere, eventually becoming a more budget-friendly cylinder. John Eaves described the process in his book, Star Trek: The Next Generation Sketchbook: The Movies :

While a hoped-for floating platform proved to be too expensive and impractical, the set was realized with a combination of large, back-lit graphics and blue-screen projection created at ILM. The set was created in sections with wild walls that could be moved in and out. Lighting elements were integrated into the ceiling requiring little modification from shot to shot. A small section of Enterprise -D corridor was erected behind the upper level platform.

Also conceived of in December, the Enterprise -B's deflector control room was designed to be a large, vertical area dominated by large machine elements, a second-level observation balcony and access panels built into the stage floor. Again, as the film's budget tightened, the design team returned to the drawing boards in February 1994 to design a smaller, vertical access shaft. David Carson recalled:

Regarding the most visible section of the Enterprise -D, the main bridge, Zimmerman and Eaves took the opportunity to alter the set. Echoing modifications it received in the TNG episode " Yesterday's Enterprise ", the bridge gained additional computer stations situated along the port and starboard bulkheads. John Eaves:

Worf, however, did finally receive a chair to sit on at his post. The set was also repainted and recarpeted with handrails added near the doors to the observation lounge and aft turbolift, working video monitors were incorporated into many of the ship's status displays. The captain's ready room, adjacent to the bridge, received a new, larger fish tank built into the wall and a larger window. Other sets aboard the Enterprise received only minor reworking. Engineering was connected to another corridor set by removing the "plugs" from the walls. The four red-alert lights in the hallway of the engineering set were also illuminated during the engineering scenes, even when the ship was not in battle, as well as some of the beige beams being painted a darker copper colour around the engineering pool-table. Overhead lighting was reduced in all of the sets, with display screens popping from the darkness. Of the modifications, Zimmerman said:

Following the end of production, the interior sets of the Enterprise were struck and replaced with those belonging to a new starship, the USS Voyager , for the upcoming series Star Trek: Voyager . Of the original sets, only small sections of the corridors, sickbay, transporter room and engineering were left standing, although the new sets were constructed directly over the basic framework and floor plan originally designed and built for the aborted Star Trek: Phase II . Of those remaining sets, only a small piece of the Enterprise -D sickbay (the ceiling) remained in use during Star Trek: Enterprise . However, the Enterprise -D observation lounge set (the only TNG set not used for the film) was spared the wrecking ball and saved against future need, eventually appearing (in modified form) as the observation lounge of the Enterprise -E in First Contact and Nemesis .

The interior of the Amargosa observatory was a redress of the Enterprise -B main bridge, which was itself a redress of the USS Enterprise -A main bridge from Star Trek VI . Details built into the observatory set were meant to imply that it had been built around the time of TOS, with jeweled buttons and labels similar to those used on the original Enterprise . A half-globe map of the cosmos used in the Enterprise -D stellar cartography lab on the TV series appears in the wreckage of the observatory, along with an elevator from Data's lab.

Costumes [ ]

As his first task when recruited for the pre-production phase of Star Trek Generations , John Eaves created several new combadge designs, first creating a flip-top version like the communicators of TOS. Told to first review tapes of TNG to become more familiar with the new show, Eaves ultimately redesigned Rick Sternbach 's oval-shaped communicator badge that appeared in the TV series and early DS9, refining it into the oblong-backed design later used in DS9 , VOY , and later TNG movies: Star Trek: First Contact , Star Trek: Insurrection , and Star Trek Nemesis , as well as the early flashback episodes of PIC .

Costume designer Robert Blackman , working simultaneously on the outgoing, current and incoming series as well as the film, reworked Starfleet's uniforms. ( AOL chat , 1997 ) The uniforms, however, were all scrapped at the last minute for fear of introducing too many new facets to the universe. Unaware of the change, Playmates Toys went ahead with production of action figures for the film, depicting the TNG cast in the unused uniforms. The producers opted instead to use a combination of the uniforms from Star Trek: The Next Generation and the uniforms from the early episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and throughout Star Trek: Voyager . Because filming was set to begin shortly, Jonathan Frakes and LeVar Burton had to borrow Avery Brooks and Colm Meaney 's costumes respectively, but neither of them fit very well on Frakes and Burton as Frakes had the sleeves on Brooks' costume rolled up and the sleeves on Meaney's costume was way too big on Burton.

The new Starfleet uniform worn by Patrick Stewart was auctioned off in the It's A Wrap! sale and auction [7] along with LeVar Burton's. [8] Also auctioned off was Dr. Soran's costume upon arriving on the Enterprise -B. [9]

Effects [ ]

A digital Enterprise -D

Between the release of Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country and the preproduction phase of Star Trek Generations , several advancements had been made in the art of motion picture visual effects. Primarily spurred by steps forward in computer-generated animation in films like Jurassic Park and Terminator 2: Judgment Day , Generations marked the first Star Trek production in which many starships were rendered digitally by ILM. Despite this advancement, physical models were utilized for the majority of effects shots.

Unpacking the original six-foot model they built for " Encounter at Farpoint " in 1987 , the ILM effects team completely overhauled the Enterprise -D. In order to stand up to high-resolution film cameras and a big screen project, the starship was repainted and redetailed, receiving a new interior lighting scheme. Once again resulting from budgetary cuts, stock footage shots of the Enterprise -D were interspersed with new model photography and CG imagery, specifically during the first captain's log segment and the start of the saucer separation sequence. Stock footage from the previous film was also used to depict the destruction of the Duras sisters' Bird-of-Prey, as well as that ship's escape from Amargosa.

Also reusing the original USS Excelsior miniature from Star Trek III: The Search for Spock , ILM and John Eaves were tasked with redesigning the ship to be used as the Enterprise -B:

For the single shot of the Enterprise -B at warp, footage of the Excelsior from the previous film was re-used. A computer-generated model of the Enterprise -B was also created for scenes that required it to interact with the digital Nexus energy ribbon.

An all-new miniature was created by ILM, designed by John Eaves, to represent the Amargosa stellar observatory. The model was later reused with minor alterations in DS9's " Destiny " as the wormhole relay station . The Enterprise -B model also turned up on that series as the USS Lakota . ( DS9 : " Paradise Lost ") Yet another refurbished model appeared as the drydock the Enterprise -B was moored in, repainted and reconstructed from its first appearance in Star Trek: The Motion Picture .

Arguably one of the film's most memorable sequences, the crash of the Enterprise -D was shot almost entirely live by ILM. Storyboarded by Mark Moore, the shots were achieved through the creation of a twelve-foot model of the Enterprise -D saucer section and a large landscape model. Suspended by large cables, the saucer model was repeatedly flown into the landscape, shot with high speed cameras and then slowed down in post production and mixed with several composite shots of Veridian III. A major sequence in the script, the crash of the Enterprise saucer section was inspired by drawings of an emergency saucer landing in the Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual .

Following the crash, effects master John Knoll and his team donned Starfleet uniforms to appear as crew members of the Enterprise -D, standing on a large blue tarp draped over the ILM parking lot. Footage of the team was later integrated into shots of the Enterprise hull and the Veridian landscape.

Production [ ]

William Shatner, Rick Berman and Patrick Stewart at the Valley of Fire location

With production on TNG's seventh season still underway, cameras rolled on Generations . ( citation needed • edit ) Principal photography began on 28 March 1994 . ( Information from Larry Nemecek ) Scenes focused on Scotty, Chekov and Kirk aboard the USS Enterprise -B and the later deleted orbital skydiving sequence. A ten-day hiatus followed the conclusion of production on The Next Generation before that series' cast went to work. Shot on a relatively short schedule, the film was slated for only fifty days of production. ( citation needed • edit ) The last day of the main filming was 9 June 1994 . ( Information from Larry Nemecek )

Location filming in the Valley of Fire was required for reshoots, which took place over eight days in September. ( Information from Larry Nemecek ) For these reshoots, Director David Carson's production offices temporarily moved to a Las Vegas hotel. Suffering through the 110-degree heat and dust storms of the Nevada desert, the behind-the-scenes crew quenched their thirst with Gatorade until the sports drink began attracting bees. Carson was forced to wear an eye patch for at least one day of filming when his cornea was damaged during a surprise sand storm. More comfortable filming days were spent in Pasadena at the Nexus fantasy Picard home, a week aboard the Lady Washington for Worf's promotion in Marina del Rey, and in the mountains of Lone Pine for Kirk's cabin – a real residence that acquired a new kitchen and staircase built specifically for the shoot. ( citation needed • edit )

Reshoots [ ]

The original death of Captain Kirk: Soran shoots him in the back

Completing principal photography in the summer of 1994 , rough cuts of Star Trek Generations were screened for test audiences. Despite generally favorable reactions to the bulk of the film, audience comments reflected negatively on the film's finale. In their joint DVD audio commentary, Ronald D. Moore and Brannon Braga recalled a feeling of disconnect washing over the audience, " We'd lost them. "

Returning to the motion picture head Sherry Lansing's office on the Paramount Lot, Rick Berman, Moore and Braga were told, " You have a great movie, but a bad ending. " The production was given a budget of US$5 million and told to reshoot the ending, specifically scenes in which James T. Kirk is shot in the back by Soran. Forced to utilize the same location, the writers struggled to insert a brand new finale into the framework already established. In late September 1994 , the production crew and cast of Generations returned to the Valley of Fire and James T. Kirk was killed all over again. Having recently grown his hair for another project, Patrick Stewart wore a specially fashioned hairpiece which covered his longer hair during these scenes. Additional shots at the Pasadena "Picard family home" location were also required to clarify plot elements. Ronald D. Moore commented:

Deleted scenes [ ]

Picard and La Forge board the shuttlecraft Hawking in a deleted scene

Along with the original ending, several minutes of footage were left on the cutting room floor. Some of this footage is available on the Star Trek Generations (Special Edition) DVD. Most of the deleted scenes were minor character moments set following the crash of the Enterprise -D. Among the deleted material were sequences involving Dr. Crusher and Nurse Ogawa returning to sickbay, Geordi La Forge and Worf piloting a damaged shuttlecraft to rescue the captain, additional footage aboard the Enterprise sailing ship and an alternative version of the Nexus Christmas segment.

Scripted and shot at the request of William Shatner, the film's original opening featuring Kirk skydiving from orbit to find Scott and Chekov waiting on the ground below was also cut, replaced with the champagne bottle opening.

The original script also called for a more extensive torture scene between Soran and La Forge, involving Soran injecting nanoprobes into La Forge's chest which caused his heart to stop for 5 seconds. While this scene did not appear in the movie, Soran's comment of "his heart just wasn't in it" references the torture as does Doctor Crusher's medical examination where she discusses how she has "removed the nanoprobes" and that La Forge has suffered some myocardial damage.

Walter Koenig recalled filming an emotional scene with Doohan in which Chekov and Scott reacted to Kirk's demise, which was also ultimately cut, much to Koenig's dismay. [10]

Official site [ ]

The official website for Star Trek Generations , created on 28 October 1994, was the first site on the internet to officially publicize a feature film. After being personally approved by then-Paramount Motion Picture chairman Sherry Lansing, the site was constructed by a team at Paramount Media Kitchen in Palo Alto, California, using press kit materials, videotapes of the film's trailer, and two dozen slides. The site was an immediate success and prompted Paramount and other motion picture studios to create sites for their own films.

Two versions of the official site were available for view, a graphics-rich version and a text-only version. Upon entering either version, the viewer was taken to a brief synopsis of the film followed by a greeting and an explanation of the site. From there, the viewer could watch the two movie trailers, view production stills, and listen to clips and music from the film. A behind-the-scenes page included sections on the history of Star Trek , cast and crew biographies, production notes, film credits, and a downloadable interactive multimedia kit. In addition, there was a Star Trek shop promoting Star Trek merchandise and an input page where viewers could send comments via forms or email.

The site was a collaborative production of Paramount Pictures , Viacom Consumer Products, and Viacom Interactive Services. The site credits are as follows:

The site was last updated on 23 November 1994. It has since been removed and a section at StarTrek.com has become the film's official web destination. [11] (X) StarTrek.com, before its recent overhaul, provided a copy of the original 1994 site, along with commentary. Portions of it are still accessible. [12] (X)

Reaction [ ]

The release of Star Trek Generations was widely covered in the news media, with Patrick Stewart and William Shatner appearing in character on the cover of Time Magazine in the winter of 1994 . On its opening weekend, the film reached number one at the box office with a first weekend gross of US$23,100,000. [13] Critical reception, however, was mixed.

