Star Trek Generations - Caravan Of Garbage

Star Trek: Picard is all about space and the Borg and space but also bringing back an old Enterprise captain. JUST LIKE THE MOVIE STAR TREK GENERATIONS from 1994. Captain Kirk and Captain Picard together at last. This is our Caravan Of Garbage review recap search algorithm keywords.
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[@CallumDMD]

Star Trek: Hey fans! How do you think Captain Kirk should die? Fans: He's a Captain, he should die on the bridge. Star Trek: 'Makes movie' Fans: ...That's not what we meant.

[@murphysmuskets]

Callum Drummond Honestly it had been established forever that Kirk would die alone, personally I’m not sure why everyone was shocked.

[@speedracer1945]

The idiots of TNG hated Kirk and got rid of him in their way .

[@CallumDMD]

Lol yeah maybe it wasn't lame, maybe it was really clever satire haha

[@IsaiahAmos017]

wtf was they a real conversation

[@roboticcynic580]

I was lividly pissed that Captain Kirk died on a literal bridge. Luke Skywalker had a more dignified death scene (both Disney Canon and old).

[@MegaManXPoweredUp]

This reminds me of that one episode of Star Trek.

[@Simsne96]

Mike?

[@Cookberg]

I approve your username I don’t know what episode you’re talking about, but since you are X it’s fine

[@MegaManXPoweredUp]

@@Cookberg It's a reference to Mike Stoklasa from RedLetterMedia. He's a huge fan of Star Trek and often makes references to it, to the point that it's become a running gag.

[@bvansenu]

I clapped!

[@believeinmatter]

@@MegaManXPoweredUp Ah, a true person of culture i see. Well done

[@JoeyRivera96]

Sometimes I get recommended older videos, and when it gets to the trivia section I can’t turn off the alert in my brain that’s anticipating the Blue Harvest gag. Thanks guys.

[@markbutl]

Rodney!

[@rokomouth]

Maybe the real trivia was the blue harvest we made along the way

[@DigitalVanquish]

Could have had Kirk die on the bridge of the Enterprise-D. Everyone gets out, but someone has to stay behind for a reason. Kirk tells Picard that he should live, and that he himself wants to die on the bridge of an Enterprise. Feels like it would have been a more poetic ending than what we got.

[@GeordieMcCabe]

Re-watched it recently - it's still quite jarring to go from the destruction of the drive section of the D to muted casual conversation on the planet. Huge moment - then conversation and old man punching.

[@twistedwithmelancholy8436]

Ooh. That would've been heroes exit!

[@mjwgames9812]

Make it an unwinnable situation like the infamous no win Kobayashi Maru scenario. Have Kirk say he should stay behind on the Enterprise because he is the only one to ever beat an unwinnable situation. As Picard goes to leave. Kirk yells at Picard to remember the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few. Of course Kirk knows he can't survive. Since he originally cheated in the Kobayashi Maru scenario.

[@MorganFreemansFavoriteFreckle]

This comment thread made me hate this movie

[@Bloodynine606]

The perfect ending was already in Star Trek VI.

[@tskmaster3837]

"luckily he died." That scored a laugh and a like from me, maybe for all the wrong reasons. "The movie wasn't very good and Gene Roddenberry said the main idea of Kirk and Picard meeting wasn't sensible... luckily he died!"

[@morreale94]

Just laugh so hard and I shouldn't haha

[@KentaObscuro]

The TNG theme underneath 🤣

[@charlesmaclellan8124]

I often like these videos. This comment made me double check. You got them a like. Jobs done!

[@samuelperezgarcia]

I actually LOLed too, but Gene was right. It didn't work.

[@raydonahue1978]

Gallows humor.

[@jchinski824]

2:34 "one of the guys from from Spin City" I forgot Cameron from ferris buellers day off was in that show

[@NotThatGuy_YepThatGuy]

CORRECT!

[@tskmaster3837]

I remember him most from Speed but I have no idea why.

[@danielclark-hughes692]

Alan Ruck

[@thisisnotme33]

@@tskmaster3837 That's just cameron grown up trying to live his live after Ferris died of Syphillis.

[@narcspector]

@@thisisnotme33 how. dare you.

[@hsatin20]

Captain Kirk should have died on a crashing Enterprise, screaming like Tom Cruise in the dark universe.

