Tobar said:

Star Trek Generations (1994)

Sheesh, this came out in '94? Man how time flies. Well, my chronological journey through Star Trek has brought me here. It's been and continues to be an interesting ride. I still don't get the harsh criticisms against this film. Yeah the Nexus is a stupid mcguffin along with the excuses for why Soran has to resort to what he's doing but darn it the film isn't all bad. It had strong ties to the show which had just wrapped up and then rolled into the production of this film. We get to see the end of Lursa and B'Etor as well as see the return of Guinan after a long absence. We also see a Picard acting like himself and not the action hero of the later films. Overall I felt it stayed pretty true to the soul of the show and that's why I like it.

Outside of this film, I'm sad we never got to see any resolution with Tasha's daughter Sela. She would have made an interesting movie villain. The Generation films in general I think would have been stronger if they had all been focused on tying up loose threads from the show. Oh well.

I think the problem is that coming off the fan-fucking-tastic Undiscovered Country...this really just seems like an average TNG episode with better special effects. It's not a bad film, it's just kind of...meh. For the start of a "new dynasty in Star Trek history", keeping in mind that the TOS films had their own great legacy and were still relatively current, this was a rocky start. But then ST:TMP was like that too, and First Contact proved to be the equivalent to Wrath of Kahn so all went well. Until Insurrection. And then Nemesis. Which I actually thought was a return to form--you know, even numbered episodes and all--but I'm definitely in the minority on that one. I've also never re-watched it since the theater so maybe my 15-year-old brain was easily impressed.