STAR TREK GENERATIONS (1994) | FIRST TIME WATCHING | MOVIE REACTION

[@danm2144]

your line "take power from the photons and beam it to the stabilizers" might be the most Star Trek thing I've ever heard a reactor say. Perfect.

[@WrestlingWithGaming]

100%. I don't care what some comments say, she's a Trekkie now

[@cloudwatcher608]

Makes a lot more sense than most lines in the JJ films

[@SJHFoto]

I thought so too. And the technobabble makes as much sense as stuff they say on the show, so kudos!

[@leonhickson7186]

i lost it when she siad that🤣🤣

[@The_Curious_Cat]

And she end up saving the ship when Data was frozen overwhelmed by emotion.

[@The-Underbaker]

"This is a very sad episode so far." Cassie forgetting she's watching a movie. "Guys? Restore power, take power from the Photons and beam it to the stabilisers. Use the Nacelle port." Not sure i've ever loved Cassie more despite it all being wrong, but at least she tried! lol

[@Theomite]

She's truly one of us now.

[@geoffwilliams4478]

She's been assimilated!

[@tehdesp]

Eh, to be fair, Generations does kind of feel like just a long TNG episode for the most part.

[@K1600-l7f]

She’s learned resistance is futile.

[@cypher515]

@@tehdesp They wrote "All Good Things" and "Generations" at the same time, Rick Berman and crew, and it kind of shows. Like a writer on TOR once said, "They never even give the ship a 'hero shot' to establish it, so it really does feel like they treated it like another episode rather than a movie."

[@NotSoEvilOverlord]

My stepmother and I went to see this film in theaters shortly after my father died. When it was over, she told me Kirk's "Oh my" was the expression my father had on his face when she came home and found him. Not pain, not fear -- just a simple statement acknowledging the next frontier. I take comfort in it every time I watch the movie.

[@neilvarma]

R.I.P. sorry for your loss 💔🙏💔❤️😢

[@tmoore4075]

The crashing of the saucer in a theater with surround sound was just fantastic.

[@adeledrummond6375]

It really was a moment for the big screen.

[@Arthezius]

I don't recall ever being more stunned in a theater than I was when the Enterprise -D was crash landing. Also, when the planet was destroyed.

[@CrimsonRevenant666]

All practical effects too, behind the scenes is freaking amazing.

[@jorelvaaz2087]

I was sitting at the front row in the big screen Edwards Theatre in Newport Beach.... when the saucer leaned towards the planet everyone in my row pushed themselves back and stuck a leg outward lol.... it was awesome haha

[@Mark-in8ju]

38:27 Atium compounders and Atium leechers from Scadrial are supernaturally immortal.

[@thegen_xer]

A personal connection with this movie. My mom was always a Kirk fan. We thought she had a crush on Shatner, and never liked Picard. We watched all the shows he was in. She passed away from cancer a year before this movie came out. Her name was Antonia, same as the woman Kirk wanted in the film. I won't lie, my brother and I teared up in the theaters. I would have lost her mind had she heard that since it isn't a common name. Now, it feels like I am enjoying it with her whenever I see this movie.

[@baby_boi123]

Sorry for your loss. That's a great story/coincidence

[@D.M.S.]

I love you guys

[@richardzinns5676]

I was lucky enough to hear Marina Sirtis (Deanna Troi) speak at a Star Trek convention, recalling how, when she was first reading the script for this movie, she was excited to see that there was a scene in which she got to pilot the Enterprise, and she phoned her friend Michael Dorn (Worf) to tell him. He replied, "You haven't read the next few pages, have you?" And she said to us at the convention: "They let the blind man fly the Enterprise. They let the child fly the Enterprise. Why do I have to be the one to crash the Enterprise?"

[@Scuzzlebutt142]

Her and crashing into things...... Apparently in one of the novels that came out shortly after this, one of the recurring jokes was everyone would comment "Nice Flying"

[@raven4k998]

sorry dude I crash the saucer on the planet🤣🤣

[@cejaprime]

Then she did it again on Nemesis 😂

[@Adwaenyth]

@@cejaprime the first time wasn't on purpose or her fault. The second one was. :P

[@gothmolg8037]

My uncle told my father a joke when I was 4 or 5 years old, How do you make holy water. The answer was boil the hell out of it. I did not get the joke, but my father laughed robustly. I was in high school and for some reason I thought about that joke and I started laughing, I felt like Data getting the emotion chip!

[@Nimzzeee]

That joke is perfect for the upcoming Constantine reaction 😂

[@william_santiago]

My brother has a similar story. Where do Generals keep their armies? In their sleavies. He didn't get it. Didn't know why it was funny. He was walking home at night a decade later, just after breaking up with his girlfriend at the time. He was just about to take another step and before he did, he understood the joke and busted out laughing. Inordinately so, given how elementary it was. There was probably some level of catharsis after such a break-up. As he opened his eyes from laughing, he noticed that the concrete was missing before him and it dropped into the darkness. He could have been injured if not for this OLD joke hitting him from out of the blue. To this day he has no idea what prompted him to recall it. 😂

[@redpillfreedom6692]

I'm ashamed to admit it took me a moment to get the joke

[@liptongtr]

Can't wait for first contact!

[@syn420951]

I wanna see how she reacts to the “you’re blended alright” line lol

[@WorkingMan-m4t]

She would need to watch Star Trek DS9 before first contact to explain Worf comming in on the Defiant.

[@syn420951]

@@WorkingMan-m4t i can understand why you would think that, but it’s a small thing that really doesn’t affect the plot of first contact

[@ABronzeSoul]

@@syn420951 I love DS9 and I would like to see her watch it. That being said First Contact is peak star trek and waiting an entire show for that would make me restless.

[@hullbarrett]

...and: *In a Mirror, Darkly* in which *Star Trek: Enterprise* revisits *First Contact* in the Mirror Universe.

[@keny1555]

Writers: "we're giving Data emotions" Brent Spiner: "LETS FUCKING GOOOOOO!"

[@raven4k998]

and destroying the enterprise making the crew look like total noobs in the process

[@Species5008]

I do not believe that Data would use such childish language. In fact, I know that he would bot drop such a childish word as an eff bomb. Only losers or mental midgets or insecure children drop that word.

[@tehpickle1250]

I’ve always found “it won’t be installed til Tuesday” to be a hilarious line.

[@JustinChristopher-w3k]

Tuesday seems to be a day of omen. In Street Fighter Bison attacked Chun Li's town on ' a Tuesday'.

[@matthewtarpley7613]

Or as Wimpy in Popeye always said, "I'll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today."

[@davidpumpkinsjr.5108]

I like how they show Kirk and Picard are different but also the same. Kirk's paradise was the life he let slip away; Picard's paradise was a life he never had, but neither man could live in a world that wasn't real.

[@rickcromack990]

Very profound. To quote my favorite band: "The future disappears into memory / With only a moment, between / Forever dwells in that moment..." (RUSH's "The Garden")

[@mustarddoctor]

*glares at AI in today's media taking away that sense of realness to movies*

[@hafor2846]

And Picard never really gave up his captains chair. Say what you want, but Picard really took to heart what Kirk said.

[@mustarddoctor]

@@hafor2846 Well he kinda went down a similar path. He was promoted to Admiral and didn't like what the position ended up entailing and reduced himself back to the status of Captain to save the day again with the old crew.

[@actioncom2748]

I love how, when Kirk showed up, Kirk slapped Soren around like he owed him money.

[@SJHFoto]

It makes sense in that Kirk was always shown to be the more physical "hero" of the two (of Kirk and Picard) When I saw this in the movies back in the day, my Mom (who doesn't like sci-fi, and always makes comments) said how laughable it is that Shatner in a corset and wig is so strong

[@actioncom2748]

@@SJHFoto I don't know. Shatner is now in his 90s and he's still in great shape.

