The problem with making "All Good Things..." a theatrical movie is that you would lose what worked perfectly as a series finale. And I think they needed a good series finale more than they needed good movies. Yes, the movies could potentially make more money, but season 7 had a fair share of stinkers, and I don't know how the hell Q could be explained to casual audiences with what a long history he has (although I do wish the final TNG film had involved him).
"Yesterday's Enterprise" could have been a great movie, but I don't think it could have included the original series crew. With the big 7 of TNG, plus Tasha, plus Guinan, plus Castillo to deal with, there would be way too many characters already before getting to Kirk and his crew (or even just Kirk). There wouldn't be enough time to establish all of these characters for the many viewers going into the movie not very familiar with TNG and its history.
The problem with making "All Good Things..." a theatrical movie is that you would lose what worked perfectly as a series finale. And I think they needed a good series finale more than they needed good movies. Yes, the movies could potentially make more money, but season 7 had a fair share of stinkers, and I don't know how the hell Q could be explained to casual audiences with what a long history he has (although I do wish the final TNG film had involved him).
"Yesterday's Enterprise" could have been a great movie, but I don't think it could have included the original series crew. With the big 7 of TNG, plus Tasha, plus Guinan, plus Castillo to deal with, there would be way too many characters already before getting to Kirk and his crew (or even just Kirk). There wouldn't be enough time to establish all of these characters for the many viewers going into the movie not very familiar with TNG and its history.
Make Generations the series finale.
You get to blow up the 'old' ship and kill Kirk at the end of your show and have a new ship for your first movie!
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