Star Trek Generations (1994)

[I originally wrote this while furloughed in January 2019, during which I decided to re-watch — or in the case of the final two in the series watch, since I hadn’t gotten around to seeing them yet — all the Star Trek TOS and TNG movies.]

Star Trek Generations is more back to the “throw everything at the wall and see what sticks” approach of Search For Spock than the hyperfocused style of Wrath Of Khan or Undiscovered Country. There are some great set pieces in here and some good individual scenes, but it’s not the easiest film to get through.

I really enjoyed the opening sequence of Kirk, Scotty and Chekov saving the Enterprise-B on its maiden voyage. The bickering between Kirk and Scotty are almost an acknowledgment that by this time it was well enough known that William Shatner and James Doohan didn’t like each other so the producers let it spill over to the characters.

It’s an odd combo to bring back from the original crew (I know they used James Doohan and Walter Koenig because Leonard Nimoy and DeForest Kelley declined to appear). The only previous scene I can recall of just the three of them together was when the three activated the self-destruct sequence in Search for Spock that destroyed the original Enterprise. That seems like bad karma to bring onto the Enterprise-B’s first mission.