More on Star Trek: Nemesis
Feb. 20th, 2003 10:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
meteordustApart from my quibbles regarding a certain plot point, I really did enjoy this. In many ways, it was like a reunion with old, treasured friends. From Riker and Troi's long-awaited wedding, to Data's equally long-awaited promotion, to Wesley's brief cameo, it was satisfying to witness the nods to continuity and the graceful tying up of loose ends.
Shinzon was a compelling antagonist, as anyone templated from Picard ought to be. The interplay between them was fascinating to watch, as well as the echoes of Picard in Shinzon's speech and manner.
I'm not sure Shinzon merited the title 'nemesis' - he wasn't Picard's great and enduring rival, but a shadowy reflection thirsting for identity, desperate to succeed. The quest for identity is one of my pet themes, and I loved seeing Shinzon's obsession with Picard and his obvious search for connection.
They kept toying with the idea that Picard could have ended up on the same dark road as Shinzon, had his life been shaped differently, but what cut deeper was that Shinzon could have shone so bright. Yeah, I'm big on redemption too. And Shinzon's final moments, whispering his last words to Picard - that was just. Wow.
Does Nemesis seem like a fitting finale to the Next Generation movies? I have mixed feelings about that. The closing shot, with the Enterprise resting in spacedock, made it feel like they were simply taking a breather before the next big adventure. Not like the end of Star Trek VI, where the original crew were all gathered together aboard the Enterprise, preparing to sail off into the sunset and into legend.
I'm not a huge TOS fan, or a Kirk fan of any stripe, but that line - "Second star to the right, and straight on till morning..." - still brings a lump to my throat. If Nemesis is truly to be the Next Gen crew's final journey, I would have liked to have had something similarly iconic to farewell them with.
Well. They will be remembered, with great fondness and affection.
Vale, Enterprise.
Shinzon was a compelling antagonist, as anyone templated from Picard ought to be. The interplay between them was fascinating to watch, as well as the echoes of Picard in Shinzon's speech and manner.
I'm not sure Shinzon merited the title 'nemesis' - he wasn't Picard's great and enduring rival, but a shadowy reflection thirsting for identity, desperate to succeed. The quest for identity is one of my pet themes, and I loved seeing Shinzon's obsession with Picard and his obvious search for connection.
They kept toying with the idea that Picard could have ended up on the same dark road as Shinzon, had his life been shaped differently, but what cut deeper was that Shinzon could have shone so bright. Yeah, I'm big on redemption too. And Shinzon's final moments, whispering his last words to Picard - that was just. Wow.
Does Nemesis seem like a fitting finale to the Next Generation movies? I have mixed feelings about that. The closing shot, with the Enterprise resting in spacedock, made it feel like they were simply taking a breather before the next big adventure. Not like the end of Star Trek VI, where the original crew were all gathered together aboard the Enterprise, preparing to sail off into the sunset and into legend.
I'm not a huge TOS fan, or a Kirk fan of any stripe, but that line - "Second star to the right, and straight on till morning..." - still brings a lump to my throat. If Nemesis is truly to be the Next Gen crew's final journey, I would have liked to have had something similarly iconic to farewell them with.
Well. They will be remembered, with great fondness and affection.
Vale, Enterprise.
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Date: 2003-02-28 07:36 am (UTC)I enjoyed reading your review - I've barely seen any fannish reviews of "Nemesis"! Did people just not care?
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Date: 2003-03-03 05:09 am (UTC)Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it. I haven't seen much buzz about Nemesis online either, apart from long, meandering threads in the newsgroups about why it sucked, why Star Trek is dead, etc etc. It's kind of disappointing - I'd have thought more people would have been excited about it, especially if it's going to be the last of the TNG movies. I don't know - maybe people are just all Trekked out.