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Star Trek movies in order: Chronological and release

Number One, show me a list of all the Star Trek movies in order — both chronological and release — engage!

• Chronological order
• Prime Timeline

The Original Series movies

The next generation movies.

• Kelvin Timeline
• Release order

Upcoming Star Trek movies

Raise shields, red alert — we’re going to try and put all the Star Trek movies in order. And we do mean try.

When they were focused on the Original Series era, the Star Trek movies were so easy to watch in order — the movies were numbered, everything was nice and simple. Then Picard comes in with his Next Generation buddies and suddenly numbers are out, subtitles are in. And that’s before we get all the time travel shenanigans that gave birth to the Kelvin timeline , an alternative timeline that splits off from the main canon.

It's been a long while since we've had a new Star Trek movie, with the last release — Star Trek Beyond — coming out back in 2016. Over eight years! Voyager got home from the Delta Quadrant in less time than that! Mercifully the drought is nearly over, with the Discovery spin-off movie Star Trek: Section 31 due to launch in early 2025.

So while we wait for Trek's silver screen return, we’re going to break down the various timelines and help you watch the Star Trek movies in either chronological or release order —- the Temporal Prime Directive be damned. Oh and we’re not making any judgements on the quality of the movies here, so head over to our Star Trek movies ranked list if you want to fight about whether the Kirk or Picard era movies are better.

All of the Star Trek movies are available to watch on Paramount+, along with almost all the shows — check our Star Trek streaming guide to find which nebulas the exceptions are hiding in. 

Star Trek movies: Chronological order

Below is the quick version of our list if you just need to check something to win an argument, but it comes with a lot of in-universe time travel-related caveats that we'll explain below.

• Star Trek: The Motion Picture
• Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
• Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
• Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
• Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
• Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
• Star Trek: Generations
• Star Trek: First Contact
• Star Trek: Insurrection
• Star Trek: Nemesis
• Star Trek Into Darkness
• Star Trek Beyond

Star Trek: Prime Timeline

The first thing you need to know about the Star Trek films is that while they travel back and forth in time, they also diverge into two (for now) different timelines. The films of the original crew (well, the first iteration of them, anyway – more on that later) are all in what is known as the Prime Timeline. 

Within the Prime Timeline, the movies are then split between The Original Series movies and The Next Generation movies.

1. Star Trek: The Motion Picture

• Release date: December 8, 1979
• Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley

This is the film that brought the voyages of the U.S.S. Enterprise to the big screen. An energy cloud is making its way toward Earth, destroying everything in its path. Kirk and crew intercept it and discover an ancient NASA probe at the heart of the cloud. Voyager – known as V’ger now – encountered a planet of living machines, learned all it could, and returned home to report its findings, only to find no one who knew how to answer. It’s a slow-paced film, and the costumes are about as 70s as they come, but there’s classic Star Trek at the heart of this film.

2. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

• Release date: June 4, 1982
• Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Ricardo Montalban

Ask a Star Trek fan what the best Star Trek movie is and more often than not, you’ll get Khan as your answer. A sequel to the events of the “Space Seed” episode of The Original Series, Khan is a retelling of Moby Dick with Khan throwing reason to the wind as he hunts his nemesis, James T. Kirk. Montalban delivers a pitch-perfect performance, giving us a Khan with charisma and obsession in equal parts.

3. Star Trek III: The Search for Spock

• Release date: June 1, 1984

Spock might have died in The Wrath of Khan, but this third entry set up the premise for his return, with the creation of the Genesis planet. Essentially a heist movie in reverse, Search for Spock has the crew defying orders from Starfleet in an attempt to reunite Spock’s consciousness with his newly-rejuvenated body. It’s not a great movie, but it does include two very important events: the rebirth of Spock and the death of Kirk’s son at the hands of the Klingons. That’ll be important a few flicks from now.   

4. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

• Release date: November 26, 1986
• Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Catherine Hicks

If Star Trek fans don’t say Khan is the best Star Trek movie, odds are very high they say Voyage Home is. It’s a funny film where the mission isn’t destruction, but creation – or more accurately, repairing the devastating effects of humankind’s ecological short-sightedness. 

A probe arrives at Earth, knocking out the power of everything in its path as it looks for someone to respond to its message (yeah, it happens a lot). This time, however, the intended recipient is the long-extinct blue whale. To save Earth, Kirk and co. go back in time to 1980s San Francisco to snag some blue whales. The eco-messaging isn’t exactly subtle, but it doesn’t get in the way of a highly enjoyable movie.

5. Star Trek V: The Final Frontier

• Release date: June 9, 1989

A writers’ strike and Shatner’s directorial skills (or lack thereof) doomed this film before a single scene was shot. The core plot is actually pretty good: Spock’s half-brother hijacks the Enterprise so that he can meet God, which he believes to be… himself. Some Star Trek fans have an odd fondness for this movie, as it showcases the camaraderie of Kirk, Spock, and McCoy when they’re off-duty.

6. Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

• Release date: December 6, 1991
• Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Christopher Plummer

Right, so if that Star Trek fan you’ve been talking to doesn’t choose either Khan or Voyage Home as the best Star Trek movie ever, they almost certainly name Undiscovered Country (and if they don’t, they have highly questionable taste, frankly). The Klingon moon of Praxis explodes, putting the entire Klingon race at risk. The Enterprise hosts a diplomatic entourage of Klingons, much to Kirk’s discomfort. 

Remember how Klingons murdered Kirk’s son? Well, he certainly hasn’t forgotten. Kirk’s lingering rage makes him the perfect patsy for the murder of the Klingon Chancellor, sending him and McCoy to a prison planet and setting the stage for war. Christopher Plummer is perfection as a Shakespeare-quoting Klingon general with no taste for peace.

7. Star Trek: Generations

• Release date: November 18, 1994
• Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner

And thus the torch is passed from the crew of The Original Series to that of The Next Generation. It’s a bit of a fumble, to be honest, but they all did their best to get Kirk and Picard into the same film and have it make sense. Malcolm McDowell plays Soran, a scientist who will stop at nothing to control the Nexus, a giant space rainbow that exists outside of space-time. 

Soran lost his family when his home world was destroyed and he wants to re-join them (or at least an illusion of them) in the Nexus. He’s not so much a villain as a tragic figure, but the Nexus makes a meeting between Kirk and Picard possible. Not all that sensible, but possible.

8. Star Trek: First Contact

• Release date: November 22, 1996
• Cast: Patrick Stewart, Brent Spiner, Alice Krige

Okay, no, for real, if your Star Trek pal didn’t pick Khan or Voyage Home or… oh, nevermind. Cueing off the iconic two-part episode “Best of Both Worlds,” in which Picard is assimilated by the Borg, First Contact sees the collective traveling back in time in order to disrupt First Contact, the day Earth’s first foray into space attracted the attention of the Vulcans, kicking off the events that would eventually lead to Starfleet’s victory over the Borg. The Borg Queen torments Picard with visions of the past and tempts Data with humanity, going so far as to give him some human skin. 

The fight with the Borg aboard the Enterprise is thrilling, and the work on the surface to get first contact back on track is fun. Plus, there’s just nothing like Patrick Stewart turning it up to 11 as he lashes out at the enemy that haunts his dreams.

9. Star Trek: Insurrection

• Release date: December 11, 1998
• Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, F. Murray Abraham

Essentially an episode inflated for the big screen, Insurrection is about the Federation conspiring to displace a planet’s population in order to harvest the planet’s unique resource – super healing metaphasic particles. In addition to the rejuvenating natural resource, the Ba’ku also have access to exceptional technology, which they shun in favor of a more simple lifestyle. 

Data malfunctions, the villains are Federation allies (and former Ba’ku!), Picard gets to knock boots with a local – Insurrection is the very definition of “fine.” Chronologically, Insurrection is relevant for rekindling the romance between Riker and Troi, but not much else.

