Star Trek: Nemesis
Summary
Star Trek : Nemesisintroduced Tom Hardy as Shinzon , the evil clone of Captain Jean - Luc Picard ( Patrick Stewart ) , but Hardy also play a young Picard in a photo that instantly became problematic . Directed by Stuart Baird from a account by John Logan , Rick Berman , and Brent Spiner , Star Trek : Nemesisbecame the death knell for theStar Trek : The Next Generationmovie franchise . aspect ofStar Trek : Nemesishave prove infamous , like the expiry of Commander Data ( Brent Spiner ) , anda controversial photo of Cadet Jean - Luc Picard at Starfleet Academy .
Shinzon was cloned from Jean - Luc Picard by the Romulans as part of an unfulfilled plot to replace the Captain of the Enterprise with a doppelganger . Instead , the unseasoned Shinzon was institutionalize to toil in the mines of Remus . However , Shinzon came under the auspices of theReman who became his Viceroy ( Ron Perlman ) . Years afterward , Picard ’s clone assassinated the Romulan Senate , installing himself as Praetor . Shinzon planned to attack the United Federation of Planets inStar Trek : Nemesis , but he also went through a charade of befriending Captain Picard and essay to acquire his duplication ’s trust , which leftJean - Luc contemplating his life ’s counselling compared to Shinzon ’s .
Tom Hardy ’s career was on the acclivity when he work Picard ’s evil dead ringer in Star Trek : Nemesis but it was a dark consequence for the actor and the franchise .
Why Tom Hardy As Young Picard In Star Trek: Nemesis Was Wrong
Picard wasn’t bald as a young man - was he?
There ’s a shot inStar Trek : Nemesiswhere Captain Picard looks at a photograph of himself as a Starfleet Academy Cadet - only it ’s Tom Hardy play the young Jean - Luc . While that is n’t controversial in itself , the fact that Cadet Picard is denudate in the photo is . Star Trek : The Next Generation ’s season 6 episode " Tapesty " established that theyoung Picard ( Marcus Nash ) had a full drumhead of hair when he was nigh killed by Nausicaans during a bar conflict . Cadet Picard depicted as bald contradicts this and drew the ire ofStar Trek : The Next Generationfans .
The blame for a bald Cadet Picard can be partially attributed toStar Trek : Nemesis ' director Stuart Baird . A newcomer toStar Trek , Baird decide not to help himself of the expertise ofStar Trek : The Next Generation ’s mould . Tom Hardy playing young Jean - Luc in a photograph to establish that Shinzon front identical to the substantial Picard when they were younger makes a sealed amount of mother wit , but making young Picard bald was in all likelihood done to hammer dwelling house to general interview that Jean - Luc was looking at a photo of his immature ego - even ifTNGalready established Picard was n’t denudate until later in life-time .
Star Trek: Picard Also Retconned Jean-Luc’s Life
Picard’s parents were totally changed
It ’s unclear if Tom Hardy ’s bald Cadet Picard inStar Trek : Nemesisis a retcon that hold back as canonical or is considered apocryphal . Much ofStar Trek : Nemesishas been undoneby the events ofStar Trek : Picard , such as upraise Data , and the Romulan supernova hand - wave the question of what became of the Romulan Senate after Shinzon ’s expiry . However , Star Trek : Picarddelivered its own retcons of Jean - Luc Picard ’s life that were also controversialwith longtime buff .
Shinzon was at last observe for the first time sinceStar Trek NemesisinStar Trek : Prodigyseason 2 , when Admiral Kathryn Janeway ( Kate Mulgrew ) referred toNemesis’events as"the Shinzon incident . "
Star Trek : Picardseason 2 answered the doubtfulness of why Jean - Luc Picard did n’t look for out a lasting romantic partner for most of his life . The result lie in Jean - Luc ’s buried memories of his mother , Yvette Picard ’s ( Madeline Wise ) , suicide when he was a boy . YetStar Trek : The Next Generationpreviously introduce Yvette Picard ( Herta Ware ) as an elderly woman . Star Trek : Picardalso castJames Callis as Jean - Luc ’s aloof father , Maurice Picard , who was played as an previous homo by Clive Church inTNG . But the photo of Tom Hardy as a bald young Picard inStar Trek : Nemesisstill receive many fans ' goats .
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