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5 Reasons Why Star Trek: Insurrection Isn’t That Bad

posted 11 years ago by TMC-4
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I recently read a list ranking the 12 Star Trek films from worst to best. To my surprise Insurrection was placed bottom. Surely 5 is the worst one?!

Seriously, like have you ever watched 5?

For me there are three categories of Trek film, ‘good’, ‘bad’ and ‘ok’. Insurrection falls into the ‘ok’ category (along with 3, 7, 10).

Following on from First Contact was always going to be tough, but it all had all the right ingredients. Jonathan Frakes returned to direct, Jerry Goldsmith returned for the music, it was the first film to be fully CGI for the ship scenes too. It could of been great.

Insurrection is not a brilliant film. But it’s not the worst Trek film. I decided to put my case across the only sensible way, anonymously though the internet. Please comment away, good or bad comments appreciated, this is my first article.

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[–] Blackjack254 11 years ago

I have never seen anything wrong with "Insurrection". ever. I distinctly remember watching it in the theater in 1998 and the entire audience laughed several times during the film. isn't that good thing?

The common criticism that baffles me the most is people saying that it's "nothing but an extended episode", yet those people rave about First Contact, which uses a villain already featured numerous times on the TV Show, and The Voyage Home, in which the only significant thing that happens is that Kirk gets a new Enterprise at the end.

Also, the "extended episode" criticism pressured paramount to make "Nemesis" its polar opposite, to the point of hiring someone who never saw a TNG episode in his entire life to direct, and that movie killed the "prime" Trek franchise dead in its tracks.

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[–] Doc80 11 years ago

I agree with most of what you said but the laughing thing could be good or bad. It all depends on when they laughed and if it was meant to be funny.

[–] Blackjack254 11 years ago

well people Laughed at all the "Gilbert and Sullivan" bits, especially the computer terminal doing the bouncing ball thing, and Data singing when asked what he last remembers, and I'm pretty sure those were meant to be funny.

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[–] Doc80 11 years ago

Well yeah, those bits were probably meant to be funny but I think you know what i meant. I'm sure you've been to movies where people laugh at stuff that wasn't meant to be funny.