[@SJHFoto]

@@actioncom2748 I'm not saying I agree with her. Besides, my Mom has a way of taking you out of the movie. I love her, but it is true. Fun fact, my parents are Shatner's age

[@actioncom2748]

@@SJHFoto May your Parents also share Shatner's good health. I think he achieved it because he was a vegetarian most of his life.

[@taylemgames2652]

@@actioncom2748 No, genetics. Also not smoking or drinking plays a MUCH bigger part. Also avoiding fast food and fried foods, etc. Meat does not kill you, it is how you cook it and what you have WITH it.

[@rgallitan]

"When will they learn? SEATBELTS!" This is why we love you Cassie

[@krashd]

In all fairness they really shouldn't be getting thrown around so much as inertial dampeners are the reason they don't wear or need seatbelts, a sci-fi show where inexplicably exploding consoles don't send stuntmen cartwheeling through the air would be quite refreshing to watch.

[@darrellhall6622]

Two movies from this one. And at the end of the movie.

[@globalcitizen8321]

I remember in Nemesis that they made that upgrade (seatbelts)

[@c1ph3rpunk]

@@krashdI’ve always assumed the contractor that makes the inertial dampeners is staffed with first year Academy cadets. They always seem to have, um, ‘issues’.

[@artman2oo3]

They FINALLY install seat belts on the Enterprise.... at the end of the last TNG movie lol. And no that's not a spoiler because it's not canon because the scene was deleted! LOL

[@DorimantHeathen]

So sweet to "rewatch" these movies with you (Generations just turned 30 years old the other day!). I'd like to share my opinion on why Picard went back on Veridian just minutes before and not days before (maybe even to save his family). It is only my take on the matter, but I'd assume it is some sort of implicit "canonic" reason (and I really wish they would have addressed it clearly in one line of dialogue, so to avoid what is considered somewhat of a "plot hole"). Picard went back as little as possible as he could to stop the destruction of the star because he's a stoic selfless and he knows too well that to prevent time paradoxes and other temporal shenanigans, going back more could have cause unpredictable and maybe worse consequences and unseeable timeline ramifications. So he went back just that much that could have give him advantage in the situation at hand, knowing that in that specific case nothing worse could have happened anyway in those final minutes. Keep up! I really hope you watch ST Picard Season 3! Too bad you'll have to watch the remaining TNG movie, and possibly Voyager and DS9 to really appreciate that... it will be fun thou. The real problem is that you would have to endure the first horrible two seasons of ST Picard...

[@rickvanboberson]

Watching her watch Generations for the first time reminded me how much fun I had with this film the first time I watched it. Such a great movie. She's so wholesome its unreal.

[@kevinwestrom4775]

The 2 Klingon women are Lursa & Betor of the Duras sisters, shown in a couple of the Next generation episodes.

[@shanedaley6236]

The other Klingon that yells before they get blown away is also from a episode where riker goes on a Klingon ship like a student exchange program

[@Markus117d]

​@shanedaley6236 Same actor, Not sure it's the same character..

[@robertc49]

I think they are beautiful. Full of energy and likes it rough. 🥰😁

[@cvonbarron]

@@shanedaley6236 Brian Thompson is the actor he's been in a bunch of Star Trek episoded, both TNG and DS9.

[@plothole181]

@@cvonbarron Brian Thompson used to be in everything. My family mostly calls him the Schwarzamorpher because we first saw him on X-Files, but he also had two major roles on Buffy. (among others)

[@vincentsaia6545]

Love Kirk telling Picard to not let anyone take him off the bridge of the Enterprise.

[@yourlifeisagreatstory]

Tuvok is having an identity crisis….Klingon, human, Vulcan…. He is even the “We ain’t found sh*t” spacetrooper in SpaceBalls…

[@jgood005]

Well that's true, it goes back to the first Star Trek movie, the motion picture, where Admiral Kirk takes command away from Decker.

[@georgeandritsakis1482]

Best piece of advice anyone has ever given anyone in any movie, period

[@AtlasBlizzard]

And Picard took his advice to heart!

[@DualThreat1]

I work in a job that is very dear to me. One where I make a difference. I think about Kirk's line to Picard and have turned down every offer to move from my position. Doing what you love and making a difference is more important than any promotion.

[@ryansyler8847]

I can't believe I never noticed it before but I'm pretty sure that the bridge officer at 5:35 with the frizzy red hair is Jenette Goldstein, Vasquez in Aliens, John Connor's foster mother in T2, and the Irish mother who sings her children to sleep as the Titanic is sinking among other things. What a chameleon.

[@trayolphia5756]

Indeed it is

[@cleekmaker00]

She's also part of Murtaugh and Riggs' squad in Lethal Weapon 2.

[@kanditraxel]

Also, Titanic.

[@DanaDoesStuff]

I have never seen any of your videos before tonight. But it was so heartwarming for me, as a Star Trek fan of almost 40 years, to watch you see this movie for the first time. When Generations hit the theaters, I was 18. I’ve watched it countless times since then. But watching you see it for the first time was A whole new experience. I’m so glad you loved it. I also wish more of the old crew had been included, but it is what it is. You have definitely earned a new subscriber today! Can’t wait to watch you react to Star Trek: First Contact next!

[@BoredPodcaster]

"What we leave behind is not as important as how we've lived." I needed to hear that again. Totally forgot he said that.

[@neighborlyfiend1484]

There will always be an echo of Kirk in the ribbon. He will live forever in there.

[@Trygvar13]

And in the novels he is actually still alive. There is a whole series following his death on Viridian III some of them written by Shatner himself.

[@Holy_Wraith]

Watch Picard season 3 you'll see Kirk alive in stasis on a Section 31 space station.

[@logann7942]

Choppin wood. 🪵

[@dupersuper1938]

@@Holy_Wraith Didn't they say that was his body?

[@dupersuper1938]

I don't think so. He wasn't "ripped out" like Guinan was.

[@charger70s]

"Don't let them do anything that takes you off the bridge of that ship because while you're there, you can make a difference."

[@krashd]

Which is why Kirk wasn't so bothered when he was demoted from Admiral to Captain the first time, it meant he got his ship back.

[@tperfect7241]

Incredible quote

[@juvandy]

@@krashd even back to Wrath of Khan when McCoy tells him at his birthday drinks- get back your command while you still can. And Spock also tells him it was a mistake to accept promotion.

[@dupersuper1938]

@@juvandy "Being a starship commander is your first, best destiny. Anything else...is a waste of material."

[@garyambrosini1427]

And yet Picard obviously didnt listen 😂

[@brandonparisien2381]

"Him" is Tim Russ. He's had a few bit parts in TNG, is a bridge officer on Voyager, in the background of Star Trek 6 behind Sulu, and is also in Spaceballs ("we ain't found shit!")

[@shuboy05]

Did I also notice Jenette Goldstein (Vasquez in Aliens) on the Enterprise-B bridge?

[@williamrosmer8381]

more recently he was also the principal on the nickelodeon show icarley

[@RoadWarrior77]

@@shuboy05 She was a reporter, right?

[@shuboy05]

@@RoadWarrior77 She's the science officer.

[@JakkFrost1]

"Is a bridge officer on Voyager" is kind of underselling it. He was one of the _main characters_ on the show. There are plenty of unnamed bridge officers, he was senior staff.

[@terrrell7798]

As a kid in the 1990's this hit hard for my generation, and every generation before mine. Kirk's death in Next Generation was unexpected. What hurts even more about it, he died in a timeline where all of his friends were already gone, except Spock. Spock was still alive in the Next Generation timeline at the time of his death. But Kirk being transported to the future from the past, only to die, was truly the saddest moment in Star Trek history.

