tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-288080305441894911.post9152890333008457818..comments2023-10-11T11:48:37.258-07:00Comments on My Year Of Star Trek: Star Trek: GenerationsAshleyRosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11590040927422456380noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-288080305441894911.post-40217219892474547352016-03-11T10:48:19.905-08:002016-03-11T10:48:19.905-08:00Hellow, mi name is Cesar, and write from Perú. I a...Hellow, mi name is Cesar, and write from Perú. I am a very big fan of Star Trek and Science Fiction in general, but I prefer literary Science Fiction. I just discover your blog minutes ago, and I found it very interesting. I'm phillosopher (scholar) in Catholic University of Lima, Perú. Your work is good. Receive my congrats. My other passion is heavy metal music and culture. I have a blog (in spanish, my tongue)about metal culture.<br /><br />I'm still going writing you. <br /><br />Ragards<br /><br />César César Monterroso Pallardellyhttp://elcomercio.pe/blog/headbangers/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-288080305441894911.post-53235278578551812782013-11-20T12:32:41.177-08:002013-11-20T12:32:41.177-08:00This is my favorite of the movies. It's what ...This is my favorite of the movies. It's what a Star Trek movie should be. Everyone says that the ones following this were "glorified episodes." Well, maybe they just say that about "Insurrection." <br /><br />This one, though, is an EVENT movie. We see the Enterprise-B! Kirk and Picard work together! Worf is promoted! Data gets emotions! The Enterprise-D is destroyed! 18th century naval uniforms on the bridge! Weird lighting! Ten-Forward is actually crowded! Stellar Cartography! The Duras Sisters are killed! Kirk is killed! The "Life Forms" song! It's HUGE and still manages to retain the core values of Star Trek. I just watched it again a few months ago (I think I told you a long time ago that I've been watching Trek in chronological order [ENT-VOY]) and I love it just as much now as I did when I was fourteen.<br /><br />We're usually on the same page and it always surprises me when are opinions are on complete opposite ends of the Trek-spectrum. I like that. :)Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11221979733394251991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-288080305441894911.post-4666194355787057282013-11-19T18:20:00.767-08:002013-11-19T18:20:00.767-08:00Yes! Me too. As soon as Troi said, "I'm d...Yes! Me too. As soon as Troi said, "I'm detecting another lifesign--very faint," I had the chin quivers. AshleyRosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11590040927422456380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-288080305441894911.post-60217175939841066072013-11-19T18:19:17.857-08:002013-11-19T18:19:17.857-08:00Johnny, I LOVE this comment. Everything you say he...Johnny, I LOVE this comment. Everything you say here is the reason that I'm doing this project. So much of my Star Trek experience is (obviously) tied up in my real, personal life and emotions. Generations is less so for me but I still cried when Data found Spot and I agree that I liked Kirk's last words AND the Duras sisters as badass bad guys. Anyway, sometimes loving a thing doesn't mean that you love it because of artistic reasons or whatever but because it's tied up in a specific part of your life and every time you watch it you re-live that experience. So much of this year has been that way for me so I completely get where you're coming from.AshleyRosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11590040927422456380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-288080305441894911.post-37143234161257773472013-11-19T12:50:43.377-08:002013-11-19T12:50:43.377-08:00I still cry when Data finds Spot. Sometimes I star...I still cry when Data finds Spot. Sometimes I start getting choked up minutes ahead of time, since I know its coming.Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751700385332807036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-288080305441894911.post-44519357125672119832013-11-19T08:38:52.598-08:002013-11-19T08:38:52.598-08:00Generations (believe it or not) was the first Star...Generations (believe it or not) was the first Star Trek movie I'd ever seen. And I think after years of watching Picard and crew on my little screen, the novelty of seeing it for the first time on a BIG screen was more than enough to dazzle and enthrall me. I knew who Kirk was, but I didn't KNOW who Kirk was, and that alone granted me enough grace to forgive (what I know now to be) the lackluster death he was given. And yet, even now... I will still defend his last words (it was fun) as very true-to-character and in their own way "noble". I think the things that stand out as memories for me are first and foremost, the death of the "D". I was shocked, appalled, saddened and amazed by the crash and the promise of a new Enterprise. The Enterprise D, represented Star Trek to me. At the time it was an unsinkable space-Titanic to me and I hated the Duras sisters for sinking it. Looking back now, I think it was some incredibly cheeky villainy and it's almost too bad they didn't survive to conspire again. The Nexus storyline was "pretty" and almost an allegory for religion itself (not that that occurred to me in 1994). It truly doesn't stand up very well over time, but hey - it was a big-screen "episode". <br />I saw this movie very shortly after a very significant/distant move away from home for the first time (I was 21) and I guess it holds a special place in my heart for being transitional. I was "growing up" and taking Star Trek into my adulthood and it's still with me. : )<br /><br />"Lifeforms... you tiny little lifeforms... you precious little lifeforms... where are you?" Johnnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06555494071704603280noreply@blogger.com