20 Things You Didn't Know About Star Trek: First Contact (1996) Part 1
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- Опубликовано: 22 июл 2024
- First Contact remains a mighty Trek classic over 25 years later.
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I've said this before and I'll say it again. Trek Culture is the only place where I can get "X things you didn't know about Star Trek" where I actually find out things I didn't know. Keep up the good work, guys!
Agree with you 100%
I do too.
It was very funny about 2 weeks ago when we were asked to send in suggestions of 'things we don't know about star trek'.
I can't do that. Can anyone?
Minty Comedic Arts does 10 things... about individual movies. They're nearer IMDb quality titbits though.
@@kanedaku I follow Minty, thanks. Unfortunately, even for non-Trek stuff, I know most if not all of the things he tells us
@@terprubin Same. Gotta love the enthusiasm and mispronunciations.
I was about 11 when I was sitting in a room dimly lit with the TV while I read astronomy books and drew spaceships. Like some twist of fate, I decided to switch over one night and landed on "Star Trek: First Contact" right at the "Battle of Sector 001". It had me hooked on the spot, but then April 5th was mentioned as First Contact Day, which also happens to be my birthday. I'm hoping to be around in 2063, and that the world will be in a better spot then than it is now. LLAP.
I was 14 years old when First Contact was released. In my mind today? it remains the best that Trek has ever been. It feels like Star Trek has been chasing that high ever since - if not in story? then certainly in glory.
It's good but the best is star trek 2! With star trek 3 & 6 second place.
@@philfitnesspt6139 - I'm not trying to say it was the best film - but that Trek 'peaked' with First Contact in terms of scope, in terms of 'shock' factor. It was the "End Game" of Star Trek from the perspective of a viewer. The Borg had been built up for a decade in the shows - Nothing is currently in a position to drop anything the size of First Contact on us.
@@JohnnyWednesday I like your analogy with 'Endgame' in that the antagonist had been built up for almost a decade.
We're the same age. I partially agree, It's the best ST but only in context of movies. The best Trek by far (in my opinion) goes to DS9. It's a slow burn at first but as it gets going you see character development hat is second to none. It also matures into a darker trek where humans are not all usually portrayed as virtuous or main characters never conflict etc (as per Genes rules). Although I loved TNG I was happy that DS9 went a different route. I's later seasons are epic and they had right balance between episodic and serialised.
I'm in your age and while I think 8 was an awesome star trek movie I watched so often as a child I also started loving 2 and 6 when I got older. Everything Star Trek before 2009 will always have a special place in my heart.
The sad part of the Borg Queen intro is that it took 5 months to shoot 'perfectly because it was originally going to be one fluid shot from when we first see her suspended in the air to when she fits into her body. Frakes has told how extremely tricky it was to pull off.... and then the editors made it moot by clipping a shot of Data's reaction to her descent into the middle of that single shot. Frakes was really frustrated with that as it would have been MUCH easier to do in multiple shots.
From a video editors perspective, sometimes I find that even if I edit a shot, if a shot was originally well done in one take that that quality is still present in the resulting edit. It's true that it would have been easier then to do in multiple takes, but if they had done it that way they might not have put in the effort to make it look as good, and the result could have been poorer
This is such a good movie, not just as a Trek feature but in general.
This is my favourite Jonathan Frakes directed film or TV series episode.
Sadly the only good next.gen film the other 3 are just average generations being good just because kirk is in it.
I think it's the *best* Trek film ever
This i why it did so well as box office because it was watched by fans and non-fans alike.
Having Geordi switch over to ocular implants does make perfect sense, seeing as his visor was hacked by the Duras sisters in the previous movie, and the implants would've been able to prevent against that happening. Since that hacked visor ultimately lead to the destruction of the Enterprise D
Also because Soren asked him why doesnt he install implants that would make him look more normal
@@NitpickingNerd
Exposing my beating heart during torture? That I could bounce right back from. But saying my eye-wear made me look like a weirdo? That cut deep. (The heart surgery thing cut deep only in the literal sense.) 🤗
And as you may know, @@NitpickingNerd, we can tie it all together. As our good TrekCulture narrator touched upon, LeVar was reportedly frustrated from the get-go with having to act without his eyes showing. Screenwriter flirtation with ways to free the character from his VISOR thus persisted throughout the show. Hence we saw William "Q" Riker wave Geordi's blindness briefly away, hypothetical futures in which Geordi had enjoyed a biological cure, and one instance in which the real Beverly promised a permanent cure was a prospect.