The film earned a split decision from Siskel & Ebert ; Gene Siskel gave the film thumbs up, while Roger Ebert gave it thumbs down. Writing for the Chicago Sun Times , Ebert said of the film, " The "Star Trek" saga has always had a weakness for getting distracted by itself, and "Star Trek Generations," the seventh film installment, is undone by its narcissism. " Giving the film two stars out of a possible four, Ebert concluded:

The film review website Rotten Tomatoes calculated a 47% overall approval rate for Generations . [15] BBC reviewer Tom Coates ranked the film at two out of a possible five stars' "Generations feels like three lacklustre episodes of the TV series mashed together with one of the earlier Star Trek movies. Devotees may find it necessary (if depressing) viewing, but there's little here for anyone else. " [16] FILM.COM's Lucy Mohl however said of the film, " The meeting of Patrick Stewart's Jean-Luc Picard and William Shatner's James T. Kirk is worth the price of admission or video rental: it's the clash of the titans, Shakespeare meets the Sixties. " [17]

Regarding some of the oft-mentioned plot discrepancies within the film, Ronald D. Moore commented:

Moore and Braga further elaborated on this during the film's DVD commentary, saying that the question kept coming up and they even asked themselves, " Why would they go back to a point when their life would be in danger? Why not just go back a couple of months or so, find Soran in the bathroom or somewhere and take him out? " They also said that questions like that apply to films like The Terminator and you have to just hope that your film is compelling enough that the audience does not start asking questions like that.

The film went on to gross a total of US$75,668,868 in the US, totaling US$120,000,000 worldwide. [18]

Generations premiered in the United Kingdom on 10 February 1995 . It became the highest grossing Star Trek film in that territory up to that time with £7,340,239. [19]

Cast notes [ ]

• The only people, aside from the regular cast, to participate in both this film and the final TNG film, Star Trek Nemesis , are Majel Barrett and Whoopi Goldberg . In both films Barrett voiced the Enterprise computer and Goldberg appeared as Guinan .
• This is William Shatner's only appearance as Kirk without Leonard Nimoy.
• Though the film marks the final canon appearances of William Shatner and Walter Koenig (Chekov), both appeared again in the computer game Star Trek: Starfleet Academy .
• This is James Doohan 's last appearance as Scotty, although he had previously appeared in the role in TNG : " Relics ". The events of that episode chronologically take place well after the events of the first act of Generations.
• Uhura is the only major character from Star Trek: The Original Series not to appear or be referenced in dialogue.
• This is Whoopi Goldberg's first appearance as Guinan since TNG : " Suspicions ". DS9 : " Rivals " (in which the name El-Aurians is first established) was originally intended to feature Guinan as Martus Mazur 's mother, but Whoopi Goldberg was unavailable.
• Tim Russ appeared aboard the Enterprise -B in the opening of the film. He had previously appeared in TNG : " Starship Mine " and DS9 : " Invasive Procedures " as different characters and would soon after be cast as Tuvok in Star Trek: Voyager .
• Robert and René Picard were portrayed by different actors in the photographs in Picard's album, and in the Nexus scene as in the episode " Family ".
• Christopher James Miller plays the film version of René, Captain Picard's nephew. He had previously portrayed William Shatner's son in an episode of seaQuest DSV .
• According to The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) , Patrick Stewart was aided in his portrayal of Picard's grief by the script for Jeffrey , which he was reading on set.
• Shots of Picard standing over Kirk's grave did not actually feature Patrick Stewart , but rather Dennis Tracy . Tracy acted as Stewart's stand-in and appeared earlier in the film as an unnamed Bolian waiter in Ten Forward.
• Although Data is the owner of Spot the cat, Brent Spiner objected to the scene where Data finds Spot in the wreckage of the Enterprise , saying " Does he have to find the cat? Can't he find, like, Geordi or something? "
• The captain of the Lady Washington (the ship used for the sea vessel "Enterprise") appears during the holodeck sequence of the film, taking over the helm from Deanna Troi.
• Generations marks the deaths of several major characters: Captain James T. Kirk, Robert Picard, René Picard, and the Duras sisters, Lursa and B'Etor. It also marks the destruction of the Enterprise -D and the final appearance of La Forge's VISOR.
• After the release of Generations , William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy made a joint appearance on Live with Regis and Kathie Lee . Host Regis Philbin asked Nimoy if he would appear in another Trek film to which he replied " if he [Shatner] shows up, I'll be there. " Shatner then quipped: " You are such a liar! I showed up and you didn't! " Ironically, Nimoy later appeared in both the 2009 film Star Trek and the 2013 film Star Trek Into Darkness , without Shatner.
• Of the two Duras sisters, only Lursa's name is ever mentioned within the context of the movie. B'Etor's name is never spoken. The only time her character is actually identified is in the closing credits.
• Malcolm McDowell (Tolian Soran) is the real life uncle of Alexander Siddig , who played Julian Bashir throughout Star Trek: Deep Space Nine .

References to other series and films [ ]

• According to Soran's file, he and Guinan were fleeing a Borg attack on the El-Aurian homeworld. That event was first referred by Guinan in the episode TNG : " Q Who ".
• Footage of the interior of the Bird-of-Prey being destroyed appeared again later in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episodes " Tears of the Prophets " and " What You Leave Behind ".
• Though not heard on screen, the name of the Lakul 's counterpart was the SS Robert Fox , named for Ambassador Robert Fox from TOS : " A Taste of Armageddon ".
• The scene in which Picard buries Kirk's body on a cliffside under rocks is reminiscent of Kirk burying Gary Mitchell in " Where No Man Has Gone Before " and D'Amato in " That Which Survives ".
• After Data's emotion chip is installed, he references a joke La Forge told during their mission at Farpoint . The punchline of the joke had to do with a "Ferengi in a gorilla suit." This must have happened during the events of the Star Trek: The Next Generation first season episode " Encounter at Farpoint ", although the actual joke was not heard on screen.
• Doctor Soran ridicules and uses Geordi's VISOR as a transmitter to gain a tactical advantage on the USS Enterprise leading to the ship's destruction. Geordi chooses to replace his VISOR with ocular implants for Star Trek: First Contact .
• Kirk's retirement, relationship with Antonia, and decision to return to Starfleet might have occurred in a (previously unreferenced) period of his life, between Star Trek: The Motion Picture and Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan .
• When the past version of Guinan appears to Picard in the Nexus, she acts as if she already knows him. This is because, from her point of view, she sees him for a second time; she first met Picard when she lived in 19th century Earth in TNG : " Time's Arrow, Part II ".
• The dress worn by Antonia was previously worn by Fenna .
• The film takes place one year after the events in the final episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation , " All Good Things... ".
• The destruction of the Enterprise -D is very similar to its alternate timeline counterpart from " Yesterday's Enterprise ". Both ships meet their ends at the hands of a Klingon Bird-of-Prey and both as a result of a coolant leak. The main timeline Enterprise crew was able to escape because, unlike its counterpart, the battle was over when the coolant leak began.
• This is the only TNG film to not feature the gray-shoulder uniform or the USS Enterprise -E , as they are not introduced until Star Trek: First Contact .
• Worf is the only male main TNG cast member from the main cast to not wear the DS9 uniform in this film. However, he wore it upon joining the main cast of DS9 itself in its Season 4 premiere episode, " The Way of the Warrior ", albeit in command red rather than the operations gold that he wears in this film.
• None of the women from the TNG main cast wear the DS9 uniform in this film.
• Kirk's line to Picard, "I was out saving the galaxy when your grandfather was in diapers", echoes Scotty's line to Geordi from " Relics " (I was drivin' ships while your great-grandfather was in diapers), aired 2 years previously.
• The destruction of the Enterprise -D was mentioned by Worf and Sisko in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 4 premiere episode, " The Way of the Warrior ".
• This is the only time where the Enterprise battle bridge is not used during the saucer separation sequence, mainly due to the warp core breach in the stardrive section. It is also the only time where Wesley Crusher and Miles O'Brien are absent during the saucer separation sequence.
• Picard's DS9 uniform looks a lot different than the ones seen on the early seasons of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager in this film as he wears a black velcro belt around the waist, making it the only time where a black velcro belt is worn on the DS9 uniform.
• Picard, Riker, Data and LaForge are the only four characters of the TNG main cast to wear the DS9 uniform in this film. Alyssa Ogawa is the only female to wear the DS9 uniform in this film.
• Riker's DS9 uniform in this film has his sleeves rolled up (similar to Miles O'Brien 's in the early seasons of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine ).
• Spock , Leonard McCoy , Hikaru Sulu , and Nyota Uhura are briefly seen in a photograph (along with Scott, Chekov, and Kirk himself) on Kirk's trophy wall when Kirk first enters his cabin in the Nexus. The photograph was a publicity photo for Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country . The wall (including the photo) is only briefly seen in the film, though it is showcased in The Art of Star Trek on p. 288. Star Trek Beyond would later more prominently feature a publicity photo of the same crew members taken for Star Trek V: The Final Frontier .
• The time travel in the movie works differently than time travel depicted in similar events previously and later. When Picard goes back in time, he should also see a previous version of himself at that time. If somehow the time travel when Nexus is involved is different, then it would have been impossible to find Soren on the planet because the future version of him is already in the Nexus. This inconsistency is never explained.

Sets and props [ ]

• A bottle of Saurian brandy can be seen in the reception room at the christening of the Enterprise -B.
• Captain Picard's chair was stolen from the set mere hours before shooting was scheduled to commence. A new one was quickly fabricated. This incident became infamous enough that novels relating to Star Trek: The Next Generation written after the movie often have Picard's chair being stolen for one reason or another.
• Data's emotion chip has varied in shape and size since its last appearance in TNG : " Descent, Part II " (which, in turn, was different from its previous appearance in TNG : " Brothers "). Also, Geordi inserts the chip into Data's head, while in "Brothers", Dr. Soong implanted the chip in Lore 's (whom he thought was Data) neck. The piece itself seen in this movie was a gold-plated plastic weapon common in the Zoids model kit line from Japan and America. ( citation needed • edit )
• Among the items visible in Captain Kirk's house are a painting of the original Federation starship USS Enterprise , the ship's dedication plaque, a publicity photo of the cast of Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country , a Klingon bat'leth , a Starfleet phaser from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan , and a Jem'Hadar weapon from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
• While searching through the wreckage of the Enterprise -D's bridge, Picard happens upon the top half of the Kurlan naiskos originally seen in TNG : " The Chase " and places it back on the floor.
• A box of video tapes, which includes the graphic displays such as RADAR and subspace scan from the Enterprise -B's red alert sequence, was sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay. [20]
• A tank full of water seen briefly in the background at the Enterprise -B's sickbay would later be reused in VOY : " Phage " in the USS Voyager 's sickbay.

Apocrypha [ ]

• Coinciding with the film's marketing campaign, a hardcover novelization was released by Pocket Books . Written by frequent Star Trek fiction contributor J.M. Dillard , the novelization differed from the movie on a number of minor points, but was generally faithful to the structure and dialogue of the original screenplay. The reshoot of the climactic Kirk scenes meant that the hardcover, and the Simon & Schuster Audioworks adaptation, had already gone to press with the originally scripted version. Dillard was asked to rewrite the final chapters for the eventual paperback release of the novelization to agree with the theatrical version of the movie.
• In the novel all other members of the original cast are part of the story. Chekov contacts Sulu aboard Excelsior to tell him about Kirk. In their conversation, Chekov tells Sulu that Scotty is contacting Uhura and Kirk's nephew . McCoy and Spock are also seen arriving early to the memorial service for Kirk.
• Also in the novelization, but missing from the film, a scene between Chekov and Guinan occurs in which she tells him that his friend is still alive within the energy ribbon.
• In the novelization, Picard successfully defeats Soran hand-to-hand; however, by the time he defeats him the rocket takes off to plunge into the sun. The movie depicts Soran as being a better fighter than Picard.
• In the original ending of the film, the fight between Kirk and Soran is much longer and they are much more evenly matched in terms of fighting skills. In the original ending, it's Kirk who's knocked off the cliff and is forced to climb back up the mountain to stop Soran.
• In Engines of Destiny , following the events of " Relics ", Scott travels back in time to rescue Kirk in a Bird-of-Prey recovered from a distant solar system, believing that he can save Kirk by approaching the Enterprise -B in a shuttle and beaming Kirk to safety after he has reconfigured the tractor beam, thus preserving Kirk's disappearance while changing the exact cause of it. However, this change in the timeline allows the Borg to almost completely overtake the Alpha Quadrant , as, without Kirk's aid, Picard died during the confrontation with Soran. Consequently, Earth is conquered by the Borg during the time-travel events of Star Trek: First Contact . Aided by the Enterprise -D crew after they followed Scotty's stolen Bird-of-Prey through its slingshot maneuver and arrived in the new timeline, as well as alternate versions of Guinan and Sarek , Scott is forced to return Kirk to the Nexus, restoring the original timeline at the moment the Enterprise is destroyed by a Borg fleet.
• In the novel The Return , the Romulans and Borg went back in time and copied Kirk's brain waves before he died. They later stole his buried body, inserting the brain waves and using some Borg modifications to re-animate his body, turning him into a killing machine to hunt down Picard. At the conclusion of the novel, Kirk is freed from the brainwashing and his life is saved after a final attack on the Borg central node, disrupting the connection that keeps every branch of the Borg Collective in contact with each other and thus limiting the threat they will pose in future.
• According to Star Trek Online , the unseen child of Lursa has been born by the events of the film; Online also establishes that his name is Ja'rod and he survives to become an influential soldier of the Empire.
• In the novel The Star to Every Wandering , Kirk's death is interrupted by a converging temporal loop, caused by an excessive amount of chronometric particles in Kirk's body and of his trip in and out of the Nexus destroying all of spacetime between the places where he entered and exited the Nexus (near Earth and Veridian III) and from those times as well (2293 to 2371). Kirk, pulled back into the Nexus just before he could die, has to find a way to stop the converging temporal loop and save untold billions of lives without altering the timeline, managing to do so with the aid of his own echo in the Nexus who leaves and travels through time via the Guardian of Forever in order to maintain the timeline without destroying it.

