Star Trek VII: Generations

1994 • 117 minutes

À propos de ce film

Stardate: the 23rd Century. Retired Starfleet officers James T. Kirk (William Shatner), Montgomery Scott (James Doohan) and Pavel Chekov (Walter Koenig) are guests of honor aboard the newly christened Enterprise-B. A test run takes an unexpected turn, however, when the starship encounters two vessels trapped inside the Nexus, a mysterious energy ribbon. During a perilous rescue attempt, Kirk is swept out into space. Seven decades later, Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) and the crew of Enterprise-D rescue an El Aurian physicist named Soran (Malcolm McDowell). Unbeknownst to Picard, Soran harbors a deadly plan that includes the destruction of the Enterprise and millions of lives. Now Picard's only hope for a future rests within the Nexus... and a legendary captain from the past.

Notes et avis

I think choosing David Carson as director was the biggest mistake, unless you leave out the space battles and fights (he directed season 3 episode 'Yesterday's Enterprise' which was a great story, until the battle scene which puts the kick-ass Enterprise-D to shame, just like in this film). Good acting with horrible direction...watch only once before deciding to buy.

This movie is sincere, entertaining, and at times beautiful. I didn't like it very much when it came out, but I better appreciate its well orchestrated themes now that I'm older. Kirk's death remains a disappointment, I wish he'd had an ambiguous fate in some unexpected, positive Nexus aftereffect worthy of Trek's greatest character. Two generations collide... sort of... and two aging Captains must escape a space-ripping dreamland offering them illusions of the lives they could have had. Kirk's confusion leaves the viewer wondering if this Nexus-Kirk might be an illusion himself. But the movie is strong enough that audiences had little choice but to accept Kirk's abrupt ending. Great scenes throughout, some that will bring tears (including Kirk talking to his dog who had passed away years before), some obligatory movie moments like Data using a colorful metaphor, and a heartbroken scientist villain who wants to step out of time and join his slain family in illusion form in the time-defying Nexus. "Time is the fire in which we burn," Soran, the crazed scientist, tells a stunned Picard early in the movie. The Delmore Schwartz quote is meant to be haunting in the movie's context. And it is. Look past the gratuitous silver screen scenes and enjoy an exuberant but melancholy Trek adventure.

Good story. Director made a critical mistake with the lighting being green and dark. The way the Enterprise shields were defeated in the movie can't happen. I guess the writers didn't read the tng technical manual. Of course they had to find a way to destroy the ship so Voyager could use the sets.