Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Patrick Stewart | ... | Picard | |
Jonathan Frakes | ... | Riker | |
Brent Spiner | ... | Data | |
LeVar Burton | ... | Geordi La Forge (as Levar Burton) | |
Michael Dorn | ... | Worf | |
Gates McFadden | ... | Beverly Crusher | |
Marina Sirtis | ... | Troi | |
F. Murray Abraham | ... | Ru'afo | |
Donna Murphy | ... | Anij | |
Anthony Zerbe | ... | Dougherty | |
Gregg Henry | ... | Gallatin | |
Daniel Hugh Kelly | ... | Sojef | |
Michael Welch | ... | Artim | |
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Mark Deakins | ... | Tournel |
Stephanie Niznik | ... | Perim |
While on a mission to observe the peaceful Ba'ku race, Lieutenant Commander Data suddenly behaves as if having to fear for his existence. The immortal Ba'ku, whose planet offers regenerative radiation, and therefore incredible lifespans, live in harmony with nature and reject advanced technology. Their planet and their culture is secretly researched by the Federation associated with an alien race called the Son'a. But the Son'a intend to abduct the Ba'ku in order to take the planet for themselves and for the Starfleet officials who all would like to regenerate their bodies. But they did not think of the loyalty of Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-E to the Prime Directive. Written by Julian Reischl <julianreischl@mac.com>
I am a big Star Trek fan and I have loved it from the first moment I saw it. I remember seeing Star Trek the first time with Star Trek 4 - The Voyage Home and The Next Generation series and I remember being at awe at the wonder of it all. It has been many years since then, and having watched the all the series and movies many times, especially the movies since they take such a sorter time to watch, it is clear to me that this movie depicts the very heart of Star Trek. Do we have the right to tell other people where to live and how to live? It is about tollerance and thinking of others before ourselves. The movies has so many magical moments and it very clearly dismisses the myth that the odd-numbered movies are worse than the others. It is not so much an action science fiction as First Contact, but Star Trek is NOT about action. I guess this is why I like the episodes with virtually no action and much character development and tests on the characters and how they cope with different situations the best. The movies does have some cliché dialog, like when Data saying 'Sattle up. Lock and load', but Star Trek is no famous for it's one-liners.
I may be in the minority when it comes to this movie, but I think it is important to defend this great Star Trek movie, especially since the really bad Nemisis came out. We have to judge this movies on it's own merits and on the idea of what Star Trek is all about.