Merchandise gallery [ ]

Awards and honors [ ]

Star Trek Generations received the following awards and honors.

Links and references [ ]

Credits [ ], opening credits [ ].

• Patrick Stewart
• Jonathan Frakes
• Brent Spiner
• LeVar Burton
• Michael Dorn
• Gates McFadden
• Marina Sirtis
• Malcolm McDowell
• James Doohan
• Walter Koenig
• William Shatner as " Captain James T. Kirk "
• Junie Lowry-Johnson , CSA and Ron Surma
• Dennis McCarthy
• Peter Lauritson
• Robert Blackman
• Peter E. Berger , ACE
• Herman Zimmerman
• John A. Alonzo , ASC
• Bernie Williams
• Gene Roddenberry
• Rick Berman & Ronald D. Moore & Brannon Braga
• Ronald D. Moore & Brannon Braga
• Rick Berman
• David Carson

Closing credits [ ]

• Picard – Patrick Stewart
• Riker – Jonathan Frakes
• Data – Brent Spiner
• Geordi – LeVar Burton
• Worf – Michael Dorn
• Beverly – Gates McFadden
• Troi – Marina Sirtis
• Soran – Malcolm McDowell
• Scotty – James Doohan
• Chekov – Walter Koenig
• Kirk – William Shatner
• Capt. Harriman – Alan Ruck
• Demora – Jacqueline Kim
• Science Officer – Jenette Goldstein
• Com Officer – Thomas Kopache
• Navigator – Glenn Morshower
• Lieutenant – Tim Russ
• Tommy Hinkley ( #1 )
• John Putch ( #2 )
• Christine Jansen ( #3 )
• Ensign Hayes – Michael Mack
• Lieutenant Farrell – Dendrie Taylor
• Nurse Ogawa – Patti Yasutake
• Transporter Chief – Granville Ames
• Security Officer – Henry Marshall
• Girl with Teddy Bear – Brittany Parkyn
• Computer Voice – Majel Barrett
• Lursa – Barbara March
• B'Etor – Gwynyth Walsh
• Klingon Guard – Rif Hutton
• Klingon Helm – Brian Thompson
• Marcy Goldman
• Jim Krestalude
• Judy Levitt ( Survivor #3 )
• Kristopher Logan
• Gwen Van Dam ( Survivor #9 )
• Picard's Wife – Kim Braden
• Picard's Nephew – Christopher James Miller
• Matthew Collins ( Matthew Picard )
• Mimi Collins ( Mimi Picard )
• Thomas Alexander Dekker ( Thomas Picard )
• Madison Eginton ( Madison Picard )
• Olivia Hack ( Olivia Picard )
• John Nowak (Stunt double for Patrick Stewart)
• Randy Hall (Stunt double for Malcolm McDowell)
• Pat Tallman (Stunt double for Gates McFadden and Gwynyth Walsh, and an Enterprise -D officer )
• Don Pulford (Stunt double for William Shatner)
• Bernie Pock (Stunt double for William Shatner)
• Eric Stabenau ( Bridge Crewman )
• Michael Haynes (Stunt double for Malcolm McDowell)
• Robert Grand
• Yudi Bennett
• Chris Soldo
• Daniel Silverberg
• Ronald B. Moore
• Michael Westmore
• Michelle Wright
• Sandy Veneziano
• John M. Dwyer
• Robert Fechtman
• Ron Wilkinson
• Dianne Wager
• Michael H. Okuda
• Pernell Youngblood Tyus
• Krishna Rao
• George J. Billinger III
• Gregory W. Smith
• Jeffrey P. Greeley
• Alan Gitlin
• Jorge Sanchez
• David Goldstein
• Elliott S. Marks
• Stuart Spohn
• Frank X. Valdez III
• Scott McKnight
• Jesse Tango
• James R. Renfro
• Robert E. Griffith
• Joseph Dianda
• Scott Mayhugh
• John W. Harmon II
• Thomas D. Causey
• Joseph F. Brennan
• Richard Kite
• Terry D. Frazee
• Donald L. Frazee
• Logan Frazee
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• Greg Curtis
• Donald E. Meyers, Jr.
• Brian McManus
• June Haymore
• Debbie Zoller
• Joy A. Zapata
• Carolyn L. Elias
• Patricia Miller
• Laura Connolly
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• William K. Dolan
• Denise Okuda
• Alan Kobayashi
• Anthony Fredrickson
• Doug Drexler
• Elena Del Rio
• Camille Argus
• Matthew A. Hoffman
• David Roesler
• Jamie Thomas
• John Coniglio
• Marty November
• Jonathan Cates
• Stephen M. Rowe
• James W. Wolvington
• Joseph A. Ippolito
• Masanobu "Tomi" Tomita
• Jon E. Johnson , MPSE
• Sean P. Callery
• Jeffrey L. Sandler , MPSE
• Raoul , MPSE
• Gloria D'Alessandro
• Richard Corwin
• Becky Sullivan , MPSE
• Nicholas Korda
• Pamela Bentkowski
• James Likowski
• Jeffrey R. Payne
• Thomas Small
• Lance Laurienzo
• Scott G.G. Haller
• Randy Singer
• David Lee Fein
• Barbara Harris
• Chris Jenkins
• Adam Jenkins
• Paramount Pictures
• Mark McKenzie
• William Ross
• Brad Warnaar
• Dennis Yurosek
• Carl Fortina
• Bob Bornstein
• Paramount Pictures Scoring Stage M
• Robert Fernandez
• Christine Bonnem
• Diane Friedman
• Arlene Fukai
• Kelley Wood
• Gerald J. Frasco
• Thomas J. Arp
• Larry E. Clark
• Aaron Rockler
• Gary A. Clark
• Central Casting
• Kristine Fernandes
• Victoria Wilson
• Carolyn M. Dahm
• Dawn Velazquez
• Cheryl Gluckstern
• Jackie Edwards
• Tim L. Pearson
• Debbie Tieman
• Joseph A. Unsinn III
• Larry Markart
• Lisa J. Block
• Brian Manis
• Jamie Cohen
• Megan Hickey
• Penny Juday
• Michael Williams
• Gaston Veilleux
• Steve Brodsky
• William Nuzzo
• Harold Fowler
• Home on the Range
• Denny Allan
• Critters of the Cinema
• Aerotech, Inc.
• Terry Haggar
• Theresa Repola Mohammed
• Industrial Light & Magic , a division of Lucas Digital Ltd.
• Alex Seiden
• Roni McKinley
• Bill George
• John Schlag
• Alia Almeida Agha
• Ginger Theisen
• Bart Giovannetti
• Barbara Brennan
• Donald S. Butler
• Rob Coleman
• Scott Frankel
• Henry LaBounta
• Stewart W. Lew
• Mary McCulloch
• Barbara L. Nellis
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• Dennis Turner
• Habib Zargarpour
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• Kate O'Neill
• Joe Biggins
• Michael Olague
• John Goodson
• Lorne Peterson
• Jon Foreman
• Steve Gawley
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• Mark Anderson
• Charlie Bailey
• Michael Cummins
• Giovanni Donovan
• Nelson Hall
• Michael Lynch
• Scott McNamara
• Richard Miller
• Tony Sommers
• Steve Walton
• Bill Mather
• Yusei Uesugi

Miniature Crash Sequence Photography Unit

• Edward Hirsh
• Pat McArdle
• David Heron
• Geoff Heron
• Joseph Fulmer
• Carl Assmus
• Duncan Sutherland
• Pat Fitzsimmons
• Bruce Vecchitto
• Zoran Kacic-Alesic
• Joshua Pines
• Tim Geideman
• Chris Chaplin
• Michael Min
• Ken Corvino
• John Stillman
• Margaret Lynch
• Patricia Blau
• CIS, Hollywood
• C. Marie Davis
• Steve Bowen
• Danny Mudgett
• Ernie Camacho
• Selena Cornish
• Lenny Forher
• Karey Maltzahn
• Joni Jacobson
• Dawn Guinta
• Peter Koczera
• Andrew Mumford
• Larry Gaynor
• Gregory Oehler
• Bill Feightner
• Richard Moc
• John Bartle
• David M. St. Clair
• Tripp Hudson
• Santa Barbara Studios
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• Bruce Jones
• Eric Guaglione
• Ron Moreland
• Mark Wendell
• Will Rivera
• Chalermpon "Yo" Poungpeth
• Kathi Samec
• Pacific Title
• The Post Group
• Jeff Matakovich
• Illusion Arts, Inc.
• GNP Crescendo Records, CDs and Cassettes
• Music by Alexander Courage
• Todd A-O Studios
• Grays Harbor Historical Seaport Authority and the Lady Washington
• Special Artwork provided by The Philip Edgerly Agency
• The Nettman Camera Remote Systems by Matthews Studios Electronics, Inc. Burbank, CA
• TFT LCD Color Monitors provided by Sharp Electronics Corporation USA & Japan
• Shockwave Entertainment
• State of Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Division of State Parks
• Valley of Fire State Park
• Nevada Film Commission
• US Forest Service
• Kern County Board of Trade
• City of Pasadena
• Akela Crane
• Public Missiles Ltd.
• Jeri Taylor
• Dan Dickman
• Gary Rimbey
• James Van Over
• Delmore Schwartz – " Dreams Begin Responsibilities " – © 1978 by New Directions Pub. Corp. used by permission of New Directions

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Performers [ ].

• Sam Alejan as El-Aurian survivor
• David Keith Anderson as Armstrong
• Kimberly Auslander as J. Jonah Jameson
• Lena Banks as operations ensign
• Buzz Barbee as maiden voyage official
• Enterprise -D civilian
• Klingon officer
• Joe Baumann as Garvey
• Rina Bennett as Starfleet officer
• Eddie Berman as Bolian boy
• Tom Berman as Vulcan boy
• Pam Blackwell as El-Aurian survivor
• Joey Box as Enterprise -D command officer
• Steven Boz as security ensign
• Brandy as Spot
• Debbie David as Enterprise -B crewman
• Cameron as Kellogg
• Tracee Lee Cocco as Jae
• Steve Diamond as command officer
• Andrew DePalma as El-Aurian survivor
• Mizarian civilian
• operations division ensign
• Michael Echols as Klingon bridge officer
• Tarik Ergin as Medical technician
• Gunnel Eriksson as sciences officer
• Margaret Flores as civilian
• Kevin Grevioux as Starfleet security officer
• Whoopi Goldberg as Guinan
• Darrell Hall as Enterprise crewman
• Star Halm as Enterprise -D lieutenant (uncredited)
• Adolphus Hankins as maiden voyage official
• Command officer
• Kerry Hoyt as security ensign
• Gary Hunter as Vulcan civilian
• Penny Juday as Woman in Ten Forward
• D. Kai as sciences officer
• Dale Kasman as Starfleet officer
• Bill Larson as Enterprise helmsman
• Nora Leonhardt as civilian
• Stewart W. Lew as crewman in Ten Forward
• M. McCahill as Starfleet officer
• Mary Meinel-Newport as Bolian woman
• Lorine Mendell as Enterprise -B crewman
• Rad Milo as Enterprise -D ensign
• Monster as Spot
• Karlotta Nelson as El-Aurian survivor
• Michael Papajohn as Enterprise -D command officer
• Jim Portnoy as Enterprise -D civilian
• Jerry Quinn as Enterprise -B crewman
• Keith Rayve as command crewman
• Raul Reformina as command officer
• Allen Rice as Enterprise -B crewman
• Rick Ryan as Fletcher
• Richard Sarstedt as command officer
• Lou Simon as operations officer
• Spencer as Spot
• Noriko Suzuki as Enterprise -D engineer
• John Tampoya as Enterprise -B crewman
• Dennis Tracy as Bolian waiter
• Darien Wallace
• D. Danny Warhol as engineering crewman in hallway
• Terryl Whitlach as civilian during saucer section crash
• Harry Williams, Jr.
• S. Williams as Starfleet officer
• Zoe as Spot
• Alien evacuee
• Enterprise -B crewman
• Enterprise -D bridge officer (voice)
• Enterprise -D communications officer (voice)
• Two Human maiden voyage officials
• Romulan corpse
• Six Starfleet officers
• SS Lakul comm voice
• Starfleet officer
• Ten Human launch spectators
• Thirteen Enterprise brig crewmen
• Twenty-three El-Aurian survivors
• Two journalists
• Vulcan woman

