Star Trek: Nemesis
Summary
Jonathan Frakes has a clear - eyed take on the many misapprehension made byStar Trek : Nemesis , the final celluloid asterisk the shape ofStar Trek : The Next contemporaries . Frakes , who aim the hitStar Trek : First Contactand its follow - up , Star Trek : Insurrection , did n’t helmNemesis . Instead , Paramount bring in Stuart Baird , aStar Trekneophyte , to directNemesis , which was written by Academy Award - nominee John Logan from a story by Logan and Brent Spiner . Despite the originative firepower and the reunited cast ofTNG , Star Trek : Nemesiswas a box office staff bomband miss the fool with critics and audience .
In theStar Trekoral history , " The Fifty - Year Mission : The Next 25 yr " by Mark A. Altman and Edward Gross , Jonathan Frakes gives his take onStar Trek : Nemesis ' stumble . Frakes surmises there wastoo much emphasis on Tom Hardy ’s villain , Shinzon , and not enough on the chemistry between thecast ofStar Trek : The Next Generation . Frakes , who knowsTNGas well as anyone , makes some strong points on whyStar Trek : Nemesiscomes up so short in his quotation mark below :
With Nemesis , it was as if the Fates stepped in . We had John Logan , who ’s an A - listing writer . We had what was a great company back together again . Tom Hardy was a brilliant guest star . My take on it , though , was that there was not enough of the family . It was a little too much of Shinzon and not enough of Picard and Data . The first weekend people came to see Bones , Kirk , and Spock , or Picard and Data , you make out what I mean ? The story of Nemesis was very much a story about the fixation of Shinzon , Tom Hardy ’s character . The front end of the picture show with the marriage ceremony of Riker and Troi , and which was so charming , just got cut to bits . We in the first place had Whoopi and Wil Wheaton and all of these Easter egg in there , and Brent sang . It was a big deal that got write out up to nothing .
Every Star Trek rooter can tell you their personal ranking of the 13 Star Trek films , but how did they pile up at the US box office ?
Star Trek: Nemesis No Longer Matters After Star Trek: Picard
Nemesis' mistakes have been corrected.
As Jonathan Frakes allude to , there wasa noble-minded intent forStar Trek : Nemesisthat was n’t achieveddue to director Stuart Baird ’s want of knowledge aboutStar Trekand other ingredient . The end resultant role of killing off Commander Data ( Brent Spiner ) and breaking apart theStar Trek : The Next Generationfamily did n’t overall please audiences . However , 21 eld afterStar Trek : Nemesis ' failure , Star Trek : Picardseason 3 has virtually erased or rendered irrelevant all of theproblems create byNemesis’story choices and character deaths .
Although Star Trek : curse no longer truly matters , the film remains a fascinating cautionary narration .
Data was resurrected in a new , constitutive eubstance stark with full human emotion inStar Trek : Picardseason 3 , and this is afterStar Trek : Picardseason 1 ’s endingdealt with Data ’s death by giving him a leave with Admiral Jean - Luc Picard ( Patrick Stewart ) . The Romulans are no longer the threat they were inStar Trek : Picard ’s former twenty-fifth - C timeframe , while the USS Titan , which was the ship maitre d' Will Riker ( Jonathan Frakes ) leave the USS Enterprise - E to statement , was the hero ship ofStar Trek : Picardseason 3 and later became the USS Enterprise - G. Riker and his wife , Counselor Deanna Troi ’s ( Marina Sirtis ) , matrimony was also search and reaffirm inStar Trek : Picardseason 3 . AlthoughStar Trek : Nemesisno longer truly count , the film remains a fascinating cautionary tale .
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Source : The Fifty - Year Mission : The Next 25 Years : From The Next Generation to J. J. Abrams : The Complete , Uncensored , and unauthorised Oral account of Star Trek by Mark A. Altman and Edward Gross
