Star Trek Nemesis

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Star Trek Nemesis
Image:Star trek nemesis ver2.jpg
Theatrical release poster
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 Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States
Language English
Budget $60,000,000 (estimated)
Preceded by Star Trek: Insurrection
Followed by Star Trek
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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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[edit] Plot

The film opens with a major political assassination; what appears to be the elimination of the leadership of the Romulan government.

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.

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The Enterprise faces off with the Scimitar

The ship is then ordered by Vice Admiral Kathryn Janeway to conduct a diplomatic mission to the Romulan Star Empire, which has undergone a military coup and is now controlled by a mysterious young Reman named Shinzon. This is a surprising development, given that Remans are considered something of a "sub-race" to the Romulans who generally use them as slave labor.

Upon their arrival at Romulus, the crew learns of two more surprises: the new Romulan leader (Praetor), named Shinzon, proves to be a clone of Captain Jean-Luc Picard. While he claims to want peace, he also unveils his newest ship; a heavily armed warship named Scimitar.

Shinzon's plan soon becomes apparent. Picard has been lured to Romulus to be kidnapped so that a dying Shinzon can receive a genetic transfusion from the source of his DNA. His Scimitar has been designed to destroy Earth and establish himself as the leader of a strong again Romulan Empire. Picard is rescued, with the Enterprise racing back to the Federation with the Scimitar in pursuit.

With the assistance of two Romulan warbirds whose captains and crews now oppose Shinzon, a space battle ensues in which the warbirds are severely damaged and forced to back off. The Enterprise eventually is forced to ram the Scimitar to disable it from continuing on to Earth. 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 with Picard victorious but unable to deactivate the weapon. Data arrives and has the captain beamed back to the Enterprise before sacrificing himself to shut down the weapon.

While the severely damaged Enterprise is repaired in spacedock, Picard bids farewell to Riker, while dealing with B-4. In a meeting with B-4, Picard learns that Data had copied the seeds of his neural net, giving hope that B-4 may have the same capacity for growth that Data did.

[edit] Cast

[edit] Deleted scenes

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' relationships 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".

[edit] References

  • 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 captain on Enterprise).

[edit] Continuity Errors

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 Traveler to live in another plane of existence. In one of the deleted scenes of the movie (see Deleted Scenes section above), he describes his return to Starfleet as an engineer aboard Riker's ship, the Titan, thus accounting for the change in continuity. However, since the scene was left out of the theatrical release, it left many fans wondering at the time about his circumstances regarding his return to Starfleet.
  • 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.

[edit] Reaction

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]

The continuity error for Wesley Crusher (Wil Wheaton) is addressed in the book, "A Time for War, A Time for Peace" by Keith R.A. DeCandido (ISBN 0-7434-9179-3). The last book in a series of nine released throughout the year in 2004. These book detail the events between Star Trek: Insurrection and Star Trek: Nemesis. At the end of the afore mentioned title Wesley comes back from his travels to attend Riker and Deanna's wedding on Earth. The uniform he is wearing is actually borrowed because Wesley initially showed up for a Betazoid wedding.

[edit] Home releases

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 at Amazon.com. Also on October 4, 2005, Star Trek Nemesis was released on UMD in widescreen for Region 1 only, it's the only Star Trek ever released on UMD.

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.[6] 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.

[edit] References

  1. ^ From Trek X to Nemesis
  2. ^ First Look At New D'Deridex Class Romulan Warbird, The 'Valdore'
  3. ^ Figures according to Box Office Mojo
  4. ^ Star Trek Nemesis at Rotten Tomatoes
  5. ^ Star Trek Nemesis at Metacritic
  6. ^ Star Trek - Nemesis (Special Collector's Edition) DVD at Amazon.com.

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