Meanwhile, also here in the real world, many noted that Geordi's status made him representational of the disabled. If he continued to excel despite blindness, he'd remain inspirational. To leave that character trait behind would seem to undo that.
So the VISOR stayed on.
Not sure why it took so long to come up with contacts that looked high-tech and call them an internalized substitute for the VISOR. The scene in Generations was very likely written to set up this change.
(Why write the scene in Insurrection where he's got temporarily natural eyes with which to watch a sunrise, though, I wonder? Off the top of my head, best I've got on that is: why not? 🤗)
@@alm2187 Judging from his acting in Cameo's music video for "Word up", I'd say LeVar Burtons acting actually improved because of the visor
I never thought of that! Makes perfect sense.
Definitely a top favourite film of mine. That overture still brings me out in goosebumps, and does move me.
Yeah, that intro is amazing. It's one of the more influencial contributing factors to my lifelong desire (as yet unrequited) to play the french horn.
Trumpet, baritone/euphonium I've learned to play tolerably well, and trombone I'm learning, but french horn is still sadly out of reach.
Still, one day.
@@dakotahrickard keeps the wee grey cells going as Poirot said. Learning something new helps keep the brain developing. I bought a guitar to start learning. That and trying to make a jacket that Jean Luc Picard wore in one episode of Star Trek TNG. I sometimes play along with a video of the overture with the flute. I learnt that and piano to grade 8. Keep learning and playing, it's so good for the brain and your mental health ☮️🖖
@@cocteaut I love that Inner Light piece. It's absolutely gorgeous.
Funnily enough, when I went to see First Contact, about 40 minutes in the screen went completely white and after another 20 minutes of just sitting staring at a blank screen the lights came up and an employee came in to tell us the projector had caught fire and we would have to be given rain checks to come back another time after they got another copy of the film. Lovely. It took me two weeks before I was able to get back and see the whole movie.
When I was a kid in the 90s, my cousin was gushig about Star Trek Generations and it made me curious. I went to our local VHS rental store and asked if they had Star Trek. They had this movie so I rented it. And I was BLOWN away. I rented the movie maybe hundreds of times. This movie singlehandedly made me a Trekkie.
Er but this isn't generations it's first contact? Lol
I rented the tape about four times before it was available to buy, THAT'S how much I loved this film!
@@philfitnesspt6139 seems you may have misread what he said. His friend was talking about Generations, making him curious. He then went to a VHS rental store and the movie they had, which then he checked out, was First Contact.
Just wanted to clear up some possible misunderstanding, thats all. :)
@@philfitnesspt6139 Did I say this video is about Generations? Please read again.
@@dracoseraphaz9347 Thanks, that is precisely it
Switching Picard and Riker's roles would have been a big mistake. Picard dealing with his trauma over being assimilated is far too important, IMO, to have him stuck on the planet with Cochrane, even if it would have resulted in him taking Cochrane's place, a la Sisko in the Bell Riots.
I think Stewart's insistence was well-founded, even if his reasoning may have differed.
It certainly worked out better the way it did. Having Picard take the cockpit would have really taken away from Cochrane's character. Plus Geordie's interaction with Riker is better IMO.
But, it's also a continuity error as Picard had already dealt with his trauma during the series. Especially in the episode where he spares Hue and DOESN'T use him as a Trojan horse to deliver a deadly virus into the collective. First Contact Picard wouldn't have hesitated to wiped out the entire Borg collective if he could.
@@WileECoyote0001 Hugh is different in thst he had been freed from the collective.
People often have to deal with trauma many times. It creeps up and rears its head when you least expect it. What a person truly learns is how to deal with it when it happens.
I'm going to take this opportunity to speak to a point I've had for years.
First, tiny back story. I'm blind and have been since birth. I also watched Star Trek practically since birth. TNG was very formative for me. So that places me in time.
As a child, I was given few (shockingly few) blind or visually impaired role models. This serious under-representation actually became something of a talking point as an adult; we're significantly under-represented in mainstream media, even compared with other disabilities and minorities.
