best Trek movie to watch at Christmas?

[Oddish]

And Data should have been a full commander by Season 4, as reward for SAVING EARTH FROM THE BORG. Not his fault Riker refuses to budge.

 

[Therin of Andor]

I agree completely and for me, that could only be ST:TMP. I have a lot of fond memories of the anticipation for that first movie and eventually being able to see it on December 23. Good times!

Same here. Heard about the fan preview the weekend of my 21st birthday party, read the novelization over the weekend and saw TMP on Christmas Eve. Spent the afternoon buying up second hand Bantam and Ballantine Trek novels.

 

[Therin of Andor]

The fact that they killed off Data was such a disappointment... They could have just promoted him and assigned him a different ship if they really didn't want him in the movies anymore, but they just had to kill him off.

Well, Brent Spiner was influential on the writing of the script for "Nemesis". His choice.

 

[Oddish]

I just think it sucks that Data finally got the promotion to first officer that he'd spent YEARS earning... and then he died. Arghhh!

 

[SithHappens]

I just think it sucks that Data finally got the promotion to first officer that he'd spent YEARS earning... and then he died. Arghhh!

he didn't die, he just spent the next 19 years living in a Zx spectrum

 

[publiusr]

I lean toward Generations as well as it does have a Christmas scene.

An all too perfect holiday illusion do-over that’s ruined at the the end by a nasty fight…then everyone leaves.

Natch’

 

[Laughing Dragon]

Probably Trek 4 as it teaches a message and it does have a light-hearted approach unlike the other films. It also deals with time travel. Sound familiar? A Christmas Carol.

 

[Qonundrum]

Probably Trek 4 as it teaches a message and it does have a light-hearted approach unlike the other films. It also deals with time travel. Sound familiar? A Christmas Carol.

Put like that and now that I see a similarity (in a good way), I can't help but to like IV a lot more now. Thanks!

 

[Laughing Dragon]

Put like that and now that I see a similarity (in a good way), I can't help but to like IV a lot more now. Thanks!

You are welcome. Happy to make Tuvok happy. Thats something.

 

[Khan 2.0]

its official: Star Trek IV *IS* a christmas movie!

TrekCore.com on Twitter: "Thanks to the new 4K scan of STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME, we can now see that Admiral Kirk and crew arrive in old San Francisco the morning of Thursday, December 18, 1986, and they leave for the future (with whales in tow) one day later. #StarTrek https://t.co/rOAMaDvzYd" / Twitter

 

[Oddish]

You are welcome. Happy to make Tuvok happy. Thats something.

Make him happy? Or make him strangle you?

I agree that Star Trek IV is probably the best movie for the holiday. Generations might feature Christmas in it, but the ending is a bit of a downer.

Wonder if there's a regular Trek episode that's Christmas friendly... can't think of one offhand. A few creepy ones are good for Halloween, V-Day, and even St. Patrick's Day (Long Ladder, Fair Haven). But can't think of one for 12-25.

 

[Laughing Dragon]

QUOTE="Oddish, post: 13890698, member: 81080"]Make him happy? Or make him strangle you?

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I was nervous. It just came out.

 

[Khan 2.0]

Nice piece ‘Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home’ is the best Christmas movie (sfchronicle.com)

 

[Jayson1]

Wrath of Khan, Search for Spock and then The Voyage Home. It's basically a 3 movie arc about the death and resurrection of Spock. Family looking out for each other. Dealing with getting old.

 

[STEPhon IT]

Christmas has a religious jibe to the spirit of good will, there's nothing more moving to represent life, death, and sacrifice for the lives of others than Star Trek II. The movie even has a biblical title for a project and a planet, and after watching that great movie, one could watch the sequel, which I personally think it's a pile of dog sh!t, can go through the motions again with similar themes and see a resurrection.

 

[The Knappos]

I got VI on VHS and the novelisation for Christmas one year so I have to pick that by default.