The Brilliance of Star Trek: First Contact

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[raywalker]

I saw this on its opening night in Dublin with my friend. Then we went to the pub to discuss it. After an hour, we went back to the cinema to watch it again. One of the best Star Trek movies ever made IMO.

[TatdDude]

"First Contact", "The Undiscovered Country" and "Wrath of Khan" are the best Star Trek films in my view.
Thanks for the video Dave.

[Pwade]

My favorite moment in this film is when Worf says “PREPARE FOR RAMMING SPEED.” He is never out of the fight, even when the ship is literally blowing up around him. True warrior.

[jaredfoss]

First Contact and Wrath of Khan are my favorite Star Trek movies. Picard telling the crew to not let the Borg touch them gives me chills. The scene when Worf says "assimilate this" is absolutely badass.

[photodude]

First Contact was absolutely apex Modern Trek. Everything about this movie hit the mark.

When First Contact released in November 1996 DS9 had started Season 5 which arguably was their best overall and Voyager was finally hitting its stride in Season 3.

Not to mention there were so many fun Trek novels being written and published like William Shatners “The Return”.

I was about 13-14 years old at the time and looking back I’ve never enjoyed Sci-Fi more then at this time.

[barry]

Patrick Stewart’s performance is imo his best part from all good things. The sense of PTSD from his experience as Locutus is perfectly done. You really feel Picard’s pain

[grandmufftwerkin]

The into theme music to First Contact is spectacular, and right up there with Wrath of Khan in musical quality.

[sowder]

Absolutely, hands down, 100% my favorite Star Trek movie or episode...

[jonodeee_]

The moment the Enterprise E is revealed with that beautiful backdrop as it slowly turns - ingrained in my memory forever. The E was just as much a character as the main cast in this movie.

[grandmufftwerkin]

People who say that Picard had already made peace with his Borg experience, and that his anger is bizarre, really don't understand how PTSD works.

[GtheMVP]

The Vulcans landing at the end was done so well. It got me a little emotional that I actually appreciated Cochran being a fool and hitting the juke box to lighten things up.

[Chablar]

I remember watching this this movie for the fifth or sixth time as a kid, off school sick with a migraine (again) and I had normally never paid much attention to the opening credits. This time however I was blown away by how utterly gorgeous the score was. This film really awoke in me a love for film scores and I could never watch films the same way after that.

[JohnyAngelo]

First contact is really my most favorite ST movie... the cross over with DS9 and VOY, Sovereign class, effects, new uniforms borgs being overwhelming finally in our quadrant of the galaxy... THIS was the peak of Star Trek for me in movie form.

[thelifeemery]

I don't know if it deliberate, but I really appreciated that this is the 2ndTNG movie and it mirrors the 2nd TOS movie in many ways. In Wrath of Khan, Khan quotes Moby Dick and he is an Ahab character obsessed with getting revenge on Kirk. In First Contact the roles are flipped and Picard is the Ahab character obsessed with the Borg. Picard is only narrowly able to avoid Ahab and Khan's fate because of his character qualities. He realizes what he is becoming and regrets his choices. The writing was top notch IMO.

[brysonbauer]

My wife and I love first contact enough that we used the first contact theme and the end credits/TNG theme for our wedding. Excellent film

[claytonrumley]

First Contact was the first Star Trek movie I went to see with friends. When Crusher activated the EMH everyone in the theatre cheered and it was such a great feeling.


I couldn't imagine anyone cheering for any new Trek characters, which is sad.

Great review, Dave! Loved the trivia about the first drafts, which I didn't know about.

[jerryc]

The line must be drawn HERE! This far..no further!!! ..and IIII will make them pay for what they’ve done!!

[ccnomz]

I converted my best friend into a trekkie by showing him STFC.
It was the best of times and I think the intervening years thereafter until Picard season 3 really proved how special that era of star trek was.

[brassbear]

Having JLP come to see the metaphorical relationship with himself and Cpt. Ahab was a nice touch. JLP would have of course been familiar with Moby Dick, and the fact that Lily introduces the concept as a jab toward JLP is hilarious, having never actually read the novel herself.

[cmedtheuniverseofcmed]

There is so much reward for this movie that the Enterprise series made sure to bring James Cromwell back to reprise his role. You can see Zefram Cochrane's story progression from the unenthusiastic pioneer to a man who's happy to be received as Earth's hero.

You sadly don't really see that as much in movie/tv series connected lore.