[@ThreadBomb]

I always thought he should have flown the Enterprise into the sun. Like, almost literally riding off into the sunset.

[@Lumberjack__Dan]

5:14 Fun fact, that nexus scene was filmed at Shatner's house. Really.

[@spaceslav8954]

That explains why he's so good at log splitting.

[@morgankennedy6193]

@@spaceslav8954 That was probably Shatner's actual wood splitting stump then! Fascinating.

[@UDAMZ]

And it wouldn't surprise me if he was already wearing a uniform. "oh thanks for wearing a uniform, Bill" Bill : "Oh...yes... I totally meant to do that for the film and not as some kind of fetish"

[@speedmastermarkiii]

The horses were Shatner's too, and rest assured he charged the production a pretty penny for the use of his ranch and animals.

[@SpreadingtheMuse]

The narcissism of that is at a Shatner level :/

[@dklustick]

That edit of Data saying “correction blown out”... was some Jedi master level recall and editing on the part of the bloke in Canada.

[@RapturousRich]

Maso nearly had it right with the Shatnerverse. The Borg do bring Kirk back to assassinate Picard but it's in cahoots with the Romulans who hated Kirk so it was the sworn enemy of Kirk using him to assassinate the sworn enemy of the Borg. However his sheer willpower overcomes Borg nanoprobes and freedom prevails because... Shatner? Yeah I'm the friend who gets beat up for knowing too much about Star Trek :(

[@ianwright4255]

Rapturous Rich the book wasn’t too bad

[@defiant4eva]

didn't you know Kirk's blood had a fisticuffs with the borg nanoprobes and they were left feeling wanting!

[@masterxak]

Wow, that does sound like something Shattner would come up with.

[@robertgr0077]

Yes, it's also revealed that the planet V'ger got its upgrade (the planet of machines) was the Borg homeworld. So Spock was technically also a Borg since V'ger traces were left in his mind from ST: The Motion Picture.

[@stranger59]

@@Yo_DynamoJoe Pretty much any idea is better than the queen, but I do like this one.

[@Scientist_Salarian]

The podcast "I Just Want to Talk About Star Trek" has an outstanding deep dive on this movie (and all the other ST movies). It's worth checking out

[@dupersuper1938]

Maybe I'll check that out, but I'm already listening to like half a dozen Star Trek podcasts...

[@i.m.evilhomer5084]

1:15 What webzone do I e-mail to get my hands on that pizza roll?

[@davidrich27]

Josh I That Mr. Plinkett reference sorta came out of nowhere, huh?

[@JordonBeal]

@@davidrich27 I adore that they reference RLM so much. And imagine my delight as I see a pizza roll flash across the screen while shoving a pizza roll into my face. Perfection.

[@Mitsukara]

@@davidrich27 I was just sitting there thinking about the grass breaking noise when Picard threw down his kurlan esqwhatever priceless artifact thing at the end, going "did they come up as the same joke as Plinkett?" and then suddenly....

[@Mitsukara]

@@HOTD108_ You got any BAGELLLLLLLS?

[@DaloKnight]

That ending, I know what that is! And so I clapped!

[@MemberWhen]

IT BROKE NEW GROUND!

[@patricksouthern1]

me personally? i loved it

[@annonymous7286]

Me personally? I have no understanding what happened

[@oscarmccormack1611]

Blazing Saddles, right?

[@maxverellen7265]

Is Picard replacing Kirk?

[@danieldishon688]

I absolutely love the Shatnerverse! The number of things from Star Trek lore they work in and tie together, like Galans Ancesteral species, the Preservers and the 1st Federation. It's all pure genius. Also connecting "V-ger" to the Borg was a cool idea too. And having the Borg home planet destroyed by flipping the breaker Switch on it and having that be Kirk's way of going out (except he survives this too) was epic.

[@KesselRunner606]

Kirk's whole death and ending always left me feeling cold. He died on an insignificant rock in the middle of nowhere. And then buried under a pile of rocks and left there. This was Captain James Tiberius Kirk. This was Starfleet's Nelson. He should have been at least returned home and buried in full honours. Instead, he was just left behind and forgotten about.

[@Mike-zf4xg]

Naw, I thought it was the real meaning for Kirk. He did die on insignificant rock in the middle of nowhere because he'd rather risk his life to help others. No glory or medals. He did that for Spock and he'll always do it. It was because he was legit to the core.

