[14]:318 Various background roles were played by the main cast's stunt doubles. [62] The film was released on Blu-ray disc in 2009 as part of a box set of The Next Generation films, complete with additional material. The Enterprise finds a deserted planet where a ship has crashed, and, with it, the lone survivor with no memory, but extraordinary healing powers. Zimmerman repainted the set, added computer consoles, raised the captain's chair for a more commanding presence, and reworked the bridge's ceiling struts; he had always been unhappy with how the ceiling looked, but never had the time or money to rework it. [14]:311 Alonzo was shown more than a dozen Star Trek episodes to familiarize himself with the franchise. "We all sorta looked around and said, 'That might be it,' " Moore said. [14]:316 Carson fought hard to keep the shoot during budget trims, deciding to sacrifice other days in the schedule to keep the scene. [15], In 1992, months before the official announcement of a followup to Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, Paramount Pictures executives approached The Next Generation producer Rick Berman about creating another feature film. Critics such as The New York Times' Janet Maslin suggested that despite being "predictably flabby and impenetrable in places" and suffering from technobabble, there was enough action and spectacle to engage others. ;-)Whilst the special effects are a bit rushed/cheap in places (re- using 'The Undiscovered Country' and TV Series effects), it stands up fairly well for a 20+ year old film on a limited budget (particularly compared to the new films). The stellar observatory set was an elaborate redress of the Enterprise-B's bridge, with added levels and swapped walls changing the layout. Generations and The Next Generation were filmed simultaneously on different soundstages on the Paramount Studios lot. [22]:88 The screenwriters filled the initial drafts with exciting—and expensive—effects. Portions of the scene were shot in May 1994, followed by new shoots five months later. Test audiences reacted negatively to the death, so the scene was rewritten and reshot over two weeks[25] so that Kirk sacrifices himself by leaping across a broken walkway to retrieve Soran's control pad and de-cloak the probe. The initial proposal included location shooting in Hawaii, Idaho, and the Midwestern United States, and the total budget was over $30 million. The Enterprise manages to save a handful of the ships' passengers and barely succeeds out intact, but at the cost of Captain Kirk's life. The redesign was abandoned, and the cast wore combinations of the uniforms from The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine; the only new addition was an Eaves-designed angular communications badge that replaced the previous oval shape. Retired Starfleet officers James T. Kirk (William Shatner), Montgomery Scott (James Doohan) and Pavel Chekov (Walter Koenig) are guests of honor aboard the newly christened Enterprise-B. Picard finds himself surrounded by an idealized family, but realizes it is an illusion. [22]:79, Like Zimmerman, George took the opportunity of the Enterprise-D's screen debut to touch up the model. The crew defends humanity against an omnipotent being, gets caught in a 1940s detective story, receives messages from a lifeless planet and more. But her maiden voyage turns into a disaster as the unprepared starship is forced to rescue two transport ships from a mysterious energy ribbon. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. He is confronted by an "echo" of Guinan left behind in the Nexus. For the final battle of Kirk and Picard against Soran, McCarthy used staccato music to accentuate the fistfight. The film's climax was revised and reshot following poor reception from test audiences. Moreover, there are humorous elements to the film - Data and the tiny life forms speech made my girlfriend laugh out loud several times - in fact, we watched it 4 times! [16] Moore and Braga, convinced Berman had called them into his office to tell them The Next Generation was cancelled and they were out of a job, were instead given the task of writing the film. Producer Rick Berman informed him that the character was from a wealthy and connected family, and was placed in command as a stepping stone to a political career. [15], Generations' special effects tasks were split between the television series' effects vendors and ILM. Guinan sends him to meet Kirk, safe in the Nexus. It was sad and compelling to watch and something I never really noticed when I was 13. [14]:309, Moore described Generations as a project with several required elements. [58] Coates summed up the subplot as "dreary". [13]:19'00"–20'00" Lady Washington was anchored at Marina del Rey and sailed out a few miles from shore over five days of shooting. [22]:83 The inside of the ribbon was conceptualized as similar to a dense electrical storm, with electricity fogging the screen. A bootleg script revealed the energy ribbon and Kirk's death; James Doohan confirmed the script's authenticity at a fan convention in March 1994, but his agent denied he had seen the finished script. Zimmerman's previous work designing a crisis management center influenced the design. The writers spent weeks developing the story with Berman, before taking a working vacation in May 1993 to write the first-draft screenplay, completed June 1. [54] In contrast, Carrie Rickey of The Philadelphia Inquirer and Den of Geek's Chris Cummins praised Alonzo's work as one of the few bright spots of the film; "[Alonzo] makes the Enterprise look like an actual lived-in starship," Cummins wrote, and "for the first time ever, the crew of the Enterprise-D looked like they were truly in outer space". Sheets , When I originally saw this film in 1994 when I was 13 years old, I was distinctly underwhelmed but having re-watched this for the first time in over 20 years, I appreciate this film a lot more. Star Trek Generations is a 1994 American science fiction film and the seventh film in the Star Trek film series. [15], As originally filmed, Kirk was shot in the back and killed by Soran. :-). Star Trek Generations by J.M Dillard was a great sci fi story. [20], Star Trek veteran Herman Zimmerman served as production designer, collaborating with illustrator John Eaves for many designs. Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? :-) And to me, that's the mark of a good film. With the help of long presumed dead Captain Kirk, Captain Picard must stop a deranged scientist willing to murder on a planetary scale in order to enter a space matrix. He later wrote that the production moved at a "TV-like" pace; principal photography concluded after 51 days. There's a starship commander.'" Use the HTML below. (1994). In the late twenty-third century, the gala maiden voyage of the newly-christened U.S.S. [6]:17 Leonard Nimoy and DeForest Kelley declined to appear as their characters Spock and Leonard McCoy. [35] A novelization of the film written by J. M. Dillard spent three weeks on The New York Times Best Seller list. Time was so short that Jonathan Frakes and Levar Burton borrowed the costumes from Deep Space Nine actors Avery Brooks and Colm Meaney.
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