Anyway, Geordi LaForge is an obvious role model. I had at least two Geordi action figures, and one of my earlier childhood dreams was growing up to be an engineer like Geordi. Sadly, technical drawing and design is somewhat beyond my grasp, because of my blindness, so I moved on from that idea.
But as I got older and watched more Star Trek, something occurred to me. Geordi is not actually a very good self-insert for the blind. In fact, he's rather a bad one. He cannot cope with the loss of his vision. Whenever his VISOR is removed, he wants it back very quickly. In fact, though loss of vision is not a key plot point, I'd suggest that, because of his trauma, he's even more attached to his eyesight than a lot of the traditionally sighted characters.
Instead, Geordi is a perfect role model for the emerging population of neural modification and prosthetics. I still like the character; he's one of my favorites, and I feel that the VISOR may have actually caused his actor to express himself more effectively vocally, because Geordi's emotions are clearly written in his voice. But I was a little sad to see my childhood role model in a different light.
On the other hand, I latched onto another character, whose brief (single episode) of appearance was riveting. "Is There In Truth No Beauty" features Dr. Miranda Jones. Granted, she is a telepath, and that's a little harder to relate with, but she is a high-quality psychologist. Furthermore, she is not afraid of her lack of vision. She does try to hide the fact, indicating she feels shame over her condition, but that, sadly, is a common state among blind people, though not one I feel myself. She uses future technology to navigate her environment, but it's technology that is not integrated into her body; the sensor net she wears gives her data about the environment without seeming to require the same kind of modification as the VISOR.
The technology obviously works, as she boasts being able to play tennis, a highly visual game, a boast she wouldn't make without being able to back it up. Her neuroses contribute significantly to the arc of the show, making her somewhat the antagonist, but this, too, is empowering in its own way. She certainly possesses the wit and capacity for good and for ill.
I know this comment has very little to do with the subject of the video, stemming from one entry in the list about Geordi's VISOR and Berton's performance, but I don't think the channel has done a list of disabled characters throughout Star Trek (nudge nudge) and I felt it worth the time to type.
Live long and prosper.
Considering that you're blind, you have no typos in your comment. Which is better than many sighted people in youtube.
I rarely read long posts. Yours however was worth reading.
First contact isn't just a great next generation movie it's one of the best Trek movies. It's got a great story and the characters are very well written. It is a credit to Jonathan Frakes and his production team to put out such a great film at warp speed . As for Insurrection I personally like the film .....it's much better then generations and nemesis.
When you think about Q's role in introducing the Borg, it makes sense he'd show up in the Borg movie
I always felt like Q might show up immediately after the events of First Contact and be like
I told you so
Unconfirmed sources say Q did play a part where Q prevented the Enterprise from being written out of history as an explanation for why the ship and crew remained after the changes to the timeline, but this could be wishful thinking would love for this to be the case
@@megashilba I thought it was because they were in the temporal wake of the sphere.
@@Sephiroth144 Well it was either Q or technobabble. Both equally reasonable explanations.
@ You can see they visually represented the ship being caught in the Borg Sphere's wake, (around 5:20 watch?v=D7KCb-O20Fg ) Have you ever drafted behind a truck? Same principle...
@@Sephiroth144 your explanation probably that is what is the case of what happened. I think my unofficial idea was more of an in universe explanation and I also was explained in a novel or the movie novel aprothicphical info at the time but is now probably not canon at all unless written in as a recon in the future
That makeup sign that said Ferengis, Klingons and Borg oh my! LOL
7:25 Me: where's the other part of the list?
Picard: "The line must be drawn HERE! THIS FAR AND NO FARTHER!"
Best line in First Contact...Worf to the Borg: "Assimilate this." Before blasting him
Maybe it’s just nostalgia, but I love this movie. Great score, great visuals and the Borg are still the scary villains.
I remember myself very exited watching the first scene the Enterprise E apears. Realy explode my brain!
That beautiful scene of the Enterprise E gliding out if the nebula still gives me goosebumps!
