An alternative way of thinking TMP...

[CaptainMatt]

No fires, I would tend to agree that TMP would make a good closing chapter for TOS era before the movie era began in earnest with STII.And thank you sir for asking such an enlightened question, and providing such fun speculation on this topic.

 

[Captaindemotion]

If TMP is to be counted as a big budgeted feature finale to TOS, then what does that say about Nemesis being the same for TNG TV series?

Well, not wanting to start a fire, but in that instance I'd say GEN is more fitting, given how Ent-D is destroyed and all.

That makes sense - it was also the last time we saw the TNG crew in those uniforms, it was Worf's last time as a regular crew member (well, apart from his mysterious unexplained return in Nemesis), Data finally got emotions. Indeed, a friend of mine assumed after seeing it that they weren't going to do any more TNG movies.

OK, the reason I mentioned that TMP could be seen as a Series Finale is only for the obvious reason that TOS/TAS never had a concluding episode/story. Sure, comics/novels have gone that route, but visually, TMP is all we have, technically, that could fit that category, before the next phase of their on-screen life began with TWOK.

Fair enough, I see where you're coming from.

Of course, I should point out that there have been a lot of logical arguments in this thread about it, and I appreciate the thought behind each one of them. Thanks for tolerating and entertaining my idea, folks!

Thank you for posting the thread.