10. Star Trek: Nemesis

• Release date: December 13, 2002
• Cast: Patrick Stewart, Brent Spiner, Tom Hardy

Before he mumbled his way into our hearts as Bane, Tom Hardy was Shinzon, a clone of Picard the Romulans created in an eventually abandoned attempt to infiltrate Starfleet. Shinzon is dying, and all that will save him is a transfusion of Picard’s blood. Unfortunately, Shinzon also happens to be a megalomaniac who happens to want to destroy all life on Earth and maybe a few other planets, too, if he’s feeling saucy. 

Nemesis is notable mostly for killing Data with a noble sacrifice, only to resurrect him moments later in a duplicate body found earlier by the Enterprise crew.

Star Trek: Kelvin Timeline

The last of the Prime Timeline movies failed to impress at the box office, so it was a few years before anyone tried to bring the Enterprise back to the big screen. Rather than lean on any of the TV crews, this new slate of movies would serve as a reboot, welcoming new audiences while honoring long-time fans. Welcome to the Kelvin Timeline. (For all the ins and outs, check out our Star Trek: Kelvin Timeline explained article).

11. Star Trek

• Release date: May 8, 2009
• Cast: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban

Back to the beginning! Star Trek introduces us to James T. Kirk, Spock, and “Bones” McCoy as they meet and join the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise. Though the plot is a relatively straightforward affair of a Romulan named Nero trying to destroy the Earth. His anger borne out of grief, what matters most is how it all came to be. In the future, Spock – the Prime Timeline version – tries to save Romulus from being destroyed by a supernova, but fails. Both his ship and Nero’s are kicked back in time, setting off a chain of events that diverge from the original, “true” timeline. 

The name “Kelvin” refers to the U.S.S. Kelvin, the ship heroically captained by Kirk’s father, which is destroyed in the opening moments of the movie.

12. Star Trek Into Darkness

• Release date: May 16, 2013
• Cast: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Benedict Cumberbatch

The benefit of the Kelvin Timeline is that it not only allows Star Trek to explore canon material – such as Khan (he of the Wrath) – but to do something completely new with it. Khan features heavily in Into Darkness, but he has no beef with Kirk. Instead, a Starfleet Admiral is threatening the lives of Khan’s crew, forcing them to craft weapons of mass destruction. 

Khan inevitably eludes captivity and strikes out against Starfleet, killing Captain Pike (and a bunch of others) in the process. Kirk and company eventually take Khan down, but not before Kirk sacrifices himself to save his crew. Don’t worry, these things don’t last in either Star Trek timeline, as Kirk gets better moments later thanks to *checks notes* Khan's super blood.

13. Star Trek Beyond

• Release date: July 22, 2016
• Cast: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Idris Elba

Beyond leans into the camaraderie of Kirk, Spock, and McCoy now that they’ve had some time together, much to the movie’s benefit. The Enterprise is lured to Altamid under false pretenses, leading to much of the crew being marooned on the planet. The architect of the deception was Krall, who wants an opportunity to return to a galaxy where war is the order of the day. 

Beyond is a significant point in the timeline for two reasons. First, it sadly marked the death of Spock Prime due to the passing of Leonard Nimoy. Second, it culminates in the Enterprise embarking on the five-year-mission that started everything back in 1966.

Star Trek movies: Release order

If you can't be bothered remembering two different orders for the Star Trek movies then we've got good news for you — the release order is identical to the chronological order that we've shown above (accounting for the Kelvin timeline as it's own entity anyway).

Star Trek 4

The full run of Star Trek films currently tops out at 13 entries; the fate of the 14th was hidden within a nebula of conflicting information. “Star Trek 4” was slated for December 22, 2023, but given that filming had yet to begin as of July 2022, it seems inevitable that date will change. Back in February 2022, Paramount that the principal cast would be returning for the fourth installment of the Kelvin timeline, a claim quickly disputed by the agents of those selfsame actors. Awkward.

Soon after, however, Chris Pine eventually signed on the dotted line, and his shipmates reached their own agreements. As of right now, Kirk (Pine), Spock (Zachary Quinto), McCoy (Karl Urban, assuming he can make it work around filming of The Boys), Scotty (Simon Pegg), Uhura (Zoe Saldaña), and Sulu (John Cho) are all ready to beam up and get filming. Sadly, this will be the first of the Kelvin films to not feature Anton Yelchin as Pavel Chekov. Yelchin died in an accident at his home in 2016. It’s currently unclear if Chekov will be recast or if a different character will take his place on the bridge of the Enterprise.

Though the Kelvin timeline is often referred to as “J.J. Abrams Trek,” he won’t be directing Star Trek 4; Matt Shakman will take on that responsibility, leaving Abrams to produce. As for what it will be about, that’s anyone’s guess, but Chris Pine told Deadline he hopes this one tells a smaller story that appeals to the core Trek audience. “Let’s make the movie for the people that love this group of people, that love this story, that love Star Trek,” he said. “Let’s make it for them and then, if people want to come to the party, great.” It’s a strategy that makes sense; the disappointment with recent Trek films hasn’t been their content so much as their box office. A Trek film with a smaller scope (and budget) would almost certainly have a very healthy profit margin while also resonating with the fanbase.   

With no new announcements coming from San Diego Comic-Con 2022, it seems that we’ll have to wait for any more insight into the next Star Trek film. Sill, recent comments from Paramount CEO Brian Robbins have us cautiously optimistic: “We’re deep into [Star Trek 4] with J.J. Abrams, and it feels like we’re getting close to the starting line and excited about where we’re going creatively,” he told Variety . 

Still, recent comments from Paramount CEO Brian Robbins have us cautiously optimistic: “We’re deep into [Star Trek 4] with J.J. Abrams, and it feels like we’re getting close to the starting line and excited about where we’re going creatively,” he told Variety.

Since then, there hasn’t been much in the way of updates, which leaves us with the worrying prospect of Star Trek 4 being stuck in development hell. During a 2023 appearance at the 57-Year Mission convention in Las Vegas (reported by TrekMovie ), Zachary Quinto explained that creative differences were the cause of the numerous delays. 

“I think there’s a lot of other stuff, creative things. It’s complicated. The fact that anything good gets made is kind of a miracle. I think it’s about different people having different agendas and ideas about what it will be.“

Star Trek: Section 31

In the meantime, we are getting the Star Trek: Section 31 movie staring Academy Award-winning actress MichelIe Yeoh. She is reprising her role as Emperor Philip Georgiou, her character from Star Trek Discovery (well one of them anyway, mirror universes and all that). This spin-off from the TV series is coming out of warp in early 2025.

Check out our guide to Everything we know about Star trek Section 31 for more info on the upcoming movie.

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Star Trek (2009) 94%

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Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) 87%

Star Trek Beyond (2016) 86%

Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) 84%

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) 83%

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Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984) 79%

Star Trek: Insurrection (1998) 55%

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Star Trek has had an unusual road to its fandom. It began as a short-lived television series, and yet it’s a highly influential and long lasting franchise that has spawned four sequel series and thirteen motion pictures. These two formats can be incredibly different, both in terms of tenor and tone, despite taking place in the same universe with the same casts. It is, to quote Mr. Spock, “fascinating.”

Some make the case that this is a story that deserves to be told on a cinematic canvas, while others argue that Trek is best served as an episodic series. Some pay great homage to the feeling of the original series, while others feel like they should have aired on television. It’s a rich, diverse film franchise where even the failures are intriguing.

So let us boldly go, and start with the weakest entry in the series thus far:

13.) Star Trek Into Darkness

I must politely disagree with my colleague Chris Cabin on the merits of Star Trek Into Darkness . While it’s not as bad on a second viewing, it’s still suffering the growing pains of not knowing what Star Trek really is.

That’s the conundrum with the J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek movies: if you want to take them as simple action movies, they’re serviceable enough, but that’s a waste of a world and disrespectful of what Trek is about. If you’re not a Trek fan, I doubt you’ll care, but imagine if someone made a Star Wars movie and tried to take the mystical force and turn it into something scientifically measurable (oh wait). It’s fine to update Trek with new uniforms, a new ship design, a new score, etc. That’s the artistry, but that’s not the core of what makes Star Trek tick.

