Action/Adventure Rated PG-13
“Fans will be thrilled, though not nearly as much as Paramount Pictures shareholders.
Action/Adventure Rated PG
“It’s back to boring basics for the Gene Roddenberry franchise…
“At this point, looking to juice the series with action scenes is the equivalent of applying a defibrillator to a cadaver.
“…may not be satisfyingly true – at least for purists – to the original Gene Roddenberry television series. But it’s true to good filmmaking, and that’s what matters.”
A graceless, clumsy passing of the baton from the original cast to that of the second television series in the franchise created by Gene Roddenberry. Though Star Trek: Generations opens with William Shatner’s Kirk, he’s quickly an afterthought, making way for Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) and a wacked-out evil scientist (Malcolm McDowell). Not that
“…has the feel of an obligatory installment, an effort aimed mostly at meeting a summer release date and fulfilling cast contracts.”
“Star Trek finally gets imaginative, exciting and – dare I say it? – kinky.
In this first theatrical venture for the television series created by Gene Roddenberry, going boldly where no man has gone before mainly means floating … and floating … and floating through space, until you reach a state of Zen bliss or crushing boredom. If the endless interstellar vistas of 2001: A Space Odyssey tested your
“…Kirk has finally reached his full lounge lizard potential (it’s as if the comedy has freed him from his remaining inhibitions).
“Did it really take William Shatner in the director’s chair to finally give us a decent Star Trek movie?
