In short, there's no message there. No deeper meaning. No comment on the human condition or anything. It's just a load of flashy things that encourage you not to think. Whereas, all the others had...
TMP - Yeah, actually, there's not much of a message here. But it's my least favourite of all the films anyway. Maybe there's some stuff in Kirk's wanting the Enterprise back, but not much more.
TWOK - Getting older is the main theme here I would say. Perhaps there's more in the revenge plot, and Spock's sacrifice. Kirk's confronted by a son he'd never known as well, and there also seems to be a focus on regret.
TSFS - Friendship's the main theme here, and perhaps the only one. They all give up their careers and put themselves in danger for Spock. It's not perhaps the best of the meanings in the films, but it is there.
TVH - I've never held this one in as high esteem as other people do, and maybe this is why. Perhaps save the whales is the only message? Better than nothing. And there's Spock to Sarek at the end, about telling his mother he feels fine. There's something in that I suppose.
TFF - Rather the opposite than with TVH, in that I like this a lot more than most people. There's a lot here. There's the close friendship of the lead three more evident here than anywhere, and most importantly is the idea that every hides a secret pain. But taking it away isn't the answer. Yeah, well I get a lot out of it anyway.
TUC - Dealing with prejudice and not being blinded by it seems to be the main one here. Which is as worthy as anything.
GEN - Is it better to live in a false paradise than the real world? Perhaps a meaningless question really, but it works for me. Equally, perhaps some see Picard's conversation with Riker at the end as meaningless pseudo-philosophical fluff, but I get something out of it. Soran's willing to do anything to get back to the Nexus, his paradise, whatever the cost.
FC - The main one here is Picard's need for vengeance against the Borg. Also a look at hero worship, with Cochrane. Good stuff I think.
INS - Another of my least favourites. The commentary that's suppose to be there about the forced relocation of people doesn't work due to how flawed the plot is, but there's that bit about experiencing a moment in time, however tacked on it feels.
NEM - There's the themes of duality between Picard and Shinzon (and perhaps between Data and B4 to a much lesser extent). Picard realising that Shinzon is him, had he lived his life and that perhaps we're only the sum of our experiences. Shinzon's insistence that he can't fight what he is. As with TFF, very much hated by fans, but I find much to enjoy.
And what does XI have? No, really, what? The Kelvin sequence is moving, but there's not much message behind it. As for the rest, it's a thin plot with more holes and contrivances than the other films put together, and no meaning. Take out the effects, and what is there?
A friend told me that XI had made Star Trek cool, but if being cool costs Star Trek its soul and makes it into just another dumb action flick, then I'd rather it was viewed as something that only middle aged men living in their mother's basements and speak Klingon like.
TMP - Yeah, actually, there's not much of a message here. But it's my least favourite of all the films anyway. Maybe there's some stuff in Kirk's wanting the Enterprise back, but not much more.
TWOK - Getting older is the main theme here I would say. Perhaps there's more in the revenge plot, and Spock's sacrifice. Kirk's confronted by a son he'd never known as well, and there also seems to be a focus on regret.
TSFS - Friendship's the main theme here, and perhaps the only one. They all give up their careers and put themselves in danger for Spock. It's not perhaps the best of the meanings in the films, but it is there.
TVH - I've never held this one in as high esteem as other people do, and maybe this is why. Perhaps save the whales is the only message? Better than nothing. And there's Spock to Sarek at the end, about telling his mother he feels fine. There's something in that I suppose.
TFF - Rather the opposite than with TVH, in that I like this a lot more than most people. There's a lot here. There's the close friendship of the lead three more evident here than anywhere, and most importantly is the idea that every hides a secret pain. But taking it away isn't the answer. Yeah, well I get a lot out of it anyway.
TUC - Dealing with prejudice and not being blinded by it seems to be the main one here. Which is as worthy as anything.
GEN - Is it better to live in a false paradise than the real world? Perhaps a meaningless question really, but it works for me. Equally, perhaps some see Picard's conversation with Riker at the end as meaningless pseudo-philosophical fluff, but I get something out of it. Soran's willing to do anything to get back to the Nexus, his paradise, whatever the cost.
FC - The main one here is Picard's need for vengeance against the Borg. Also a look at hero worship, with Cochrane. Good stuff I think.
INS - Another of my least favourites. The commentary that's suppose to be there about the forced relocation of people doesn't work due to how flawed the plot is, but there's that bit about experiencing a moment in time, however tacked on it feels.
NEM - There's the themes of duality between Picard and Shinzon (and perhaps between Data and B4 to a much lesser extent). Picard realising that Shinzon is him, had he lived his life and that perhaps we're only the sum of our experiences. Shinzon's insistence that he can't fight what he is. As with TFF, very much hated by fans, but I find much to enjoy.
And what does XI have? No, really, what? The Kelvin sequence is moving, but there's not much message behind it. As for the rest, it's a thin plot with more holes and contrivances than the other films put together, and no meaning. Take out the effects, and what is there?
A friend told me that XI had made Star Trek cool, but if being cool costs Star Trek its soul and makes it into just another dumb action flick, then I'd rather it was viewed as something that only middle aged men living in their mother's basements and speak Klingon like.
Typical, "herp derp, they changed stuff so I automatically dun like it!" attitude. I mean, heaven forbid people actually die or there actually be unexpected consequences in Trek fiction right?
