Star Trek – Kirkless Generations

I'm reviewing from memory, but I thought this was a lovely edit. Whilst I prefer Kirk in the movie (despite how he was written), this beautifully crafts a final chapter for the TNG era before heading into the later movies. Picard exiting the nexus and the end sequence all work fine, no complaints, although I do agree with everyone about the slow-motion shots, but these were probably unavoidable.

The one thing I miss is the triumphant Generations overture, but the new opening is far more appropriate for this edit.

Nice one!

Review by mullholland665 — July 9, 2010 @ 9:25 am

A really great edit! This works so incredibly well that it got me wondering: was the screenplay originally written without Kirk’s character, only to be inserted in a later draft? The quality of the editing is very smooth too.

With the Kirk character gone, the plot strand about Piccard and his longing for a family instead of the all-consuming Starfleet career was something I found incredibly moving this time around. The film in its original form got distracted from that element due to Kirk’s unnecessary presence in the story. Thanks CBB for turning a flawed movie into what is for me now one of the great ones in the Star Trek franchise.

Review by bobschebaldi — September 1, 2009 @ 12:12 pm

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Review by flyboy707 — December 14, 2009 @ 9:12 pm

Great edit. Definitely changes how I view this film. Although I can’t say this will replace my store-bought DVD, it is worth the DL.

Review by Fluidic — March 24, 2009 @ 12:42 am

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