[@danielhall5364]

McCoy, Spock and Scotty are still alive in the thew time of Generations

[@cleekmaker00]

It also is a homage to Kirk's line in ST 5: The Final Frontier where he tells Spock and McCoy that he always knows he will die alone, without either of them around.

[@lordcydonia4924]

Well, Picard S3 also suggests Kirk might be alive. From the section on the research station and Kirks body is in that pod with life signs.

[@Brendanski86]

"Also just wish Beverly was his wife in his drug ribbon fantasy." I wish Edith Keeler was in the drug ribbon fantasy instead of some random Antonia.

[@KITT10K]

Funny thing, the part where Data was singing the "Lifeform song" was NOT in the script for the movie. Thay was adlib by Brent Spiner and the director loved it so much it was left in. So the reactions of everyone on the bridge while Data was singing was a completely authentic reaction by all of the actors that were there.

[@Eidlones]

It was in the script. It's just the actual song he sang was improvised.

[@KITT10K]

@@Eidlones that's what I meant to say.

[@allengray5748]

Nice!! One of very few things I liked about this movie.

[@Eidlones]

@@KITT10K I doubt it. Everything about your post implies that him singing at all was the improv. "the director loved it so much it was left in." Implies he wasn't supposed to sing, but it was too good to cut. "The director loved his intentionally improvised song so much he left it in, cause the script called for it." doesn't really work, does it? "So the reactions of everyone on the bridge while Data was singing was a completely authentic reaction by all of the actors that were there." So you mean that they were so shocked at the tune he decided to sing, they all broke character and potentially ruined the scene, despite the script saying that he was supposed to sing? That doesn't really work either. Just admit that you heard it was improvised somewhere, and your brain filled in that it was the entire thing that was improvised in order to have a fun story you could post in comments.

[@theelect_144]

@@Eidlones I bet you're fun at parties.

[@Manofsteel1701-f4r]

I owe this movie a lot. I was someone who was constantly putting my job ahead of my well being both physically and mentally. That was easy to do while I was single because I didn’t have anyone who it truly felt like needed me around. Then my fiancee came into my life and I realized as much as I admired James Kirk, I didn’t want to have that same feeling of loneliness he does. He loves the mission but still feels an emptiness because he knows he can only be Captain Kirk for so long, and never bothered to make sure Jim Kirk has a life waiting for him off the bridge. Patrick and Bill play off each other so well I just wish we had gotten more of them together. However as all trek fans know, all good things must come to an end

[@tperfect7241]

Fantastic take

[@bigdream_dreambig]

It took me longer than it should have to figure out who the heck Bill was. 🤦‍♂ I would probably have been equally confused if you'd said Patch and William!

[@Manofsteel1701-f4r]

@@bigdream_dreambig my apologies! I’ve met shatner so much at shows and know people who work around him so it’s now just second nature 🤣

[@Manofsteel1701-f4r]

@@tperfect7241 thank you so much. I truly appreciate it. Kirks strength of character and awe at the universe is something I will always admire and he is one of my favorite fictional characters. Actually “the ashes of Eden” book written by Shatner deals with Kirk struggling with the fact he really doesn’t know what to do with himself in retirement. It’s a great read

[@jgood005]

So true, and you're right, it's something we need to keep in mind in real life. It's always sad when some workaholic retires and doesn't know what to do with themselves - all their hobbies and friends having fallen away years ago.

[@mattp6089]

And here I had forgotten Malcolm McDowell was a Star Trek alumnus. One of those actors that has been in so many things across so many decades.

[@williamrosmer8381]

his nephew is the doctor on ds9

[@Daveyboy100880]

He took the job because he liked the idea of being known as the man who killed Kirk. Then they reshot the ending so Soran didn’t do it!

[@CP-mb7ly]

​@@williamrosmer8381 Alexander Siddig? Really?

[@williamrosmer8381]

@@CP-mb7ly yes

[@Johnny_Socko]

@@Daveyboy100880 I knew about the reshoot, but I never knew what was changed. For example, I know there was at least one version where Scotty came back to help, because I had a Star Trek daily calendar that had a production still photo of Scotty at Soren's missile launch site.

[@LuminairPrime]

Low-key MVP is the end-credit theme of this movie. Very melancholy.

[@aalee7896]

FIRST CONTACT ASAP PLEASE! Of all the next gen movies it is the best by far, I refresh your page every day to see if its here lol.

[@JMcG888]

Thank you so much for this reaction. Seeing how much the Star Trek journey meant to you, took me back to the anticipation of seeing this film in the theaters. I was in middle school, awkward and didn’t know anyone else that liked Star Trek. This was like seeing my closest friends all back together again. The film wasn’t perfect but I was thoroughly entertained and for a little while, I could be carried away from the bullying and loneliness. Now I’m 40 years old and the themes of the film have a deeper and richer meaning now, more than ever. This reaction currently has over 11,600 views! Trek is a journey for us all and an example of a future we could build together. Thank you for adding to its rich legacy and from the bottom of my heart, may you live long, and prosper 🖖

[@jayspeed2068]

I was devastated when the Enterprise D was destroyed. That ship is iconic and almost felt like a member of the crew after 7 seasons.

[@darrellhall6622]

Almost like the original BiG E Kirk's ship.

[@Scripture-Man]

For decades I have said that the Enterprise D is my favourite ship. It is a thing of beauty. But then I started doing experiments to see how big it really is based on my local area. And it is absolutely HUGE. It's the size of a city. The windows on the model are deceptive and make it look much smaller. In my opinion, the ship is just too big and needs to be (I am serious) 20% of its actual size, then it would feel like a nice ship you can live in and enjoy. If you work out how huge the saucer is based on your own local neighborhood, you'll agree.

[@Holy_Wraith]

No spoilers, but watch all episodes of STAR TREK PICARD and stay away from the Internet until you finish season 3 of Picard.. I swear you'll thank me.

[@Holy_Wraith]

Watch all 3 seasons of Star Trek Picard. Avoid the internet until you finish season 3 to avoid spoilers. You'll thank me after you watch all 3 seasons of Star Trek Picard.

[@Scripture-Man]

@@Holy_Wraith I hated Picard. Season 3 wasn't as bad, but it was still horrible and ruins the show's legacy IMHO.

[@DerrickMims]

Back in 1994, it was such a big deal seeing TNG characters in DS9 uniforms. We loved it. I still love it now.

[@AaronLitz]

You mean those horribly ill-fitting costumes because they didn't have the budget to make actual uniforms for the movie. and even then only half the cast has them at all? Riker is wearing Sisko's uniform, which is why it looks so awful.

[@gaz-l621]

I believe the gold one is O'Brien's, as well

[@alexmckee4683]

@@AaronLitz but they had the budget to make recreation 18th century U.S. Navy uniforms?

[@ChrisCooper312]

​@@alexmckee4683probably hired them. Historical things like that or "old west planet" "nazi planet" "renfair planet" are cheap as the sets, props, costumes and extras are all there and ready to use. In this case, they hired the ship (a recreation) for the filming, and used it's crew as extras.

[@Daveyboy100880]

They made brand new uniforms for all the crew but then at the last minute they decided not to use them, and ended up going with a mix of the TNG and DS9 costumes instead. The toys that were released from the film are all wearing the unused uniforms!

[@denveradams4909]

This movie, more than any other, reminds me of my own mortality. I am about to turn 67 years old. I have been a Star Trek fan for more years than I care to admit. I guess that makes me a GEEK. After serving 6 years in the US Marine Corps, working 23 years as a 9-1-1 Dispatcher, 4 years as a Correctional Officer and then 2 years in Computer Software Support, I have lived a full life. Most of which, I cannot talk about, due to the sensitive nature of the careers I have chosen. I look back and I have so many regrets. Have I made a difference? Besides my careers, I also served as a volunteer firefighter and EMT. Have I obtained fame or fortune? NO. But I think I have made a difference. There are people, alive today, that would not have been, had I not been there, doing my job. And that is making a difference. So, my life goes on, in the lives that I changed by simply being there at the right time.

