Must-Read STAR TREK: NEMESIS Script Review on Dark Horizons!
Published at: Aug. 15, 2001, 11:43 a.m. CST by staff
Greetings, traumatized Trekkies! ROBOGEEK here with a link to some online enlightenment.
(And yes, that red "Spoiler!" badge on the front page above this article's headline does indeed mean there are major spoilers herein.)
It's rare that we send our readers to another site for a script review, but every once in awhile there's something so dead-on brilliant we feel obligated to bring it your attention as a public service.
Last month, I had the opportunity to read the STAR TREK: NEMESIS script, but after perusing the first few pages, I could only stomach skimming those that remained. The whole thing just struck me as horribly, horribly wrong.
However, after reading Moriarty's far-too-nice review of the script a month ago (no offense, Professor, but steer clear of the Kool-Aid), I've felt a nagging obligation to eventually go back and read through the entire script myself, and write a counter-review.
Thankfully, Captain Kronos over on Dark Horizons saved me the trouble today. He's written an excellent, insightful, and articulate review of the script - and I honestly don't know if I could have done better. His opinions mirror mine uncannily (given the knowledge I have of the script), and I wish I could shake his hand.
This isn't some whiny fanboy complaining that Riker should become Captain of the Enterprise instead of the Titan... or that (the irrationally-demoted) Worf should be the Enterprise's new first officer instead of some random new character... or that Picard should be an admiral instead of Janeway... or that Romulans shouldn't just have telepathic abilities all of a sudden... or that if you're going to involve Romulans, you'd better wrap up the Spock and Sela plot threads... or that what's-his-name can't die because he was in "All Good Things"... (though all of these are valid complaints). No, this is astute, intelligent criticism - and the powers-that-be at Paramount should take heed.
I mean, if you were running Paramount...
Wouldn't you want to do something about the fact that no STAR TREK movie in the last fifteen years has grossed $100 million domestic?
Wouldn't you question the logic of having the next TREK film be about a villainous clone - even while George Lucas' STAR WARS: EPISODE II: ATTACK OF THE CLONES will be in theaters months earlier?