Star Trek is about science fiction, and J.J. Abrams isn’t interested in that. He’s interested in making Space Adventure! and he does a poor job of telling the story. It may stimulate the lizard parts of your brain with the bright colors, canted angles, lens flares, and set pieces, but it’s bad storytelling that tries to steal from a far superior picture.

I understand that for Kirk, this is a learning experience film for him, and he has to overcome his cockiness and irresponsibility (you wonder how someone who responds to breaking the Prime Directive with “Big deal,” should ever be a captain in Starfleet -- assuming you care about Starfleet), but it’s such a drag, and the character is so deeply unlikable that you’re almost rooting for him to fail. It also fails as a friendship tale, as there’s little chemistry between Pine and Quinto, so the big “Khan!” moment comes off as laughably terrible.

Rather than boldly build a new world, Into Darkness steals from the old one, and does so poorly. For some it may pass as mindless entertainment, but it’s mindless to waste Trek in such a vicious, vacuous manner.

12.) Star Trek V: The Final Frontier

Someone give William Shatner a participation trophy. Watching Star Trek V , it’s like Shatner saw the lighthearted success of Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home and wanted to redo it for his directorial contribution to the franchise. Unfortunately, Star Trek V is constantly silly and nonsensical rather than fun and upbeat. It starts out from a promising position, but quickly falls into lethargy, and missing the point of what makes a Trek movie with The Original Series cast work so well.

When it comes to movies with the TOS cast, the best thing to do is keep the focus on the cast. Unless you have a villain like Khan ( Richardo Montalban ), a villain who is rooted in the old show and who’s utterly captivating on his own merits, then your greatest strength is the camaraderie of the old cast working together.

Unfortunately, Final Frontier shortchanges the original cast on two fronts. First, it invests far too much in its villain Sybok ( Laurence Luckinbill ). While I like that Sybok isn’t an outright evil person, he comes off like an overly familiar camp counselor. He’s not creepy so much as he’s irritating, and then there’s his whole spiel about tapping into a person’s pain, which then in turn somehow brainwashes that person into being completely loyal to him.

That leads to the film’s second major failing: separating Kirk ( William Shatner ) from his crew. If that’s the route they were going to take, then they really should have carried more major stakes with it. Instead, it feels like a cheap shortcut that in turn deprives supporting characters like Uhura ( Nichelle Nichols ), Sulu ( George Takei ), and Chekov ( Walter Koenig ) of character arcs and motivations. The movie also had an opportunity to delve into Spock’s loyalty to Sybok, but that plays more as ambivalence than a source of real conflict between the characters.

Caught between a weak villain and ignoring its greatest asset, you have a film that’s trying so hard to be goofy and constantly missing the mark. While it’s endearing in the odd way that Shatner is trying so hard to please his audience, it doesn’t change the fact that he’s missing the mark, and comes up with jokes like Scotty ( James Doohan ) hitting his head after saying he knows the ship like the back of his hand. So when we finally come to the comical “Why would God need a spaceship?” it’s just the summation of all of the film’s flaws rather than its final error.

11.) Star Trek: Insurrection

On the one hand, I can respect that the Star Trek: The Next Generation movies were in a difficult position. Unlike the TOS movies, which were set in the 23rd century and didn’t have to worry about how their events would affect the TV shows, TNG was right in the prime of other Trek on television even though their own show had ended. Rather than be audacious and tie into what was happing in the TV series (which, granted, is a big ask for any movie), the TNG films were largely content to tell standalone stories that only briefly acknowledge the larger Trek universe.

That’s how we get something as tepid and forgettable as Insurrection , a movie that could have delved deep into its interesting premise, and instead looks like a cheap, two-parter that went unaired because it’s the cure for insomnia. Insurrection had the opportunity to take on an interesting question: what happens when the Federation is wrong? It’s an issue that had popped up repeatedly during the series, but Insurrection could have tackled it on a massive scale, and even incorporated the weakened Federation brought low by Deep Space Nine ’s Dominion War.

Instead, rather than question what the Federation means and how important it is to the crew of the Enterprise (a crew that always agrees, which is nice, but doesn’t invite conflict), the plot to remove the peaceful Ba’ku (who look like they were pulled out of an L.L. Bean catalog) to profit the greedy Son’a and the Federation is the work of a couple of bad apples rather than something endemic to Starfleet. The lines are clearly drawn from the beginning, and rather than challenge the audience to question Starfleet and the loyalty of the Enterprise crew, the characters ditch their uniforms without much fuss and go help the Ba’ku.

10.) Star Trek: Nemesis

Again, it starts out from an interesting place—nature versus nurture, and who would Picard be if his life had been one of torment rather than one in Starfleet? Unfortunately, the film is so hard up to make its villain, Shinzon ( Tom Hardy ), unequivocally evil that there’s no dramatic pull. It’s not simply enough for Picard to see a dark mirror that reaffirms his righteousness. The film also doesn’t challenge Shinzon to find the good in himself. Had they pushed Shinzon in that direction, it would have made him a more tragic figure rather than the moustache-twirling villain who wants to destroy Starfleet with a super-weapon.

Nemesis also suffers from the same problem as all of the TNG films in that in cannot get enough Data. For some reason, even though you have a rich, diverse case with Next Generation , the movies treat Picard and Data as the main characters and ignore everyone else. This kind of thinking is how you get to disgusting things like Shinzon mind-raping Troi ( Marina Sirtis ) just because, and then doing nothing with that assault other than using it later for a plot device to let her empathically guide the photon torpedoes.

The movie also wants to get away with killing Data, but not having any of the emotional impact of actually killing Data. Data has to live, so his “sacrifice” is rendered meaningless because he has B-4 back on the Enterprise as a backup.

9.) Star Trek: Generations

This film seems to exist so it can pass a torch that never needed passing. Looking back on Star Trek: Generations , it’s a story that seems more suited to fan fiction than something that actually serves Star Trek of any generation. The original series cast had already gotten a great send-off with Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country , and it’s a bit of a bummer to see an incomplete cast some back for a second encore. Additionally, the Next Generation cast was already well-established and had a full series under their belt. The producers should have trusted them to carry their own story.

Instead, the movie tries to play to two audiences and ends up serving neither. Buried beneath all the dreck and talk of the Nexus and Data obnoxiously showing off his new emotion chip, there’s actually a compelling story about the cost of duty to Starfleet. Kirk and Picard are united by what they’ve personally sacrificed for Starfleet—and how they lost out on having families because they chose to be explorers instead. If you must have Kirk and Picard share the screen (and you really don’t), then this is solid thematic ground to walk.

But Generations bungles it completely with how tonally scattershot it is and the atrocious structure of the narrative. It’s a movie where you kill off Captain Kirk, an incredibly beloved and revered character, and then your next scene is the crew of the Enterprise-D playing dress up on the holodeck. They then keep Kirk out of the film until the third act, so there’s no real time for Picard and Kirk to build a bond before they have to take down Soran ( Malcolm McDowell ). And then Kirk gets killed by a bridge.

8.) Star Trek: The Motion Picture

The biggest problem with The Motion Picture is that it lost Star Trek ’s sense of identity. The film is trying to ape 2001: A Space Odyssey , and so it thinks that what the audience wants it a slow, meditative motion picture, and while there’s nothing inherently wrong with that, it loses Trek ’s greatest strength. It’s the opposite end of the spectrum from Star Trek Into Darkness —it’s not that Star Trek needs to be a non-stop action thrill ride, but it also shouldn’t be something understandably derided as “The Motionless Picture.”

There’s no good reason why the docking sequence should take as long as it does, and it feels like half of this movie is just people looking at the view screen. While I understand Star Trek taking a chance and going with something unexpected, The Motion Picture doesn’t play to the strengths of the original series or its cast.

It’s particularly frustrating that the movie pushes The Original Series crew to the background to play up new characters Decker ( Stephen Collins ) and Ilia ( Persis Khambatta ) to the point where it feels like The Motion Picture is their story that just happens to include The Original Series cast along for the ride. It doesn’t move the characters we know forward, and while the V-ger reveal is kind of neat, it elicits more of a shrug than any contemplation.