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• Jane Austin as stunt double for Gates McFadden
• Joni Avery as stunt double for Marina Sirtis
• Jay Caputo as Enterprise -D bridge crewman
• Eugene Collier
• Erik Cord as stunt double for William Shatner
• Chris Durand as Enterprise -D bridge crewman
• Norman Kent as stunt double for William Shatner ( deleted sky diving scene )
• Rusty McClennon as stunt double for Michael Dorn
• Jeff Mosley as stunt double for Michael Dorn
• Denney Pierce as Enterprise -D flight controller
• Mark Riccardi as stunt double for Jonathan Frakes
• Pat Romano – stunt rigger
• Lynn Salvatori as Antonia
• Cris Thomas-Palomino as Enterprise -D crewmember
• David Wendler as stunt double for William Shatner (horse jump)
• Brian J. Williams as stunt double for Brent Spiner
• Merritt Yohnka as Enterprise -B crewman
• Unknown animal actors as Nexus horses

Stand-ins and photo doubles [ ]

• Stand-in for LeVar Burton
• Stand-in for Tim Russ
• Margaret Flores – stand-in for Marina Sirtis
• Lauren C. Kim – stand-in for Jacqueline Kim
• Nora Leonhardt – stand-in for Marina Sirtis
• Lorine Mendell – stand-in for Gates McFadden
• James Minor – stand-in for Michael Dorn
• Kevin Reed O'Hara – photo double for Walter Koenig
• Keith Rayve – stand-in for Brent Spiner
• Richard Sarstedt – stand-in for Jonathan Frakes
• Dennis Tracy – stand-in for Patrick Stewart
• Guy Vardaman – body double for Brent Spiner
• Philip Weyland – stand-in for William Shatner

Production staff [ ]

• Dave Archer – Artwork Provider: Paintings
• Rey Barrera – Rigging Electrician
• Rob Bloch – Animal Trainer: Critters of the Cinema
• Tom Bookout – Grip
• Kelli Cole – Animal Trainer: Critters of the Cinema
• Bernie Dresel – Orchestra Drummer
• Christopher Flick – Foley Editor
• Edward J. Franklin – Special Effects Artist
• Bill Hawk – Prop fabricator
• Jack Haye – Modelmaker
• Joe Lombardi – Special Effects Artist: Full Scale Effects
• Jim W. Pearson – Advisor
• Dan Purinton – Rigging Gaffer/Lot Best Boy
• Clark Schaffer – Production Illustrator
• Karen Thomas-Kolakowski – Animal Trainer: Critters of the Cinema
• Cogswell Video Services, Inc. – Visual Effects Unit Video Assist Company

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Other references [ ]

• List of USS Enterprise -D personnel
• USS Enterprise dedication plaque: San Francisco Fleet Yards ; Starship class
• USS Enterprise -B dedication plaque: Advanced Technologies ; Alonzo, John ; Arp, Thomas ; Bennett, Yudi ; Berman, Rick K. ; Blackman, Bob ; Braga, Brannon ; Carson, David ; Causey, Thomas ; Curry, Dan ; Dwyer, John M. ; Eaves, John ; Engineering Division ; Fleet Operations ; Fredrickson, A. ; George, William ; Kobayashi, Alan ; Lauritson, Peter ; Mandel, Geoff ; Moore, Ronald B. ; Moore, Ronald D. ; Office of Science Ops ; Okuda, Denise ; Roddenberry, G. ; Silverburg, Dan ; Starfleet Charter ; Tactical Unit ; Tyrus, Pernell ; UESPA ; Van Over, James ; Veneziano, Sandy ; Westmore, Mike ; Wilkinson, Ron ; Williams, Bernie ; Wright, Michelle ; Zimmerman, H.
• USS Enterprise -B MSD: antimatter fill port ; antimatter generator ; antimatter storage ; battle bridge ; cargo bay ; cargo conveyor ; computer core ; crew lounge ; deflector grid buss ; deuterium loading port ; field geometry sensor ; impulse reaction system ; junior officers quarters ; lateral sensor ; lateral sensor array ; main bridge ; main engineering ; main shuttlebay ; main sickbay ; navigational sensor cluster ; observation lounge ; phaser emitter ; photon torpedo launcher ; plasma injection system ; primary navigation deflector ; rcs mooring emitter ; rcs thruster assembly ; sensor module ; sensor platform ; subspace field coil system ; tractor beam emitter ; vectored exhaust direct assembly ; warp drive nacelle ; warp nacelle pylon ; warp reactor core
• Stellar Cartography Star Chart: Angosia III ; Antica IV ; Antide Prime ; Archer IV ; Beta Renna system ; Beta V ; Betazed ; Boreal III ; Canopus Major ; Chalna ; Cheron ; Clarus system ; Coalition of Madena ; Daled V ; Daran V ; Delta IV ; El-Adrel IV ; Epsilon Canaris ; Gamma Eridon ; Gravesworld ; Halee system ; Hayashi system ; Hansen's Planet ; Idran Star Cluster ; Ilecom system ; Janus VI ; Jaros colony ; Lauren III ; Lima Sierra system ; Lorenze Cluster ; M24 Alpha system ; Makus III ; Manark IV ; Manu III ; Maxia Zeta ; Melina II ; Milika III ; Miridian VI ; Nimbus III ; Ogus II ; Omega Centus I ; Organia ; Pentarus system ; Penthara IV ; Razzbo system ; Seiji Major ; Septimus Minor ; Serlay ; Sherman's Planet ; Straleb ; Strnad solar system ; Thasus IV ; T'lli Beta ; Torona IV ; Turkana IV ; Tycho system ; Tyken's Rift ; Vandor IV ; Vaytan I ; Wolf 359 ; Zeon Minor ; Zeta Antaras IV
• Amargosa Observatory Guidance System LCARS Panel : Alonzo's Vision ; Alpha Berman ; Barnett's World ; Beta Cannon ; Beta Eaves ; Beta Gaston ; Bill's Place ; Carr's Planet ; Carson's Moon ; Dahm Prime ; Drexler's Star ; Duder's Haven ; Dwyer Nebula ; Epsilon Juday ; Knoll's Planet ; Lin's Star ; Lori's Star ; McKnight's Star ; Okuda Prime ; Roddenberry's Dream ; Sandy's Star ; Tathwell's Star ; Theta Jein ; Theta Moore ; Van Over's Refuge ; Wager's Star ; Williams Star ; Zimmerman's World

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• Star Trek Generations (Blu-ray)
• Star Trek Generations (Special Edition DVD)
• Star Trek Generations (DVD)
• Star Trek Generations (soundtrack)
• Star Trek Generations (novel)
• Star Trek Generations (game)

Sources [ ]

• Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion (3rd ed.), Larry Nemecek , Pocket Books, 2003 .
• Star Trek: The Next Generation Sketchbook: The Movies , John Eaves & J.M. Dillard , Pocket Books, 1998 .
• Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Continuing Mission , Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens , Pocket Books, 1998 .
• Star Trek Movie Memories , William Shatner & Chris Krenski, Pocket Books, 1994 .
• Star Trek Generations (Special Edition) DVD , Ronald D. Moore & Brannon Braga , audio commentary .
• Star Trek Generations (Special Edition) DVD, Michael & Denise Okuda , text commentary .

External links [ ]

• Star Trek Generations at Memory Beta , the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
• " Star Trek Generations " at MissionLogPodcast.com
• Star Trek Generations at Wikipedia
• Star Trek Generations at the Internet Movie Database
• Star Trek: Generations script  at Star Trek Minutiae
• Behind the scenes on Star Trek: Generations  at Forgotten Trek – features production history, concept art, and set design
• 1 Bell Riots
• 3 Daniels (Crewman)

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Published Dec 23, 2013

Collecting Trek: Toys, Cards & More Depicting Deleted Scenes

Welcome to the first of a new series of article we are writing for StarTrek.com examining fun and interesting collectibles. While our other articles will continue to explore the history of Star Trek production, these new articles will explore the “great material continuum” of almost 50 years of Star Trek toys, trading cards, games, and other licensed tchotchkes. One of the great things about writing these articles is that it allows to us to write about all versions of Star Trek , from The Original Series to Star Trek Into Darkness. We will include images of our collectibles as examples with each article. In the words of Captain Jonathan Archer, “Let’s go!”

Before the era of Blu-ray/DVD bonus features, there were but a few ways for fans to experience deleted scenes from their favorite Star Trek movies. One was in magazines such as Star Trek Communicator , the official fan club publication, which charted the making of films, or in Starlog (and both Dan Madsen and David McDonnell are now fellow StarTrek.com guest bloggers). Once in a while, movies shown on TV or sold on VHS included alternative scenes. Another possibility was that deleted scenes were also included in the novelizations; however, it was often difficult to ascertain which scenes were either scripted moments that were not filmed; filmed scenes that were edited from the movie; or original scenes created by the author to provide context.

That is where Star Trek collectibles come in. Occasionally, and in the instance of Star Trek: Generations quite memorably, toys and trading cards were windows into deleted scenes. In this month’s article, we take a look at some intriguing examples.

Arguably, the most famous example of toys revealing alternative plans for a Star Trek movie was Playmates Toys, Inc.’s 1994 action figure line for Star Trek: Generations (which celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2014). Timed with the film’s premiere, sixteen 4.5” action figures were released, including the entire compliment of TNG regular characters. Interestingly, the uniforms on the figures did not match those worn in the film (which alternated between TNG Season 3-7 and Deep Space Nine uniforms). Instead, the figures sported more militaristic looking uniforms with high collars, TOS -era inspired rank sleeve stripes, and a jacket reminiscent of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Starfleet outfits. There were slightly varied designs for the Beverly Crusher and Deanna Troi action figures, featuring a higher waistband of black.

Reactions to the action figures in the proto-Internet era included both understandable confusion (why this design?) and annoyance (thinking perhaps the toy company was not being careful enough in its likenesses). The truth was that these costumes were indeed designed by the talented Emmy Award winner Robert Blackman for Star Trek: Generations and constructed. At the last minute, the decision was made to abandon the design, necessitating the use of alternating TNG/DS9 TV uniforms. Playmates Toys was too far into the production process to change the uniforms and the action figures were released with the planned, but never used, uniforms.  Thus, collectors had a tangible look at one of Star Trek ’s most interesting “could have beens” thanks to the toys.

Another important note is that one of the figures in the Generations line was “Captain James T. Kirk in Space Suit.” Although filmed, the original beginning of the film of Kirk conducting a dangerous orbital skydiving stunt as Scotty and Chekov wait for him down below on Earth) was edited out entirely (you can find it on YouTube). Interestingly, this predates Kirk’s orbital skydive in J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek (2009) . This figure provided fans a look at what Kirk’s costume would have looked like (although more blue in tone in the film), and included an impossibly large Champagne bottle as one its accessories because Kirk’s journey to Earth was to be intercut with a bottle sailing towards the U.S.S. Enterprise 1701 B’s christening. Kirk’s costume would later be adapted to B’Elanna Torres for the Voyager episode “Extreme Risk.”

Trading cards were also good sources for seeing images of deleted scenes as they too were often in production while the films themselves were being edited and could not be changed. In 1982, the Monty Gum Card company from the Netherlands produced a set of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan trading cards which included several deleted moments. One was from a longer fight sequence between Kirk and son David Marcus (in the filmed version, the two never wind up on the ground) and another depicted Chekov wishing to go to the bridge to help during the final battle.

The orbital skydiving scene from Generations was card #1 in the SkyBox trading card set. Years before they were available on DVD, the Star Trek: Insurrection card set included a look at an extended deleted library scene (in which William Riker and Deanna Troi are chastised for talking too loudly) and a deleted kiss between Picard and Anij.

Going further back in time, Gene and Majel Roddenberry's Lincoln Enterprises sold slides cut from Star Trek TOS film which sometimes included images of deleted scenes or "clapper board" moments (look for more about this in a future article).

In 2013, collectors could also obtain a Hasbro Fighter Pod version of Quocch (also known as “Four Eyes”), the multi-eyed alien prisoner from Star Trek (2009) ’s deleted Rura Penthe scene.

While most of these “deleted scene” collectibles were the result of necessarily long toy or trading card production times, especially for Generations , fans and collectors were treated to rare glimpses through the proverbial looking glass at alternative moments and costumes from their favorite films.