[@terrylandess6072]

Heroes are never engaged in heroic events daily, but step up when called upon. Some jobs put people closer to possibility, but we'd all prefer if it was never needed. Luckily there are those whom will without hesitation put themselves in harms way for another.

[@setsuna200]

Here is a little info not many people notice they did not use CG for the saucer section crash scene. Also, the reason why the scene felt so realidtic as the bridges cosoles exploding and the actors' reactions were so good because it was actually exploding around. They crew and staff decided on destroying the D, and they said they were going to make it memorable. It is the most beloved Enterprise second only to the original one. Everyone who knows Star Trek knows the Enterprise D.

[@Species5008]

Aye,tis a garbage schow.

[@waterbeauty85]

I saw this in a theater, and when Soran fought Picard and knocked him down then launched his probe destroying the Veridian star, someone I the audience yelled "If it was Kirk, he would have kicked his ass!"

[@joshr8666]

😂😂😂😂

[@n.j.hanson4267]

Wasn’t wrong.

[@ericostling4727]

Yes

[@williamrosmer8381]

if it was the sisko he'd have beat kirk picard and soren 1v3

[@taylemgames2652]

@@williamrosmer8381 BS. Young Kirk would whoop Sisko.

[@GamingwithDweavis]

This movie has aged well imho. When I originally saw it opening weekend in theaters I came away disappointed, but I think that was because it had so much hype around it bringing TOS and TNG crews together for the first time it was impossible for it to ever meet such astronomical expectations. Fans had dreamed up their fantasy crossovers for years and nothing was ever going to match those expectations, but over time the film has endeared itself to me far more than any of the other TNG films which has been a pleasant surprise. While it is nowhere near as impactful as 'All Good Things...' and not near as entertaining as 'First Contact', it's commentary on mortality and family was really well done which given my age, holds far more meaning to me now than when I was in my teens. That scene with Picard and his "nexus" family, I used to shrug it off but now find it one of the better character moments for Picard in the whole series.

[@lionrampant31]

So much of Star Trek gets more meaningful as you get older.

[@MainframeMilitia]

The producers stated that Guinan’s experience in the Nexus is the reason why she can detect changes in the timeline like in “Yesterday’s Enterprise.” Also, a novel, “I,Q,” about the early life of Q, explains that he created the Nexus when he was a child entity exploring his powers. Basically he twisted a piece of solar flare from a sun around his fingers and charged it with the power of the Q just to see what would happen. Then he got bored, lost it, and it went drifting away.😂

[@mateo_sid]

i love this explanation

[@RobPryme]

Lursa and B'etor were the sisters of Duras, who you remember as the killer of K'Ehleyr, Worf's babymama.

[@bryndavies316]

Better than I remember honestly, and the perfect segue into First Contact.

[@nisus8]

Chronologically, this film takes place one year after the events of the TNG finale "All Good Things..." (in 2371), late during DS9's third season, and shortly before the first episode of _Star Trek: Voyager_ occurs ("Caretaker").

[@brweeks881]

Is that the same season Worf joined the cast?

[@sean---the-other-one]

Worf joined in Season 1. 🤣😂

[@nisus8]

@@sean---the-other-one Season 4 ("The Way of the Warrior").

[@timlukko3815]

I looked it up the other day, you’re pretty close! All within a year for sure. All good things was like 47988, generations was 486…, I think voyager ep 1 was 483 stardate right? DS9 season 5 I’m guessing was 490…

[@sean---the-other-one]

@@nisus8 Season 1 Encounter At Farpoint 😂🤣😂

[@billiesastard2596]

The scene at the end where Data finds Spot in the wreckage makes me cry every time

[@kylereese4822]

765874 - Regeneration (4K)

[@amit790]

“Do I know these chicks?” Yes Cassie, I believe you do. They are Lursa and B’Etor, the sisters of Duras. They were in the 2 part episode “Redemption”.

[@TheInquisitiveShark]

I loved that being asked. 😂

[@Anduril74871]

Cassie, re: Spock and Bones: Originally, Leonard Nimoy and DeForrest Kelley were approached for this movie to be on the Enterprise-B with Kirk in the beginning. However, DeForrest Kelley's declining health meant he couldn't and Nimoy was disappointed to be only given a small cameo rather than have a bigger role in the film, so he declined as well. So the writers put Chekov and Scotty in their place. This is why Chekov went down to sickbay despite not being a doctor, it was supposed to be Dr McCoy. This also creates a minor continuity error in regards to "Relics" because Scotty mentioned that he thought Kirk had taken the Enterprise out of mothballs to look for him. All of this could've been changed if the writers had thought of a way to include Spock more.

[@Rofyle-e4v]

My mom wanted to go see a movie once. She asked my brother and I to take her. Her mistake was letting us choose the movie. Being avid ST fans we chose this movie which had just come out. My mom is a typical boomer housewife; not a single shred of interest in scifi, much less ST. Nevertheless, she had let us choose, and being a mother she stuck to her decision. When that opening scene began to roll I could hear her groan from the seat beside me. Lol. Being a dutiful mother though, she sat through the entire film with us, and then afterward even bought us McDonald's for lunch.

[@shainewhite2781]

The opening takes place in 2293, while the rest of the film takes place in 2371.

[@patrickcromwell7554]

When Picard tell Troi about HOW his brother and neophew dies, it adds weight to what Soren said to him in 10-Forward. Remember?? He says "They say time is the fire in which we burn." Soren may not have known about Picard's circumstances but being an Elorian, he got a "sixth sense" of knowing exactly what to say to get Picard's attention. Just another odd ability from a species that appear to be empathic, but aren't quite there.

[@JK50with10]

Star Trek First Contact has one of the best theme tunes ever created.

[@winstonsmith2885]

That it does, and snippets from that theme were revisited in the rest of the TNG movies through Picard. However, Generations had a pretty good theme too, and I was glad to hear it revisited near the end of the final episode of Picard Season 3 at a very appropriate scene.

[@Arthezius]

That theme song lives rent free in my head.

[@Mark-in8ju]

38:27 Atium compounders and Atium leechers from Scadrial are supernaturally immortal.

[@georgeandritsakis1482]

I’m DYING for this reaction

[@GeekyGarden]

Also, the soundtrack CD is a Borg sphere. 😏

[@CardsharpChris]

I’ve only recently begun watching your channel, because I am a life-long Trek fan. All Trek. It’s very satisfying seeing these episodes again through the eyes of a new fan. I know that you cannot just do Star Trek on your channel, so I want to thank you for all of your work on Popcorn In Bed, Star Trek edition. I really enjoy your take on things. Good luck to you!

[@poolhall9632]

I was born in 80s. I missed the original series run but came to know them from the 80s films. TNG was my trek. Going to watch this with my dad in the theater was pretty awesome. Both of our captains - kicking ass.

[@twiff3rino28]

You can say that when they destroyed that bridge set, which was built in 1986, the 80s died in a Trek way in this movie.

[@allengray5748]

Nice! Never saw it that way.

[@joeeyaura]

this was also passing the torch from TOS to TNG too, even though the show had been on 7 years, alot would see the movie with out seeing the show.

[@Mark-in8ju]

38:27 Atium compounders and Atium leechers from Scadrial are supernaturally immortal.