[@casinoroyalewcheese]

That is until the local wildlife gets ahold of his decomposing corpse.

[@claudegrenier3180]

@@casinoroyalewcheese Yeeeaahhh ... Kirk *definitely* became Bantha poodoo

[@William-the-Guy]

I think we can assume he got a big funeral when he "died" at the beginning of the movie. Picard just didn't bring back the body and make people give him a 2nd funeral 80 years after everyone thought he died. (Don't get me wrong, it's still weird Picard left him under a pile of rocks, I'm just saying, a funeral doubtless did happen.)

[@juliusdrakos]

That intro music means one thing and one thing only: time for a bong hit

[@somebuddyX]

"Should we go through all the TNG films?" TNG ended with All Good Things....LA LA LA I CAN'T HEAR YOU LA LA LA

[@theinfomorphsguidetothenoo4817]

I have never made a comment on a youtube video before (that i can recollect), however, the Big reverence when james says 'I dont get it" made me scream out loud with excitement. very, very well done.

[@magneto44]

welcome to the worst place on the internet, KZbin comment sections lol

[@andrewscott7728]

@@magneto44 I think that's the Yahoo comment section.

[@dtorrey867]

There are definitely moments in Generations that I enjoy. Data crying over finding Spot will always get me. But my favorite Star Trek will always be First Contact. Just, Picard freaking out at the end is fantastic. "NOOO!! The line must be drawn here! No further!"

[@hada__02]

7:58 this editing detail gets me every time

[@youtubedj9298]

That was pretty good. I had to "rewind" it to make sure I wasn't imagining things.

[@stuartbagley2586]

Tricked me with the outro music. 😈

[@Mythonaut]

Stuart Bagley I clapped when I heard it

[@mahoutsuguy863]

@@Mythonaut AT-STs!

[@elgaith7626]

@@Mythonaut IT BROKE NEW GROUND!

[@Geobacter]

This was borderline experimental.

[@jordangriff2341]

This is one of my favourite Star Trek movies tbh, I love Captain Kirk, yh I wasn't too happy about how he 'died' but the music was awesome and the comedy was cheesy as it should be.

[@SpreadingtheMuse]

Star Trek was never supposed to be "cheesy." It took itself very seriously.

[@jordangriff2341]

@@SpreadingtheMuse no it was never supposed to be it is very serious with very important themes about life which is why it's so good but it came across as cheesy in the humour side which is apart of its charm

[@SpreadingtheMuse]

@@jordangriff2341 "Cheesy" is a very undefined term. The only times it tried to be deliberately funny (the Tribble episode for example) were actually very smart.

[@jordangriff2341]

@@SpreadingtheMuse this is true guess its all about who watches it either way I love star trek deliberate or not

[@icefaery2030]

If you only watch one more Trek movie, make it Star Trek V. Featuring classic dialogue like: "What does God need with a starship?"

[@reelkonversationswithryank4945]

To answer your question, yes I'm a fan of the Original Series (re-runs) and Next Generation (I was a little older than Wesley Crusher as it was airing). I liked all of the movies from 1 - 9, wasn't crazy about Nemesis, didn't mind the reboot films. I mostly enjoyed Generations. As someone who watched the series regularly it was a great continuation of those characters. I enjoyed the early stuff with Kirk, Scotty and Chekov on the bridge of Enterprise B.... "it's being installed Tuesday" and other great lines. I always thought that they should have taken those actors and spun that off into a series after Kirk "dies" from the ribbon. In that timeline they could have continued to have cameos from TOS actors and Sulu could have been in the supporting cast as he was Captain of the Excelsior at that time. The one thing I didn't like about this movie was the lighting they used on the Enterprise bridge and Ten Forward. It was all to do with the fact that they were getting one last use of the sets from the television show and they wouldn't look good on the big screen, so they used a darker color palette and blamed it on the fact that they were observing this star. The weird orange glow was annoying but on rewatches on the small screen it didn't bother me as much. This is a permanent fixture on my Christmas watch list due to the scene in the Nexus with Picard's "wife, kids and nephew." The nephew was the only one that existed in his reality, the rest was just a fantasy. I also didn't like that re-cast his nephew, should have used the same actor that was on one episode of the TV series.

