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Star Trek Nemesis
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| Star Trek Nemesis | |
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 Theatrical release poster |
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| Directed by | Stuart Baird |
| Produced by | Rick Berman |
| Written by | John Logan Rick Berman Brent Spiner |
| Starring | See table |
| Music by | Jerry Goldsmith |
| Cinematography | Jeffrey L. Kimball |
| Editing by | Dallas Puett |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date(s) | December 13, 2002 |
| Running time | 116 min. |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $60,000,000 (estimated) |
| Preceded by | Star Trek: Insurrection |
| Followed by | Star Trek |
| Official website | |
| All Movie Guide profile | |
| IMDb profile | |
Star Trek Nemesis (2002) is the tenth Star Trek feature film, and the fourth and last film to star the cast from The Next Generation. The film tag line was "A generation's final journey begins". Although most of the Star Trek films contain a colon in their title, the official title of this film is Star Trek Nemesis (with no colon).[1][2]
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The film opens at a Romulan Senate meeting, in which two Reman representatives attempt to persuade the council to accept Shinzon's offer of putting the two forces together. The council angrily refuses and the representatives leave, along with one of the senators (who must leave due to a meeting with another ambassador). As they start on another matter, a small red device opens and expels a green liquid that turns to dust and disappears. As Praetor Hiren begins to order the other's return, the entire council dies. He falls into dust on the floor.
As the crew of the USS Enterprise prepares to bid farewell to longtime first officer, William T. Riker and Counselor Deanna Troi, who have just married each other in Alaska, an away team discovers the remnants of an android resembling Lieutenant Commander Data on a planet close to the Romulan Neutral Zone called Kolarus III. When the android is reassembled, it reveals its name as B-4, a predecessor to Data.
The ship is then ordered by Vice Admiral Kathryn Janeway to a diplomatic mission to Remus, the slave homeworld of the Romulan Star Empire, which has undergone a military coup and is now controlled by a mysterious young Reman named Shinzon. The Romulan Praetor Shinzon proves to be a clone of Captain Jean-Luc Picard, who appears to want peace but has some nasty plans for both the Romulans and the Federation.
The Enterprise crew detects a break-in on the ship's computer systems, and Picard is captured by the Remans because Shinzon needs him as his only matching supplier of genetic material needed to repair his body, which will otherwise rapidly degenerate as a result of the process used to artificially age his clone body. The crew finds out that B-4 is a spy who helped transfer information from the Enterprise to Shinzon, and is able to replace him with Data to rescue Picard. Picard and the crew subsequently find themselves battling Shinzon's completely cloaked Warbird, the Scimitar, which is Shinzon's custom-built weapon designed for one purpose: the complete destruction of Earth.
With the assistance of two Romulan warbirds whose captains and crews are not loyal to Shinzon, a space battle ensues in which the Scimitar is eventually crippled at great cost: the warbirds are severely damaged and forced to back off, and the Enterprise rams the Scimitar, sustaining heavy damage to the forward half of the saucer section. Shinzon then activates the Scimitar's superweapon, bent on taking the Enterprise down with him. Picard boards the Scimitar to stop the weapon and ends up fighting Shinzon. The fight ends when Picard breaks a pipe and uses it to impale Shinzon. Just then, Data enters the room (having boarded it by flying through the vacuum of space) to stop the weapon. Data transports Picard off the ship and ultimately sacrifices himself to save Picard and the Enterprise.
At the end, while the Enterprise undergoes repairs at a drydock in Earth orbit, Picard says goodbye to newly-promoted Captain Riker and wishes him luck on the Titan. B-4, into whom Data had copied the seeds of his neural net, starts haltingly singing parts of a song Data was practicing for the wedding at the start of the film, in the same manner that, as noted by Riker, Data would often try to whistle a tune but fail when he first signed on at the Enterprise.