[@HawkGTboy]

They had to wreck it (and all the other interior sets) because it wasn’t built to stand up to movie screen resolution. That’s why the lighting was so weird in this movie, they were trying to conceal how chinsy the sets actually looked up close. You can see this in the HD remaster of TNG. Drywall screws holding control panels together, rough spackling on walls, loose rattling panels everywhere. The sets were only made to look good on TV.

[@E_y_a_l]

​@@joeeyaura Maybe passing of the torch from Kirk to Picard, but not from TOS to TNG, I know this is just nitpickingly semantics, but passing the torch from TOS to TNG happened in 1991 which was Star Trek's 25th anniversary, The Undiscovered Country released and the same year TNG had Spock and Sarek appearing and TOS had Worf's ancestor, Generations released when TNG was already very much established as the main show, this is why Leonard Nimoy and Deforest Kelley didn't want to appear in the movie, because it was just a minor guest appearance that had no real effect on the plot.

[@amehak1922]

I saw it in the theater.... the first Trek movie I saw in the theater. I actually enjoyed it and love it

[@SJHFoto]

Neat! Old me saw them all in the theatre except the Motion Picture. I was going to say I was too young to see it, but I did see The Black Hole in the movies (and they came out the same year)

[@bradman1984]

I was 10 years old and went with my friend and his dad. It was so cool to see Picard and Kirk together. I still hate they killed Kirk though.

[@Scripture-Man]

The special effects and audio are particularly good. A really immersive experience. I'm nuts about the Stellar Cartography scene. I can't get enough of those graphics! And the Enterprise D has NEVER looked as good as it does in this film. Not before or since, ever!

[@SJHFoto]

@@bradman1984 I read this over and over, and still don't understand what "my fries" means. Can you explain? (*I'm from Canada originally-is that an American term?)

[@bradman1984]

@@SJHFoto 😄 I just don’t know how to type. I’ve updated it. It is supposed to be friend.

[@EgoEroTergum]

The scene wìth Picard reuniting with Renée in the Nexus. 😢 It has made me cry, ever since I first saw it as a child with my father. It's just so unimaginably happy, miraculous; and mixed the knowledge that it cannot last... Joy and sorrow, streaming down my face, every time. 😭

[@Mark-in8ju]

38:27 Atium compounders and Atium leechers from Scadrial are supernaturally immortal.

[@QuantumFlux_22]

I cant help but tear up anytime I watch these movies, so much of my childhood and teenage years involved these movies. All of the Next Generation movies will have you immersed

[@Purge00]

I swear it sounds like Scotty says "Have Jerkoff meet me on deck fifteen!" 😄

[@kilroy987]

Oh my god, yes. Finally, someone (that I watch) is reacting to this movie. Coming off the high of All Good Things... I would give this movie a 8/10. But I know a lot of people find a lot of fault with this movie, and I hadn't considered its faults until I saw those opinions. But that doesn't take away from how I enjoyed my first experience watching this movie in the theater.

[@alexandercaldwell1411]

The Gallifrey Gals (Paula Deming and Kat Alysha) have a great full-length watch-along for Generations that they posted on KZbin a few months back, and should have the edited version with clips soon.

[@-taz-]

It was a fun film to see in the theater for sure. But, if I remember, the bad guy tried to launch a rocket into the sun which, even at the time, really bugged me because it would take 10 or 20 YEARS to get there. It was obviously just a setup to get Kirk and the bad guy on the scenic pile of boulders. And then there's metal bridge up there! Why? So they can get to the top of the pile of rocks? It could not just launch from flat ground? Now they have to set up the rocket AND a bridge? The TV show always seems much smarter.

[@Alexanderthegreat159]

Didn't he give the rocket warp technology? It's been a while since I saw a generation so I'm not sure​@@-taz-

[@dmichael1172]

​@@-taz-rocket was faster than light so it didn't need but a few minutes

[@davemccullough2256]

I saw it myself. I was disappointed they blew up the Enterprise but Star Trek doesn't die. And we've seen it.

[@spidertour02]

The writers of this film (Ronald D. Moore and Brannon Braga) also wrote the Next Generation series finale "All Good Things." During the commentary track for Generations that they recorded for the Blu-Ray release, they both admit that in hindsight, "All Good Things" is actually a far superior story and would've been a better movie than this one.

[@vaikkajoku]

You could pick a random TNG episode and it would be a better movie than any of the actual movies.

[@UltraHD.7]

@@vaikkajoku sorry, but that´s just pure nonsense 🤦‍♂

[@RandomNonsense1985]

@@vaikkajokuExcept First Contact

[@TheDanEdwards]

@@vaikkajoku Um, no.

[@this.is.a.username]

hard disagree, All Good Things was just alright.

[@Ryan_Dye-r]

We finally get to see Captain Kirk and Captain Picard together! 😃

[@tru3sk1ll]

James T. Kirk always thought he'd die on the bridge, instead he died under a bridge

[@jacobpatton7587]

"Take power from the photons and beam it to the stabilizers!" Never change, Cassie.

[@shaomongoloid]

Funny that she brought up Relics, because this was a retcon of that. Scotty shouldn’t have thought Kirk may have been the one to come rescue him.

[@shuboy05]

This was the first Star Trek movie I watched in a theater so Generations has a special place in my heart. I still remember seeing the first teaser trailer and my head figuratively exploded when they showed Kirk and Picard talking.

[@Shogunz81]

I'm glad people are still watching anything STNG.

[@Banterbear]

@@Shogunz81 You kidding, it's one of Paramounts big tickets and I am sure Netflix pay a pretty penny to keep it on their platform...alongside the other Trek series. I wonder which one is statistically the most viewed.

[@E_y_a_l]

@@Banterbear I would speculate TNG based on the fact TNG is more "modern" than TOS and the other shows were not remastered.

[@Banterbear]

@@E_y_a_l Even without that, I think TNG was just the one with the broadest appeal in terms of mass market. Personally, I'm a DS9 guy, but TNG was the gateway drug😌.

[@Daniel_2626]

It’s so refreshing to see a big reaction channel watching classic Star Trek. Feel like too many just opt to skip it and watch the reboot trilogy or for some reason aren’t willing to give the franchise a chance (probably because it’s quite niche and won’t generate a lot of views). In my opinion it’s one of the most magic franchises of all time.

[@joshr8666]

Yeah its probably the best show ever created

[@paulanerruhrpott6188]

Niche? We are not talking about real niche shows like Babylon 5 or Space 1999. Or real obscure sci fi shows like Lexx, or Starhunter, which even many Sci Fi nerds havent even heard about. Its Star Trek! Together with Star Wars the 2 biggest Sci Fi Franchises ever. Ok, it aint the MCU, i'll admit that, but that does not make it niche. Thats like saying Alien is niche, because it wasnt as popular as Harry Potter.

[@syntaxusdogmata3333]

@@paulanerruhrpott6188 True, but I remember when Star Trek was niche. Before TNG... before the movies even, Star Trek enthusiasts were considered quite odd in the mainstream.

[@paulanerruhrpott6188]

@@syntaxusdogmata3333 propably because they were the first who did conventions which found many people strange. But now thats everywhere with many genres and franchises. Like cosplayers. Its not like in the 70s were mostly trekkies wore costumes but for example now all the japanese Manga Fans, or other comic franchises, so thats not niche anymore

[@syntaxusdogmata3333]

@@paulanerruhrpott6188 I didn't say it was niche now. I said it was niche back then.

[@Firefax]

Couple of things: The sailing ship, "Enterprise" from the holodeck is, in real life, the Lady Washington, ou tof Gray's Harbor, Washingtgon. She was the Interceptor as well in, "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl." Also, the ship that picks up the survivors at the end of the movie is the U.S.S. Farragut. When young Ensign Kirk graduated from Starfleet Academy, his first posting was aboard the Farragut. Fitting that the ship which was present at the start of his carrer was also present at the end of it.

