Star Trek Review Extravaganza

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These are 4 in depth reviews about all 4 TNG Star Trek movies. In his unique, funny, very smart and to the point way RedLetterMedia shows us what went wrong with all these movies and why the TV shows were so much better. Star Trek Generations is considered by him the worst movie ever made. And Nemesis is not much better. In here we also learn more details about the “accident” of his wife and pizza rolls.
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These are 4 in-depth reviews about all 4 TNG Star Trek movies. In his unique, funny, very smart and to the point way RedLettermedia shows us what went wrong with all these movies and why the TV shows were so much better. Star Trek Generations is considered by him the worst movie ever made. And Nemesis is not much better. In here we also learn more details about the “accident” of his wife and pizza rolls.
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about Generations: This is my very in depth review of the movie Star Trek: Generations. After I saw this movie many years ago I didn’t like it. It wasn’t a TNG movie and it wasn’t a Star Trek movie. It was a sloppy mess of sell out schlock. It felt rushed and slapped together. A lot of parts didn’t make sense to me and it’s kept me awake many a nights thinking about it. Then recently I decided to make this. The funny thing is I could have gone into more detail getting specific about shot choices, lighting, the way the sound was recorded, etc but these are a lot of the major gripes mainly dealing with the plot and characters. about Insurrection: Here it is folks, my in depth review/analysis of the 1998 “feature” “film” Star Trek insurrection. This review focuses on plot suck and Picard suck, pointing out yet again the flaws of the TNG feature films and how their failure on the big screen is due to the fact that everything that worked so well in the TV show is changed for the movies to appeal to mass audiences which in turn makes the movies bad and unappealing. about Nemesis: My Star Trek Nemesis review/analysis: I delve into some pointless details and swear a lot. On the whole I thought Nemesis was a slickly made movie. I liked the Remens look a lot. and the lighting was really nice, the visual fx much better since insurrection. This movie felt more authentic and more well made, but at the same time it felt rehashed, and tired. That’s the theme here. Even though Picard has a fresh copy of himself, the movie suffers from a lack of fresh ideas. Its another villain/revenge/doomsday device/picard and bad guy face off/thing explodes movie. VII: Generations review: 30 minutes VIII: First Contact review: 37 minutes IX: Insurrection review: 35 minutes X: Nemesis review: 38 minutes
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Redlettermedia have made quite a name for themselves over the years...especially in the wake of ever growing criticism of the Star Wars brand, so it's interesting to take a look at some of their earlier work with the TNG Star Trek movies, four very flawed films which seemed to delight in deconstructing everything grand about the Next Generation tv series in favor of Hollywood action shlock.

Redlettermedia, via character critic "Mr. Plinkett", a man who thinks these movies are the biggest disappointment since his son, examines the movies in a darkly subversive comedic fashion, which aligns with just how bleak and depressing most of the TNG movies are.

Not even the most light hearted of them, Insurrection, is spared as it's special effects are compared to that of Babylon 5, it's cheap locations and fashions given a pecking, and there's an erection joke aimed at Picard's youthful exuberance on the planet. Of all the reviews, the ones with the most energy put into taking them apart are First Contact and Insurrection...and they are by far the most fun. By the time we get to Nemesis, you're as depressed as Plinkett is and you''re left reflecting on just bleak Trek movies have mostly been since then
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I loved these. Not as great as the Star Wars prequel videos, but a must-see for RLM fans. I wish Mike would do a full Plinkett review for ST Into Darkness.
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I watched this recently after checking out RedLetterMedia's Indiana Jones edit. These guys are incredibly funny, and I was surprised to see these packages here on FE (I believe they were packaged from the original Youtube by ?boon23), but the show is great. It deconstructs all the TNG movies and show you how bad they actually were when compared to the tv show. I myself hadn't seen First Contact or Nemesis in a while but this breakdown reminded me why. The subplot where "Mr Plinkett" our narrator supposedly killed his wife is also hilarious. Certainly his demeanour and tone is offputting but he nails every point, and you can be assured this guy is a hardcore ST fan to point out the details he does. Great review, worth it for any TNG fan

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