Audience reception

[JarodRussell]

Star Trek 2009 is seen as best thing ever in Star Trek, and the TNG movies sucked ass, and TWOK is the best TOS movie, etc...

Well, I'm in Germany at the moment, and one TV station announced a Star Trek day leading up to Star Trek 2009 in free TV. It starts with The Motion Picture and The Voyage Home. Right in front of Star Trek 2009 run Generations and Insurrection (no First Contact), and after it they run Nemesis.

No TWOK, TUC, TSFS or TFF


Is TNG stronger in Germany? Or is the notion "TNG movies suck" just concetrated in the hardcore fanbase? I'm wondering why they leave out First Contact and TWOK.

 

[Gojira]

I actually liked the TNG movies. First Contact is recognized as one of the best of all Star Trek movies.

 

[JarodRussell]

I find it curious because it's said that TNG movies killed Star Trek and only a TOS reboot saved it, and the TV station packs nuTrek and TNG together and leaves most of TOS out.

 

[Sean Aaron]

I find it curious because it's said that TNG movies killed Star Trek and only a TOS reboot saved it, and the TV station packs nuTrek and TNG together and leaves most of TOS out.

Well, maybe the TNG films were cheaper for them to run?

 

[The Mirrorball Man]

TNG is very popular in Germany.

 

[JarodRussell]

I find it curious because it's said that TNG movies killed Star Trek and only a TOS reboot saved it, and the TV station packs nuTrek and TNG together and leaves most of TOS out.

Well, maybe the TNG films were cheaper for them to run?

Don't free TV stations select films that get the most out of the time slot?

 

[number6]

I didn't realise that Star Trek sucked at all until I started coming here.

 

[Therin of Andor]

I'm wondering why they leave out First Contact and TWOK.

Each movie has its television rights sold separately. Another station is probably sitting on the rights to "First Contact" and ST II.

 

[MacLeod]

Star Trek 2009 is seen as best thing ever in Star Trek, and the TNG movies sucked ass, and TWOK is the best TOS movie, etc...

Well, I'm in Germany at the moment, and one TV station announced a Star Trek day leading up to Star Trek 2009 in free TV. It starts with The Motion Picture and The Voyage Home. Right in front of Star Trek 2009 run Generations and Insurrection (no First Contact), and after it they run Nemesis.

No TWOK, TUC, TSFS or TFF


Is TNG stronger in Germany? Or is the notion "TNG movies suck" just concetrated in the hardcore fanbase? I'm wondering why they leave out First Contact and TWOK.

Perhaps there is nothing more sinister than a rights issue. The TV station didn't want to pay for the rights to air those films. Or when they bought the rights to Star Trek (2009) those movies where thrown in.

 

[RAMA]

Star Trek 2009 is seen as best thing ever in Star Trek, and the TNG movies sucked ass, and TWOK is the best TOS movie, etc...

Well, I'm in Germany at the moment, and one TV station announced a Star Trek day leading up to Star Trek 2009 in free TV. It starts with The Motion Picture and The Voyage Home. Right in front of Star Trek 2009 run Generations and Insurrection (no First Contact), and after it they run Nemesis.

No TWOK, TUC, TSFS or TFF


Is TNG stronger in Germany? Or is the notion "TNG movies suck" just concetrated in the hardcore fanbase? I'm wondering why they leave out First Contact and TWOK.

The internet has a way of making people gloss facts and opinions over alike. The terms you use or so broad, I don't really recognize them as what the Trek movies really are.

RAMA

 

[Dukhat]

Star Trek 2009 is seen as best thing ever in Star Trek, and the TNG movies sucked ass, and TWOK is the best TOS movie, etc...

Well, I'm in Germany at the moment, and one TV station announced a Star Trek day leading up to Star Trek 2009 in free TV. It starts with The Motion Picture and The Voyage Home. Right in front of Star Trek 2009 run Generations and Insurrection (no First Contact), and after it they run Nemesis.

No TWOK, TUC, TSFS or TFF


Is TNG stronger in Germany? Or is the notion "TNG movies suck" just concetrated in the hardcore fanbase? I'm wondering why they leave out First Contact and TWOK.

The internet has a way of making people gloss facts and opinions over alike. The terms you use or so broad, I don't really recognize them as what the Trek movies really are.

RAMA

Exactly. Seen by who? The opinions of the teeny-tiny minority of Trek fans who post on the TrekBBS? Or do you have reams and reams of polls and data taken from all over the world?

 

[Bry_Sinclair]

I would probably have to say that First Contact is my favourite of all Trek films, with TWOK a very close second.

As for the TNG films killing Star Trek, it was in decline since Voyager, seeing as how they weren't ever willing to do something different and drastic. It doesn't help that Nemesis was just an all round poor film.

ST09 was good, but it hasn't made me appreciate Trek in a whole new way, it's an interesting "what if" concept which will no doubt be explored further, hopefully the PTB will get back to the Prime Universe as well.

 

[CaptJimboJones]

I like the TNG movies just fine. Even Nemesis, while clearly a weaker movie, had elements that I enjoyed quite a bit.

 

[Mage]

I actually liked the TNG movies. First Contact is recognized as one of the best of all Star Trek movies.

And I love FC, but it feels LESS like Star Trek to me and more of a action flick then Insurrection, which had a lot of flaws, but had more of a TNG feel to it then FC.

 

[usspicard]

The FC movie was too dumb action movie and thats why the Next generation movie era was ruined in the end.

 

[Mage]

The FC movie was too dumb action movie and thats why the Next generation movie era was ruined in the end.

I wouldn't go THAT far, but yeah, FC was less of a Star Trek film then it could've been.