[@susanalexander6721]

I have been a Trekie since I was 6 years old begging my parents to let me watch the original Star Trek every week. Cassie, I am so enjoying your journey ❤❤❤

[@morrisgautreau6704]

So happy Cassie is enjoying Star Trek! It was my favorite show as a kid with Captain Kirk and even more with Captain Picard.

[@grafffuller3265]

My wife and I just got done rewatching Star Trek Generations...in prep for your reaction. This should be a LOT of fun.

[@shanepye7078]

I liked his final line “oh my..” as if he saw something.

[@_Omega_Weapon]

I grew up on TNG and still to this day, even at 43yrs old i start to cry whenever i see Data finding Spot alive and ok.

[@mike91mdk45]

Perfect timing for this one. Just binged your reactions to the other ST films yesterday. Between that and TNG, you got me into star trek. So thank you.

[@joshr8666]

Welcome aboard ❤

[@ChrisReise]

I went to a Star Trek Convention when this movie was in theatres and the hotel I was staying in had bought the rights to air it on their televisions for their guests. I knew this ahead of time, so I brought my VCR (lol) so I could get a copy of it while it was still at the theatres.

[@joshr8666]

Oh wow, awesome

[@Scripture-Man]

Cool. Back then films took about a year to get onto home video and it was always exciting seeing some kind of bootleg of anything that had only just come out in theatres. It was an exciting time. This "instant information" world we live in has lost a lot of mystery and excitement.

[@SJHFoto]

I saw this in the movies with 50 of my friends! No joke, we saw it opening night, and a quarter of the theatre were friends of mine! It was AWESOME! It never occurred to me that Picard could go back and stop his brother and nephew from dying, but that makes a lot of sense. The Nexus IS NOT A DRUG! You kept saying that thru the movie. One complaint people say about this movie is that it isn't epic enough-that it feels like an episode of the show. I don't see that, but when we heard Picard grieve to Deanna, you said that this was a sad episode, so I guess subliminally you feel that way too. Thanks for the viewing! It's nice to see the reaction of a first time viewer. I can't wait for fellow Canadian Jen Murray to reach this point too!

[@krashd]

To me Generations and Insurrection both feel like extended episodes of the show, or TV movies, it's only First Contact and Nemesis that really feel like big blockbuster movies. If Generations or Insurrection are on TV I might watch but if First Contact or Nemesis are then it's a definite watch.

[@SJHFoto]

@@krashd I liked all of the first 3-it was Nemesis that I'm not really a fan of

[@robertbledsoe2547]

I watched it alone opening night, but I still have great memories of walking out of the theater with that post-movie buzz, and I kept bumping into or seeing people I knew, and we were enthusiastically cheering and so pumped to see tng on the bug screen. The movie may have some minor flaws, but I love how it was photographed and it does have some great scenes. It feels like with a little tweaking, it could have been really great.

[@allengray5748]

Ya the calling to prevent the fire is impossible if 99.999 % of everything else is "Not Real"!! How can everything be not real except what's good for the movie? 🍿🎥

[@SJHFoto]

@@allengray5748 I don't know what you mean

[@NiallMor]

“When will they learn? Seatbelts?” I’ve often wondered the same thing.

[@indiajohnson]

Exactly!

[@anonymes2884]

RIP Livingston - you were a very fine fish and a credit to Starfleet.

[@patrickcromwell7554]

So I have wondered ever since this movie came out about Soren's little Phaser. It LOOKS like a piece of Equipment you might find attached to a Borg drone's arm. I was always fond of the idea that at some point after fleeing the borg, Soren was able to obtain a drone and took that small piece of tech from it and modified it to work for him.

[@krashd]

Or it could be that it is really El-Aurian tech and that the Borg just later adapted it for their own use seeing as the El-Aurians were a pretty advanced race who gave the Borg a proper fight and who were not assimilated in their entirety when they lost their worlds to a younger version of the Borg. Proving that resistance is not futile.

[@patrickcromwell7554]

@@krashd That's a bit of a stretch because quite a few species have fought the Borg and are still alive. Some even thriving. That's still a very small number compared to the entire collective, but still I don't bel;ieve that to be the case. Here's why: the elaurians were dispersed into near extinction. They don't have any kind of colony since the Borg devastated their world. Soren admits that he'd never hurt a fly before the Borg, so why wouod he just be carrying a phaser?? Also to add to that if he had it when they beamed him onto the Enterprise B, why not use it THEN?? Soren wasn't relocated to a habitable planet with the re4st of his species, thiose two ships were pretty much THE ENTIRE Elaurian species left after the Borg. You assume that they established a colony somewhere and continued their advanced culture but they didn't. They're so rare that to find on is like finding a unicorn.

[@terrylandess6072]

I know one thing: Why turn your weapon sideways when it can go 'gangsta' automatically. Yeah, THAT is exactly what they went for.

[@mrandmrsduquette1904]

This would actually make sense, given the deleted scene where he's using nanotechnology to torture LaForge by playing with his heart-rythm. Even a single drone body would give him the parts for both tasks.

[@patrickcromwell7554]

@@mrandmrsduquette1904 Yeah, I mean I won't completely disopute the possibility of that phaser being his own technology, however being from a race that the Borg reduced to mere hundreds and that they essentially scattered and went into hiding passing themselves off as humans mostly, I can't see any scenario where they settled and started to rebuild AFTER having been decimated by the Borg. THAT would just bring the Borg all over again. I mean if they're just going to keep using the same technology all over, to the Borg that's like an invitation to come finish the job.

[@nicholasregan6526]

When the saucer section crashed on the planet, the effects were amazing in the theater, and everyone around clapped and cheered!

[@ge2719]

The destruction of the enterprise... Yay....woo.... 🤔

[@Kurlach]

Whereas, when I saw it in the cinema and that awful dummy representing Kirk bounced down the mountainside people laughed. It looked ridiculous.

[@vaikkajoku]

Do you think people cheered when they saw Enterprise A burn up in the atmosphere over Genesis?

[@nicholasregan6526]

For my experience i think it's b/c the effects, the sound , the overall scene just was just mind-blowing---never seen enterprise D go through all that before especially on the big screen 🤣

[@terrylandess6072]

JJ wanted to but never could replicate the 'reality' of that scene.

[@level30paladin70]

Hope she likes it. I really can't believe she has watched so much Star Trek. What a journey.

[@jowbloe3673]

Can't believe she has watched so LITTLE *Star Trek.*

[@cardiac19]

Lets just hope she watches, DS9 and Voyager. I think she would like Voyager but DS9 would take a few seasons for her to warm up to.

[@ge2719]

@@jowbloe3673 exactly. and I hope she doesn't like the movies. They're all bad. They turn start trek into dumb actions movies. This is the least worst but still isnt good. A rocket launched from a planet and hits the systems star in a couple seconds shows how dumbed down the movie is.

[@Sandy-dd4le]

She's watched less than a season to get to a mediocre movie, yeah, quite a journey.

[@Nemesisx1974x]

i grew up as a kid watching next generation. Loved it. I'm now 50 and I'm just loving every moment Picard .I'm just hoping they do more .Make me fill like a kid agen

[@ThomasSmith-fz6wq]

It's pretty cool to watch someone else's reactions to an old movie. Your emotional reactions are so sweet. The first time I ever watched Generations was the day it came out at the movies. I was completely blown away!

[@benreed9952]

It’s been so awesome to watch Star Trek along here. Generations is so underrated as well

[@tperfect7241]

Agreed

[@sblagg527]

No it isn't. And news flash: you can be a huge fan of TNG (as I am) and still admit this film is not that great.