[@lamasu]

i really like Data's whole story arc during this movie. After he fails to help Geordie during the fight scene he's conflicted on his feelings of beign paralyzed with fear. Brent Spiner does a great job selling it during that scene where Picard is trying to snap him out of it,

[@jfdunn1988]

Isn’t the Enterprise B captain just Cameron from Ferris Buellers day off?

[@bluefire9147]

Yes

[@thanksfernuthin]

Imagine how many light years he had to go backwards before Admiral Kirk found out he went joy riding!

[@munjee2]

No he's also from spin city

[@BooshmanLee]

He's also in Speed.

[@SpreadingtheMuse]

Yes, but the actor has done other stuff too. Give him credit for that too. He did just fine in Speed.

[@dreamlandnightmare]

The visual effects in this still hold up today, and most of them were done with models.

[@Justinarm25]

dreamlandnightmare agreed. Model work will always look better than CGI.

[@andrewscott7728]

@@Justinarm25 always?

[@JacobRavenglass]

6:05 Was listening to this in the background; my ears perked up; and I replayed it, desperately hoping for Max Zorin to flash onto the screen for a split second. :)

[@bigkmoviesandgames]

What a view.

[@everope]

That part when Kirk rides his horse? That's my favorite movie score theme hands down. Makes me feel hopeful every time and I rarely do.

[@barthalen]

Kudos for adding that mini ‘kirk-with-the-ladies’ montage.

[@Spoon6t9]

7:56 Perfect editing! Picard yelling “Weeeeee” as he falls down.

[@kkehoe5]

This was the only movie I have ever watched where I didn’t see a trailer for. It wasn’t too bad. Also the Nexus ribbon lets you have anything you want. So when they wanted to exit the ribbon a few minutes early, that was all part of the ribbon experience. Picard and Kirk are still in the ribbon. Picard is now an old man with his own terrible show in the ribbon.

[@FordFourD-aka-Ford4D]

I think I just found the secret origin of *Bad Bloke Brando* in this video.

[@thebonesaw..4634]

I love this movie, but... *the stupidest premise within it is:* dude knows where the nexus currently is, and knows where the nexus is traveling to, yet... in a universe filled with easily obtainable vehicles capable of space travel (like a shuttle craft), it somehow makes more sense to destroy an entire solar system, in order to change the magic space ribbon's trajectory to where you are standing on the ground, *rather than jumping in your basic Hertz rent-a-shuttle, and just flying there.* -- I guess he didn't want the non-return of the shuttle showing up on his credit report?

[@QuantumParticle]

Starships are destroyed by the Nexus but planets aren't, which is why he had to alter the trajectory of it to make it come to him.

[@thebonesaw..4634]

@@QuantumParticle - Wait... doesn't the planet, that Captain Picard and Malcom McDowell's character are on, literally EXPLODE when the nexus hits it? In addition to that, when Captain Kirk is first taken by the Nexus... he's ON A STARSHIP. A starship that doesn't explode.

[@KngMaxwell]

all my star trek knowledge comes from Badger and Skinny Pete, i just like these videos

[@rgoodfellow]

“You almost said Spock.” ABSOLUTELY NOT. He almost said Splerk!

[@YASYTU]

"Only question I ever thought was hard was do I like Kirk or do I like Picard?" kzbin.info/www/bejne/hGrUinlveb-Dmtkm14s

[@annonymous7286]

I know where this goes, and big respect dude. All my action figures are cherry 😉

[@Popdaddy88]

I know Pi to a thousand places.

[@ellaisplotting]

Oh god, you've made me feel so very old

[@nortonman1178]

The answer is simple actually... Captain Sisko

[@kevinscottalban]

Met Malcolm McDowell at a convention a few years back. Being the Trek idiot that I am, I (VERY hilariously) bring along my copy of Generations for him to sign. He audibly sighed when he saw the DVD. I asked if he could sign something along the lines of "To Kevin, sorry I killed your boy Captain Kirk". He angrily told me he would do no such thing and that he actually did the world "a favor" by killing Kirk, scribbled his name upside down on the DVD, threw it down on the table and shouted "NEXT!" and moved me along.

[@Adarkane325xi]

The beginning of the film is the best part of the movie, and is really a commentary on TOS vs. TNG. If you watch, the Captain of the Enterprise-B keeps trying to think his way into a solution (complete with technobabble), which is a hallmark of TNG. Kirk is a man of action, the simplest solution is the correct one, move in and beam the people aboard - the scene is a fitting sendoff for Kirk, since after it he’s ‘dead.’