I fondly remember seeing this on the big screen when it came out, with a friend who let's be honest wasn't as into Trek as I but was prepared to indulge me, bless her, and I did did find myself choking up seeing the TNG cast reunited. Didn't see Generations, for reasons which escape me, so this was quite something at the time. I don't think we got a toilet break, but happy days nonetheless.
I really enjoyed this because I'm such a fan of the film. Looking forward to Part 2. Big fan of TrekCulture!
One of my favorite films of all time.
First Contact is my favorite Star Trek movie ever!
I was a very excited 17 year old when I went to the cinema to watch this during my Christmas leave whilst undergoing army basic training. I had a fortnight off and I think I went to watch it at least twice.
Pt2 better include the Borg comedy nicknames. I remember at the time an interview with the producers revealed that different extras had different names to identify them .
Bjorn Borg, Smorgasborg etc
1996 ??? I was in the army,stationed at Ft Hood,Tx in 1st Cav-Div-home unit-HHC 2/8 Cav !!! GO-ARMY !!! It was a WILD=RIDE at Hood !!! LOL. And I was a wild boy too !!!MAYBE,a little too wild !!! LOL. I remember seeing this film in the cinema and enjoying it very much !! I LOVE THE BORG. LOL. A lot of Star Trek fans in the army too. GOOD video,learned a lot.
The second one, #19, explains a lot of why *Red Letter Media* wrote such a scathing review of Picard's character. He was much angrier and more active compared to how he had ever been before.
While FC wasn't the first Star Trek I watched, it was what made me start caring about the franchise, and the Borg were a large part of that. I hadn't seen any of the Borg episodes for TNG when I first saw this and I thought the Borg were genuinely terrifying, so I started thinking "I gotta see more of this!"
Actually rewatched first contact yesterday and every time i rewatch this movie im surprised how well it has held up over all these years. Still my favourite star trek movie
FYI, Trekculture videos are the one channel that I rewatch all the time even ones I’ve seen five times because they’re that good keep it up
First Contact (title score) has by far the best musical score of ANY Star Trek Film. It is extremely beautiful score.
This is my favorite Star Trek movie with Wrath of Khan a close second. I always wished that we could have had more of the horror element. That scene in the Jefferies tube always give me the creeps and perfectly defines the true terror of the Borg - you can't escape them.
Nicely done.
One of my favourite ST movies along with 2 and 6 ❤️
I am completely flabbergasted. Seven months is insane.
I will say, First Contact is, IMO, the best of the 4 TNG movies, and the #3 of all the Star Trek movie universe behind Wrath of Khan & Undiscovered Country. I love this movie.
This is what got me into Trek in the first place.
This is splendid, Thank you. I really dig the morse code Easter egg in the ocular implants. I had no idea that was a thing, but how cool is it??
Amazing video. I'm looking foward for the 2nd part. I remember watching this movie when I was 14 and its has just been released. Regards! *
I learned something today! Yeah, man, you're really good at this. The research, presentation, and wit are spot on! Ok - I will say, it would have been great if Q appeared for a 10 second exchange where Picard curses him and says "End this now, Q!" and Q smiles, "mon capitain, I simply came here to tell you that I have nothing to do with what's going on. You're on your own this time." gone, carry on to the Holodeck
By far one of the best Star Trek movies ever made. It’s great to learn new things about it.
First Contact is by far and away the best TNG movie and probably the second best Trek movie for me.
It's a shame despite doubling the budget, they could never replicate the success with TNG. The script and characters were key in it.
You can definitely see some plot points that were not used in First Contact that ended up being used in Picard season 2.
I can't wait for the rest of it. Looking forward to it!
In-universe, it was Doctor Pulaski who first suggested Geordi get optic implants and ditch the visor.
I've loved FC more and more over the years. The guest performances were outstanding. It established the Enterprise E as a beautiful, badass ship.
I always preferred the VISOR. I did know these before, but it's always fun to revisit them.
Awesome video!
Of COURSE I'll come back and visit you!
I think First Contact is my favorite Star Trek film, but it isn't as if none of the others are close. I love the feel this film had.
I went to a Star Trek convention in 94 or 95 (pretty sure it was in 95) where John de Lancie and Majel Barrett were the featured guests and de Lancie made it VERY clear during his appearance that he wanted to appear in the second TNG film or at least a TNG film after that one. It makes sense now since they would have been considering including him at that time
The movie was fantastic and the design of the borg made it scarier over their tv counterparts and then used the makeup during voyager era .