7.) Star Trek Beyond

I both kind of love and kind of dislike Star Trek Beyond . On the one hand, I knew I had a fun time while I was watching it. It felt like it was embracing classic Trek in a way we hadn’t really seen since Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country . But that being said, it’s almost impossible to remember this movie because beyond showing its love of classic Trek , it doesn’t have much in the way of a personality.

The plot of Star Trek Beyond finds the gang stranded on an alien planet (The Enterprise is destroyed. Again.) where the natives are ruled by a mysterious leader Krall ( Idris Elba ) who wants to unleash a powerful weapon against the Federation. This crash-landing allows the group to pair off in ways that hadn’t really been done before and allows for unique pairings like Spock and Bones that give the movie a lot of its power. The strongest asset of the new Trek movies has been the casting, and that really gets to shine here.

Unfortunately, the film fails to leave much of an impact because it never makes any bold choices. You can feel that this is a movie caught in a post Star Wars world where as the first two rebooted Trek movies could simply be Star Wars substitute, Beyond is wrestling with what it means to try and get out from under the shadow of the mammoth sci-fi franchise. Sadly, it never really finds an answer to that question, so while it makes for a fun, enjoyable picture with a better script than 2009’s Star Trek , it also lacks the necessary punch to make it more than disposable summer fare.

6.) Star Trek

J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek is a movie I really enjoyed when I first saw, but it has not held up well on repeat viewings. On a surface level, it’s really shiny and fun, and Abrams has the wherewithal to give his Trek an interesting new aesthetic (lens flares and shaky camera aside). It’s a fun compromise between the iconography of the original (they use communicators instead of com-badges) and an energetic, clean art design that sucks you into this new world.

The problem with Trek 2009 is that its story falls apart if you so much as glance at it the wrong way. For starters, like Into Darkness , it could not care less about what makes Star Trek special. It’s a movie where a suspended cadet gets promoted all the way to first office because the captain likes the cut of his jib. It’s a movie that doesn’t have a sci-fi bone in its body beyond trying to make sure that the original continuity remains intact while also forging an alternate reality. It’s a movie where they build the Enterprise on land rather than in space just so there can be a shot of Kirk looking at it in Iowa.

But even if those Trek concerns don’t bother you, there are still the larger story problems. For example, Spock strands Kirk on a planet where Kirk could easily die, but it’s okay because Kirk conveniently runs into Spock Prime ( Leonard Nimoy ) and Scotty ( Simon Pegg ), the only two people who can help get him back to the Enterprise. Or there’s the moment when Kirk confronts Nero ( Eric Bana ), and there’s no emotional baggage to it even though this is the man responsible for the death of Kirk’s father.

The success of Star Trek is that you don’t really notice its myriad of problems until you start looking for them, because Abrams made such a tight, lighthearted action flick that keeps barreling forward at breakneck speed. At the time, it felt promising because you would think that with four years between Star Trek and its sequel, there would be time to really nail down the story, and Abrams’ direction would remain intact. Oh well.

5.) Star Trek: First Contact

Star Trek: First Contact is an odd sort of movie. It’s the first time the Next Generation crew is really on their own, and they’re pulling from one of the strongest elements they ever contributed to Star Trek lore, the Borg. It’s a good setup and it also rewards those who saw the Next Generation series while not being so esoteric that it would alienate those who never saw the show.

And yet it’s still not quite Star Trek . It’s not a movie about anything. Say what you will about Generations , Insurrection , and Nemesis , but for all their faults, at least they’re about something (legacy, duty, and destiny, respectively). First Contact is an action-horror film, which is something you wouldn’t necessarily expect a Star Trek movie to be, but director Jonathan Frakes makes it work within the context of a new genre.

It’s just unfortunate that there’s no consideration of anything beyond Picard facing his old demons. Once again, outside of Picard, only Data really gets to shine, but at least they give Worf ( Michael Dorn ) more to do than Insurrection , which literally makes the character go through puberty because that’s the best they could come up with. The Borg are a compelling villain, and while you may have to cringe a bit with lines like “Assimilate this,” at least First Contact is fun, which is more than you can say than the other TNG films.

4.) Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

This is where on this list that Star Trek actually starts to feel like Star Trek . One of the great things The Original Series did was to tell narratives that reflected real-world tensions. Out of all of the Star Trek movies, The Undiscovered Country is the only one to mirror real world events. In this case, the script cleverly draws a parallel to the closing of the Cold War with the coming peace treaty between the Federation and the Klingons because the Klingon Empire is about to go bankrupt.

It’s also a story that’s rooted in the films that came before, as Kirk must wrestle with making peace with the people he holds responsible for the death of his son. It’s an issue that hadn’t been dealt with since The Voyage Home , but it adds personal stakes rather than keeping the issue nebulous. It also makes The Undiscovered Country a personal journey for Kirk, where he has to learn the importance of not only forgiveness, but also accepting a new status quo where the Klingons and the Federation can live in peace.

Undiscovered Country also gives almost everyone something to do. Kirk ( William Shatner ) and Bones ( DeForest Kelley ) are on trial on Kronos and are part of a prison break while everyone else (minus Sulu, who gets the short shrift in this picture despite finally becoming a captain) is busy playing detective up on the Enterprise. It’s a well-balanced story, and while the film tries too hard to turn Chang ( Christopher Plummer ) into the next Khan (the climactic battle has Chang shouting like he really wants to get his Shakespeare Quote-a-Day calendar out of his system), it’s still a fun dynamic that actually feels like a Star Trek story at its core.

3.) Star Trek III: The Search for Spock

There’s shorthand that claims that every even-numbered Star Trek is good and every odd-numbered Star Trek is bad. That’s a claim that should have been thrown out the window at Star Trek III , a film whose greatest flaw is following the classic Wrath of Khan . This is a movie that does nothing wrong, perfectly builds on what came before, and is a true test of the friendship among the Enterprise crew.

It would seem at first glance that a movie dedicated to undoing Spock’s sacrifice would be an ill-conceived idea, but director Leonard Nimoy absolutely makes it work by making this all about how the Enterprise crew works together outside the bounds of Starfleet. It turns them into a crew on the run, and they in turn sacrifice everything to save their fallen crewman. That’s a great story, and one worthy of Trek .

It also feels like Star Trek without feeling like an extended Star Trek episode. While other great Star Trek movies would echo what the series did at its best—whether it be traveling to unique locations, creating parables to real-world conflicts, or recreating the feel of a naval battles— Search for Spock is unique by building off Wrath of Khan , putting the crew of the Enterprise at odds with their duty to Starfleet, and plunging them into uncharted territory. And, Kirk has to make the ultimate sacrifice when he loses his son at the hands of the Klingons. How anyone could see Search for Spock as inferior Trek is beyond me.

2.) Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

This movie is just pure joy from start to finish. I’m sure it may have been tempting to try and do more of the same: send Kirk and the crew out on an interstellar mission to fight some intergalactic foe with some destructive weapon on the line. Instead, they go back in time to save the whales. It’s a plotline that sounds so silly that it shouldn’t work, and yet it does. This could have been, on a smaller scale, an episode of The Original Series , but it carries that charm and successfully transfers it to the big screen.

Voyage Home almost plays more like a sci-fi comedy (a dispiritingly rare hybrid) and watching the crew of the Enterprise as fish-out-of-water is constantly entertaining. The Original Series gave us the crew as outsiders on a fairly regular basis, and The Voyage Home harkens back to that feeling while still giving the audience the comfort of being more familiar with the world the characters are seeing.

It’s also got a good message! Yes, it’s a bumper sticker message to save the whales, but how many blockbusters give a crap about endangered species? It equates saving the whales with saving the world, and that’s a fine sentiment to have. Additionally, it helps bring the crew together and creates the stakes that could get the crew reinstated after stealing and destroying the Enterprise. It’s both a palette cleanser and a bold direction for the franchise.