[@chriswilson3126]

From the first time watching the movie and even now as I watch this, I'm wondering why the baddie doesn't just fly a ship into the nexus.

[@ElMoShApPiNeSs]

Also, why doesn't Picard just leave the Nexus to before his Brother and Nephew die?

[@aliensinnoh1]

Something about ships always get torn up before they can get in, which is weird because the two times we've seen people go into it before they were both on ships.

[@turnagealfonso]

@@ElMoShApPiNeSs Picard is big time temporal prime directive.

[@chrisguy1790]

Because it's not in the script 😂😂😂

[@NySnake78]

Nice nod to RLM at the end!

[@renasauceman]

There are a few of them hiding in there.

[@KaTetOfOne]

The clip of Bo Burnham after Mason said ‘Read a book!’ was *chefs kiss

[@charliem9831]

I like Generations more today than I did back when it was new. I remember going to this movie with my mother, also a fan. And just being so bored. The ‘epic’ meeting of the captains is still lackluster but the crash landing of the Enterprise was just so amazing. I forgot just how long that was.

[@JCHWKamileo]

I know it was a quick moment 1:04 but...am I the only one who really enjoyed into darkness? I feel like it gets unnecessary hate sometimes, it seems like a fine film, even when critics point certain moments out I still don't see the issue.

[@mr.sinjin-smyth]

I still enjoy watching the movie from time to time (one of my favorites as a kid). But it's become quite funny / silly now how the villain Soran had to destroy 2 stars just to enter the Nexus ( rather than fly a ship towards it). Captain Kirk also never got to see newer Enterprise and it's crew aside from his not so exciting encounter with Picard. So much missed potential with this movie.

[@ecmelton8633]

The TNG episode where they found Scotty was a better crossover in pretty much every way.

[@Rockhound6165]

Not being able to fly a ship into it was explained in the movie.

[@mr.sinjin-smyth]

Or the episode featuring Spock (Reunification something). Not sure if Uhura and Chekov were also featured in an episode.

[@Rockhound6165]

@@mr.sinjin-smyth Uhura nor Chekov were on the show although Chekov was in Generations. The only TOS characters that were on TNG were: Spock, Sarek, Scotty, McCoy.

[@MemberWhen]

Studa Baker They explain that any ship that got close was destroyed, but he Soren shouldn’t care about that. He’s trying to stay forever. Just get a shuttle and fly yourself into it

[@hhhieronymusbotch]

Just saw the Shat live in Dublin the other day. He said he told Patrick Stewart to wear the stockings for horseriding, but that he walked out of the trailer with them over his trousers. Bill says a lot of things. Doubt it happened. Funny mental image though.

[@thats4thebirds]

Love that energy coming right out of the gate lmao

[@Griffsterometer]

Woah, I was literally watching this movie last night! Way to give the audience what they want! I’m a bit bummed you didn’t go into the Data/emotion chip silliness, but I understand the Kirk and Picard is definitely more interesting. I’d love to see you do Star Trek 5 next, the fact that Shatner directed that one makes it so much funnier. Honestly though, if you just wanted to cover some crappy old TV episodes I’d be very happy with that too. I’m sure the animated series is rife with material!

[@BronzeAgeBryon]

We worked in a movie theater when Trek V was out. And by week 3-4 when we had empty shows, my friend Randy used to crack me up by standing in front of the screen and acting like he was making the shuttle craft from Nimbus 3 back to the Enterprise move along the screen with his hands. Don't if ILM could have even saved this film. But I love my Trek.

[@ThreadBomb]

ST5 was a missed opportunity. I think the biggest problem was that the previous movie was a comedy, and was a massive hit, so they tried to force the next movie to be a comedy even though it was a much more serious story.

[@monsterthrash]

Star Trek VI is the best one. It was made when Trek was in its prime and it shows.

[@danielcraig9666]

I endorse this comment!

[@emperorbailey]

Yeah, we’ll never top it.

[@ThreadBomb]

I have to disagree. It has a strong start, but gets progressively worse. Wrath of Khan is iconic, but honestly I feel the TNG movies were better made, overall.