One of my most memorable “technical difficulty in the middle of a movie” incidents was when I saw Search for Spock in the theater. It was the scene where David was fighting the Klingon with the knife, then right at the critical “pre-stab” moment the film cut out and there was a collective sound of protest from the audience.
For me- Terminator III. There's the scene where the power goes out in the military base, and right then the theater power goes out (big thunderstorm was rolling through). There was that moment of "wait..."
Please, please, please, please TrekCulture, can you start doing ups and downs for all the feature films. Pretending as if you're seeing it for the first time.
Would love that too. Would need to be consistent with the ones you have been doing for the series though, So First Contact gets an automatic up for being directed by Riker.😀
I love this movie. It was amazing in the cinema, and I know all the words. I had the collectors edition VHS and pretty much wore it out. I can never decide whether this one, 2 or 4 is my favourite ST film. I change my mind fairly often. I think my version of 8 from the Final Frontier set is pretty much worn out and it is digital so can't wear out! That is how much I watch it!
Stuff in there I 100% didn't know. Well played sir.
Directed by Jonathan Frakes - the best Star Trek show director. Great movie, loved the themes and musical tones from First Contact being used in Picard Season 2.
What suprised me the most was that the Star Wars VFX company was responsible for making this look good and it was not even a numbered entry.
I may have an unpopular opinion but i was sad when geordi appeared without the visor. I always thought it made him look like a badass. His "ocular implant" eyes looked dead and a bit sinister to me. But whatever, give lavar what he wants, he certainly earned it. 🙂
Hopefully you'll have in part 2 that the Millennium Falcon is in the fight with the borg in the beginning. Its kind of a blink and you'll miss moment, but apparently John Knoll who had just done the one of the Star Wars special editions inserted the Millennium Falcon in the background of this scene.
It's cool, because EC Henry takes a few frames of the "Millennium Falcon" from the Borg battle and models an actual starship that fits the general shape seen in those frames and extrapolates a backstory from it. Basically, it had come out of the same R&D program as the Defiant.
@@eXcommunicate1979 I knew there was a reason I loved the Defiant so much lol
Saw this opening night but our buddy was late. So we went in and when it was over, he was in line for the next show. So we joined him and saw it again
Sean:"Was it perfect? No!"
I disagree. It WAS perfect. It's my favorite TNG Film, followed by Insurrection
I also think this one is the best film, followed closely by Insurrection.
@@martinpeasha2638 Most people don't like Insurrection and they say that it feels just Like a long TV episode. Imo that makes this movie so trekky 🤷🏻♂️
Regarding practical model use stopping in First Contact. I am pretty sure that was the intention, but that they did use physical models or parts there of for some stuff. For all the good reasons to hate Nemesis, the ships ramming was done practically with a partial saucer section created for it.
My parents loved this movie and thought it would be perfect to introduce me to Star Trek. Turns out the Borg brutally and coldly assimilating people can really scare 9 year old kids. I was scared of the Borg for years after this
CGI can work, but I don't really like the look of the ships, especially in the last few years of Stark Trek. The copy and paste fleet from PIC was awful, and I don't particularly like the over-the-top lens flare from the JJ films either. I liked PIC Season 2 better, although I wasn't 100% satisfied either. To me, Star Trek, especially the ships, looked their best during First Contact. I don't know why, but it looks so "real", kind of touchable. This is probably due to the fact that all films are no longer shot on real film but with digital cameras, so that everything looks a bit "washed out" these days.
anything produced from kurtzman era trek is garbage. DS9 did it best and even with full on fleet battles too for tv!!
considering the heavy tone of the movie, I'm guessing the writers decided that a Q cameo would have felt out of place
I loved this movie !! Saw it with my dad when I was a kid
Solkar was mentioned in Enterprise. when the Crew were sequestered to the catwalks and an ensign was trying to finish a crossword puzzle and asks Archer who was the first Vulcan Ambassador to Earth.. and he Answered Sokol.
A terrific video, but the sound harshens whenever there's an S sound.
It's definitely one of the best trek films hands down.
I remember seeing this in the cinema. I miss the 90s.