1.) Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

Is it the obvious choice? Yes, but it’s also the right one. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan isn’t just great Star Trek . It’s great filmmaking period. It’s everything someone could want from a summer blockbuster while also staying true to what makes Star Trek unique, especially from the original Enterprise cast. It’s a movie with deep thematic resonance, high emotional stakes, and a rewarding experience for those who had been Star Trek fans for decades.

It was a stroke of genius to make Khan the villain, not because he’s a lifelong nemesis for Kirk (Khan only appears in the episode “Space Seed”), but because he represents the sins of the past. Khan is a bad guy, but he’s not wrong that Kirk basically just abandoned Khan’s people on a planet and never bothered to check up on them afterwards. For a film about a man struggling with getting old, it’s important to take time to check on what Kirk did wrong as a young man, whether it’s stranding Khan on Ceti Alpha V or refusing the learn the lesson of the Kobayashi Maru. Wrath of Khan puts Kirk through a crucible of his past follies and makes him pay for it.

The movie also earns its emotional climax following a rousing space battle that would never happen today because it’s too “slow” (it’s basically a naval battle in space, which is what TOS would do sometimes). “I have been, and always shall be, your friend,” is a gut-wrenching line because you feel the history behind it. It doesn’t betray Spock’s Vulcan-side, nor does it lean too heavily on his human side. It’s a profound, honest moment where we see Kirk, finally faced with a no-win situation, lose his dearest friend. It’s a moment that only Star Trek could pull off, and it elevates Wrath of Khan beyond where most blockbusters have gone before.

Tarantino's Mythical Vega Brothers Movie Plot Revealed by Michael Madsen

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An Obscure Sega Genesis Fighting Game Is Getting a Big-Budget Movie

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Director Quentin Tarantino has talked a lot over his career about movie ideas that never came to fruition, including his much-discussed Star Trek , and a follow-up to Kill Bill . One idea his most intriguing ideas though is that of a Vega Brothers movie .

The idea, of course, stemmed from the fact that both Michael Madsen's Reservoir Dogs character and John Travolta's Pulp Fiction character share the same surname. Well, now Michael Madsen has opened up about the idea and has even revealed a few details as to what the movie would have involved.

"We were supposed to be in Amsterdam, criminally. The picture was going to start out with the two of us being released from prison in different states. And we open up a club in Amsterdam."

The Vega Brothers not only share the same last name, but they both also have the same sort of style as well as a penchant for crime and violence. The suggested idea at the time was to make a spin-off to both of Tarantino's previous movies, establish the two characters as brothers, and pair them off, no doubt sending them on a very violent, sweary adventure.

It sounds like a pretty solid starting point, and really is something that could even happen now, even with both actors having aged, so long as Quentin Tarantino could somehow write around the fact that both characters died in their respective movies. Hey, the man has rewritten real-world history twice, why not rewrite the fictional history he himself created? It is highly doubtful that anyone would complain. They would be far too excited to finally see Madsen and Travolta side by side in The Vega Brothers movie.

The plan at the time was to have the movie be a prequel and set it long before the events of Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction , but sadly this is no longer possible due to the amount of time that has passed. Unless of course, Tarantino wants to take a page out of Scorsese's book and implement radical de-aging technology. The point is, there are several solutions and ways that The Vega Brothers could still be brought to life.

Tarantino himself came up with a pretty offbeat solution to the aging of his stars, as described by Madsen.

"[Quentin Tarantino] had come up with this idea that it would be the twin brothers of Vic and Vincent, who met after the deaths of their siblings. It was very complicated, but when Quentin starts discussing an idea, it's very easy to go along with it."

So, rather than reprising their roles as Vic and Vincent Vega in the Vega Brothers movie, Michael Madsen and John Travolta would have instead played wholly new siblings in the Vega clan, and the twin brothers of the gangster characters who were killed in Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction . If anyone can make that work it's Quentin Tarantino.

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Play Esurance’s New Star Trek Game Online & Learn Clues About The Star Trek Movie

| February 13, 2009 | By: Anthony Pascale 101 comments so far

Play ‘Erin’s Mission to Delta Vega’ Special Agent Erin Esurance is a character that Esurance uses in their TV and online advertising, and now their hero is taking on Trek. The game, designed by W!ildbrain studios , puts Erin on a mission to locate missing Starfleet Officer Keenser while fighting off hostile alien life forms on the planet Delta Vega (a planet first seen in the pilot for Star Trek "Where No Man has Gone Before").

You access the game by going to esurance.com/StarTrek and after watching (or skipping) the intro video, click on "Out of this world content." ( or click this direct link to just the game )

Game gives clues to new Star Trek movie And by playing the game, you may learn something  about the film….

[SPOILERS BELOW]

TrekMovie.com has been told that the content in the game is from the actual movie. So when you combine these tidbits from the game, including some of the names, with previous reporting ( like the 20 minute preview ), we get a clearer picture of a portion of the movie. Firstly ‘Delta Vega’ is a real location in the film itself, and in fact we have already seen it, described as the ‘frozen planet’ or ‘the ice planet.’

And TrekMovie is also told that the monsters in the game are also in the movie.

…we have already seen one of them

[EVEN MORE DELTA VEGA SPOILERS]

And the new tidbits in the game, help us put some names on previously reported spoilers…

In the Star Trek movie at some point Spock (Quinto) will be in command of the USS Enterprise, while Capt. Pike is being held captive by Nero on the Romulan ship, the Narada. For some reason Spock decides that ‘cadet Kirk’ should not continue to remain on the mission and will drop him off (eject him in an escape pod) on Delta Vega, where Kirk will face some obstacles, fight a monster or two, and eventually meet the elder Spock (Nimoy) and Scotty, who has been stationed there as a punishment for making Admiral Archer’s pet Beagle disappear in a transporter accident. Scotty’s only companion is an alien called Keenser. The elder Spock, who has traveled back in time, will then give Scotty his own formula from the future to help him and Kirk do a special long-distance beam back to the USS Enterprise, which has warped away.

Delta Vega – Star Trek’s first strange new world Including Delta Vega in the Star Trek movie is a big call back to the (second) pilot for Star Trek , " Where no Man Has Gone Before ." The episode depicts Delta Vega as a desolate uninhabited planet, located near the galactic barrier and home of a lithium cracking station that is visited every couple decades by ore ships. After arriving at Delta Vega, Captain Kirk attempts to abandon his friend Gary Mitchell there after Mitchell starts transforming into a megalomaniac with super-powers. So apparently Delta Vega is Starfleet’s ‘go to place’ for marooning trouble makers.  

Play the ‘Mission to Delta Vega’ game now to have fun and learn more about Star Trek at esurance.com/StarTrek .

I wonder if this was the big news Anthony was talking about earlier.. well ok I’ll give it a go but it better make marshmellons..

FIRST. Delta Vega was Star Trek’s first brave new world? It’s awesome they’re tying that into the new movie!

Admiral Archer’s pet beagle? I hope they mention this in the movie in some dialogue.

Hot damn! So now not only are two of the actors from both “The Cage” and “Turnabout Intruder” appearing in classical roles, but they’re going back to Delta Vega? They really know their stuff.

Another nod to classic Trek! And if you recheck with “Where no Man Has Gone Before” you see the belt with Phaser and Communivator worn above the shirts, classic look.

Good Job, Bob!

A neat little diversion. Control system is a bit odd, though – why IJKL and not WASD? Or even just the normal arrow keys?

NICE!!! The more reference to Star Trek history/foreshadowing the better! This movie needs more nods to the Trek universe like this. Trekkies love it and need it to justify a prequel concept. People who have no idea about Star Trek history wouldn’t know the difference between a just a uninhibited Planet or Ceti Alpha V, why who cares? Give us the references so we can enjoy this movie on an whole other level from first timers!

#3 Yes, it is on screen. It was shown during the sneak peak screenings back in November. And on that note…any chance of a Scott Bakula cameo dedicating the Enterprise?

im guessing that they are on the dark side of Delta Vega or a pole since the original planet was not completely covered in ice.

