{"id":137,"date":"2002-12-16T23:13:00","date_gmt":"2002-12-17T06:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/djmgyx.net\/WP\/?p=137"},"modified":"2002-12-16T23:13:00","modified_gmt":"2002-12-17T06:13:00","slug":"monday-december-16-2002-at-0413-pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/djmgyx.net\/WP\/thoughts\/monday-december-16-2002-at-0413-pm","title":{"rendered":"Monday December 16, 2002 at 04:13 pm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Aight here we are again, another Monday, another day to contemplate why the hell I still sit at this place day in and day out, but better yet, another slow, boring Monday to which allows me ample time to write this <b>LONG<\/b>, and yes, that was a warning, blog to cover this weekend events.<\/p>\n<p>Friday \u2013 A day that shall live in some infamy, at least for those who lives transcends reality into that of the silver screen, and who loose themselves within it. But I won\u2019t really delve into to much detail but let\u2019s just say a tragic event occurred. I had almost forgotten about it until Tom called and told me I should go home sick from work so we could roll out. Initially I just thought it was because he had hooked up a gig, with potential to be all that, but I was wrong, he wanted to go peep out\u2026<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.xanga.com\/djmgyx\/nemesis.gif?w=101\"  data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/p>\n<p>The Federation is about to encounter its greatest challenge \u2013 The Romulans want peace. Conceived in the regal senate halls of Romulus and forged in the dilithium mines of Remus, comes a nemesis bent on destroying Picard\u2026 and the entire Federation.<\/p>\n<p>Ordered by Starfleet to be the first line of diplomacy in ushering in a new era for the Federation, the crew of the USS Enterprise-E is dispatched to Romulus for an unexpected peace mission. Once in the shadow of the Romulan Empire, Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the Enterprise crew are thrust into the center of a plot that couldlead to the destruction of Earth at the hands of a new and chilling nemesis.<\/p>\n<p>Damn, I couldn\u2019t believe I had totally forgotten about it coming out this weekend, but nonetheless, me going home early to see it, was out of the question, however that\u2019s not to say there\u2019s wouldn\u2019t be many later showings. Now before I go to far let me just say I\u2019m am not a diehard Trekie like what some of you may seen on TV, but I am a fan. I have been since I was a little kid, it was the only thing me and my dad ever used to watch together, unless it was something like Star Wars, or some big Sci-Fi movie or series. So yeah I\u2019ve always been a Sci-Fi nut. Anyway, over the years I\u2019ve narrowed my following down to a few shows\/movies, but Star Trek always being one of the top ones; it\u2019s a classic that\u2019s lasted the test of time. So I leave work, roll over to Tom\u2019s crib, and then we roll out to Arizona Mills to peep out the 12:30am show, all the while anticipating what to expect the from the very darkened and shadowed trailers that have been showing since last summer. One thing I had not taken into consideration was \u201cThe Curse\u201d of all Star trek films, but I\u2019ll get into that later.<\/p>\n<p>When I went to see this I, had one major anticipation in mind, and that was to see the Enterprise F, which I feel is still a reasonable aspect, especially after seeing the movie. <\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/i.xanga.com\/djmgyx\/enterpriseF.jpg?w=289\"  data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/p>\n<p>In the end there were a few things that I think many Trek fans have to question.<\/p>\n<p>1)???? In all previous episodes and even series <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stinsv.com\/TNg\/worfa.htm\">Worf<\/a>, marries <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stinsv.com\/TNg\/640char\/troi-s7.jpg\" rel=\"shadowbox[sbpost-137];player=img;\">Deanna Troi<\/a>, yet we begin this movie with Deanna marrying <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stinsv.com\/TNg\/rikera.htm\">Cmd. Riker<\/a>. Can we say lack of consistency here?<\/p>\n<p>2)???? Even though <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stinsv.com\/TNg\/640char\/wesley.jpg\" rel=\"shadowbox[sbpost-137];player=img;\">Wesley<\/a> was written off in the original TNG series to have become an all powerful traveler, he somehow manages to make it back for Riker and Deanna\u2019s wedding. Hmm how did they get a hold of an omnipresent being?<\/p>\n<p>3)???? What was the deal with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stinsv.com\/TNg\/dataa.htm\">Data\u2019s<\/a> makeup; we\u2019re talking the verge of a Tammy Faye epidemic here.<\/p>\n<p>Now for some more, severe issues, after we realize the enterprise if going to be in a huge fire fight.<\/p>\n<p>After encounters with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stinsv.com\/TNg\/borgv.htm\">Borg<\/a>, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stinsv.com\/DSn\/cardassv.htm\">Cardassians<\/a>, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stinsv.com\/DSn\/dominv.htm\">Dominion<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stinsv.com\/VOy\/640char\/8472hull.jpg\" rel=\"shadowbox[sbpost-137];player=img;\">Specifies 8472<\/a>, you would think Star Fleet would increase their pride and joy flag ship with a more firepower and better defenses and off all else a faster engine, but they don\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>1)???? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stinsv.com\/MOv\/800ship\/ent1701e.jpg\" rel=\"shadowbox[sbpost-137];player=img;\">Enterprise<\/a> gets hawked down while fleeing at maximum speed like a dog trying to outrun a cheetah. How is this possible when the Enterprise is one of the fastest vessels in the galaxy, especially after it is made known that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stinsv.com\/VOy\/janewaya.htm\">Capt. Janeway<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stinsv.com\/VOy\/voyv.htm\">Voyager<\/a> have returned from their 7 year journey being stranded in the delta quadrant? <\/p>\n<p>2)???? They have no transphasic weapons, and the weapons they have do little more than scratch their opponent\u2019s vessel. Once again due to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stinsv.com\/VOy\/janewaya.htm\">Janeway\u2019s<\/a> presence being known, why has Starfleet not implemented outer shielding to it\u2019s pride and joy, that they so frequently choose to handle the most delicate and dangerous missions? Voyager was outfitted with both of these items in their final episode and yet <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stinsv.com\/MOv\/640ship\/fc-ente.jpg\" rel=\"shadowbox[sbpost-137];player=img;\">Enterprise<\/a> doesn\u2019t have them, seems a little strange. And if you ask well what if Enterprise was away when she returned? Well they weren\u2019t the finale episode of Voyager shows almost the entire fleet including the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stinsv.com\/DSn\/defiantv.htm\">Defiant<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stinsv.com\/MOv\/1024ship\/9entfly1.jpg\" rel=\"shadowbox[sbpost-137];player=img;\">Enterprise<\/a>, awaiting a possible Borg invasion as they come through.<\/p>\n<p>3)???? This one is more like common sense. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stinsv.com\/TNg\/640char\/troi-s7.jpg\" rel=\"shadowbox[sbpost-137];player=img;\">Deanna<\/a> has crashed the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stinsv.com\/MOv\/800ship\/entecrew.jpg\" rel=\"shadowbox[sbpost-137];player=img;\">Enterprise<\/a> in 2 of the three previous \u201cNext Generation\u201d movies, why would you let her drive again. Maybe it\u2019s an inside joke, but you guessed it another <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stinsv.com\/MOv\/640ship\/ncc1701e.jpg\" rel=\"shadowbox[sbpost-137];player=img;\">Enterprise<\/a> collision, the only difference in this one is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stinsv.com\/TNg\/picarda.htm\">Picard<\/a> actually orders her to do so, which I must say is a great visually sequence. <\/p>\n<p>4)???? Now onto the spoiler, for those who have not seen or read the dozens of sites that had info on the script beforehand. In the beginning, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stinsv.com\/MOv\/800ship\/enteneb2.jpg\" rel=\"shadowbox[sbpost-137];player=img;\">Enterprise<\/a> picks up faint signals that match those of Data\u2019s, and everybody is stunned and doesn\u2019t know what to think. My 1<sup>st<\/sup> thoughts were <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stinsv.com\/TNg\/640char\/deaclore.jpg\" rel=\"shadowbox[sbpost-137];player=img;\">Lore<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stinsv.com\/TNg\/datav.htm\">Data\u2019s<\/a> corrupted brother, whom was last seen on a deserted planet with a band of renegade Borg, and was later blown up, dismantled and tossed into the dark regions of space. So why it is that no one else thought of this possible scenario, that he ended up in pieces on this remote planet near the neutral zone. But it turns out it\u2019s not him and is in fact a prototype of Data with almost the exact same features, but without the knowledge and self evolved neural networks that Data has built up over the years, but has the addition of a 2<sup>nd<\/sup> memory bank (hmm can we say leaving a nice lead)<\/p>\n<p>5)???? The last bit I would say is the lack of originality, big spoiler here\u2026Data dies. But wait, before he dies, in an attempt to find out more about this prototype called B4, he downloads his entire memory bank into the B4, to try and jumpstart the child like B4, into making sense of things, and providing some useful info, this of course failed, or so we think, because at the end we see b4 singing a melody Data, had sung earlier in the movie. This is almost a direct copy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stinsv.com\/MOv\/800char\/2spkdead.jpg\" rel=\"shadowbox[sbpost-137];player=img;\">Spocks<\/a> death in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stinsv.com\/MOv\/st2v.htm\">Wrath of Khan<\/a>, where Spock sacrifices himself to save everyone from an antimatter breach, but before hand <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stinsv.com\/MOv\/800char\/2remembr.jpg\" rel=\"shadowbox[sbpost-137];player=img;\">transfers his mind<\/a> into <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stinsv.com\/MOv\/640char\/3bones.jpg\" rel=\"shadowbox[sbpost-137];player=img;\">Dr McCoy\u2019s<\/a>. As we all know this lead to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stinsv.com\/MOv\/640char\/2spkphot.jpg\" rel=\"shadowbox[sbpost-137];player=img;\">Star Trek \u2013 \u201cThe Search for Spock\u201d.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Okay enough of the bad critiquing, and onto the curse, the curse, basically has shown that all even numbered Star Trek movies, are good, and all odd number movies, suck, well <a href=\"http:\/\/nemesis.startrek.com\/\">Nemesis<\/a>, I have to say very likely broke this curse, as though it wasn\u2019t as great as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stinsv.com\/MOv\/st8v.htm\">First Contact<\/a>, it defiantly was better than <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stinsv.com\/MOv\/st9v.htm\">Insurrection<\/a>, as well as some of the other Classic Star Trek Movies, for instance <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stinsv.com\/MOv\/st1v.htm\">Star trek \u2013 The Motion Picture<\/a>, in which the only aspect that I liked about it, was that in the end the villain threatening the Earth was the <a href=\"http:\/\/voyager.jpl.nasa.gov\/\">Voyager space module launched in the 1977<\/a> that had evolved, but what some may say is the original version of the Borg, has it\u2019s main goal was to assimilate information. 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