I...I don't remember there being an intermission when I saw First Contact. My bladder certainly suffered. 🤣
One of the best Trek films OF ALL TIME!! Live long and prosper.
First Contact is easily the best Next Generation movie. It finally showed Starfleet taking a pre emptive tactical stance against the Borg- NB: The Borg doesn’t remember any knowledge assimilated from Picard in The Best of Both Worlds as Adm. Hayes (who did survive the Battle of the Typhon Expanse/Sector 001 as he was seen later in Star Trek: Voyager)’ fleet held out far longer than Adm. Hayes’ 40 vessels at Wolf 359.
Solkar’s voice actually sounded a lot like Mark Lenard’s, adding more credence to his connection.
Its a shame Q never appeared in any TNG film.
Regarding Geordi’s VISOR- he should’ve been given the implants from the start- given how unwieldy the VISOR seems to be compared to Col. Steve Austin’s bionic vision as seen in the 1970s’ The Six Million Dollar Man. And Col. Austin’s bionic eyesight looked far cooler than the chaotic look seen from Geordi’s POV in TNG’s “Heart of Glory”, the only time it was ever seen in any TNG show.
Of course, Starfleet wasn't resting on their laurels for those years either. The Anti-Borg ships had rolled out, the tactical data gained from Wolf 359 & from Picard's debriefs, and probably some tricks picked up mucking around with the Dominion and that little Klingon War- Starfleet was a much tougher organization that the Borg encountered on 43997.
Honestly, I think Geordi's perception of sight looked very little, to him, like what the bridge crew saw in Heart Of Glory. Consider the fact that Geordi sees well beyond the limits (in both directions) of visible light. We're either seeing a narrow pass filter that shows only what he can see in the visible spectrum, or a condensed view of the entire spectrum he can see, squashed down to be represented as visible light. Either way, they aren't actually seeing what Geordi can see but a distorted version. Granted, it was chaotic; he says so himself, but it's probably more manageable than shown onscreen.
Also, I think the designers of the VISOR were extremely ambicious to try to cram all that info into a neuromodular device. I also think (being that this isn't Geordi's first)" VISOR) that he may have either requested or self-implemented the amount of detail he receives to better facilitate his career.
It seems ludicrous that every blind person equipped with the VISOR would have to filter through all of that information manually instead of having some built-in assistance to cut down the clutter.
In short, the Colonel's bionic vision in Six Million Dollar Man is probably what's actually available to the majority of blind folks who get implants. The people making the device could easily have dealt with the noise and made an easier visual interface, and Geordi seems the type to push the envelope if there's a perceived benefit.
The real question is why would the character Geordi go for the occular implants? We learn about them in Season II of TNG. The VISOR was hacked in Generations, sure, but it had been hacked before, and Geordi's implants had been a tactical weakness before. What changed? And let's be honest, the bionic eyes he receives are still capable of seeing most of the things the VISOR can. And they're still almost as much a tactical liability, as with the technology of the day, hacking one neural implant is probably as easy as hacking the other.
But one of the most interesting follow-ups is this: Why did Geordi's optic nerve and eyes suddenly degenerate after Insurrection? If the natives of the planet can leave the planet without immediately becoming several-hundred-year-old skeletons, why do Geordi's eyes etc not retain their regenerated state?
I'll leave you with that to ponder.
Thanks, and whoopsie, my bad, I mistakenly named Adm. Hayes (instead of Adm. Hanson) as the CO of the Starfleet armada destroyed at Wolf 359.
Speaking of Starfleet, in First Contact, they barred Jean-Luc and the Enterprise from joining the Battle of the Typhon Expanse/Sector 001, yet in the 2 parter Descent, Fleet Admiral Alynna Nechayev ordered Picard to head Task Force 3 (Enterprise/Crazy Horse/Agammemnon) with the USS Gorkon as her flagship. That’s a contradiction in terms of continuity as the Descent takes place far nearer to the events of The Best of Both Worlds and Family, where Picard was seen traumatized by his assimilation, compared to the 2-3 years between All Good Things and Generations.
oh man. Now I really want to see Star Trek: Reniassance.
I would love to get my hands on that big model!
Didn't they used a partial model of the E for the crashing scene in Nemesis?