You know, I am actually kinda shocked that Star Trek does not have a free 3d browser based game yet. Not one. Most of the Star Trek games that are online are 5-10 years old, and are reminiscent of Super Nintendo games. But Star Wars has had 3d browser based games like The Hunt for Grevious. Considering how far browser games have come, I think it would be an excellent idea to create a complex browser game for this movie.

Hmm, those spoilers attribute things to Scotty and Spock that make me doubt, they’re close to the original.

Could it be that the OrcSter did sort of a Coldplay plagiarism where he thought that he actually created Delta Vega™ but it can be proven in a court of law that he had previous exposure to the shoplifted material?

Someone get Carlos Sanatana’s lawyer on the red phone.

In the end we’ll find out there’s no case since Jack Parr invented it back in the late 50s.

JAYWALKING!!

#8—“im guessing that they are on the dark side of Delta Vega or a pole since the original planet was not completely covered in ice.”

Probably. I would assume that many class-M planets have a variety of climate conditions and seasonal weather as well.

Would it kill them to have her say “Star Trek” instead of “Star Track”?????

Is Delta Vega around the corner from Vulcan? I always thought otherwise… but who knows how fast these escape pods are these days!

So is that a Mugatu and a Denebian Slime Devil? ;)

In what way?

I wonder if the film’s dialogue will mention the lithium cracking station or the apparently nearby galactic barrier…

Wasn’t there a sign that said something like “Galactic Mining Company” at the station?

9) Yeah, I used to play Cybernations, got bored when NPO took over. Also played one called Lunar Wars, but it has since died out.

Well, Spock abandoning Kirk on a hostile planet ? Granted, the young Spock would probably not been as ‘in control’ of his emotions as old Spock, but as an emotional being, I have to say: something like that is a) illogical b) really stupid c) a criminal offense. This does not sound like Spock to me, regardless of what age.

Scotty making Archers beagle (Porthos the X. or something) dissappear ? Well, either he did it on purpose, which by all logic would also have resulted in criminal charges or it was in accident, in which case he couldn’t have done much and being punished for that is not very Starfleet. Either way he seems to be the butt of a joke, yet again. Scotty was often good for comic relief, but never a silly character.

Scotty beamed that dog into oblivion.

Was one of the projectiles a blackhole?? And don’t blackholes play into the movie somehow. And maybe Redmatter? I think one of the other projectiles was redmatter. And if you don’t know what I’m talking about then nevermind, but get your hands on the Countdown #1 comic and then you’ll understand.

Form what we’ve heard, the incident with the beagle was a transporter accident, something Scotty isn’t a stranger to. As far as why Spock exiles Kirk to Delta Vega, we’d have to see the movie to put it in context. But if Kirk is in some way endangering the ship (in Spock’s opinion) it doesn’t seem that much of a stretch that he might make a decision to remove him. It’s not like he stranded him there to die, clearly there’s a Starfleet presence on the planet (as evidenced by Scotty and his friend).

Admiral Archer? How the hell old would Archer be? 120??

I am feeling a “Hoth” vibe (from the Empire Strikes Back). And the little Keenser remind me Yoda.

I am enjoying the new direction of the movie, but I still have trouble about some “creatives” decisions.

Also, #13 – I just played the game and she said Star TREK, clear as day. To my ears, at any rate. I have a feeling this might be like the Siberius/Tiberius debate.

I’m sure it’s more a tip of the hat to Enterprise than an implication Archer is still alive and well at 140.

On purpose or accident ?

Accidents do happen of course, but banishing someone to the edge of the galaxy for a dog ? Archer must have gotten really cranky on old age.

Regarding Kirk: Why not just beam him directly to the Starfleet presence then ? Or better yet: put him in the brig, where you have control over him ?

more like 140

24 McCoy was Admiral of Starfleet Medical and was about 135 years old in “Encounter at Farpoint”.

#19 Gorandius,

Go to instantaction.com, they have a dozen or so high quality games that you can play directly in your browser. There are a couple simple space shooter games like ZAP! Instantaction would be the perfect platform for a multiplayer star trek browser game.

Well it’s somewhat canonical that Archer was present for the Enterprise’s commissioning and died the next day in New York. It’s at Memory Alpha.

I had no idea about Porthos, I tried to stay away from those 20 minutes of footage reports! Way cool! I hope there are other nods!

The monsters are very cool!

And that it’s Delta Vega, makes this movie even bit more awesome!

This must be Porthos II because he would’ve definintley be dead.

Maybe it’s a clone of Porthos, like some people are doing today???

#20—“Granted, the young Spock would probably not been as ‘in control’ of his emotions as old Spock, but as an emotional being, I have to say: something like that is a) illogical b) really stupid c) a criminal offense. This does not sound like Spock to me, regardless of what age.”

We are totally missing the surrounding context, therefore judgement is premature. I doubt that Spock is marooning Kirk on Delta Vega as Kirk did Khan on Ceti Alpha V (although that would be ironic). There is obviously a facility there, and probably some, albeit undesirable, task that young Kirk is ordered to perform there before meeting Scotty and the elder Spock. I don’t see how leaving him there to do so would be either illogical or criminal. If someone has to do it, that doesn’t really make sense. As for whether or not it’s “stupid”, I think I’ll reserve judgement until I have viewed it within the context of the scene.

Spock has always been capable of human behavior, even if it is generally masked by a stoic Vulcan facade.

“Scotty making Archers beagle (Porthos the X. or something) dissappear ? Well, either he did it on purpose, which by all logic would also have resulted in criminal charges…”

You mean like beaming all of those tribbles to a sure death aboard a Klingon warship?

“…or it was in accident, in which case he couldn’t have done much and being punished for that is not very Starfleet.”

It’s unlikely that being assigned to that facility is a formal punishment. It is more likely just an undesirable assignment, like being assigned to a listening post in Alaska. There is a chain of command in Starfleet, and men and women who fill the positions within it. I don’t see how Scotty offending someone in that chain of command resulting in an undesirable assignment would be so unbelievable to you. Human nature isn’t likely to change all that much by the 23rd Century.

“Scotty was often good for comic relief, but never a silly character.”

That’s a matter of perspective. I think he was depicted in a silly manner on several occasions. Just off the top of my head, I’d say:

“By Any Other Name” “The Trouble With Tribbles” “Who Mourns For Adonais?” STIV: The Voyage Home “Relics” (TNG)

And, of course, the dreaded STV: The Great Trek Turd Of ’89.

Scotty is often the butt of a joke or two. Sometimes, he is silly. He is also the “miracle worker”. I bet we’ll see some of that too.

Spock Prime did not expect to find Scotty in the outpost, “Fascinating. You’re Montgomery Scott”so he asks him how he ended up there… and Scotty replies that he experimented with Transporter tech and killed the dog by accident.

Pike enters the Narada as Neros “guest”. Kirk, Olsen and Sulu drop from Pikes shuttle and destroy the drill platform. Neros places Object in Vulcans core. Kirk and Sulu are saved by Chekov and beamd aboard. Spock beams down to save his parents and the Vulcan council, leaves the ship while in grave danger.

We don’t know what happens to Vulcan, but we can expect a fallout between Kirk, who is made first officer by Pike, and Spock, who is acting captain.

The question is, how does Kirks escape pod get from Vulcan to Delta Vega?

Well, we’ll see how it plays out 3 months’ time. Still I find that it would make more sense for Kirk to leave the E by escape pod, if he did it himself – out of Spock’s reach. He might want to get off the ship to do something, he can’t beam out or take a shuttle, so he takes an escape pod.

Possible, but again, why Delta Vega, at the galaxys edge? We know that the Narada ens up over San Francisco finally… but not when this will happen in the movie. But flying from Vulcan to Delta Vega must take some time at Warp 5…

#24—In the ENT episode, “In A Mirror, Darkly”, it is made clear (from the visual record of Archer’s life on the viewscreen) that Archer lives at least until 2184, when his term as Federation President ended.

He was born in 2112, so that would make him about 72 when his 8 years as President was over.

Mike Sussman worked on the biographical record partially visible in “In A Mirror, Darkly”, and part of that record did include information that he attended the launch of the NCC-1701 in 2245—but that part never made it on screen (therefore not canon).