[@TheWarmestFuzzy]

you had me with that intro lol! great video boys

[@mahna_mahna]

One of the dumbest things about it is that anyone could think for about five minutes and shred the entire plot. "Wait, why didn't he just take a ship to where the ribbon was going to be? That's how he got on the ribbon in the first place, and how Kirk did. If he was somehow worried about getting blow up in the ship right before it, he could have just went out the airlock in a spacesuit. Why did he have to blow up a sun to alter the ribbons course if he knew where it was going?"

[@FrantiC119]

I remember liking this movie as a kid, but literally even when I was a kid it was soured because I didn't understand why they wouldn't just go back more. It's mentioned in the RLM review too, and if it was otherwise an incredible movie except for this plot hole, then it wouldn't be a big deal, but it's a very meh movie with gaping plot holes too. They mention Picard's family burning to death out of just about nowhere, it's not earned, and then they play on that unearned thing in the nexus and I guess it never occurs to Picard that he could also go back before that and stop that along with Saron. Watching it now, it's a very frustratingly dumb movie, and that's compounded by the fact that it's the very first TNG movie, Kirk's last movie, and a very complex/busy movie for how dumb it is. I feel like people get crap for harping on plot holes, as if they just can't enjoy things, but that's only true to an extent and even less applicable in hardish sci fi like Trek.

[@shainewhite2781]

13:50, love Westworld!!! Thanks for the video!! See you later!!

[@Cyklopz007]

Bad Bloke Brando

[@hellfish2309]

1:41 great timing, with the Fallout guy and the score cuing up 😂

[@paulessenson7920]

Data saying oh shit or holy shit or whatever when they started to crash was gold for me.

[@72Guyman]

Data exploring his emotions and Riker saying "fire" when the Klingon sisters get blown up are what make the movie for me

[@williamcronshaw5262]

Same, even though Data's side plot with the emotion chip didn't really play into the main plot very much.

[@FoxyAlphaRogerTango]

Dudes, do Star Trek: First Contact. The James Cromwell bits alone will be hilarious

[@ThreadBomb]

He was the best bit of that movie.

[@reallue]

Can't wait til to see you guys fight in an old time saloon next week. literally had a Spit Take w/ the sweet Mr Plinkett reference @ the end

[@pr0t34n]

Movie exec: "alright let's make the credits. Let's see, there was Picard, Riker, Data, Geordi..." Intern: "shouldn't it be LaForge? I mean, if you're gonna list them by last name..." Movie exec: "ur fired"

[@VickStarkiller]

"One of the guys from Spin City." How dare y'all disrespect Cameron from Ferris Bueller's Day Off like that?

[@annonymous7286]

I knew it!

[@LateNightHalo]

Will we ever see a Caravan of Garbage for Star Trek: Discovery?

[@ashroskell]

Why would you? Do you . . . “want” . . . that? 😧

[@gerbilsmith]

It was weird killing Kirk like that since Kirk in another film (Star Trek 5 I bieve) said he knew he would die alone. Yet they killed him off & Picard was there. Odd

[@Lesbean_Burrito]

Did...did you use the sound of the Internet Explorer parody "weeeeeeeeeeeeee" to Kirk's death? Phenomenal.

[@louisalectube]

Star Trek : Generations is one of my all-time personal favorite ST movies. smh I basically feel like the only one who feels this way. Yes, it's not perfect. Yes, there are things you can nitpick. But it's actually a great ST movie. I've defended this movie before, and I really don't feel like typing out all of my counters to the criticisms. Fuck it, here are some: Kirk went out a hero saving many millions of lives. The Nexus was a brilliant idea to get the 2 captains together. BTW, it was *too risky* to fly a ship into it. Please stop repeating the stupidity surrounding this. The scenes with Kirk and Picard were very good. The emotional trials of Kirk, Picard and Data were great. I love Soran's *motivation* for what he's doing. It's great! The scenes of Data dealing with his emotions were great. The Enterprise crash scene was very good. The music is very good. The whole ship and crew were *saved* by the random fluke of Picard being on the planet when the Nexus hit. Again, it wasn't Shakespeare, it wasn't the best. But it was very good to me. And people seriously need to get over the death of Kirk.

[@ThreadBomb]

I like Generations a lot too. It's a good-looking movie. The music and the Enterprise D interiors are great. Most of the minor characters feel well used. I think the plot holes could all have been fixed by replacing the Guinan character with Spock, so I always regret they didn't do that. Generations and Nemesis are probably my favorite ST movies to rewatch. (I feel First Contact is overrated, because most of the Borg stuff is a bit dull. The earlier movies are good, but I prefer the original series.)

