Customer Reviews
The Next Generation's Generation 
2008-08-04
The Good Things
*Lots of good action and special effects.
*Filming style is good.
*Storyline is okay; it makes sense to me, but is mostly a good excuse to unite Kirk with Picard. It also incorporates a few important parts of the "Star Trek" universe, such as Data getting his emotion chip installed.
*Characters are good. Picard, Kirk, and Data are all great. I love Malcom McDowell as the bad guy.
*Writing is pretty good. Lots of comedy and drama.
*Some interesting themes about growing old.
*Good music in general.
The Bad Things
*Did they really have to blow up the Enterprise D?
The Questionable Things
*A little bit of swearing may make it inappropriate for young kids (rated PG-13).
This may seem a little hoaky, but is still a great deal of fun. This film is loaded with slick action, cool special effects, funny moments, and some serious drama. Moreover, of all the films, this is closest to the style and content of the Next Generation series (I'll miss the Enterprise D). It's not the best, but they tried to make it big and awesome. "Star Trek" fans should be pleased.
The one-disc version had good video and sound quality. The two-disc version still has good quality and includes a number of featurettes and trailers.
Plot holes galore, the absolute worst of Trek 
2008-08-03
The movie's script is obnoxious, cheesy, uninspired, insipid, mundane, overwrought with unnecessary technical jargon and bogged down by ridiculously oversized plotholes. The best use for this movie is as a doorstop.
Average, only Average. 
2008-08-02
When I heard that ST 7 was going to be a "passing-of-the-torch" film I dreaded its release. After the wonderful send off of the original cast in Star Trek VI - The Undiscovered Country (Two-Disc Special Collector's Edition) all they could do is cheapen the effect. And lo-&-behold, I was right. The main problem with Generations is that it's a gimmick movie, nothing more, nothing less. And the sad thing is, it never had to be made. Once ST VI was done they could have just done a TNG film, no problem. When you look at the storyline there really is no reason why Kirk (with Scotty & Chekov at the beginning) needed to be included. The movie would have been no better or worse with only Picard & crew in it.
Not that the storyline in general was that great. The plot could have been an episode on the TV just as easily as a film. There was nothing special about it. The film starts off with Kirk, Scotty, and Chekov as guests upon the newest edition of the Enterprise on its maiden voyage. Of course a distress call comes in that requires the Enterprise to rescue two freighters caught in a moving ribbon across space. As you would expect Kirk becomes the hero, but in doing so he is swept out into space.
80 years later Dr Soran (played greatly by Malcolm McDowell) plans to destroy an entire solar system so that he could enter "the Nexus", the aforementioned ribbon in space that upon entering you experience such joy and contentment that you never want to leave. Soran had a brief taste of it and is now desperate to go back. He enlists the aid of the Duras sisters, Klingons that had a reoccurring role in TNG. The story becomes somewhat predictable with Picard & crew trying to stop Soran and the sisters at all costs.
Now here is my second issue with this movie. The TV show TNG had by this time become dependent on the "space-time continuum" and "alternate reality" plotlines. It seemed like when the writers got stuck in a plotline they pull out one of these gimmicks and "POOF", the crew goes back in time to correct the problem. While it was original at first it got so old and over used that it became annoying. So here we are in the film, Soran wins, the solar system is destroyed which helps him enter the Nexus, dragging along Picard, and the Enterprise crashes on the planet and then blows up, probably killing all on board.
Picard of course can't stand joy and contentment so he searches and finds Kirk who, it turns out, was sucked into the Nexus when he was swept out into space 80 years ago. And together, they return to the planet minutes prior to Soran's victory and manage to defeat and kill Soran, saving millions of lives. Just curious, what happened to the Soran that entered the Nexus? Was he dragged back out again? That seems a little unfair. Or is this some alternate dimension with a different Soran? If that is the case, where is the different Picard? How come we don't run into him?
Am I looking at this too deeply? Oh, absolutely I am! But I hate it when writers and filmmakers use gimmicks in storylines without understanding how they affect the story. This was a movie that should never have been made. It was suppose to be a bridge between the two crews and instead it was a bridge to nowhere.
And if that wasn't annoying enough, when you view the "deleted scenes" on disc two, they can't just show us the scenes, they have to explain them. And it's not just a brief "here-is-the-scene-and-here-is-why-we-changed-it"; each scene had a 10 minute intro to it. Guess what people, I don't care if test audiences hated it or if your grandmother had a vision. Just shut up and show me the scene. It should not take 50 minutes to view 5 deleted scenes! Thank Heaven for fast-forward!
Unless you are a huge Star Trek fan and want to round out your collection, pass on this. It was not conceived well, the plot is strictly TV fodder, and the whole concept of the two "generations" meeting was weak. Fortunately the next two ST films, Star Trek - First Contact (Two-Disc Special Collector's Edition) & Star Trek - Insurrection (Two-Disc Special Collector's Edition) brought the franchise back to respectability.
a true fan would buy this :) 2008-07-17
if you like the next generation you'll want to own this. Very cool way to see the crew extend the stories past the season 7 eppisode.