[@tperfect7241]

@@sblagg527 It’s a good film

[@benreed9952]

@@sblagg527 take a breath next time bud. It’s not nearly that serious. It’s perfectly fine to like this movie, I never said it was perfect. You can also be a huge TNG fan and like this movie despite its faults, there’s a “news flash” for ya

[@mcdd1983]

​@@benreed9952 agreed. As for me this movie had the most important influence on me I ever felt from a star trek movie. And why... I don't know, maybe the theme of mortality, change, even the music had a massive effect.

[@jesseblack8092]

I saw this film in the theater. It was the first time a movie that made me cry. Watching Kirk die the second time really got me.

[@joshr8666]

I just got emotional too, but thinking thinking about the state of the world and wondering why we can't just all get along

[@chipstercamarillo9373]

The same I came out of the theater crying because they killed Kirk

[@Faroutamazingadventures]

I remember seeing this in the theater and the whole theater was jammed packed!

[@donaldfleming5049]

I get a chuckle every time I hear Commander Riker say he planned to live forever, as just prior to the release of ST: Generations, he provided the voice of David Xanatos on Disney's 'Gargoyles', a rich entrepreneur who was obsessed with finding the secret of immortality during the run of that show.

[@trayolphia5756]

And marina sirtis provided the voice of the female gargoyle

[@justchris9399]

@@trayolphia5756 And Brent Spiner voiced Puck. A LOT of the Star Trek cast voiced characters in Gargoyles, and I remember being SO excited whenever I recognized one of them.

[@trayolphia5756]

@@justchris9399 ok THAT ONE I didn’t know 👍🖖🏻

[@LauraSilverlief1]

This one hit me the hardest. I was born in '66 the same year that Star Trek first aired. I have, literally, grown up with Star Trek. Seeing Kirk die twice hurt so bad.

[@ronhubbardjr2624]

The Enterprise-B part of the movie with Kirk, Scotty, and Chekov is set a couple of years after Star Trek VI. The TNG part of the movie is set a year after “All Good Things”.

[@RoadWarrior77]

This film takes place in the same year as "All Good Things". When Data was laughing on the observatory and he brought up the Farpoint joke, Geordi said that was 7 years ago. If it were a year after AGT, he would have said 8 years.

[@ronhubbardjr2624]

@@RoadWarrior77 you’re right, I went back a referenced the stardate that Picard says in his log and it would put this about halfway through what would’ve been season eight or six months after “All Good Things”.

[@RoadWarrior77]

@@ronhubbardjr2624 And to add to that, I have never seen how they calculate star dates. I don't think it was ever explained in Star Trek lore.

[@joeeyaura]

@@RoadWarrior77 stardates dont really have much real meaning besides they count up, the 4 at the start represent the 24 century, but the next number represents the tng season, then a number between 0 and 999 for the day, then fractions of a day, so 42588, is a 2nd season stardate.

[@RoadWarrior77]

@@joeeyaura There is a slight problem with that, though. While it may have worked for TNG, DS9 and Voyager end up 5****, but they weren't in the 25th century yet. It is still chronological, as in 50000 would be 10 years after TNG started, but based in reality it doesn't make sense.

[@Emilysbrother1]

The 70 years between the Enterprise B launch and the start of TNG is referred to by fans as "the lost era" because we don't really know what happened between those two events. Fun fact, the villain in this movie was married to Clara from Back To The Future III. He usually plays villains and psychos, but he's evidently a pretty nice guy. The familiar looking crewman on the Enterprise B is Tim Russ, he's Tuvok on Voyager, he's also been in TNG and DS9, he was in Die Hard 4, he's "we ain't found SHIT!" in Spaceballs, and he was the principal on iCarly. The science officer on the B looks familiar, she's the mom in Terminatorr 2 (the one with the blade hand) and Vasquez from Aliens. The black uniforms they keep wearing in this movie were borrowed from Deep Space Nine, they didn't have the budget to make their own (this movie was shockingly inexpensive). You notice that Riker's sleeves are really short, because he's so tall. That's why they're rolled up so awkwardly. I just noticed Data's Sherlock Holmes pipe on display in his quarters. Nice touch. Worf's medals on his sash are different (he has a seat now, as well!) ... and the Enterprise B is christened with a bottle of Chateau Picard champagne. They made this movie a week after wrapping the show. As for why Picard couldn't go stop the fire? Well, one he didn't know where and when it exactly happened, but also he can only make one trip. He'd be back on Earth and too far away to help the Enterprise. They also couldn't bring phasers from the Nexus because they wouldn't be real. You can only take out what you bring in.

[@SJHFoto]

I thought Ted Danson married Clara-I'm sure I'm right about that because they were in Gulliver's Travels and married afterwards. As far as I know, they are still married

[@Emilysbrother1]

@@SJHFoto They did, but she was married to Malcolm before that and they have two children together.

[@bigdream_dreambig]

@SJHFoto You're both right, except for the timing of Gulliver's Travels. "Clara" (May Steenburgen) was married to Malcom McDowel from 1980 to 1990 (when she was roughly 27-37 years old) and then married Ted Danson in 1995 (when she was around 42). Gulliver's Travels was released in 1996. (Mary and Malcom share a son and daughter, and then Ted has two daughters of a similar age from his previous marriage.)

[@zybch]

I don't know how on earth I always missed the wonderful Jenette Goldstein when watching this movie. Sure, it was so small it couldn't even really be called a cameo or bit-part I suppose. Shes in a soon to be released documentary about Aliens (the movie), along with all of the still-living cast and crew leads.

[@SJHFoto]

@@bigdream_dreambig Such a shame that people don't marry once and stay married. Actors especially for the most part don't understand the "'till death do us part" vow

[@ChrisReise]

18:51 These chicks are the Duras sister Lursa and B'Etor. You recognize them from the two-parter "Redemption"

[@newatlantisrepublic6844]

1:48 yeah, the writers just basically screwed up the canon. By the time Scotty was rescued from the transporter buffer, he already knew (should have known) Kirk was dead. Basically most people try to write it off as saying Scotty’s memory was just hazy after being in the buffer.

[@nadzee7101]

One issue I've always had with this movie is that after all the encounters with the Borg, Federation ship have their shield frequency automatically change and do not just stay on one frequency

[@stmcde1701]

I've seen that critique often about the film but I don't buy it -- the Duras sisters have a direct line into everything Geordi sees, that would include tactical/technical displays

[@nadzee7101]

@stmcde1701 It is not a matter of what Geordi sees or doesn't see. Before the Brog, the ship's shields were set to a single frequency. I guess each ship used a different frequency depending on how many frequencies were available. I'm guessing that the frequency would be charged periodically. During one of the encounters with the Borg, commander Shelby ordered Data to quickly rotate shield frequency to prevent the Borg tractor beam from lock onto the ship. After that, all Federation star ships are modified with shields that automatically rotate shield frequency.

[@CristianMeyo820]

Happy 30Th Anniversary Of Star Trek VII: Generations

[@SJHFoto]

Wow-that makes me feel old. I was the one who stood in line to get 51 tickets to see this opening night (50 of my friends and I went to see it-it was AWESOME!)

[@Theomite]

And Kirk is still with us!

[@Scripture-Man]

@@SJHFoto Honestly, when I watch this, even now, I can STILL smell the popcorn. I'm not kidding. This movie has such amazing, immersive audio, it totally takes me straight back to the cinema. I LOVE good audio 🙂

[@SJHFoto]

@@Scripture-Man I know what you mean, but for me it is the immersive experience of being with all my friends. Most are married now, so an epic "we flood the theatre" doesn't happen anymore (that, and we all moved away) I think this, First Contact, Phantom Menace, Jurassic Park III, Toy Story, and maybe a couple others are a completely different era. This was when I was in my 20s, so unlike the movies I saw with my friends as a kid, we had more freedom (We could all buy opening night tickets, and make an evening of it. I remember we all went out to eat at an all-night diner afterwards, and then went bowling until like 4am!) *My back can't take that anymore*

[@Scripture-Man]

@@SJHFoto The 90s were sweet times. Oh to go back. All that great Trek on TV. Hollywood is a joke now compared to how good things were back then.

