Star Trek: Regenerations

I've always kind of liked Generations, despite its flaws. Now most of those flaws have been removed, and the parts that have been rearranged and added have put it over the top for me.

This edit is fantastic. The enhanced visual effects make it feel like a movie rather than a TV episode. The CGI Enterprise shots look amazing and much more cinematic than the shots in the theatrical cut.

Data's more annoying gags have been removed. (I actually would have completely removed the talking tricorder bit, but some of it still remains in the Regenerations cut.)

I really love how the space battle was rearranged. The theatrical cut has the battle running just over two minutes, and it feels kind of pathetic. The Klingons have the upper hand for about a minute, and then the Enterprise obliterates them effortlessly.

In Regenerations, however, the warp core breach, the evacuation of the ship, and Picard's conversation with Soren are intercut with the battle, extending it to closer to five minutes, and making it feel much more climactic.

Finally, the inclusion of Spock visiting Kirk's grave, intercut with Picard's speech about time and mortality, gave me chills and brought me to tears. This is the sendoff that Kirk and the TOS era of Star Trek deserved.

This cut is amazing. Well done!

Phenomenal visual editing and terrific creative choices helps make Regenerations stand out as one of the more unique takes on fixing what was wrong with Generations. It's a good film let down by low-tier humour, a TV budget, confounded continuity snarls, and scattershot sequences. The improved visual effects give it that blockbuster vibe suited to a cinematic audience, the duel with the Duras sisters is also made more epic and interwoven with drops of separate dramatic scenes that are all well interwoven and create a sense of high stakes that intensify the movie.

Overall, one of the best takes on Generations yet.

There is a select few fan edits that deserve a perfect 10. Flawless really does mean flawless. The decisions made here and the expertise used to assemble this edit feels like an official release of a Special Edition if Paramount ever really cared about Star Trek enough to revisit the TNG films. This, to me, is the definitive version of Star Trek: Generations. There are some very tiny nitpicky things that sound absolutely silly to write them out, but here they are:

- The title design is flawless. Fan edits that don't take the time to match the typography and style of the film take you right out of the movie, and everything here fits perfect. With one exception, the word Regenerations in bright gold/yellow seemed off. How absolutely
small is this nitpick in a sea of fan edits that don't get ANY of the type right? Not worth any consideration in the star ratings.
- Removal of the lifeforms song. Completely understand this decision and it WORKS, but to me, and maybe this might be nostalgia talking and not viewing the film with new eyes, it could be included and the fan edit would be just as flawless, and give a little light heartedness and camp to that portion of the film.

The added shots, color corrections, and integration of footage from 765874: Regeneration was also flawless. Not only does it make sense in canon (especially with Picard Season 3), it just works here.

Looking forward to what's next from MightyAttackTribble!