- Patrick Stewart ... Captain Jean-Luc Picard
- Jonathan Frakes ... Commander/Captain William T. Riker
- Brent Spiner ... Lt. Commander Data/B-4
- Levar Burton ... Lt. Commander Geordi LaForge
- Michael Dorn ... Lt. Commander Worf
- Gates McFadden ... Commander (Dr.) Beverly Crusher
- Marina Sirtis ... Commander (Counselor) Deanna Troi
- Ron Perlman ... Reman Viceroy
- Tom Hardy ... Praetor Shinzon
- Dina Meyer ... Romulan Commander Donatra
- Jude Ciccolella ... Romulan Commander Suran
- Kate Mulgrew ... Vice Admiral Kathryn Janeway
- Whoopi Goldberg ... Guinan (uncredited)
- John Berg (actor) ... Romulan Senator
- Wil Wheaton ... Lt. Wesley Crusher
- Alan Dale ... Praetor Hiren
- Majel Barrett ... Computer voice
The film, as with Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, was cut by about a third from a much longer running time. Many of the deleted scenes in the movie were "character moments", which served to further the characters' relationship with one another. A frequent criticism of Nemesis is that many of these deleted scenes contain the best acting, emotional, and thematic content in the story, but all were deleted for time in favor of keeping special effects or action sequences.[citation needed] Rick Berman has admitted that about 50 minutes worth of scenes were filmed, but cut (though not necessarily all of them were usable in a final form, some might be redundant with other scenes, etc.). Around 17 minutes of deleted scenes were included on the DVD, including:
- A private conversation between Picard and Data over a glass of wine ("Chateau Picard," which is also drunk in the toast to Data at the end of the film) in which they discuss the fact the crew of the Enterprise is starting to move on with their lives.
- Early introduction of Shinzon in the film (right after the wedding reception). This is the scene that includes the dialogue from the theatrical trailers, "But in darkness there is strength..." (Viceroy) and "The time we have dreamed of is at hand... the mighty Federation will fall before us..." (Shinzon).
- The second mental invasion scene of Counselor Troi in the Turbolift. It also includes Shinzon's line from the teaser, "Don't fear."
- A scene of Picard walking with Troi down a corridor and Troi explaining to him that he and Shinzon are two different people. This scene includes the line from the trailer, "it was like a part of me had been stolen..." (Picard)
- Sick-bay getting ready for battle, in which a short dialogue between Dr. Crusher and Picard is shown.
- An extended version of the scene in which Crusher visits Picard in his quarters. In this extended version Crusher tells Picard that Shinzon is a different person, not the man she has known for over 30 years. Picard kisses Crusher on the cheek to thank her for her visit.
- Worf warning Picard about the Romulans just before they leave for Romulus. This scene includes the dialogue from the trailer, "I recommend extreme caution..." (Worf)
- Riker and Troi discussing their honeymoon plans with Worf.
- An extended version of Picard's first meeting with Shinzon.
- Original extended ending - A new First Officer (Commander Martin Madden), is introduced on board the Enterprise and two funny moments are shown afterward. Riker tells Madden to call Captain Picard "Jean-Luc". Later in a conversation with Picard he does so and Picard gives the commander a withering stare, with Madden realizing that Riker was pulling his leg. This scene is where the Enterprise finally gets seat belts. At the end Picard tells the crew that their next assignment is to survey a planet, which Picard thinks the crew will find interesting, because it is a place "where no one has gone before".
Nemesis was to have been the first Star Trek film to feature the character of Wesley Crusher (played by actor Wil Wheaton). However, his scenes were almost entirely cut from the film, leaving only a brief cameo during the wedding scene (he is visible at the far end of the head table, with gold trim of operations branch on his dress uniform), in which he has no dialogue; as a result, he has none in the final theatrical print of the film at all. A deleted scene on the collector's edition DVD features a brief conversation between Wesley and Picard that explains that Wesley has returned to Starfleet and is a member of Captain Riker's engineering crew on the USS Titan.
In early 2007 an "extended ending" clip appeared on YouTube. This clip featured two scenes not included on the DVD, but included on the two-disc edition. The first was Picard talking to Dr. Crusher about her return to Starfleet Medical and Crusher remarking how she works with a bunch of young doctors who are ready to cure the entire quadrant. The second was Geordi and Worf packing Data's possessions in his quarters. As they are cleaning up Data's cat Spot jumps into Worf's hands and Worf states he is not a cat person. Geordi sees how Spot has taken to Worf and replies, "You are now." Immediately following this scene is the introduction of Commander Madden, which is included in the deleted scenes of the DVD. This clip can still be found on Youtube if you type in "Star Trek Nemesis ending 2".
