No Q and no Borg pretty much ended TNG's crew films

You can't go from the Borg which are iconic villians to a movie where there is no household name ot attraction built into the film from the series. >>> Really? I guess you don't know your film history, as Star Trek IV The Voyage Home did EXACTLY that with great success, following Khan and Klingons with a whale biologist and her two humpbacked whales.

Why not have a borg trilogy? >>> Because Star Trek is not about the Borg.

Insurrection was the start of the downfall, and Nemesis didn't help it, but went further down. >>> Star Trek was already showing signs of wear and franchise fatigue. People just weren't caring anymore, and Insurrection ended up being a weak entry that only served to prove those who were becoming tired of Trek as being right. Insurrection did not fail because it was light, it failed because it was rewritten over and over again to the point of losing it's real focus. They started off with a darker story that would have taken Picard and the crew into new territory, but the producers (Berman and company) had fallen into the trap of not taking chances and instead opted to play it safe. Audiences were very aware of this, which is yet another reason they were tuning out.

Generations and First Contact offered promise for many films to come, it seems EGO and poor choices ended TNG crew to a crashing hault. >>> Actually, they just paved the way for disrespecting continuity and turning a once interesting series into the Picard/Data action hour. First Contact is a good action movie, but the story it tells wasn't needed and relied heavily on ignoring already established facts such as who Zephram Cochran was or what the Borg collective really was. Basically, the Borg went from being a scary alien force to being James Cameron's ALIENS, complete with transforming the ship into a nest-like hive and having a queen (which made absolutely no sense, despite cheap retcon dialogue about her having always been there). The less said about the drunken buffoon Cochran the better. Anyhow, they could have made First Contact II and it most likely still would have wavered at the box office. Trek was in decline and it wasn't just because of one or two movies, but the whole franchise as a whole.

Someone was not thinking regarding Insurrection and Nemesis. I like to think of First Contact and Generations as the TNG films, I would own them, but Insurrection and Nemesis is a classic examples of studio/s/producers getting stupid and thick. >>> Generations was just as full of this thick stupidity as the last two films. Including Kirk was an embarrassing joke when all was said and done, a silly premise that turned a potentially great science fiction plot into a stupid plot device that existed for no other reason than to get the two Captains together. It's only real redeeming quality is that it at least still felt like TNG. The rest of the film, including First Contact, feel like some sort of nightmare Picard is having rather than an actual extension of the universe we all know and loved. In fact, that is what it is since the writers of Generations did such a piss poor job on the Nexus that they left the door wide open for Picard to never have left it and all that came later was just Nexus-induced fantasies that gave him exactly what he wanted...including the finale of Generations itself!

There was also a good chance of immediately starting production on a TNG Dominion war film which could have been a cross-over with the introduction of the DS9 crew to the big screen. >>> The only mistake made was in getting away from what trek was supposed to be to start with...exploring strange new worlds, seeking out new life and new civilizations, and boldly going where no one has gone before. The series instead opted to be about action first and foremost, and making a boring war movie would only have furthered that misguided direction.

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A big problem with Insurrection is that it's not the new age Voyage Home they wanted it to be; it takes its central concept too seriously for that. While The Voyage Home tackles an "important" topic despite the odd earnest line the film is perfectly aware it's not going to resolve the issue in the real world and things never get too heavy. I'm not sure why Berman (and presumably others) felt "light relief" was especially needed after First Contact; it was a "dark" film in some senses, but it wasn't a "heavy" experience for the characters like Wrath of Khan and Search For Spock were.

You can't go from the Borg which are iconic villians to a movie where there is no household name ot attraction built into the film from the series.

What are you on about, window licker?!

No Borg or Q? I thought Voyager killed Q and the Borg. Voyager was Berman's Show, and after season 4 of DS9 it was clear that DS9 wasn't Berman's show anymore, it was Ira Stephen Behr's. Berman focused more on Voyager and the films and let DS9 run itself. Which is the main reason why the quality of DS9 was much, much better than the Berman ran Treks. Berman wouldn't put Ds9 on screen, instead it looked like a Voyager Transition in Nemesis with the Janeway cameo. Which is sad, a DS9/TNG crossover could have been great. Either the Borg, or a Dominion movie could have saved this franchise. Now we are in an alternate past with a Kirk and Spock meant to appeal to the masses and not the true fans. Rick Berman screwed Star trek.

I think it was deliberate not to have a repeat performance of the Borg as main villains. Just like the TV series didn't overuse the Borg. Besides, they did the biggest Borg story possible. They traveled to Earth to go back in time to "assimilate the past to assimilate the future" and "stop first ccontact". Anything else would seem to small.

Perhaps use a single Borg as a possible catalyst for a larger story. Just making it up now but like that TNG episode, the Federation sends a virus to the Borg Cube that's supposed to disable the Borg and free them or just destroy them but it has larger effects on the galaxy.

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Plus, it's freaking ironic that the film says that Humpback whales went extinct in the 21st Century when in fact there are far more Humpback whales now than there were in 1986. Uh.... good foresight there, Roddenberry. >>> I see you are over-nitpicking the film. Where are your remarks about late twentieth century genetic engineering that didn't happen? And Roddenberry did not write Trek IV. He hasn't done anything in the film series since The Motion Picture. Not sure how you can sit there and cast your sarcastic comment toward Roddenberry.

I just watched Trek IV again earlier tonight, wrapping up the unofficial trilogy of Trek movies, and it is a light hearted enjoyable film. God forbid they dare make a feel good movie. God forbid that they preach a bit in the film! It is still enjoyable Too bad you are so anal retentive that you can't enjoy it. Your loss.

A fan bitched and moaned. Take that, evil Nimoy!

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Whose idea was it for the word "Lisp" to have an "S" in it?