But given Admiral McCoy’s age in “Encounter At Farpoint”, it isn’t entirely improbable that he could have been alive long enough for a young Scotty to have offended him.

We do not exactly know how old Kirk or Scotty are at the time of this particular scene, and more importantly, how long ago the incident with the beagle occured before that.

We do know this. The Enterprise, at least in this timeline, is not launched in 2245. That is not a 12-year old Kirk on the motorcycle. It is more likely at least a decade (or more) later, in which case, Archer would be at least 143 years old or so. That’s about 6 years older than Admiral McCoy was when he was seen walking around with Pinnochio aboard the Enterprise-D.

Again, we don’t yet know what year it is when this scene takes place, or how long after the transporter accident in question.

I’m assuming that Delta Vega has some kind of seasonal process going on. For some period, it’s an icefield, other periods it’s a rocky desert.

I’m also assuming that they are seeing spock at a different Lithium Cracking facility on that planet?

It’s also interesting in that I cannot fathom it being on rout between Earth and Vulcan. Seems a little out of the way.

Correction: Archer is “elected” President in 2284, at age 72. He steps down in 2292, at age 80.

In any case, I wonder why he is called “Admiral”, and not “Mr. President”.

Oops. 2184 and 2192…I was off by 100 years!

Archer’s Beagle would be 980 years old in dog years.

Maybe Archer is jumping in time… like a broken record, CT!

Probably he get’s this “Assignment” because he messed up with the Transporter (or nicer: experimented) without clearance and then killed poor Porthos…

#39—“It’s also interesting in that I cannot fathom it being on rout between Earth and Vulcan. Seems a little out of the way.”

Delta Vega is actually listed on a “star chart” in two TNG episodes, “Conspiracy”, and “Yesterday’s Enterprise” (on a tactical monitor showing the progress made by the Klingons in their war with the UFP). It would be interesting to see where it shows Delta Vega in relation to other star systems.

#42—“Archer’s Beagle would be 980 years old in dog years.”

I’m assuming that’s a joke!

Porthos would, of course, be long gone. I’m sure this is an entirely different beagle!

This becomes SO FRUSTRATING reading the desperation here at times. Look – and I challenge the Orcster to tell me otherwise – Delta Vega, like Zefram Cochrane in First Contact, is a NEW CREATION that references something you are familiar with BUT they are not the same two things. As people try to use their imaginations to clear up the discrepancies it is driving me nuts. IF this was the real Delta Vega from the episode, then they should have used that original matte painting or something very similar like the remaster did. Where’s the ice and snow? Why in the episode is it on the edge of the galaxy but in the movie its a hop, skip, and a jump away from Vulcan? COME ON.

I don’t mind that The Orcster and team have done this but I wish you all would accept it. Star Trek is now CONCEPT – Quogs™, interchangeable symbols. The better to sell to you with, my pretty. I bet you $100 that in the original script or story treatment, this was simply known as “ice planet”. It was NOT designed to be some continuity reference. Someone pulled a fast one on you. Whether this is the real deal or not is NOT relevant or important to the story. There are more discrepancies to tell us that this is just a “shout out” than the real deal. And like I said, I’m OK with ALL of this QUOG interchangeability and this-isnt-your-fathers-delta-vega ice planet with a cool referencial name stuff. I just wish some of you folks would see the obvious. THIS MOVIE IS A back to the future REBOOT using names and ideas that you love which disregards everything that came before it in the truest sense. It’s OK. Really… but I just wish we could be honest and smart about this. serious. please stop trying to make it something that it will never be and wasnt meant to be.

THE WOMEN!!

If Scotty’s stationing at the Outpost is due to the accidental loss of Admiral Archer’s pet beagle…it could be cranky John. Remember, he’s the only Star Fleet captain we’ve seen actually torture someone before. Scotty maybe lucky just to be stationed on that rock, old Admiral Archer probably wanted to decompress him through an airlock with his buddy Jack Bower giving him advice…

ay caramba god help us all

So is it decalithium and red matter? All the critics who don’t like the new props… we can be glad that this gun is not the new phaser ;)

In 2258 , a hengrauggi attacked a drakoulias as it was running after James T. Kirk , who was marooned on Delta Vega. After disposing of the drakoulias, the hengrauggi commenced with chasing Kirk itself.

The hengrauggi ultimately chased Kirk into a cave , where it wrapped its whip-like protrusion around Kirk's leg and proceeded to pull Kirk towards its mouth . Before it could devour Kirk, however, it was repelled by Spock Prime , wielding a lit torch . ( Star Trek )

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Other than being physically powerfully and frequently roaring, the hengrauggi was additionally described in the script of Star Trek thus; " It's nearly 30 feet tall, red, hundreds of eyes " as well as having " sharp spear limbs " and a " disgusting, wet, teethy mouth. " The script also compared it to the drakoulias, exclaiming, " This thing is so much worse! " [1]

The hengrauggi was designed by Neville Page . Page also designed the monster for the J.J. Abrams -produced film Cloverfield , which shares some similarities with the hengrauggi. Its head was inspired by a prolapsed rectum. [2] According to the Blu-ray, it is a sea creature.

This animal was nicknamed by the crew as "Big Red", though it was also often referred to as a "lobster monster". In a tie-in flash game produced by Esurance for the film, it was referred to as a "snow slug". Its short name comes from the film's audio commentary . In the film's script, it was referred to as a "Hen-Gra", in an ultimately unused line of dialogue in which Spock would have also described it as "notoriously afraid of heat." [3]

The virtual collectible card battle game Star Trek: Rivals has an image of the Delta Vega Hengrauggi on card #44.

For the Star Trek: Prodigy episode " Let Sleeping Borg Lie ", UI graphic designer Dominique Rossier created an info panel for the USS Dauntless mess hall which listed suggestions for breakfast , lunch , and dinner . One of the suggestions for dinner was hengrauggi steak . In the prime universe , James T. Kirk discovered the hengrauggi during one of his many expeditions. This steak was drizzled with Kelosian alcohol and several spices . It was recommended that the steak be tenderized for thirty-six hours before an individual ate it. A serving size of one plate of this spicy dish had 678 calories , 12.4 grams of fat , 2.8 grams of sugar , and 45.4 grams of protein . The synthesizer number for this dish was F46.23. Although the panel did not appear in the episode, it can be seen at Rossier's artist page at Art Station. [4]

External links [ ]

• Hengrauggi at Memory Beta , the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
• Star Trek 's Beast Master Reveals How to Create a Monster at Wired.com
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Every Star Trek Movie In Chronological Order

I’m glad voyager’s tom and b’elanna are no longer star trek's only successful romance, alien: romulus made me love star trek even more.

• Star Trek's untitled prequel movie should include Scott Bakula as Jonathan Archer to honor the series' history and fans.
• Bakula's return would add legitimacy to the prequel movie and connect it to the established Star Trek canon.
• Jonathan Archer's importance as the father of the Federation makes him a crucial character to include in the film.

Star Trek 's untitled prequel movie needs Scott Bakula from Star Trek: Enterprise. Director Toby Haynes is mounting an Untitled Star Trek Origin movie for Paramount Pictures. Written by Seth Grahame-Smith, Haynes' Star Trek prequel is reportedly set "decades before" J.J. Abrams' Star Trek movies, which would place it in Star Trek 's Prime Timeline before the creation of Abrams' alternate Kelvin timeline. Star Trek 's prequel movie is also said to be set mostly on Earth, with humanity dealing with aliens and the founding of the United Federation of Planets. This calls for Scott Bakula to return as Jonathan Archer.

What's been reported about Star Trek' s prequel movie seems to set it in the 22nd century, likely after Star Trek: Enterprise if it deals with the creation of the Federation. Star Trek: Enterprise' s controversial finale showed the events of 2161 when Captain Jonathan Archer gave a speech that marked the beginning of the United Federation of Planets. Archer went on to become the first Federation President and was hailed as the greatest explorer of his era thanks to his leadership of the NX-01 Enterprise during its historic voyages. This Star Trek canon cache - and Scott Bakula himself - would be invaluable to Star Trek 's prequel movie.