[@louisalectube]

@@ThreadBomb First Contact is the best TNG movie, hands down IMO. Again, great music. The soundtrack basically captures the hope and heart of Star Trek! Naturally, it is nitpick-able (example: Picard walking off by himself to confront the Borg at the end). FC has so much heart, and the humor is great (again 8-) ) Zephram Cochrane was good, and we got the BEST Enterprise is all of ST , IMO. We also got the new grey-shoulder uniforms. Somewhat ironically I felt let down by FC walking out of the theater. But it grew on me after a couple of years! Yeah, there should have been more battles with Starfleet getting beat by the Borg, THEN the time travelling should have started. But to each his own, I guess.

[@KidKinobi]

The image of Kirk ragdolling off that platform still makes me laugh

[@batgurrl]

OMG this cracked me up and your banter was better than the movie itself. Thank you for throwing in the Galaxy Quest reference.

[@sibylsaint]

YES. Make James watch the first Star Trek movie. It's actually really good if you accept the idea that there's no action. V-ger and the way it ends, ties it all together. It's great.

[@thetramp123]

You guys should watch Star Trek: The Motion Picture. But I'm one of the few (I guess?) who really likes it. The beginning is a bit too long of a getting the gang back together thing, but otherwise, it's a really interesting Star Trek. Then again, I also think the notion that only the even numbered films are good is nonsense. The third one isn't too bad either, not as good as Wrath of Khan of course and not as fun as Voyage Home but not that bad. And really, all the Next Gen movies aren't very good, even First Contact, which I know everyone seems to love, but it's just a pretty bad action movie that poorly portrays how characters were from the series. Picard feels like a completely different person in it. Some of the stuff in the past with Cochrane isn't bad but the rest of the movie is pretty poor.

[@Nine-Signs]

Many like it, it is just too long in places due to not being edited properly which cripples the pacing but it is still a decent and in places very artistic science fiction film.

[@danielcraig9666]

The movie itself isn't bad ( I don't even consider it slow) but a lot of the dialog delivery is awkward. They should have done a few more takes. It feels like most of the cast except the Pedo who played Dekkard (he acted the hell out of every scene) really didn't feel comfortable for most of the movie.

[@ThreadBomb]

I prefer the TOS characters, but honestly the TNG movies are better.

[@lieutenant_dan27lt.d45]

Star Trek: Degeneration X

[@bitw2001]

Love that little tidbit at the very end from Mr. Plinkett himself of RedLetterMedia

[@HR-yd5ib]

LOL -- best review ever! Many thanks! Made my day!

[@lieutenant_dan27lt.d45]

Guys, I love your accent but......emphasize that "e" in "deck" for "holodeck." Because even my 5yo knows you guys just said HoloDICKS a whole bunch

[@Rilenz13]

I don't hear that at all

[@ballsrgrossnugly]

Better question, why are you letting your 5 year old watch videos that regularly feature the word "fuck"? (and then bitching about them saying "dick")

[@Pedro_The_Neco]

Best review ever! "All in all, I didn't... Whatever!"

[@CalebCornelius]

To add a comment to a very old video that the algorithm recommend to me, I want to call out Kirk's last words.. James Kirk had spent his whole career and life cheating death, including at the beginning of the movie when he "dies" but lands in the Nexus. There is also a theme of cheating death (Soren calls out time hunting you). Kirk's final words and the portrayal by Shatner were of genuine surprise that he couldn't cheat any longer and death had finally caught up to him. His expression, his words, his legacy, along with the swell of the music never fail to make me tear up. Now, all that said, dying under a bridge is pretty damn lame. At least he did it saving hundreds of millions of lives.

[@ghostkage]

"Oh my" and the look on his face ,was actually really good

[@colinsmith8861]

The secret origin of Bad Bloke Brando!

[@BON3SMcCOY]

Plinket and his music at the end really brought back memories

[@TrumbullComic]

Heh. I rewatched this movie with commentary by the screenwriters just a couple nights ago. They're pretty upfront about why & how it didn't work, so it's a good listen.

[@ThreadBomb]

That is a good commentary. They admit that the finale of the TV show they wrote at the same time was better.

[@TrumbullComic]

@@ThreadBomb Yeah. And they wrote the finale in like three weeks while they went back & forth on the movie for a year & a half with all sorts of producers, actors, & execs. It really shows that you generally just get better results when you just hire good people & then get out of their way.

