Star Trek: Nemesis doesn't deserve the hatred he receives

A feature of the 2002 theater Star Trek: Nemesis, the 10th Trek franchise film, has disregarded the often-overlooked conventional wisdom of the Trek film series & # 39; Greatly dismissed by critics and fans, Nemesis they carry it hard at the box office. And while director Stuart Baird hopefully follow through

, Nemesis injure it to be the exit of the main casting screen Star Trek: The Next Generation. The image of this movie has never improved much over the past 17 years, even though Tom Hardy, who plays the villain Shinzon, became a superstar, and though Star Trek himself has continued to appear, he has since moved on. Abrams movies have produced a Kelvin-timeline on the CBS All Access series Star Trek: Discovery and Star Trek: Picard.

However PicardRelying on important events and themes that arise Nemesis it gives fans the perfect opportunity to re-watch the movie, not only that it brings to life a progression, but also as a tale of the Trealone Trek and blockbuster science fiction. Fans often rate the first movie with a number The Next Generation cast (1996 & # 39; s Star Trek: First Contact) as the best. However Nemesis it builds on many of the things it worked well for First Communication, and attracts other winners TrekThe -movie tradition, starting with the grandmother of Hardy, a Shakespearean resident, who stands alongside figures like Ricardo Montalban & # 39; s Khan from 1982 & # 39; s Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan with Christopher Plummer & # 39; s Chang from 1991 & # 39; s Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Land.

Like those villains, Shinnon is a good but misleading starter from a previously banned society – in this case, the Remans, a slave to the Romulan Empire. Though he grew up with Reman's slaves, he was forced to work in the dilithium mines, and led Reman's forces into the Dominion War, Shinnon himself was not Reman. He is a man, and as the film presents in a lively introduction, he is also the man of Captain Enterprise Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart), who was created by the Romulans as a Starfleet installation tool, but dropped into lidithium mines only. the Romanian leadership changed and those plans were abandoned.

Shinnon's origins are not stupid, but they are extremely quiet in the old neighborhood Star Trek way, and gives both villain and hero (Nemesis is Picard's movie from start to finish) a personal stake in the story, in addition to the necessary conclusion of the entire galaxy. Shinnon joins the crowd of the Romulan senator at the opening of the movie, as one of his loyalists uses a tower weapon that turns the dust officials into dust. The immense destructive power of that weapon is hanging in the movie. It's your basic plan for a villagalomaniacal villain, but Hardy, in one of his first roles, gives you the feeling of a great disaster, another lost cause in a life full of lost causes.

“I hope you forgive the darkness. We are not free from the light, ”suggests Shinnon in his first post. His discussion remains almost as Florid's same Nemesis. The Remans live entirely on the dark side of their planet, and look like Mark Schreck & # 39; s Count Orlok variants from Nosferatu

. Shinnon is as smooth as Bela Lugosi as Dracula, however, his encounters with Picard's rivals, William Shatner's Captain, Kirk Kirk is with either Khan or Chang. Before Shinnon reveals the magnitude of his evil, he invites Picard to a dinner meeting with each, and the two share in the wines Trek philosophical discussion, taking into account how their lives are interrupted, despite the exact genetic structure.

Nemesis it is not about intelligent debates. After the hokey, low-level 1998 & # 39; s story Star Trek: Rebellion, which represented the low point of the narrative The Next Generation movies, Nemesis raises the stats with his weapon that threatens humanity. It features a great deal of action, including a variety of shooting at star corals and a space-war of space spheres between the Enterprise and Shinnon's ship, the Scimitar. There is even a real car chase, Picard behind the wheel of a dune buggy followed by the inhabitants of an ancient planet carrying firearms of an old machine. Later, Picard and Data are both determined to drive the hijacking shuttle in the middle of the Shinnon ship; though desperate to escape, they continue to have fun, like a long movie magazine.

The interaction between Picard and Data forms another central thread Nemesis, and provides the admin with a storyline that draws on its eagerness to cling to the misunderstanding of humor that has made its role Attack. Before it gets drawn into disputes with Shinnon, Enterprise gets the remnants of B-4, a prototype version of data that is kind of childish, childlike, and the movie draws a rich midnight resemblance to Picard / Shinzon's screenshot and Data / B-4.

Both Shinnon and B-4 are something similar to the uninspired types of their proper duplicate, unique dopplegänger that can be paid for by Starfleet's design and guidance. Shinnon came after Picard, when the B-4 came before Data (of course), but both were left on the edge of the galaxy, mistreated and thrown aside. They both behave in a childlike way, or simply view Picard and Data as parental figures in some way. And when faced with evidence of duplication and danger from their doppelganger, both Picard and Data refuse to give up entirely on them.

Spiner, who gets credit for the story aside for a long time Trek Producer Rick Berman and screenwriter John Logan, give Data a kind of tragic reputation as he continues to try to better understand humanity, and eventually die to save Picard and the rest of the business. Stewart brings his usual gravitas to Picard, and his brutal regret for the character captures the story, from his most important talk to Commander Will Riker's (Jonathan Frakes) opening marriage and Counselor Deanna Troi (Marina Sirtis) to his conversations with Shinnon, who continues to advocate for redemption even as Shinnon openly threatened to destroy humanity.

That same sense of humor that characterizes Picard's character has crept in Picard, with a structure that relies heavily on the emotional connection of the character to the Data and his interaction with the Romulans. "He found a friend in the Romulan Empire today, the captain," said Romanian Commissioner Donatra (Dina Meyer) late. Nemesis

. Romulans' long history at Trek the atmosphere is something else to offer Nemesis& # 39; Organize its weight and strength. While the Klingons, Ferengi, Cardassians, and Borg eventually became popular members Trek In the TV series, the Romulans are always annoying and smiling. However Nemesis it extends to the Romulan community and gives Picard a personal stake in his continued existence and existence. Everything that happens in this movie comes from a part that describes Picard's life, which is something that he is focused on Star Trek: Picard.

Nemesis& # 39; Focusing on Picard and Data means something else The Next Generation the characters left a little behind, and Lt. Commander Worf (Michael Dorn), Lt. Commander Geordi LaForge (LeVar Burton) and Dr Beverly Crusher (Gates McFadden) all have very little to do. Riker and Troi find their wedding venue and a pending transfer to the new ship when Riker becomes captain, and Troi is the focus of the muddy plot involving Shinnon getting into his mind and raping him mentally, one feature of the longest-running movie and a few scenes Logan and director Stuart Ba . "It was a crime" Troi said very much to say about it. And then his connection with Shinnon is used as an Ouija board to track the location of his locked ship, with little regard for the emotional impact of the attack on him.

Star Trek movies remain imperfect, however, trying to make great cards for combining and mixing realistic character moments with the materials and appropriate threats. Nemesis achieves this balance better than most others Trek movies, and it sounds like a satisfying ending for many of The Next Generation members. Riker and Troi are married, more stable than they have their chaotic history, and Riker finally has his command. The legacy of the data lies in the B-4, and those closest to him (especially Picard and LaForge) will have a way to honor their friend and colleagues. (Dr. Crusher's appointment to Starfleet Medical has unfortunately been left to the area only removed, but with development appropriate to him.)

Even for those characters that end the movie to continue in their existing positions, there is a one-time idea that ends with a new beginning. One of the best things about Trek that the franchise as a whole provides a complex, brief history of the world of the future. With Star Trek: Picard you are actively paying for many ideas Nemesis to be introduced, the film could eventually take its rightful place in that history.

Star Trek: Nemesis is currently streaming on CBS All Access.