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Which TNG episodes would have made awesome films?

The Enemy
The Defector
Face of the Enemy
Unification
Conspiracy
The Chase
Redemption
Best of Both Worlds
Yesterday's Enterprise
All Good Things

The two-parter with Madred and Jellico, can't remember the name off the top of my head.
 
The Enemy
The Defector
Unification
Conspiracy
The Chase
Redemption
Best of Both Worlds
Yesterday's Enterprise
All Good Things

The two-parter with Madred and Jellico, can't remember the name off the top of my head.
 
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!
 
I'd love to see some TNG episodes done with a massive budget.

Yesterday's Enterprise and Best of Both Worlds would be my first choices, but they've been discussed a lot before.

I always wanted to see Q on the big screen. Tapestry or Qpid might be good choices, if you padded out the stories a little bit.
 
^ I dunno about "QPid." On one hand, it would mean taking a risk (something the TNG films really didn't do). On the other hand, is turning them into Robin Hood a risk you want to take?
 
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!

You just punched my nards :(
 
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