NEXT TIME: Car Trek: Star Trek automobile themed collectibles

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Maria Jose and John Tenuto are both sociology professors at the College of Lake County in Grayslake, Illinois, specializing in popular culture and subculture studies. The Tenutos have conducted extensive research on the history of Star Trek , and have presented at venues such as Creation Conventions and the St. Louis Science Center. They have written for the official Star Trek Magazine and their extensive collection of Star Trek items has been featured in SFX Magazine . Their theory about the “20-Year Nostalgia Cycle” and research on Star Trek fans has been featured on WGN News, BBC Radio, and in the documentary The Force Among Us . They recently researched all known paperwork from the making of the classic episode "Space Seed" and are excited to be sharing some previously unreported information about Khan's first adventure with fellow fans. Contact the Tenutos at [email protected] or [email protected].

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Exclusive: Watch ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Series Finale Deleted Scene From Final Season DVD/Blu-ray

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Next week Star Trek: Discovery The Final Season arrives on Blu-ray and DVD. The sets include audio commentary, exclusive special features, a gag reel, and more. It also includes deleted scenes and we have an exclusive look at one of them.

Saru and Nhan share a moment

The season five finale (“Life, Itself”) saw Saru and Nhan take on a daring mission to waylay a Breen Primarch. In the deleted scene below, the pair share a moment as they head out to their mission talking about Saru’s upcoming wedding to T’Rina and the challenge of balancing duty with personal lives.

Disco S5 comes home on Tuesday

Star Trek : Discovery The Final Season arrives on for DVD and Blu-ray  on Tuesday, August 27 . A digital release for season 5 arrives on August 26.

The home and digital releases include nearly 2 hours of special features. Here is a breakdown of what is included…

• Audio Commentary (Exclusive to Home Entertainment)
• Deleted Scene (Exclusive to Home Entertainment)
• Being Michael Burnham (Exclusive to Home Entertainment)
• Character Development (Exclusive to Home Entertainment)
• Gag Reel (Exclusive to Home Entertainment)
• Star Trek: Discovery™: The Voyage of Season 5
• A Team Effort
• Discovery’s Creative Force

You can pre-order Discovery Season 5 at Amazon on Blu-ray for $34.99  or DVD for $29.99 .

Box art for DVD edition

There is also a limited edition Steelbook Blu-ray, which can be can be pre-ordered for $39.99 .

Season 5 Steelbook Blu-Ray

Check out the announcement trailer…

New Series Box Set

Paramount is also releasing a new complete series box set on DVD and Blu-ray on August 27.  The set features all 65 episodes and over 15 hours of special features including a bonus disc “that takes you on a never-before-seen journey through all five seasons with the cast and crew.” The complete series box set can be pre-ordered for  $59.95 on Blu-ray  and  $49.95 on DVD .

Box art for Blu-ray edition

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I have to say, the more I realize Discovery is done for good, the more I miss it… Espically Saru who IMHO is among the echelon of best Trek characters along with the Kelpians is one of the best things added to Trek canon….. Would love Legacy to run into the still developing Kelpians..

I guess I’ll have to order the blu ray to see how it all ends.

I liked Discovery for its action, its production, and its serialized story-telling. The thing is, while I liked the ensemble of characters, I didn’t love any one of them. A couple of them I really disliked (and one really creeped me out). I think, for me, that’s one of the biggest things that draws me to the ST shows. As Harve Bennett and Nicholas Meyer both realized, both being newbies to ST when they were making TWOK, the original characters carried even the weak episodes (Bennett) and had “charm” (Meyer).

TNG had that. DS9 did too. Voyager had some characters I really loved, Janeway, the Doctor, Seven, and Tuvok, some I liked with B’lanna and Tom, some I didn’t care about at all, Chakotay, Harry, and Kes, and one I desliked with Neelix.

No comment on ENT, since I never got into it.

I just didn’t love any of the Discovery characters. The ones I liked the most were the Empress, who left the series, and Jett Reno, who wasn’t on all the episodes (I’m glad she’s in the Academy show, she’s hilarious). I actually really enjoyed the first 2 seasons of Picard and really liked the characters on that show. I don’t understand all the hate there regarding it. Haven’t seen SNW yet, but I thought Ethan Peck was great as Spock on DISCO and Anson Mount’s Pike was just great too.

My current ranking of ST shows:

I can’t disagree with you on how you assessed DIS. While Saru is my favorite character on the show, and he does rank up there as a great Trek character, I’m not sure I could name another character that I really enjoyed watching, other than maybe Dr. Culber, oh and Jett Reno for sure. Rayner had potential, especially since he showed the most character growth in his one season, but he was only there for one season, the final season.

Honestly, only TOS, TNG, and DS9 have an ensemble whose characters have stuck with me since their shows went off the air (and that includes recurring characters, especially on DS9). I think SNW could be there, we shall see, and LDS could be there too (but their live action appearance is what made that possible), but not DIS or even the first two seasons of PIC (PIC Season 3 is just TNG Season 8 and with an awesome frenemy: Liam Shaw, another great Trek character). PRO I’ve loved, but I doubt I’ll ever remember the character names.

I did not like VOY or any of its character (I did like the Doctor’s cameos in DS9 and in FC, however, even if it was more of him being the EMS rather than “The Doctor”), BUT Seven of Nine was one of my favorites on PIC. On PIC she became a full-fledged character. (Holo-Janeway on PRO was better than regular Janeway on VOY.) ENT on the other hand… I just spent the last minute or so thinking about it and, nope, I’ll pass on all of those characters. I’d like to recommend Shran, but that’s literally only because of Jeffrey Combs and for no other reason.

Now, how would I rank the shows? Hmm… I know VOY and ENT still rank last for me, and DS9 is my favorite of the original spin-offs, and TOS will always always hold a special place in my heart (even though I’m 10 years younger than the franchise, TOS was in my life since, probably, 1980 or slightly earlier, but I wouldn’t remember), but how to rank all 15,000 Star Trek shows… Hmmm…

TOS DS9 TNG/PIC S3/SNW/LDS/PRO PIC S1-2 DIS VOY/ENT

I don’t have TAS in there, because quite honestly, it’s been far too long since I’ve seen an episode to remember where to rank it. So, while, writing-wise I know it’s TOS seasons 4 and 5, production-wise, well, it’s a very 1970s cartoon. I’ll need to rewatch it to remember where to rank it.

Movies rankings…

TWOK/TVH/TUC/FC TSFS/Beyond TMP:DE/’09/ID* TFF /Gen/Nem TMP:TE ID*

The abomination spewed out in 1998 is not listed because I reject that… thing… entirely. It is the worst thing that has ever been put out with the Star Trek logo slapped on it (and that includes the books by Sondra Marshak and Myrna Culbreath, whose books I have never been able to finish because they are so awful).

Into Darkness is listed both as good and bad because if one had never seen TWOK, ID is a pretty good sequel to ’09. If one had seen TWOK, especially 1000 times, then, dear Rao, I shouldn’t be able to quote a movie that I’m watching for the first time.

TMP is also listed twice because TMP: Director’s Edition is a good movie because it is actually a finished and complete movie, whereas, the Theatrical Edition of TMP was never completed (as is famously known) and is very problematic and not a very good movie. Although, in any version of TMP, I can watch Scotty and Kirk’s tour of the Enterprise on repeat. I love love love love love love that ship. Best Sci-Fi ship EVER. (Now, if only I could win the lottery to buy that Tomy model of her…)

Hey, great post, sisko!

Yeah, I feel the same way about the top 3. TOS, TNG, and DS9. They were near perfection because they had a great set of characters (in addition to great stories, with DS9 being the most consistent and ambitious obviously wrt writing).

For me, VOY is a mixed bag. It had some characters I really loved and some great stories. I liked the ship very much too. But it had so much wasted potential thanks to Paramount’s wish to keep it more like TNG and Berman and Braga in charge of the show. It didn’t fully exploit its premise. And, like I said, it had some characters that I felt were flat (Chakotay) to pathetic (Harry Kim), to cloying (Kes), to creepy and irritating (Neelix).

I really haven’t gotten into ENT or LD like I’ve said, so I can’t judge. I’m a bit bothered by LD making so many jokes at the other shows expense. It just seems like it’s an endless riff of citations and the like on the other straight shows. I’m just not sure I’d like it.

ENT, like I said, initially I just felt like I was watching TNG v3. I wanted something that would be, at least, more like TOS, if not something really different and ambitious like DS9. Instead, I got TNG v3. After VOY, I just couldn’t get through ENT.

I’ll say this for DISCO, though, like someone else said on TREKBBS, it aimed for the fences. It was different in tone, style, format, etc., than the Berman trio of TNG, VOY, and ENT. Like Bryan Fuller wanted, DISCO incorporated the energy and style of the Abrams films and it had flawed characters like TOS did. What’s more, by placing it right before TOS, it revisited and reimagined, with updated sfx and much higher budgets, the TOS era and allowed us to revisit Spock, Pike, Chapel, Uhura, and Kirk. I haven’t watched SNW yet (except for the very first episode which I really thought was brilliant), but I’m looking forward to it. Honestly, if it was done carefully, I’d be up for Pike moving on and Kirk and McCoy showing up. After all, aren’t we TOS fans owed 2 more seasons at least?

Here’s the real crazy thing with LDS and me: I don’t find the show funny. Like, not at all (I’ve snickered a few times and laughed once or twice). But, by Rao, is it great Star Trek and the characters are so good, and you care about them.

As a comedy, I guess I’m not the target audience. But as Star Trek… The (Bajoran) Prophets smile upon this show. It’s so fun, not dark, same morals and values that TOS, TNG, and DS9 preach. I look forward to each new episode and am not happy that Paramount canceled it after Season 5 (I really wanted to see their TUC homage poster and which version they were going to use: the Klingon head or the crew version (it was probably going to be the crew version)).

The creators of the show love Star Trek and it shows.

I have no problems with how different DIS was compared to 1990s Trek, it’s just that there wasn’t much joy in that series (though the 5th season had it, which is probably why I feel that Rayner had potential). Which is another reason why SNW is so good: the joy is back, and they’re clearly loving Star Trek.

Sure DS9 was dark, but there was still that joy and fun in it. PIC Season 3 also was dark (though in their case, I think it’s because they spent the budget on the special effects and the sets that they couldn’t afford lights), but man oh man was it good to see the Enterprise-D crew in action one more time.

Oh, and yeah, ENT was a TNG prequel not a TOS prequel.

Don’t really understand the hate for INS. Sure, it isn’t a great movie, but it is better than TFF or NEM in my opinion.

INS feels more episodic than theatrical, but I’m not mad about it because it has a good story. And yeah,I also think it’s superior to TFF and NEM.

MUCH better than NEM, BY A LOT!

Oh you really want me to talk about that abomination, so be it.

Never once prior to that abomination and never since have I ever been bored watching anything that had the name Star Trek on it. Never have I ever wanted a commercial break so badly so I could go and raid the fridge.

There was no insurrection in that thing at all. It was a rogue Badmiral that they were fighting against. There was no violation of the Prime Directive, like they were making a big fuss about. What was up with that Microsoft joystick never seen prior or since to fly the Enterprise? The attempts at humor were forced and not natural (like the singing in the shuttlecraft or Worf’s zit).

It was a boring two part TNG episode that was pretending to be a theatrical production. (I saw The Cage in the theaters for some special showing and that was amazing theatrically. The Cage. Made in 1964 for television.)

The stakes were low. The Star Trek-ness was low. I cannot even think of one good thing to say about it whereas I can even with something like Spock’s Brain or Threshold. Yeah, you read that correctly. Even Jerry Goldsmith’s normally flawless score was dull. You also read that correctly.

I still want my money back, almost 30 years later. The only reason I have a copy of it on any form of home media was because it unfortunately came with the 10 movie box set on Blu-Ray. Prior to that I had never bought a copy of that waste of celluloid and I own a copy of basically every version of every Star Trek movie ever made (six or seven versions of TMP alone as well as TFF and NEM). Almost 30 years later I still get pissed talking about it.

I would rather be forced to watch all seven seasons of that fan fiction known as Star Trek: Voyager than Rejection ever again.

I recently rewatched INS. You’re right, it’s not bad at all. And sisko’s right too, it’s not really an Insurrection and it wasn’t a matter of the prime directive. Anyway, other than more money for production, it does come across as just another TNG two-parter, and, honestly, a lot of TNG’s two-parters, maybe all of them, were better.

I just think that, for ST films, the stakes should be higher. I like NEM more than INS for that reason. Yeah, it’s a colder movie and should have been better but it has a kick ass space battle, creepy Remans, and Data dies (I don’t think they should have done it, but it was done well).

TFF is kind of like INS, with worse sfx an obviously bungled ending and a flimsy story. It comes across as one of the weaker TOS episodes. The thing that carries that film, again, are the characters. There are some good character beats. That’s about it. That film was a big let down.

