Insurrection is one of my favourite Trek movies, for the reasons we've discussed.
Firstly, it's a Seven Samurai-a-like, sharing that in common with many movies. It's basically Trek-does-Battle Beyond the Stars. It's also very closer to an episode, conceptually; like I said earlier in the thread, there's a setup, that leads to the crew discovering something on the far reaches of space which is basically space-magic, they explore the impact of this (how far someone would bend their ethics if the prize is immortality), there's a battle to save paradise, a few twists, and it ends neatly.
Now, given... A big budget episode is not what some people want to see when they go to the cinema for Trek, but for me, I love that some of the movies can be like this. I also think it's really well-shot, with a great score.
I also wrote the Memory Alpha article for The Riker Maneouvre.
I get that it's a small-scale story in so many ways, but personally, I loved it.
Firstly, it's a Seven Samurai-a-like, sharing that in common with many movies. It's basically Trek-does-Battle Beyond the Stars. It's also very closer to an episode, conceptually; like I said earlier in the thread, there's a setup, that leads to the crew discovering something on the far reaches of space which is basically space-magic, they explore the impact of this (how far someone would bend their ethics if the prize is immortality), there's a battle to save paradise, a few twists, and it ends neatly.
Now, given... A big budget episode is not what some people want to see when they go to the cinema for Trek, but for me, I love that some of the movies can be like this. I also think it's really well-shot, with a great score.
I also wrote the Memory Alpha article for The Riker Maneouvre.
I get that it's a small-scale story in so many ways, but personally, I loved it.
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