All Good Things
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Saw the complete episode at SkyDome
I remember that although I didn't go.
I watched it as it aired.
Heh, so do the writers.
I believe it was intended for it to be a TV Movie.
They still had the same Season 7 opening monologue after the first scene with the same opening credits during and after the episode with the title in the corner of the screen. But it wasn't a theatrical movie like Star Trek: Generations.
I like when TV Shows do that.
But then when they show it now on TV and can't air it for its 2hour duration they cut it in half, show it one morning and then air it the next.
They still had the same Season 7 opening monologue after the first scene with the same opening credits during and after the episode with the title in the corner of the screen. But it wasn't a theatrical movie like Star Trek: Generations.
I like when TV Shows do that.
But then when they show it now on TV and can't air it for its 2hour duration they cut it in half, show it one morning and then air it the next.
I remember that night back in 1994, seems like yesterday, i shed a tear at the poker scene and the Enterprise flying off in the distance. Then had to wait a few months for Generations to be released. Yes it was more like a tv move with those fancy new Trek (delta) symbols at each commercial break.
Apparently so did Braga and Moore, who wrote both scripts. In the commentary for Generations, Braga recounts to Moore as having thought with terror, "Oh, my God, 'All Good Things' is better!"
OMG! Really?
This is all my opinion but "All Good Things..." sucked. Star Trek Generations was AWESOME!
I love that there was a movie that took place after the finale too so I'm glad that happened in that way.
This is all my opinion but "All Good Things..." sucked. Star Trek Generations was AWESOME!
I love that there was a movie that took place after the finale too so I'm glad that happened in that way.
I personally liked it, but I can understand someone not liking it. Another anomaly, more time travel (Braga staples), big reset button at the end, no real closure (something I liked, but I can get people wanting a little more in the way of closure), a big goof with the anomaly (it should have been visible in the future up until the moment it was "created," then ceased to exist), lots of technobabble.
I liked it more than Generations, personally. It also inspired one of the most popular episodes of Lost; Lindelof and Cuse freely admit to ripping off "All Good Things" in the DVD commentary.
Which episode of Lost?
My guess is 'The Constant'
Well... it doesn't suck, per se. There were just a few things I liked about it, like how it elaborated on the "Encounter at Farpoint..." storyarc. That's pretty much it. Other than that, it was kind of mediocre and focused too much on the other two time periods than in the present.
While at the same time I'm taking back what I said about "All Good Things..." sucking, I still retain all I said about Star Trek Generations being better than "All Good Things..."
Granted, I'd change a few things about Star Trek Generations if I could but I LOVE Star Trek Generations!
I watched it the night it aired. I take it there are some things cut from the subsequent versions? It's been so long I wouldn't notice.
Bingo.
The two-part "All Good Things", just like the two-part "Encounter At Farpoint" did indeed have cuts made to it, to fit in the extra set of opening/end credits and "last time on..." segments.
The aged Q/Picard scene was completely gone; much of the dialogue where Picard tries to convince old Worf to help them is gone. I have a list somewhere of all the cuts but can't put my hand on it right now.
As for the version I first saw... well, in the UK, our first opportunity to see AGT was via CIC Video's official release (Cassette 89 of their series)... and they put out the TWO-PART VERSION!!! So this is the first one I saw, in October 1994. They quickly corrected the error and put out a "special edition" release of the unedited 90 minute version (plus that "Journeys End" documentary) a few months later, neatly timed for the cinema release of "Generations" in Feb 1995.
The aged Q/Picard scene was completely gone; much of the dialogue where Picard tries to convince old Worf to help them is gone. I have a list somewhere of all the cuts but can't put my hand on it right now.
As for the version I first saw... well, in the UK, our first opportunity to see AGT was via CIC Video's official release (Cassette 89 of their series)... and they put out the TWO-PART VERSION!!! So this is the first one I saw, in October 1994. They quickly corrected the error and put out a "special edition" release of the unedited 90 minute version (plus that "Journeys End" documentary) a few months later, neatly timed for the cinema release of "Generations" in Feb 1995.
Not strictly true.
I have fond memories of travelling to a fan club in Manchester (the name escapes me, perhaps someone on here remembers it, it started in Flixton and moved to Manchester Uni) where they screened the 2-hour finalé in all it's glory - ear-trumpet and all! That was one of the best Trek memories I have from back in the day.
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