Favorite Even-Numbered Trek Movie?

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Originally posted by OB1
Yeah yeah I know how it was politically relevant and everything, but I really don't think it was a good farewell to the original crew. If Generations had actually been a good movie and a nice farewell to the original cast then I would have absolutely no problems with Trek VI. It is a very good Trek flick, but there was no finality to it, no sense of culmination and farewell for the original crew. I suppose they didn't think that would be the last original crew movie, but still...

Actually, I can understand where you're coming from, because VI did not end with a true note of finality, it ended with "The Enterprise is being decommissioned, and the crew will disperse and retire and go their merry way" and while I think that device in itself is a fine way to finish the series, the problem was, it had been done before. Several of the movies involved the crew being reunited for 'one last battle' after they had supposedly moved on with their lives, and in several cases recommissioned themselves after retirement. However, the reason I say VI was a wonderful endgame is not because of the very last scene but because of what their final mission was. Ending that long war was probably the most profound thing the Enterprise crew ever did.

As for Generations being a poor send-off for the original crew, I never got the impression that it was intended as a send-off for them. I always felt that it was specifically designed for Captain Kirk (Scotty and Chekov's presence were mere cameos) and Kirk died saving a planet from destruction, as he had done a thousand times before. Sure, he could have put up a better fight, but it could have ended in worse ways. I had kinda hoped Kirk would have been able to see the Enterprise-D though...