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Patrick Stewart | ... | ||
Jonathan Frakes | ... | ||
Brent Spiner | ... | ||
LeVar Burton | ... |
Geordi
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Michael Dorn | ... | ||
Gates McFadden | ... | ||
Marina Sirtis | ... | ||
F. Murray Abraham | ... | ||
Donna Murphy | ... | ||
Anthony Zerbe | ... |
Dougherty
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Gregg Henry | ... | ||
Daniel Hugh Kelly | ... | ||
Michael Welch | ... | ||
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Mark Deakins | ... | |
Stephanie Niznik | ... |
While on a mission to observe the peaceful Ba'ku race, Lt. Commander Data suddenly behaves as if having to fear for his existence. The immortal Ba'ku, whose planet offers regenerative radiation and therefore incredible lifespans, live in harmony with nature and reject advanced technology. Their planet and their culture is secretly researched by the Federation associated with an alien race called the Son'a. But the Son'a intend to abduct the Ba'ku in order to take the planet for themselves and for the Starfleet officials who all would like to regenerate their bodies. But they did not think of the loyalty of Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the Enterprise-E to the Prime Directive. Written by Julian Reischl <julianreischl@mac.com>
This movie is, in my opinion, the best Next Gen movie that they've ever made. I know it's often criticized as having a moral basis that is incorrect; as it's based on the rights of the individual as opposed to the rights of the majority--but preference for the individual over the majority in moral issues like the one presented here is what makes Star Trek, Star Trek.
Michael Piller wrote an awesome script for this movie, based on the story that he and Rick Berman developed for it. It still has the action and adventure of a Star Trek movie, but it's at a much slower pace and it has the morality that I love about Star Trek.
What I found truly interesting about this movie is the fact that there is more character development then in most Star Trek films--Captain Picard falls in love and Data furthers his understanding of what it means to be human through a friendship with a young boy on the Baku planet.
All in all, what's not to like? It has the action and adventure of a Star Trek movie, and the morality of an episode.