Won’t miss this show but did mostly like the last season.

I’m still trying to figure out the purpose of Nhan as a character.

Poor Nhan! Good actress but she never got the development she deserved. Then again that was sadly an all too common problem for Discovery. On a positive note though, the final season was the best one yet for the show! Glad it got to go out on a high note!

Don’t need this.

Needed to comment, though.

Nice, now we remove the comments that doesn’t praise the worst Star Trek series ever without insulting anyone or any profane words, good job!

I miss this messy show so much. Sonequa is such a joy and I know she’s unpopular in these parts, but Michael is one of all time favourite characters in Trek.

Glad you loved her, M1701. I really like Sonequa Martin-Green too. I new she could be a good central character for the new show after seeing her on The Walking Dead, where she similarly played a strong character.

I’m kind of lukewarm on her Discovery character though. For every one thing I like about her, there’s something else that I just can’t connect with. I just find her just…too emotional I guess and I didn’t like how she went against both Captain Georgiou and Saru and then, at the end, after everything works out for her, gets rewarded with command of a ship. There were times when she did legitimately put the ship at risk too due to wanting to save one person. I just don’t understand, I guess, why the writers would undercut the character like that if they knew they were going to make her the captain of the ship.

Since I like consistency, I had to order the final season Steelbook … but I also had to order the full series set to get the extra disc. Grrr take my money lol.

Nobody was talking about Discovery when it ended. The truth is, no one cared. Why are we not honest about Discovery? I believe that when Bryan Fuller was let go and they brought in Michelle Paradise, the show allowed the actors to be themselves as opposed to the characters they were paid to play. Season 3 onward was a mess but why do we act like it was must see tv. It was not. I actually had no real issue with Season 1. Thought 2 was alright. Anson Mount made it interesting. He was fantastic.

It was obvious that the Red Angel plot was designed to softly reboot the Prime Timeline. Tell me you want to reboot Trek without telling me you are actually rebooting it, at least the portion that takes place in the 23rd century.

I also had an issue with the way they disrespected Avery Brooks. They touted Ms. Green as the first Black Lead in a Trek Show. They aslo acted like Black actors were never in Star Trek. They forgot about Madge Sinclair from Trek IV and her role as Captain La Forge on TNG.

It is amazing how we forgot all the Black actors who contributed to Star Trek over the many decades. Nichelle Nichols, Madge Sinclair, William Marshall. Brock Peters, Cirroc Lofton, Penny Johnson, Levar Burton, Paul Winfield, Booker Bradshaw(OG Mbenga) Tim Russ, Bernie Casey, Sallie Richardson, and of course Michael Dorn. There were others but you get my point.

Discovery was just annoying at times. It was like Greys Anatomy in Space. It was a bad show. I am sorry if anyone is offended. It was bad.

I hope that Skydance cleans up Trek and replaces the current team with people who respect and honor the franchise. If Paramount wants to make money off Trek, they need to get rid of the remnants of Bad Robot. Kurtzman needs to go. Did you see that foolishness at SDCC? A comedy show? What? There was a time in hollywood when folks actually had to know how to write to get jobs.

This is just my opinion. I hope it does not get deleted. I Love Star Trek and I hate where it is. It is the hands of people who don’t care. The writers room is not about fans its about the egos of these writers who arrogantly think they know what I want or the fanbase. The Acolyte was cancelled because of the arrogrance of the people who made it.

Kevin Feige grabbed Terry Matalas because of his work on Picard Season 3. Kurtzman let the man walk. I hope they make Terry Matals the new head of Trek one day. I need a fan who genuinely loves the lore. I don’t need someone who ignores fans and butchers the lore.

Again, would appreciate if my post is not deleted. This is my opinion. I love Trek. This is my passion for it.

Hey, THESISKO (OG), I totally respect your opinion. For me, I really enjoyed Discovery seasons 1 and 2, because they were something new compared to the Berman-Braga repeated TNG formula, because of the action and production, and because of the serialized story telling. Like I said above, I liked the characters, but not as much as the ensembles in TOS, TNG, and DS9 by a long shot. I had some quibbles with some of the continuity problems in it too. But, anyway, I’m saying, I get what you’re saying. DISC is low on my list of ST shows. Maybe it’s on par with VOY, but it is not comparable imo to TOS, TNG, and DS9 at all.

And I actually liked Picard seasons 1 and 2 more than Discovery as well.

To me Discovery kicked off the “Dork Age” for Trek – what TV Tropes used to call it, since renamed “Audience-Alienating Era.” I don’t like the latter term, because what has alienated one part of the fan base has certainly drawn in others and new fans. But Dork Age fits because it truly is the dumbing-down of Star Trek. Nothing in Discovery or anything that has come since has approached the brilliance of the Golden Age of Trek, namely 20th century Trek. After DS9 ended, the quality dipped dramatically. But by the time we got to Disco, after those first 2 seasons, Trek was no longer being taken seriously in the same way anymore. Disco ushered in this pervasive pattern of lazy storytelling that many older fans simply wouldn’t call “very Star Trek” compared to what came before. The longer time goes on, the more it feels like the content being produced today is “less Star Trek” than ever, particularly with regard to the upcoming Section 31.

So regardless of whether you personally find Disco and its sister streaming shows any good, the overwhelming consensus is that Star Trek has become a lot dumber, a lot more formulaic, a lot less spectacular than the heights that drew us to the franchise in the first place. All major franchises of the last 100 years go through these phases, with fans coming and going and having their own special era close to their hearts. Star Trek is now 60 years old – of course it will have ups and downs. To me, everything produced since 2017 has been a down. Star Trek used to be one of the most respected and popular franchises. Now, the latest shows – not so much. I’m glad Disco is over, and I really hope SNW gets better…but that season 3 sneak peek doesn’t look promising at all, and the less said about Section 31 the better.

Trek isn’t alone in this phenomenon. I personally think it has to do with the economics of streaming. Star Wars and Marvel over at Disney have similarly hit the doldrums. Because when you throw 200 million dollars at a half-baked poorly written show that no one tunes in to watch – your franchise will run out of steam. I’m worried that with SNW going increasingly into jump the shark territory, S31 looking very anti-Star Trek, and Academy delivering on a premise no one asked for, Trek will start running out of antimatter, too.

Yes to all of this! I’ve not seen anyone say this before so thanks for putting this into words and posting here.

I’m hoping that this phase of Star Trek will disappear one day soon and we will get a more mature Star Trek show. I don’t want a full on return to the 90s but an evolved version of that mindset for a modern audience would be incredible.

For now, I’ll continue to follow what happens in the Star Trek universe but not super interested in watching it.

'Star Trek: Discovery' final season lands on DVD, Blu-ray and limited edition Steelbook

Set phasers to stoked! "Star Trek: Discovery" S5 beams onto home video Aug. 27.

"It has been a hell of a journey!"

Now that " Star Trek: Discovery " has wrapped up its last cosmic mission this past spring, it's time to clear some space in your video library for " Star Trek: Discovery - The Final Season ." It will hit DVD, Blu-ray and have a limited edition Steelbook release when it arrives from Paramount Home Entertainment on Aug. 27, 2024. 

Sure, you can always still stream it on Paramount+ to your heart's content, but the allure of these deluxe 4-disk physical editions for " Discovery's " last run is the incredible array of behind-the-scenes goodies, gag reels, fun bloopers, illuminating featurettes, cast and crew interviews, promotional material, teasers and trailers, special audio commentaries, and plenty more added bonus content.

Here's the official synopsis:

"'Star Trek: Discovery' follows the voyages of Starfleet on their missions to discover new worlds and new life forms. The fifth and final season will find Captain Burnham and the crew of the U.S.S. Discovery uncovering a mystery that will send them on an epic adventure across the galaxy to find an ancient power whose very existence has been deliberately hidden for centuries. But there are others on the hunt as well… dangerous foes who are desperate to claim the prize for themselves and will stop at nothing to get it."

"Star Trek: Discovery - The Final Season" features the ensemble cast of Sonequa Martin-Green (Captain Michael Burnham), Doug Jones (Saru), Anthony Rapp (Paul Stamets), Mary Wiseman (Sylvia Tilly), Wilson Cruz (Dr. Hugh Culber), David Ajala (Cleveland "Book" Booker), Blu del Barrio (Adira), and Callum Keith Rennie (Rayner). This final season presents guest stars Elias Toufexis (L'ak) and Eve Harlow (Moll).

Check out the wealth of special bonus features packed into this Final Season set:

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And if that's still not enough "Discovery" to satiate you, "Star Trek: Discovery - The Complete Series" box set will also be available on Aug. 27 featuring all 65 episodes on 21 disks, plus more than 15 hours of spacefaring special content including a bonus disk that transports fans on an emotional, never-before-seen galactic adventure through the events of all five seasons with the whole cast and crew.

In the U.K., the Final Season and Complete Series sets release a week earlier, on Aug. 19.

"Star Trek: Discovery" is produced by CBS Studios in partnership with Secret Hideout and Roddenberry Entertainment. Executive producers include Alex Kurtzman, Michelle Paradise, Heather Kadin, Aaron Baiers, Olatunde Osunsanmi, Sonequa Martin-Green, Frank Siracusa, John Weber, Rod Roddenberry and Trevor Roth, with Alex Kurtzman and Michelle Paradise serving as co-showrunners.

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34 years later, star trek's most disappointing tng character exit still hurts.

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• Wesley Crusher faced backlash due to mishandling by early TNG writers.
• Wesley had potential but lacked significant development in the later seasons.
• Wesley's return in Star Trek: Prodigy Season 2 provided closure for his character.

Wesley Crusher may not have been the most popular one on Star Trek: The Next Generation , but I wish he would have stuck around longer. Centering on Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) and his crew aboard the USS Enterprise-D, TNG introduced an incredible cast of characters who came to feel like family. While I agree with the general consensus that Star Trek: TNG's first season is the show's weakest, a lot about the series worked from the very beginning, including most of its characters.

Wil Wheaton's Wesley Crusher was the youngest main cast member by far, and he offered a glimpse of what life on a starship would be like for a teenage boy. While Wesley was not my absolute favorite character, I never understood all the backlash and hate he has received from some viewers. The writers of Star Trek: The Next Generation did not seem to know quite what to do with Wesley much of the time, but I think the character had a lot of potential and I wish he had stayed on the show longer.

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Wesley Crusher was the most divisive Enterprise addition in Star Trek: The Next Generation. Why did actor Wil Wheaton finally leave the show?

Wesley Crusher Was Mishandled During Star Trek: The Next Generation's Early Seasons

Tng's early season writers didn't quite know what to do with wesley..

Wesley Crusher was originally conceived as a bit of a stand-in for Gene Roddenberry, and who wouldn't want to be a young boy genius who gets to live on a starship? But Wesley's genius was part of the problem. As a child prodigy, Wes sometimes found solutions to problems that had evaded even the most senior members of the Enterprise crew. This made the more experienced crew members look incompetent, which didn't exactly endear Wesley to viewers. Still, it wasn't the character's fault (or Wil Wheaton's) that Wes was too often written poorly in TNG .

Wil Wheaton delivered a solid performance and Wes had a lot of potential if only he had been taken more seriously as a character and given better storylines. Episodes like TNG season 1, episode 3, "The Naked Now" and season 1, episode 8, "Justice" both feature Wesley stories that fall flat. But these two episodes had weak stories from the beginning, suggesting Wesley wasn't the problem. In these early episodes, it was clear the writers were still developing the characters, and Wes just didn't get the development that many of the other characters did.

Wesley Crusher's Later Star Trek: TNG Stories Prove He Had Much More To Give

Tng's "final mission" & "the first duty" are both strong episodes..

Wesley had a few standout moments throughout TNG seasons 1 and 2, such as "Where No One Has Gone Before" and "Pen Pals," but he doesn't get much to do in season 3. It feels like the people behind the scenes saw that Wes wasn't quite working as a character, so they stopped giving him significant storylines. But then the last episode with Wesley as a member of the main cast is surprisingly good. In TNG season 4, episode 9, "Final Mission," Captain Picard travels with Wes to Starfleet Academy, but their shuttle crashes on the way there.

I enjoyed that Wes behaved like a normal teenager in "The First Duty," but still proved himself to be a genuinely good person.

When Picard is seriously injured, Wes has to keep him alive until the Enterprise arrives, and he comes across as smart and capable. I have a particular fondness for "Final Mission," as well as TNG 's "The First Duty," which shows another side to Wes. After he's involved in a flight accident that kills another cadet, Wesley participates in a cover-up with his fellow Nova Squadron members which results in him receiving a dressing down from Captain Picard. I enjoyed that Wes behaved like a normal teenager in "The First Duty," but still proved himself to be a genuinely good person.

Star Trek Finally Fixed Everything TNG Got Wrong About Wesley Crusher

Wesley Crusher’s role on Star Trek: The Next Generation wasn’t a fan-favorite, but Star Trek finally redeemed Wesley’s annoying plot inconsistencies.