First Contact is my favorite Star Trek Movie.
They should have made the borg eye pieces flash Morse code for help me. If anyone caught on it would have shown that there was still some individuality left in them
Thank you. 🖖🏻
This still proves that Trek works better on a budget. Of course a good co cept, Picard undergoing PTSD with a revenge drive, that works.
I loved the Klingon skeet shoot scene.
Worf: Assimilate this! ( BLAM!)
Best Star Trek movie ever made (in my opinion).
Wrath of Khan in second place.
I heard that HR Giger, who designed the Xenomorph in ALIEN was considered for redesigning the Borg film. Looking at some of his other works, I have came across some designs that may have inspired the Borg to begin with. But I heard that the Borg was patterned after Lord Dread from CAPTAIN POWER.
I was a manager for Cineplex Odeon when this movie came out. The information we were given said the title was: Star Trek: Final Conflict. The F and C are the same so it was probably a typo, but still it's kind of funny.
I'm almost positive that the Enterprise/Scimitar collision scene in Nemesis was done with models (I'll have to unearth my DVD, as I think it was covered in a special feature).
First Contact is my favorite TNG movie. Overall it's my second favorite Trek movie; right behind The Wrath of Kahn. Lol, Kahn didn't want to be a statue either!
I always wondered, since you did mention Insurrection. Whatever happened between Picard and Anij?
Here's something that bothered me about Geordi's VISOR, although it wasn't until decades later: what was the point of all the added capabilities? Sure, good for story, but in-universe? Was there a conversation like, "Hey, Joe, you know that blind kid? How about we make it so he can see neutrinos and s--t? Wouldn't that be cool?" "I don't know, man. That's like mad scientist stuff. What if causes him lifelong pain? The human visual cortex isn't made for that." "C'mon, man, where's your sense of adventure? Besides, it's for SCIENCE!"
Accurate, I thought about this a lot while watching the show. The visor could have come into play a lot more frequently but it mostly just ended up being a cool gimmick for Geordi’s character.
I love the make-up room sign (at 3:15-20) that says, "Ferengis and Klingons and Borg, Oh My!"
Glad they didn't include Q in the movie. I generally don't care for the character, particularly since as soon as you introduce and omnipotent being as a character, that means you can just call in the "god" for help. I personally would not antagonize Q, I'd rather have him as a friend than an enemy.
First Contact probably isn't most people's pic for best Trek film, but it'll always be my favorite. It was the first Trek film I got to see in theaters, and as a 10 year old at the time the Borg terrified me. They really peaked in this movie. Voyager kind of tamed them down after this, and now they seem to be nothing more than a running gag.
I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER THE AUDIENCE'S GASP WHEN THE BORG CLAMP EXPOSED ITSELF
Sean big OOF right off the bat in a technicality.. STFC WAS a Perfect film in the sense nothing was cut and ending up on the editing room floor.
I think pretty much anyone with working eyes knew that the Borg received a big budget upgrade.
Star Trek First Contact was the first movie ever to give me nightmares. the idea of being assimilated and the loss of individuality scared my younger self. I also seen STFC in the theater 3 times at the and still is one of the best looking trek movies
You guys need to go on Star Trek the Cruise next year!
My favorite Next Gen film and my favorite star trek film
Here's something I don't know about Star Trek First Contact:
The original date of First Contact was in 2061.
There was an encyclopaedia produced before this movie listing all sorts of canon and facts established during the show's history.
A revised edition got released after this film.
My favorite Trek movie!
Fun fact about Geordis implants: In season two of TNG Dr. Pulaski offers Georde implants instead of a visor with the caveat of a worse performance. Seems that about a decade later the technology evolved.
When Data was being dragged in by the Borg before the door shuts I wanted him to shout: Ryker somethings got me!!!*
*two points if you get the reference.
So many Trekkers refer to LtCdr La Forge as "Geordi". On the Enterprise E, only 5 officers were his seniors and thus could use his first name. I think we should call the officers, JeanLuc, Will, Beverly, and Deanna, if we are going to keep calling the Chief Engineer by his first name.
Wait what? I don’t think they gave us a bathroom break in the States. I do have good memories of this one though,it came out shortly after I got into Trek.