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 Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)
IMDB rating: 6.40
Plot: On their way to Riker’s and Troi’s honeymoon, the Enterprise is sent near the neutral zone to Romulan space, and picks up a prototypic twin of android Data. Immediately they are further sent to Romulus, where a new praetor, Shinzon, a human cloned from Captain Picard who lives on the slave planet Remus, appears to want peace with the Federation. But then the crew detects a break-in on their computer systems, and Picard is captured by the Remans because Shinzon needs him as his only matching supplier of genetic material. Picard and the Enterprise can escape, only to find themselves battling Shinzon’s completely cloaked Warbird, who is after the complete destruction of earth.
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Directors: Baird Stuart
Actors: Stewart Patrick,Frakes Jonathan,Spiner Brent,Burton LeVar,Dorn Michael,Hardy Linda,Perlman Ron,Ciccolella Jude,Dale Alan,Berg John,Owen Michael,Action,Adventure,Sci-Fi,Thriller,Drama,
Why did Star Trek: Nemesis make half of what Insurrection made? Nemesis was a far superior movie. Explanation?
I think by the time "Nemesis" came out many Trek fans already blamed executive producer Rick Berman for what they felt was running the franchise into the ground. Trying to turn Shinzon into the modern day Khan Noonien Singh was more or less the last straw, and thus likely boycotted the movie as a result.
Myself, I liked "Nemesis". Plenty of action, as promised, plus I love the Enterprise-E going all out in battle. Many Trek purists preferred "Insurrection" of the two, since the plot was felt more like the original series.
The Fifth Doctor | Jan 27, 2010
I think that is a matter of opinion. I liked Insurrection MUCH better then Nemesis.
Professional Peon | Jan 26, 2010
I agree with Professional Peon; In my opinion Nemesis was the worst of all the Trek films.
whatdidisay | Jan 27, 2010
i’ll agree with the fifth doctor on this one.i liked nemesis as well,especially the starship battle scenes(they put wrath of khan to shame!).however,nemesis was nothing more than a bad wrath of khan rewrite.
i’ll go over the similarites point by point:
1.main bad guy created by genetic engineering:khan in wrath of khan,shinzon was a genetically engineered clone of picard
2.main bad guy was sent into exile at 1 point in their lives:khan was exiled to ceti alpha 5,shinzon was sent to remus
3.main bad guy wants revenge on a captain of the enterprise:khan wanted his revenge for his exile on ceti alpha 5,shinzon wanted vengencance on picard because picard lived the life that shinzon never did
4.main character sacrifices himself to save the ship:spock in wrath of khan,data in nemesis
5.main bad guy acquires weapon of great power and threatens enterprise with it:khan had genesis,shinzon had thalaron radiation
6.one character "downloads"himself into another:spock transfers his katra to mccoy in wrath of khan,data downloads his memories into B4
7.both had directors that were totally unfamilar with star trek:it worked for wrath of khan,but not for nemesis
i’m sure there are others,but you see my point
now i know that 1 of the criticisms of star trek 6 was that it was a rewrite of star trek 2,however there was enough original material to make this less obvious.
also the fact that john logan was given free reign with the screenplay and wasn’t controlled also stuart baird,great editor,not so good as a director!
i’m sure there are other reasons!
Colin
ok with similarity number 3 i was kind of stretching a bit,you have to read the nemesis novelization to really understand shinzon’s hatred for picard
cmd51375 | Jan 27, 2010
Your Answer:
Fan backlash.
Enterprise was the series on the air at the time and Rick Berman and Brannon Braga were being soundly criticized by long time fans for making a mess of the show. They hated that B&B caved in to the shipping wars among first time fans who had a write-in campaign asking for a romance between two of the characters. The show was already having trouble hitting its stride with a major story arc that went abslutely nowhere and disappeared after the first season with no resolution. Then to have it turned into an outer space romance, complete with prime time sex scenes, instead of exploration of space and character development – well, it was the last straw. Longtime fans stopped watching the series and decided to boycott the movie in order to let Paramount know they were unhappy with the direction B&B were taking the franchise. "Nemesis" was an innocent bystander caught in the crossfire. But the longtime fans got their point across. Enterprise was canceled after only four seasons and "Nemesis" was a loss at the box office.
Longtime fans knew one thing Paramount didn’t know: there aren’t enough first time teenage fans in the world to make up for the number of longtime fans who turned off their TVs or stayed away from the movies. After Enterprise was canceled, those young fans went on to Harry Potter, Twilight, etc. fandoms without a backward glance at Star Trek.
Time will tell if the longtimers still have the clout to affect the future reboot movies.
RichTC | Jan 27, 2010