I'm So Glad Wesley Crusher Finally Returned To Star Trek

Wes's return in star trek: prodigy season 2 was a welcome surprise..

Way back in TNG season 1's "Where No One Has Gone Before," a mysterious being known as the Traveler (Eric Menyuk) informed Picard that Wesley was destined for greatness. After Wesley left to join the Travelers in "Journey's End," he remained mostly absent from Star Trek for 28 years (aside from a brief cameo in Star Trek: Nemesis ) . Although he popped up in Star Trek: Picard season 2, Traveler Wesley made a more significant return in Star Trek: Prodigy season 2. I'm glad we finally got to see Wes having fun, galavanting throughout time and space, and saving the universe.

I can't help thinking of all of the adventures we could have witnessed had Wesley joined the Travelers earlier in TNG . Still, Prodigy delivered a great Wesley Crusher story, providing some closure for the character if it does turn out to be the last we see of him. Although, since Wes can travel throughout time and space, he could make an appearance in any Star Trek project, regardless of its place in the timeline. I, for one, really hope future Trek projects take advantage of this, giving Wil Wheaton's Wesley Crusher the fun and compelling storylines he never got on Star Trek: The Next Generation .

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Last night, while lying on the couch watching Pluto TV because the chemotherapy symptoms were kicking my ass and I couldn’t find the energy to move much, I caught the last 45 minutes of Star Trek: Generations, the cross-over movie intended to hand the torch over from the Kirk era to the Picard era. I remember liking this movie a lot when it came out as an 18 year old, but watching it back boy howdy was this a bang-average 1990s Star Trek film. But it did get me thinking, how the hell have I not ranked Tottenham players to Star Trek movies yet? So here I am to rectify this mistake.

Y’all, I’m a huge nerd. You know this, and it’s not the first (or even fourth) time I’ve used Trek as a theme. Maybe it’s a weird time to do it since there hasn’t been a Trek movie since 2016, there are no forthcoming movies in the pipeline, and the franchise is in a bit of a state of flux at the moment, but dammit it’s my blog and sometimes it’s just good to write what you know. So that’s what we’re doing.

Here are your Tottenham player ratings to the theme of Star Trek movies. As always, there are too many movies for the available categories so you’re getting a representative sample.

5 stars: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

I mean, it was always going to be this, right? Of course it was. WoK is just a damn good action movie pitting two evenly-matched rivals against each other in space. It addressed the glaring weakness of the original Star Trek film (grandiose but boring and overly intellectual) by bringing back a back a classic and fantastically charismatic villain, had some incredibly tense starship battle sequences, plus resulted in some some incredibly meaningful consequences in the literal death of Spock. It’s not just the best Trek movie, it’s a damn good movie in general terms.

Micky van de Ven (Community — 4.5): Used his speed well on numerous occasions to cut out dangerous Everton counters, and defended well. Haven’t seen a box-to-box run with the ball that good since Sonny vs. Burnley. Wonderful stuff.

Son Heung-Min (Community — 4.5): Fine, I’ll take my medicine for asking if Son was cooked last week (though at age 32 it’s still a valid question). I’ve got thick skin and can take it. Two goals from three shots and 1.1 xG on his own is a pretty fantastic haul against a Dycheball side, and picking Pickford’s pocket for his second ruled.

4.5 stars: Star Trek: First Contact

A surprise? It shoudn’t be. The Next Generation’s film offerings were all over the place, but it was never better than in First Contact, a film both about the Borg and the founding of the Federation. Time travel is an overused trope in Trek, but it’s done very effectively here. The acting is also as good as you’ll get in Trek, with standout performances from Alfre Woodard, James Cromwell, and a (seriously buff) Patrick Stewart who for the first time is forced to really deal with the trauma he experienced by being temporarily assimilated by the Borg in “Best of Both Worlds.” This is a Picard-centric movie, but there’s a good balance between Stewart and the supporting cast, all of which get a chance to shine. Just a fun, well-executed sci-fi film.

Cuti Romero (Community — 4.5): Cuti had a weird and somewhat rocky first half with a couple of direct giveaways and somewhat relaxed play out of the back, but was imperious in the second half, set up Maddison a couple of times with deep passing, and added a thumping headed goal off the bar. Not a perfect performance but a very very good one.

Ange Postecoglou (Community — 4.5): Much, much better. Shifted the starting lineup with Solanke out — a brave, if necessary decision — and used his subs early and effectively. Does he read this blog? (He doesn’t read this blog)

4 stars: Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

The last ride for the original series cast, I’ve always felt this movie was a little underrated. It brings back the Klingons as villains in a big way (Christopher Plummer!), forces Kirk and the rest of the cast to acknowledge and deal with their advancing age (and the death of Kirk’s son), and even brings back Sulu and the Excelsior, something I wish we had a lot more of in that era of Trek. A fitting, high-energy way to round out the TOS era of Trek.

Yves Bissouma (Community — 4.0): Welcome back, buddy. Fired a thunderbastard of a shot off the underside of the bar to put Spurs up and put in a very disciplined defensive performance in his first match of the season. Also notably more progressive with his passing, with several good and long balls forward.

Pedro Porro (Community — 4.0): One of Spurs’ strongest performers against Leicester and had another very good match on Saturday. Superb defending on the day and while not as effective from the wing did have a shot saved.

James Maddison (Community — 4.0): Another strong creative performance from a free-8 position with a second assist in two matches. He’s looking solid, and it’s lovely to see. Could’ve done better with his goal attempt in space, but hard to criticize him too much for this match.

3.5 stars: Star Trek (2009)

If you’re going to create an entirely separate universe and reimagine TOS with a fresher, younger cast, you damn well better make it fun. And shockingly, J.J. Abrams did just that, lens flares and all. I thought the Kelvin Universe idea was brilliant, even if they did hedge by including Leonard Nemoy as elderly time-traveling Spock. The freedom to take things in a new direction while adhering to the general strokes of existing Trek canon resulted in an exciting and entertaining Trek film, even if it pissed off some of the fans of the original series. Shame he never made a Trek movie better than this one.

Destiny Udogie (Community — 3.5): Worked well in combination with Odobert on the left side. Still not as dynamic as I remember him but he looks like he’s starting to round back into form.

Guglielmo Vicario (Community — 4.0): Not a ton to do in this one as Everton were pretty hapless but did have a couple of good saves. Still looks a little hesitant on corners but at least he didn’t have to scream at any youngsters this match.

Dejan Kulusevski (Community — 4.0): A solid performance, worked well in tight spaces and opened up the midfield with his movement. But it does feel like no matter where he’s supposed to play he always ends up playing as a right midfielder.

Wilson Odobert (Community — 4.0): My word, is Wilson saucy! Dynamic and dribbly, he looked like the real deal. Was let down by his end product in and around the box, but you can certainly see why Tottenham were so keen to bring him in and he worked well with Udogie. I’d like to see what he does on the right with a healthy Solanke.

Djed Spence (Community — 3.0): Not an extensive highlight reel but used his speed effectively and had a couple of very nice defensive moments late.

3 stars: Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

I know Trek fans who absolutely love this movie and for good reasons. I’ve never found it to be THAT compelling. Another time-travel romp back to California in the 1980s where the cast has to Save the Whales (!!) so they can communicate with a visiting space probe that threatens to destroy the planet in the future is the epitome of the Environmental Theme Movies™ that popped up over and over again in that decade. Sorry, but it’s corny. That said, the cast clearly had a hell of a lot of fun in this one and there are some genuinely great moments of comedy, while Shatner chews scenery like a maniac. It’s fun. I get while people like it. I maintain that in the context of the entire series, it’s merely FINE.

Richarlison (Community — 3.0): I was hoping to see more from him but at this point just getting meaningful match minutes is important, and he had some good moments in and around Everton’s box.

Pape Sarr (Community — 3.0): Was mostly just a decent midfield presence at a time when Spurs had already taken their foot off the gas.

Archie Gray (Community — 3.0): I’m still a little nervous relying on Archie too much right now as a six, but unlike in preseason he didn’t look out of place and was tidy enough with the ball.

Lucas Bergvall (Community — 3.0): Didn’t do a ton, didn’t HAVE to do a ton. Snapped nicely into a few tackles, continues to learn on the job.

2.5 stars: Star Trek: Generations

I referenced it in the opening paragraphs, but Generations — the passing of the torch from TOS to TNG in the film franchise — just doesn’t hold up that well 30 years later. It’s not a surprise, I suppose and there are some super fun set pieces (including the crash-landing and destruction of the Enterprise-D), but the entire premise felt more like a way to let angry Trek fans say goodbye to Shatner’s Kirk in a way that ended up being kinda hackneyed. At least Malcolm MacDowell got to chew scenery and upstage Shatner. Supposedly the original cut of the film had MacDowell killing Kirk by shooting him in the back, and I maintain that’d have been a much more appropriate way for Kirk to exit this mortal coil than what ended up in the final film.

Brennan Johnson (Community — 3.0): OK yes, he had some good defensive contributions, but that’s not why he’s in this Spurs team! A couple of small moments going forward but otherwise quiet and passive. Had one moment where he was in a good position to finish off a (bad) Odobert cross. I don’t hate BJ, and think he’s a good option as a late game sub, but he’s now had two lackluster matches in a row as a starter and I’d like to see Odobert start in his place.

2 stars: Star Trek: Insurrection

I don’t think I’ve ever been as sadly disappointed with a Star Trek film as I was with this one after leaving the theater. There are movies I hate more (see below!) but this one just made me sad. The movie was basically an expanded Next Generation episode, which in theory isn’t a bad thing, but the central concept was that of a *middling* TNG episode, not one of the tense, compelling ones that you remember so well. In fact, I honestly have a hard time remembering what it’s about, except something about the Prime Directive, a Starfleet admiral wanting to exploit natural resources, flying the Enterprise via joystick, and Data having a floating butt. I would’ve had a much better time watching an expanded movie version of something like “Cause & Effect,” “Yesterday’s Enterprise,” or even “Schisms” than... whatever this was.

1 star: Star Trek: Into Darkness

You thought I was going to go with Star Trek V, the one where they meet “God,” didn’t you? Nope! That movie sucked, but this one was even worse. J.J. Abrams had an incredible opportunity to take the Kelvin Universe Trek into uncharted waters and just do whatever the hell he wanted that was fun and cool — that’s the whole point of alternate universes! Instead he concocted and made the dumbest, most asinine attempt at remaking Wrath of Khan possible. There were a lot of ill-advised attempts to hide the fact that Benedict Cumberbatch was actually Khan (when it was obvious from the beginning) plus equally ridiculous attempts to make Spock into an action hero. The reverse-death scene where (spoiler) Kirk dies saving the world instead of Spock was just awful and dumb. I’m convinced this movie set the franchise back years.

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After “Deadpool & Wolverine” broke records at the box office during its opening weekend, Tatum took to social media to  share an emotional statement  on finally getting the chance to play Gambit on the big screen.

“I thought I had lost Gambit forever. But [Reynolds] fought for me and Gambit,” he wrote. “I will owe him probably forever. Cause I’m not sure how I could ever do something that would be equal to what this has meant to me. I love ya buddy…I’m so grateful to be in this movie. It’s a masterpiece in my opinion. And just pure bad ass joy. I was literally screaming in the theater.”

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How did Wesley Crusher turn into a time-traveling space god on 'Star Trek?'

SPOILER WARNING for "Star Trek: The Next Generation," "Star Trek: Prodigy," "Star Trek: Nemesis," and "Star Trek: Picard."

When "Star Trek: The Next Generation (TNG)" first left Spacedock in 1987, Wesley Crusher was an ordinary — albeit super-intelligent — kid who became a valued member of Captain Jean-Luc Picard 's Enterprise crew. Fast forward to the latest season of " Star Trek: Prodigy ," however, and he's a bona fide master of space and time, effectively "Star Trek's" answer to " Doctor Who ."

Below we explain how Beverly Crusher's eldest son made the journey from enthusiastic teen to time-travelling space god — and how the seeds for Wesley's evolution were sown as far back as the very first season of "TNG."

Related: Best 'Star Trek: The Next Generation' episodes

Who is Wesley Crusher?

Wesley is the son of Dr. Beverly Crusher , chief medical officer of the USS Enterprise-D, and Jack, her late husband. Jack was Jean-Luc Picard's best friend at Starfleet Academy, and they served together on the USS Stargazer, Captain Picard 's first command. Picard was still blaming himself for his friend's death in the line of duty when Beverly and Wesley arrived on the Enterprise.

Despite his friendship with Jack and the will-they-won't-they romance with Beverly, Picard didn't warm to Wesley right away. But the boy's prodigious intellect — and a recommendation from a mysterious alien known simply as "the Traveler" — quickly led to Wesley being granted the rank of Acting Ensign.