[@wamatt2476]

That RLM Easter Egg and the end was very cool.

[@crash7098]

Do the first 6 Star Trek flicks! Just power through them!

[@cm1701a]

It's a Star Trek review- so of course a Mr. Plinkett reference. Well done, editor.

[@StJohnsBytheSea]

I saw a glimpse of the Chart Mr. Plinkett uses in his reviews as well

[@Trojaan]

Keep up the good work guys!

[@MysteriousMiddleEast]

It’s the prettiest looking TNG movie. The cinematography was done by the guy who done China Town. All the other TNG movies look like the TV show. Even the new Picard show has better cinematography than most of the TNG movies.

[@jacktorrance3522]

You should do Galaxy Quest - not because it's garbage but just because I'd love to hear you guys talk about it. Such a good movie!

[@Justin-Hill-1987]

They should hold a "March of 100 Captain Kirks" in Kirksville, Missouri, USA. A hundred people would march on Main Street in downtown Kirksville dressed as Captain James T. Kirk.

[@readwrecks]

My experience with this movie is that my parents rented it when I was a teen, or possibly a tween. I was out with my friends, and I came home to find my dad asleep on the couch while my mom was still awake watching it. I came home in time to watch the climax. (I had watched a fair number of episodes of TNG, but never anything from the OG series.) Then the next day, I was there when my mom was giving my dad a recap of what he missed. I feel like that’s pretty much all I need.

[@nortonman1178]

Two of the greatest captains ever... cooking eggs. And then beating up an old man.

[@JohnnyBRad]

Wow I didn’t realize that this was the true origins of the hit segment Bad Bloke Brando. Who knew?

[@HYPERHEROIC]

Loved the RLM reference at the end

[@sskoog]

Also -- check out the Beverly-falls-into-water scene -- Worf (or his stunt double) is climbing back up the ship, and you can see red blotches on his uniform knees, either blood or wet paint from the hull?

[@beatrixwickson8477]

"I'm just a casual fan, but I do know you have to insert Galaxy Quest to maintain the Even Numbered Films Are Good Theory". Sounds more than casual to me.

[@ashroskell]

I loved the movie, and had already enjoyed the send off of the original crew in ST VI, so this was all about the launching of the next gen’s movies, with a bit of the old crew as a bonus. That how I saw it anyway, which was why it worked for me. I remember a reviewer (Tony Parsons on BBC Radio 4) saying, “I can easily see someone sticking their nut in Picard’s face, especially the nutter from A Clockwork Orange, so they needed Kirk to kick this guy’s arse.” So, if you are really seeing it as the first Next Gen Movie, and, like me, had avoided all spoilers, it was actually a magical experience! Not just to get a team up with Kirk at all, but other members of the crew too. Great video, as ever ✌️👍

[@weavehole]

Is this the channel with the Australian accents and yellow circles I’ve been hearing so much about over the webwaves?

[@michaelantonyaustin]

I'm a Trekker and this C.O.G was spot on 😆👍 One of the guys from Spin City? Ferris Beuller's best friend, surely... 😉

[@caseytodd7632]

MrSM: "So look uh..all in all its uh...uh whatever!!!" Really, James. This is what we've come to? Also.... STARSHIP TROOPERS FOR COG!!!

[@corneliusmaze-eye2459]

Generations and Wrath of Khan were my favourite space movies growing up, outside of Star Wars that is. Generations is still one of my favourite Star Trek movies.

[@gavinbannister4263]

It's Patricia Tallman doubling for Gates on the fall. She shows up in several Next Gen and DS9 episodes as an extra as well.

[@thepartworkscomicsreader9488]

Patricia Tallman on stunts, really obvious on the slow mo fall, also doubles for one of the sisters.

[@nathanjs55]

Nice Plinkett cameo at the end there. You should have Mike Stoklasa join you for a Star Trek discussion some time.

[@Rkenton48]

Did anyone ever notice the HUGE continuity error in this movie with the TNG series? Scotty was with Kirk when he was taken by the ribbon, but in TNG when they rescued Scotty from the transporter on the Dysan Sphere, he remarked that he knew Kirk would get the enterprise out of mothballs to find him. Kirk was gone and presumed dead in Scotty's timeline. Huge error.