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Idea: 'Star Trek Generations - The Burning Cut'

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I have always felt that Robert and Rene’s deaths being offscreen really cheapens their impact.
My goal with this proof of concept edit would be to create a new opening of the film where it hard opens (no fade in) on a shot of a burning building in a field, and then, without cutting, have a figure run into the building shouting “RENE!!!”. Then the building collapses. THEN it cuts to the shots of the HMS Enterprise on the holodeck.
Fire and water or something.

I would have to find somewhat similar footage to what I am describing from another film and cut it together like Lucas did with the Dam Busters.

I haven’t figured out where to put the Kirk/Enterprise B opening footage though.

Any thoughts?

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There must be a movie with a barn burning down in it? I think it was a barn fire mentioned in Generations? A period film with a fire scene might be a good match to the buildings seen in the Family episode of TNG. It certainly can’t be a modern looking structure.

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SilverWook said:

There must be a movie with a barn burning down in it? I think it was a barn fire mentioned in Generations? A period film with a fire scene might be a good match to the buildings seen in the Family episode of TNG. It certainly can’t be a modern looking structure.

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