Who is the Traveler?

Reportedly from Tau Alpha C and with a given name "unpronounceable by humans," the enigmatic Traveler (played by Eric Menyuk) first stopped by the Enterprise in the Season 1 episode " Where No One Has Gone Before ." He was brought on board to assist in experiments that would allow the Enterprise to break speed records.

Thanks to the Traveler's mastery of space and time — and an ability to "focus thought" — he was able to manipulate the ship's warp engines to transport the crew to a faraway galaxy. After bringing the Enterprise home — via a " 2001: A Space Odyssey "-style light show — he vanished into thin air.

Before his abrupt departure, the Traveler told Picard that Wesley "and a few like him are why I travel," comparing the boy to a certain Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. "Not with music," he explained, "but with the equally lovely intricacies of time, energy, propulsion…"

The Traveler urged the captain to nurture Wesley's abilities, without telling the boy — or Beverly — about his full potential. This conversation explains why Picard made the bizarre decision to give an unqualified teenager full access to the bridge.

Related: 'Star Trek:' History & effect on space technology

What did Wesley do next?

By the time the Traveler reappeared in Season 4's Episode 5, " Remember Me " — in which he helped Wesley rescue Beverly from an imploding warp bubble — the young Crusher had replaced his trademark knitwear with a standard issue Starfleet uniform . He was also given the keys to drive the USS Enterprise .

When Wesley left for Starfleet Academy a few episodes later, however, his career didn't unfold as planned. After an accident involving his Nova Squadron flight team caused the death of a fellow cadet, it turned out that Wesley and his colleagues had been practicing a banned maneuver. Their attempted cover-up led to Wesley having to repeat the year.

Wesley's most pivotal moment came in the final season of "The Next Generation," when a vacation on the Enterprise took an unexpected twist. He was already disillusioned with the Academy when a vision of his late father told him "to find a path that is truly yours."

He subsequently resigned his commission to protest against orders that would forcibly relocate Native American settlers from a world the Federation had agreed to surrender to the Cardassians. During a fight on the planet's surface, Wesley unwittingly stepped out of time, and one of the settlement's leaders revealed he was actually the Traveler in disguise.

The Traveler told Wesley that he had evolved to a new plane of existence and was "ready to explore places where thought and energy combine in ways you can't even imagine." Mr. Crusher left the Enterprise-D for the final time, embarking on an adventure in space and time with the Traveler as his guide.

What has Wesley been up to since "The Next Generation"?

Wesley made a brief appearance in " Star Trek: Nemesis ," sitting at the top table during Will Riker and Deanna Troi's wedding. He was clearly wearing a Starfleet uniform, which suggests he briefly came back to Starfleet after his resignation. (A deleted scene from the movie — not technically canon — revealed that Wesley had agreed to manage the Engineering night shift on the USS Titan, under the command of Will Riker.) It's safe to assume, however, that Wesley's return to the rank and file was short-lived.

A future incarnation showed up in 2024 Los Angeles in " Star Trek: Picard "'s second season. He told Kore , a clone created by scientist Dr. Adam Soong, the following: "A long time ago, I was known as Wesley Crusher, but now I am a Traveler of all space and time."

He explained that the whole of time is a grand and fragile tapestry, and that he, his fellow Travelers, and the Supervisors who work for them are on a mission to ensure that everything unfolds as it should (sounds rather like the Marvel Cinematic Universe's Time Variance Authority who protect the Sacred Timeline, as seen in the " Loki " TV show). Wesley successfully recruited Kore to join the organization.

Why did Wesley turn up in "Star Trek: Prodigy"?

In the second season of " Star Trek: Prodigy ," Dal, Gwyn, Jankom, Zero, Rok and Murf inadvertently altered the course of history by preventing the USS Protostar from crashing on the prison colony of Tars Lamora. That meant they could never discover the ship in the first place, never meet Admiral Janeway, and never be in the right place to alter history by preventing the USS Protostar from crashing — the TL;DR version is that they broke the very fabric of time . Pretty serious stuff. They also unleashed the Loom : vicious, interdimensional monsters that have an insatiable appetite to consume everything out of existence.

Wesley hoped to use his unique mastery of space, time, thought and history to get things back on track, saving the universe in the process. And, yes, he still had a fondness for knitted sweaters.

What happened to Wesley after the original timeline was restored?

He did something he should have done years ago and visited his mother, who immediately introduced him to his new baby brother, Jack. We're assuming Wesley already had some idea about Jack Crusher 's destiny in "Star Trek: Picard"'s third season…

After that, it looks like he'll spend the rest of his life exploring the cosmos, tinkering with timelines — and presumably cameoing in future "Trek" episodes and movies whenever the plot demands.

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Begins Filming, BTS Photos Revealed

By Ryan Louis Mantilla

School is officially in session. Production has begun on Star Trek: Starfleet Academy , marked with newly released behind-the-scenes photos of the cast of Paramount+ ‘s new Star Trek series. 

The newest installment in the Star Trek universe is a coming-of-age series following a team of young cadets as they train to become officers while facing formidable threats. It is executive produced by Alex Kurtzman and Noga Landau, both of whom also serve as showrunners. 

Per the synopsis, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy will introduce “a young group of cadets who come together to pursue a common dream of hope and optimism. Under the watchful and demanding eyes of their instructors, they discover what it takes to become Starfleet officers as they navigate blossoming friendships, explosive rivalries, first loves and a new enemy that threatens both the Academy and the Federation itself.”

You can check out the Star Trek: Starfleet Academy behind-the-scenes photos down below: 

School is in session, cadets! Today marks the official start of production as the #StarTrek Stage welcomes #StarfleetAcademy . pic.twitter.com/i6Bmtz5Tuh — Star Trek on Paramount+ (@StarTrekOnPPlus) August 26, 2024

Who stars in Star Trek: Starfleet Academy?

The titular Starfleet Academy will be graced by Sandro Rosta, Kerrice Brooks, Bella Shepard, George Hawkins, Karim Diané, and Zoë Steiner, with Academy Award winner Holly Hunter joining the cast as “the captain and chancellor.” 

Some familiar faces will also return to reprise their past Star Trek roles, including Tig Notaro (Star Trek: Discovery) as Jett Reno, Robert Picardo (Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Prodigy) as The Doctor, Oded Fehr (Star Trek: Discovery) as Admiral Charles Vance, and Mary Wiseman (Star Trek: Discovery) as Sylvia Tilly. Meanwhile, Paul Giamatti and Gina Yashere will also appear in the series as recurring guest stars. 

“As we continue to explore more of the Star Trek universe, we’re thrilled to bring Star Trek: Starfleet Academy to fans around the world as the next chapter in this expanding franchise,” president of CBS Studios David Stapf previously said in a statement. “Alex Kurtzman and Noga Landau’s vision is a smart and thrilling take that celebrates the core principles of what Star Trek has always stood for, but through the eyes of the next generation of Starfleet’s leaders.”

No release date has been set yet for the upcoming Paramount+ series.

Ryan is a TV/Film news writer for ComingSoon.

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Generations deleted scenes

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• Sep 14, 2012

BillJ said: Captaindemotion said: Well, I was about to post a thread talking about the now-deleted scene I saw in the original theatrical run of TUC, the love scene between Sulu and Christian Slater, but I'm now afraid y'all won't believe me. Click to expand...

"Star Trek: Insert Film Here"...... was only shown in a few theaters before being pulled, all prints were destroyed and it never went to video. You can't even find proof it ever existed and none of the participents will admit to being in it. Biggest cover-up in Trek history. Terrible title for a movie in any case. Takei said, "Insert film where?"  

Well, there is a workprint version of Generations that's being traded amongst those who have other precious stuff to trade ... it claims to have additional scenes as well as the alternate ending.  

Oso Blanco said: Well, there is a workprint version of Generations that's being traded amongst those who have other precious stuff to trade ... it claims to have additional scenes as well as the alternate ending. Click to expand...

StewMc said: Oso Blanco said: Well, there is a workprint version of Generations that's being traded amongst those who have other precious stuff to trade ... it claims to have additional scenes as well as the alternate ending. Click to expand...

Here's the scenes for anyone who didn't have the privilege of seeing them at the cinema/theatre: Spiner goes over the top: [yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nUIOebaOL0[/yt] The Duras sisters watch La Forge take a bath. Or perhaps it is a shower and Geordi is behind the blue shower curtain! [yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CrIIqynD94[/yt] The bath scene was actually a good cut as otherwise the same information is repeated twice within a matter of minutes (he goes for a bath, and the joke about being an engineer that doesn't go to engineering). Note that the script doesn't actually mention a bath, only the line from B'etor stating that he "bathed", and I suppose you could bathe in a shower. What they were supposed to be seeing on the screen however was Geordi wiping the steam away from a mirror.  

Thanks for posting those. Wow, that Data scene was horrible---really glad they cut it. And what he said about Tasha--(Sulu voice) "Oh my!" Yep, cheap Federation blue shower curtains, probably get moldy real fast. Klingons hate showers or baths! Worf says in an early ep of TNG "(swimming) is too much like bathing." That's a little more 'nearly racist' stuff from early TNG.  

Grant said: You know what's kind of wierd is that the novelization of TWOK contains a scene (never shot) of David giving mouth-to-mouth to Sulu after a phaser explosion--no lie! Did those two gentlemen object to the scene? Click to expand...

J. Allen said: Grant said: You know what's kind of wierd is that the novelization of TWOK contains a scene (never shot) of David giving mouth-to-mouth to Sulu after a phaser explosion--no lie! Did those two gentlemen object to the scene? Click to expand...

Rear Admiral

Grant said: I have no problen believing there is a 'workprink' of Generations that got out--- Click to expand...

Rarewolf said: Grant said: I have no problen believing there is a 'workprink' of Generations that got out--- Click to expand...

• Sep 15, 2012

Grant said: J. Allen said: Grant said: You know what's kind of wierd is that the novelization of TWOK contains a scene (never shot) of David giving mouth-to-mouth to Sulu after a phaser explosion--no lie! Did those two gentlemen object to the scene? Click to expand...

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Grant said: R. Star said: ^ You know you could have said that without coming across as a jerk. Click to expand...

Maurice said: First, they don't usually change films when going to home video, so it's unlikely they removed scenes from the theatrical cut before it went to video. Second, I saw the same film in theaters and I don't recall the scenes you are discussing. It's more likely you're misremembering or that you somehow saw a preview screening of the film before its finished form. Have you tried looking at the screenplays for the film to see if any of what you're remembering was in it? Click to expand...

Grant said: None of those scenes were ever in any theatrical cut of Generations. Geordi shower scene? Are you serious? Data referencing his sexual encounter with Tasha during his overload? If you think you saw those scenes in a cut of the movie --quit taking drugs. Honestly, it justs sounds like you are making stuff up. They show a shorter version of the Georgdi torture scene in the movie, but never aired the full-length version in the theater. Click to expand...

Grant said: I'll correct myself--he earlier started a thread where he claimed to 'have seen a 'bootlegged' copy of Nemesis' that included all the deleted scenes including parts that were not in the extensive deleted scenes section on the Blu-ray. The scenes were cut into the movie and not separate. So he somehow got hold of a 'bootlegged' rough cut of Nemesis that none of us have ever seen or heard of. I'm very certain that if such a thing existed it wouldn't be widely available on the black market at cons and such. That would never happen. Only a single copy floating around for him to see. I believe he said that the FX for the deleted scenes were in finished form. Really, they spent tons of money to finalize FX for scenes that didn't make the general cut, that us mere mortals didn't see? I can't wait to hear what other versions of the Trek movies he has seen that no one else has. And I'll re-correct myself---he DOES claim that the alternate version of Nemesis was in the theaters! The copy he saw was filmed in the theater and he could see a guy in the audiences' afro with a pick sticking out of it! So a version of Nemesis that included EVERY deleted scene from the Blu-ray and even MORE WAS shown theatrically and he recently saw it. So he can't be mis-remembering that can he. Yep, the 2 hour 40 minute version of Nemesis WAS shown theatrically and he recently saw it in bootleg form and I/we can't 'prove' he's a fibber. I guess I have sown the wind....... Click to expand...

You know what...I apologize. I shouldn't let what some other person thinks bother me, nor should I have used such strong language. That's really not in my nature to do. You can believe what I am saying, or not, but those specific scenes brought out a pretty memorable reaction from me when I saw them and that's why I remember it so clearly. As I said before, the other scenes I can't speak of seeing at all. As far as the bootleg Nemesis that I saw, it is what it is and that's just all there is to it. When I saw the movie in theaters, I did not see some of those same scenes as in this bootleg, but honestly, I don't care who believes me or not. I come here for the discussion and that's all.  

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^^^You do realize that for a short time after posting you can edit and delete your posts. It might be better to delete/amend the comments you are apologizing for than leave them standing.  

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