Could Have Been Great, But Underachieved 
2008-06-10
Much like the first Star Trek film, "Star Trek Generations" could have been great, but ultimately failed to create the high drama and emotional character development that fans of the series crave. The idea of Captains Kirk and Picard interacting in one movie seemed like box office dynamite, but did not live up to the billing.
The basic plot of this film has the "Next Generation" Enterprise crew investigating a strange astral phenomena in which people can live out their greatest fantasies. When that phenomena falls into the wrong hands, the conflict of the movie is set.
The movie fails to deliver in a few key areas: First, the introduction and ultimate fate of the returning James T. Kirk seem quite anticlimactic. In what should have been a momumental "passing of the torch" moment, the writers/producers instead chose to play down the "cannon" aspect in favor of the script at hand. Second, the "Next Generation" crew all seem a bit wooden in their performances, almost as if they were taking themselves too seriously on the big screen, when they should have just remained true to their silver-screen characters.
A few scenes actually work quite while, however, saving this movie from complete oblivion. The opening of the movie, featuring a fish-out-of-water Kirk watching a new captain command the Enterprise, is classic, while Captain Jean-Luc Picard's "fantasy life" in the astral phenomena adds depth to his character. Also, the emotion-chip plotline involving Data was humorous (even though Data's ultimate decision on the chip doesn't come until later on in the Next Generation TV show).
To conclude, "Star Trek Generations" is an average movie that is very uneven throughout. Some scenes with Kirk are great, others are anticlimatic. Some information regarding the astral phenomena is interesting, while at other times it is just confusing. If you are just watching the Star Trek movies, I would recommend this film in order to become accustomed to the Next Generation cast. If you already are a "Next Gen" fan, this movie can easily be skipped en route to the next installment in the movie series.
When two captains meet! 
2008-02-13
Captains Jean-Luc Picard and James T. Kirk join forces to defeat an obsessed El Aurian physicist who will stop at nothing to rejoin the Nexus.
Genre: Science Fiction
Rating: PG
Release Date: 10-APR-2007
Media Type: DVD
a long episode 2008-01-12
I will say this. If I had to pay 15 bucks or go to a theatre to see this film I wouldn't do it. However for the 5-6 bucks you are about to pay for it then yes it's worth it. It was a movie that should have never went to theraters but, been on a tv.
It might as well been a two part eps with a bigger budget. Granted I like the movie and bought it on amazon and if you like TNG you'll like this film.
A Forgettable Chapter in the Star Trek Series 2007-10-18
First, I would just like to say that I'm not a big fan of any other Star Trek series other than the original series. I've barely watched Star Trek: The Next Generation, and knowing that this was really a Next Generation film, I really wasn't expecting to warm up to the "new" cast too easily. The fact is, the things that I didn't like about this film really didn't involve much of the cast. Basically, this film wasn't bad, but it wasn't that good. Simply put, it just didn't do much for me. To be honest, the whole movie just felt like an extra long, normal episode. The story, for the most part, really didn't excite me much at all, especially the whole storyline with Data and his "Emotion Chip" which was not amusing at all. The beginning scenes with William Shatner were descent, but by the time he returns much later in the film, its kinda too late. I didn't think Shatner and Stewart had any on screen Chemistry. I didn't think they fit well together. In a nutshell, I really don't have much more to say about this film. Its just another forgettable movie. And though, I guess the appearance of Kirk (and Scotty and Chekov in the first scenes) was supposed to be the big thing in this film, it didn't meet my expectations. As always, these Star Trek films are worth buying just to have them all at the very least, and the special features, are as always, were having. Again, this film isn't that bad, and is worth watching, but just don't expect nothing real special with this one.
MST3K Fans Rejoice -- Rifftrax is Here! 2007-08-23
Star Trek: Generations - truly a loving gift from one generation to the next. Much like that 15-pound, 10 percent water-added Danish ham that your uncle Clark who lives in Rockford mailed to you on Thanksgiving, the one that cracked open in transport and arrived at your doorstop in a brine soaked box, stinking like a week old corpse. Yes, this is the legendary Star Trek that at long last teams two of the series' most enduring elements - Scotty, and a size 74 uniform. Not to mention a performance by respected British actor Malcolm McDowell that can only be described as, well, dis-un-respect-ulating. And Klingon cleavage? Generations has it in great heaping mounds!
Mike and Kevin Murphy climb once more unto the breach for a fun-filled, intergenerational riff.
The only WORTHY one that included the NEW Generation 2007-07-10
I loved Star Trek: TNG the series. When I heard they were going to start making movies with these folks I was stoked. When I saw THIS finished product, I was encouraged that they could carry on the legacy begun by Captain Kirk, et al.
I'm a bit sad to say that my faith was unfounded. This was, unfortunately, the last worthwhile moment of onscreen time for the new generation of Enterprise crew. Okay so I admit First Contact was pretty good. Still, from this movie onward, things went downhill QUICKLY!
But as for this movie, it was a wonderful blend of old and new. A literal passing of the torch as it were. Too bad TNG crew eventually dropped the torch and sent the Star Trek franchise down in flames!!
