Star Trek – Kirkless Generations

Review by Kevinicus — September 6, 2010 @ 6:03 am

I didn’t know about this edit until about a week ago, and just watched it today. I always thought Generations was my favorite Star Trek of the Next Gen batch, and I think I remembered it a lot better than it really was. I was curious about this fanedit, because I thought the ending would be a little difficult to work around, and wanted to see how it was handled.

My concerns were confirmed when it got to the climax. While it’s not done too bad, it was pretty noticeable to me. Also, the fade effect thing to get out of the Nexus, while it technically works, just came across a little iffy to me.

Really, removing Kirk didn’t do anything for me since I never really minded him much to begin with, and I felt something was missing with all the references to the older Enterprise. There were however a lot of parts (particularly with Data) that I found myself wishing had been removed.

Overall it’s okay, and the movie being a lot cheesier than I remember doesn’t help. Perhaps it’s the stark contrast to the most recent Star Trek that makes this a pretty bad movie in comparison.

It is strange going back to an old edit which has become sort of a cult-fanedit. if something like this exists.
It is strange because the incredible progress this site has made and how the quality has increased drastically. I am pretty sure if boon would go back there would be different choices - especially smoother decisions for the story to flow - but how do you judge the edit itself?

Before this site has exploded so enormously Kirkless Generations was one of the highlights of the site but now the edits are a bit easier to spot, there are one or two instances of slowing down the scenes that stand out and the afforementioned timetravel aspect is a bit jarring...

then again writing this review I feel like a teenager going back to a black and white movie and trashing it for not having up to date special effects. so this edit should best be enjoyed as a landmark for fanediting.

if there will ever be a "historical fanedits" category kirkless generations will have a spot

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