- During the conversation with Vice-Admiral Kathryn Janeway, she quotes, "You seem to get all the easy assignments; the Borg, the So'na, the Romulans." This refers to the villains of the previous two films (the Borg in First Contact and the Son'a warrior Ru'afo in Insurrection).
- Shinzon preparing to destroy the Enterprise and Data's subsequent decision to sacrifice himself to destroy it mirrors the ending of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, where Spock sacrifices himself in order have the Enterprise escape the Genesis device.
- The name of the Romulan warbird Valdore appeared as a name in Star Trek: Enterprise.
- Several scenes involve references to all five Star Trek television series.
- Picard's line, "To absent friends." at the toast after the death of Data was spoken by Kirk about Spock in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock.
- Nemesis mentions names or characters of all 5 live-action Star Trek TV series. The TNG crew, Worf represents DS9, Admiral Janeway represents Voyager; there is mentioned of a tactical plan "Kirk Epsilon 9" which refers to Captain James T. Kirk (Star Trek: The Motion Picture) and there is mention of a ship called the USS Archer named after Captain Jonathan Archer.
The movie contains many elements which are in contradiction to events that previously transpired on Star Trek: The Next Generation.
- Wil Wheaton's appearance as Wesley Crusher in a Starfleet uniform. In the seventh season episode "Journey's End" Wesley has resigned from the Academy at the insistence of his father's spirit and gone off with The Traveller to live in another plane of existence.
- In one scene Picard is looking at a photograph of himself from his academy days in which he is bald. In the Star Trek: TNG episode "Tapestry" a flashback of Picard from this time period (played by Marcus Nash) he has a full head of hair, and in the fifth season episode "Violations" it is shown in flashback that Picard still had hair at the time of Jack Crusher's death. Also, in the picture he is wearing a late 23rd century enlisted jumpsuit, not a cadet uniform.
The movie was released on December 13, 2002, in direct competition against Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (released November 15, 2002), the 20th James Bond movie Die Another Day (released November 22, 2002) and The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (released December 18, 2002).
The movie's gross domestic income (not adjusted for inflation) was the lowest of the series at $43,254,409 as of December 2004. It was also the first Trek film not to open at #1 at the U.S. box office. It earned $67,312,826 worldwide on a budget of $60,000,000.[3] Unlike "Insurrection," "Nemesis" could not even boast solid international numbers, as it sold fewer tickets internationally than any "Star Trek" film other than "The Search for Spock." While Star Trek's ratings had been in gradual decline since the release of Star Trek: First Contact, the film garners a 37% "rotten" rating from critics according to Rotten Tomatoes, but a 64% "fresh" rating among users,[4] and a Metacritic score of 50 out of 100 (mixed or average) from 29 reviews.[5]
On May 20, 2003, Star Trek Nemesis was released on DVD in both anamorphic widescreen and full screen editions in Region 1. This initial release contained an audio commentary by director Stuart Baird, four featurettes on the film's production, seven deleted scenes, a photo gallery, and a preview for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine on DVD.[6]
The initial release was followed up with a "special collector's edition" in Region 1 on October 4, 2005. Although this two-disc set contained several additional features, it also duplicated some of the features found in the initial release.[7] It has also been criticized for not reintegrating several deleted scenes into the film, a la Star Trek: The Motion Picture, to improve the narrative.
- ^ From Trek X to Nemesis
- ^ First Look At New D'Deridex Class Romulan Warbird, The 'Valdore'
- ^ Figures according to Box Office Mojo
- ^ Star Trek Nemesis at Rotten Tomatoes
- ^ Star Trek Nemesis at Metacritic
- ^ Star Trek Nemesis DVD at Amazon.com.
- ^ Star Trek - Nemesis (Special Collector's Edition) DVD at Amazon.com.
- Star Trek Nemesis at the Internet Movie Database
- Star Trek Nemesis at Rotten Tomatoes
- Star Trek Nemesis at Metacritic
- Star Trek Nemesis at Box Office Mojo
- Official Star Trek Nemesis web site
- Star Trek Nemesis article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki
- Review by Science Fiction Weekly
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