With 13 entries in the Star Trek movie series from 1979-2006, there are a couple of ways to watch the films chronologically.

Scott Bakula Could Be For Star Trek’s Prequel Movie What Leonard Nimoy Was For J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek

Archer has already been acknowledged by star trek movies.

Scott Bakula appearing in Star Trek' s prequel movie as Jonathan Archer would be as vital as Leonard Nimoy was to J.J. Abrams' Star Trek (2009). Nimoy reprised Ambassador Spock (also known as Spock Prime), who crossed over into the alternate Kelvin timeline he was partly responsible for creating. More importantly, Nimoy served as a bridge to longtime Star Trek fans that helped them accept the rebooted young cast of Star Trek (2009) , and the film's premise of the USS Enterprise in an alternate reality. Leonard Nimoy's presence assured skeptical Trekkers that J.J. Abrams' reboot was, indeed, Star Trek .

Scott Bakula is no stranger to appearing in feature films like Necessary Roughness, Source Code , and American Beauty.

Scott Bakula reprising Jonathan Archer in Star Trek 's prequel movie would have the same effect Leonard Nimoy's Spock did in Star Trek (2009). Nearly 20 years after Star Trek: Enterprise ended, Bakula's Jonathan Archer is acknowledged - and even revered - as a pivotal Star Trek legacy character . Bakula is also a beloved actor who has generations of fans from his hit shows like Quantum Leap, Men of a Certain Age , and NCIS: New Orleans . Scott Bakula returning as Jonathan Archer would signal to Trekkers skeptical about Toby Haynes' prequel that it is, indeed, Star Trek and will respect canon even as it adds new facets to Star Trek 's established history,

Star Trek 's prequel movie may premiere in theaters in 2026, which is the 60th anniversary of Star Trek and the 25th anniversary of the premiere of Star Trek: Enterprise.

Why Scott Bakula’s Archer Is Important To Star Trek’s Prequel Movie

Jonathan archer is the father of the federation.

If Star Trek 's prequel movie will deal with the founding of the Federation, then Scott Bakula's Jonathan Archer has to be part of it. Archer was the first Federation President, and his absence would be glaring. Jonathan Archer has also already been referenced in J.J. Abrams' Star Trek (2009) when Scotty (Simon Pegg) told Spock and James T. Kirk (Chris Pine) that he tested transwarp beaming on "Admiral Archer's prized beagle." Whether it's Star Trek' s Prime Timeline or alternate Kelvin timeline, Jonathan Archer is a major figure and a pillar of Star Trek history as not just the first Captain of the Starship Enterprise but, essentially, the father of the Federation.

Seeing Jonathan Archer return would grant legitimacy to Star Trek's Untitled Origin movie.

Star Trek' s prequel doesn't have to utilize Scott Bakula's Jonathan Archer beyond a supporting role if it's focusing on brand-new characters, but Scott Bakula appearing in the Untitled Star Trek Origin movie would be meaningful to Star Trek: Enterprise 's fans, who never got satisfying closure. Archer becoming Federation President was only spoken of but never seen on-screen. More than mere fan service, seeing Jonathan Archer return would grant legitimacy to Star Trek 's Untitled Origin movie, and firmly establish Scott Bakula as crucial to Star Trek history in movies and television.

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Paz Vega’s Directorial Debut ‘Rita’ Re-Creates a Blissful, Then Blighted Childhood in 1984 Seville

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Write about what you know, the old adage runs. In “Rita,” her debut as a writer-director-producer, Spain’s Paz Vega has certainly taken that to heart. Years before breaking out with 2001’s “Sex and Lucia,” then starring opposite Adam Sandler in 2004’s “Spanglish,” Vega grew up in Triana, a district of Seville, in Spain’s Andalusia.

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“Rita” records the bric-a-brac of an ‘80s childhood. An initial two-minute pan creeps from a rudimentary metal fan, over notebooks, cartons of crayons, a period toy lorry, an action man on the carpet, a small basket of marbles, a manual arm clock, to Rita, just waking up on her top bed bunk. The pan lasts in all over two minutes. 

“Rita’s” retro repertoire takes in, however, not just objects but sounds and sensations: That same pan catches Rita clambering down the ladder from her bunk, her bare feet on the metal rails: Anybody who has done so will remember the singular but passing discomfit, or the robust ring of an ‘80s fixed line telephone, or the dry scald of handling hot toast straight from a toaster.

Soon, however, in “Rita,” the young girl is hearing other sounds. The first part of “Rita” records childhood bliss, the second part, ever more, its blight. 

The film is also the work of an auteur. 

“Rita” is produced by Marta Velasco and Gonzalo Bendala at Aralán Films,  one of Andalusia’s leading production houses, behind Carlos Vermut’s “Quien te cantará” and Patricia Ferreira’s “The Wild Ones,” in association with Ola Films and Madrid-based post-production facility Arte Sonora Estudios.  

Variety  talked to Vega in the build-up to Locarno:

You play Rita’s mother Mari, but from the film’s very title to the first shot, the focus is on Rita….

That was my very first idea when this movie came to mind. To see events through the eyes of a child: How they know about everything around them and try to understand the universe of the adults. We tend to underestimate children. They’re very intelligent. 

One brief example is when mother Mari, Rita and Lolo are on a bus, and Rita offers Mari her place, standing by the window…

Yes, a man’s standing too close to Mari. Rita realises. It’s very interesting to explore how children use their imagination to escape reality, for example. Rita is always drawing, drawing reality how she’d like it to be.  

Rita also likes to go outside, feeding the birds in the park, or lying on the grass and looking at the clouds. That’s no coincidence….

My idea was that the flat was oppressive, and not just because of the heat, but because of the negative energy there. So when Rita goes up to the apartment block roof terrace, she feels happy, free. Going out is a moment of happiness and hope.

There’s also a constant sensorial sense to childhood, even in the most mundane of actions such a climbing down a bunk ladder…

I had a bunk like that! And folded the tablecloth like Rita does when she clears up after dinner. People can connect with these things and when they do, they make the film their own and enter Rita’s life in a way.  

As a director, you would appear to like in-frame framing…

For me, framing is primordial in cinema. It was fundamental that what is in the frame has a meaning, but it’s as important what’s off camera. It creates a sensation of anguish not seeing what’s happening and seeing the children’s reaction. 

That takes in Lolo, who’s a delicate child. For his father José Manuel he’s a failure , he’s not machito enough; the audience will expect he might have hit him.

Yes, it’s very interesting. The relationship of the father José Manuel with Lolo is one of badly understood masculinity. It’s a toxic masculinity. The father wants the boy to be a macho because surely his own father forced him to be one. For José Manuel, Lolo just isn’t up to scratch. It’s a chain reaction which passes from one generation to another and people who have a father like that suffer a lot.

I’ve tried not to be similar to anybody because it’s a very personal story. I already had images in my head from the very beginning. I love how some directors work with actors, such as Sean Baker. I loved Jonathan Glazer’s “Zone of Interest.” But the film has nothing to do with “Rita.” Maybe there are shots of daily life in the streets which remind me of Italian neorealism but “Rita” has its own essence, and that’s for the good.  

You’ve worked in many countries, but chose to make your first film as a director in Spain in your native Andalusia. 

I’m from Seville, lived my childhood in the ‘80s, it’s the childhood I know. That gave me the power of truth. So much of what happens to Rita, I’ve experienced. Rita’s neighbourhood, her mum’s work as a seamstress, that’s my story too. It’s me.  

And the cast and crew are all Andalusian?

Everyone, except for Roberto Álamo, who plays José Manuel and is from Madrid. It was good to have him coming from outside Seville, so that he feels isolated, in a place which isn’t his own, which means he’s perpetually angry, in a hot city, bringing up his family, working all day long. There were many fathers who felt they were doing the right thing but were wrong. For me, José Manuel is another victim of a model of masculinity.

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