It was an obvious gimmick, but one that the fans really wanted, yet despite being called “Star Trek: Generations,” the film only really brought together Captains Kirk and Picard, and only then for the inevitable third act showdown with mad scientist Malcolm McDowell. But we get ahead of ourselves. The somewhat flimsy premise for the team-up of the captains of two generations of Enterprises is a cosmic whatchamacallit where time stops and makes all your dreams come true in a vivid fantasy land. Kirk’s trapped inside, McDowell’s villain wants in, and Picard tries to stop him from destroying a star system to do it. The film featured a pretty spectacular sequence of the Enterprise-D crash landing on a planet, but it also featured the biggest fight between senior citizens this side of Grumpy Old Men. Ultimately, the film is reviled somewhat for killing off Captain Kirk, but since Shatner resurrected him for a series of novels set post-Generations Trekkies can’t stay too mad (probably).
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