[@qwaurk985]

"Do we know these women?" That's what you get for not watching the entire series. "Fire at will." We have been. He's on the Enterprise. P.S. Always wondered why Picard didn't go back to when Soren was rescued and stop him way sooner.

[@juvandy]

Also, Kirk's experience disproves Soren's whole plot. Kirk demonstrates how you can just fly a ship into the ribbon.... I still like the movie quite a lot but that hole always bothered me.

[@EmbassyNerdcore]

As to your P.S., Picard has a duty to uphold Starfleet's Temporal Prime Directive. By coming back as close to when he left as possible it minimizes potential impact to the timeline. Going back and saving his family would be a direct violation and he would have time cops wanting him to fill out a bunch of paperwork.

[@Scripture-Man]

Also, did anyone else notice that Picard and Kirk CANNOT LOSE? Either they stop Soren destroying the sun, or they fail and get to go back into the Nexus and try again. Another detail is that Soren could also choose to leave the Nexus and go back a little earlier to stop Picard and Kirk - two can play at that game!

[@Tuning3434]

@@Scripture-Man Yeah, there are some major logical flaws in the plot. @qwaurk985 Cassie did see saw the Redemption 2-parter. Guess it didn't clicked with her that they where the sisters of Duras. To be fair, when I was first watching this movie (several years after seeing those episodes) it didn't click with me either.

[@ChrisCooper312]

​@@juvandyalso, he and Guinan get into the nexus in the first place by "flying a ship into it". That said, it could be a character error. Soren belives he needs to bring the nexus to him. For someone so intelligent and well researched it doesn't seem likely though. The other possibility is that he thinks it gives him the best chance.

[@shainewhite2781]

This was, indeed, the final frontier for Captain James T. Kirk and the original crew of the USS Enterprise 1701-A. Their legacy would live on through the eyes of another crew, to boldly go, where no man has gone... before.

[@Paul_Waller]

Where NO ONE* has gone before. 😁 🖖

[@alphadog9211]

​@@Paul_WallerI think in their day, it was men only

[@plothole181]

@@alphadog9211 No it wasn't, which is why it was weird that they said it that way in the first place. However, you are right that the saying was "Where no man has gone before" during the TOS era.

[@SJHFoto]

If you want to see an alterative universe where Kirk survived this, read the Shatnerverse books written by the man himself (it's actually not bad)

[@EmbassyNerdcore]

Not the final frontier for Spock, who still has one more adventure awaiting him.

[@beastwizard1741]

I grew up watching TNG air every week. I remember when this movie came out, but I wasn't able to see it until years later, when I had been able to watch the series over and over and develop some very strong attachments and opinions. As such, this movie is a very love/hate experience for me. I could write a long essay on what they did well and where they really dropped the ball, but a highlight for me was definitely Picard in the Nexus, celebrating Christmas with his "family". The relief and joy he expresses when he says "these are MY children" tugs at my heartstrings every time. Absolutely powerful performance. Low point is how the crew of the Federation flagship managed to get so badly beaten by L'ursa and B'ehtor. Penetrating shields was a trick the Federation quickly learned to counter after their first encounter with the Borg. They should have been able to get one, maybe two lucky shots off before the Enterprise overpowered them. Eh, I enjoyed your reaction all the same.

[@kosh6612]

rofl " C'mon, divert power from the photons to the stabalizers". Oh you have come so far. One pip for you!

[@MegaToronto1]

After this film, Michael Dorn returned to TV, playing Worf on Deep Space 9. He appears in the other TNG films, so they had to find ways for Worf to rejoin his former crew. So, when he shows up in First Contact, they hadn't seen him in a while.

[@SJHFoto]

This isn't really a spoiler, but that appearance made sense. The next movie after that, I laughed when he begins to explain his appearance, and is cut off (as if the writers just said "Aww, leave it to the fans' imaginations!"

[@nadzee7101]

I guess if you don't watch DS9, you would just think Worf is the captain of the defiant.

[@terrylandess6072]

He kind of filled that gap created by Spock early as a crew member fatefully connected to that ship and crew.

[@johnb2422]

@@nadzee7101 He started living in the Defiant for a while before he started dating Dax.

[@nadzee7101]

@johnb2422 Oh yeah, I forgot about that, he like roughing it.

[@visionaryventures12]

The Klingon Duras sisters were already seen several times in TNG by this point. Women couldn’t serve in the Klingon council according to the two part episode Redemption. So, they endorsed a young Klingon, of the house of Duras I recall, in order to work behind the scenes.

[@weldonwin]

After losing the resulting Civil War, they basically become renegades and pirates

[@Vipre-]

Duras' son to be specific.

[@chipstercamarillo9373]

That had to change at some point since Azetbur daughter of Gordon was Chancellor of the Empire during the Battle of Khitomer in ST VI

[@RickZarber]

@@chipstercamarillo9373 Honestly, I could see some hardline reactionary Klingons blaming her for the peace treaty and changing the laws in an attempt to stop something like that from happening again…

[@weldonwin]

@@chipstercamarillo9373 According to Beta-Cannon (IE Novels, comics, games ect), Azetbur was replaced by a military strongman Chancellor (Big surprise there), who pushed through new laws that barred women from the council. Azetbur's chancellorship would prove highly unpopular, especially with the Klingon military, with her massively downsizing the fleet, shifting focus to environmental and economic policy and then staying Neutral during the Tomed Incident between the Federation and Romulans.

[@tru3sk1ll]

James T. Kirk always thought he'd die on the bridge, instead he died under a bridge

[@lopan122]

as shatner put it in his book(well one of many lol), he wanted to say bridge on the captain in that scene

[@fakereality96]

And he didn't die alone. 🤓

[@Species5008]

May I suggest that you go watch Star Trek V. Pay attention to what Kirk tells Spock and McCoy.

[@lopan122]

@@Species5008 "I've always known, I'll die alone"

[@donborvio]

I always want Picard to say to Riker after about "I was hoping for a shot at this chair someday" and just said: "Well, now you can have it. Picard to Farragut, two and one piece of equipment to beam up."

[@user-ki3dj9pu9y]

I watched this as a kid in the theater, and non other than William Shatner came in and watched with us, I remember him joking at the part when Kirk went down to save the ship at the beginning of the movie "its not always easy being the Captain". The whole audience laughed. He took time to talk to everyone in the theater after the film and I had my picture taken with him. Coolest experience of my life to this day

[@Polymathically]

I was lucky enough to watch this in the theaters back in the day. There are a lot of problems with Generations, but seeing Kirk and Picard on the same screen was mind-blowing. 13:26 "They say time is the fire in which we burn." I dislike this movie, but this is one of my all-time favorite lines in the entire franchise. Not only is it a great literary quote, but it foreshadows the reveal of what happened to Picard's family. Soran used his El-Aurian abilities to sense what was wrong Picard, and uses the quote to try manipulating him. Picard's reaction shows how successful it was. 33:47 In real life, Shatner is an accomplished horseback rider and breeder. Those horses are actually his, and he rented them to the studio. He also taught Patrick Stewart how to ride. That moment around 34:16 when Shatner makes the horse walk sideways is purely him showing off his skills. The cabin has a Klingon bat'leth on the wall, as a reference to what happened in the other movies. The climactic scene on the cliffs of Veridian III were filmed at Valley of Fire State Park, just outside of Las Vegas. I went there during a road trip a few years ago. Good times.