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mac1 · 5th December 2004, 08:38 PM

I personally like the TNG movies a lot, First Contact being my favorite, but I think they would benefit from being written with a much slower pace. There seems to be a desperatation in the screenplays, as if they have to fill the modern day stylings of the current blockbusters, when quite frankly the characters are so well known that this need not be the case.

Now I am all for huge plots of epic scales, so bring those on, but lets not forget about our characters. One of the things the TOS movies did much better than TNG ones was show the human element. I love the scenes in the TOS movies which simply show old friends enjoying each others friendship, for example the camping scene in V, Kirk's birthday in II, and the zoo scenes in IV. The TNG crew have a natural screen chemistry which should be exploited, I do not wish to see the TNG movies finish, but I think a change in screenplay direction would be welcomed. More subplots which show the personal side of the TNG crew please. Just my thoughts on the matter...

View Poll Results: What would you like to see in the next Trek movie?
Have one more film with the Next Generation cast and then have Captain Riker take over	8	50.00%
A movie featuring the Deep Space Nine cast	1	6.25%
A movie featuring the Voyager cast	3	18.75%
A movie featuring the Enterprise cast	1	6.25%
A movie featuring Captain Mackenzie Calhoun (a character created in the Trek novels)	1	6.25%
Have one more film with the Next Generation cast and then focuse on the adventures of Captain Mackenzie Calhoun	0	0%
A movie with an entirely different cast that is not based on a television show	2	12.50%
Voters: 16. You may not vote on this poll

5th December 2004, 08:38 PM	#16 (permalink)
mac1 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: UK: ENGLAND: Posts: 567	Re: Star Trek Movie Poll I personally like the TNG movies a lot, First Contact being my favorite, but I think they would benefit from being written with a much slower pace. There seems to be a desperatation in the screenplays, as if they have to fill the modern day stylings of the current blockbusters, when quite frankly the characters are so well known that this need not be the case. Now I am all for huge plots of epic scales, so bring those on, but lets not forget about our characters. One of the things the TOS movies did much better than TNG ones was show the human element. I love the scenes in the TOS movies which simply show old friends enjoying each others friendship, for example the camping scene in V, Kirk's birthday in II, and the zoo scenes in IV. The TNG crew have a natural screen chemistry which should be exploited, I do not wish to see the TNG movies finish, but I think a change in screenplay direction would be welcomed. More subplots which show the personal side of the TNG crew please. Just my thoughts on the matter...