Star Trek: Nemesis

Starring: Brent Spiner, Jonathan Frakes, Patrick Stewart Director: Stuart Baird Original UK Premiere: 2003 Dvd Release: 11th August, 2003 Number Of Discs: 1 Format: Anamorphic, PAL, Widescreen, Region 2 Encoding

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Star Trek Nemesis is the tenth feature film based on the popular Star Trek science fiction television series. The Next Generation. While the crew of the Enterprise prepares to bid farewell to Commander Riker & Counselor Troi, who have married each other, they find the remnants of an android resembling Lieutenant Commander Data on a planet close to the Romulan Neutral Zone called Kolarus III. Reassembling the android, it reveals its name as B4, a predecessor to Data. The ship is then ordered by Rear Admiral Kathryn Janeway to a diplomatic mission to Romulus, the homeworld of the Romulan Star Empire, which has undergone a military coup & is now controlled by a mysterious young man named Shinzon. Shinzon proves to be a clone of Captain Picard, who has some nasty plans for both the Romulans & the Federation. Picard meeting his opposite number in Shinzon & having to think his way out of his usual patterns to out-fight himself. Posters Of Star Trek: Nemesis

Despite Nemesis bearing strong echoes of the Star Trek franchises 1982 zenith, The Wrath of Kahn, the tenth film in the series sadly lacks Kahns enormous conviction & resonance. That aside, Nemesis is still a strong, enjoyable effort containing all the Trek hallmarks, while making few concessions for non-fans. Following the wedding of Riker & Troi, the Enterprise is called to negotiate peace with longtime Federation enemies the Romulans, now led by the mysterious Reman, Shinzon , who bears an unnervingly close link to Captain Picard . At the same time, Datas surprise discovery of an inferior prototype of himself leads him to make to some harsh human decisions.

Certainly, the film has a comfy familiarity to it, & there are no shocking changes of direction, but scriptwriter John Logan & director Stuart Baird , both franchise newcomers, make some fine contributions. Logan imbues some scenes with fine seething drama, particularly between Picard & Shinzon, & introduces, in a psychic assault on Troi , a hitherto unseen darkness in the Trek universe. Baird, meanwhile, offsets the series talkiness with some superbly realised, & brutal, action sequences. Should this indeed be the final voyage for The Next Generation Enterprise, then it could have been far worse.

Brent Spiner is an American actor, best known for his portrayal of the android Data on the television & movie series Star Trek: The Next Generation. Spiner attended Bellaire High School, Bellaire, Texas, where he had a very inspirational drama teacher, Cecil Pickett - the same drama teacher who coached such people as Cindy Pickett, Randy Quaid, Dennis Quaid, Trey Wilson, Robert Wuhl & Thomas Schlamme. After attending the University of Houston & performing in local theatre there, Spiner moved to New York City, where he became an established stage actor, performing in several Broadway & off-Broadway plays, most notably with the original cast of the Stephen Sondheim musical Sunday in the Park with George. At the same time, he also had a small part in the film Stardust Memories. In 1984, Spiner moved to Los Angeles, appearing in several pilots & made-for-tv movies & played a recurring character on Night Court, before appearing on Star Trek. Since his success in Star Trek, he has also acted in film, including a notable minor role in the movie Independence Day. Posters Of Star Trek

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Jonathan Frakes is a well-known American actor & director who is best known for his portrayal of Commander William Riker in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation. First Contact earning him the nickname Two-Takes Frakes. Frakes, originally a psychology major, received his Bachelor of Fine Arts at Penn State University in the early 1970s & went on to receive his Masters from Harvard. He moved to New York City & became a member of The Impossible Ragtime Theater. In that company Frakes did his first off-Broadway acting in Eugene ONeill s The Hairy Ape. His first Broadway appearance was in Shenandoah. At the same time, he landed a role in the NBC soap opera The Doctors. When his character was dismissed from the soap, Frakes moved to Los Angeles, California & played guest spots in many of the top television shows of the 1970s & 1980s such as The Waltons & Hill Street Blues. The Next Generation. He is married to soap opera actress Genie Francis. The couple now live in London with their son, Jameson & daughter, Elizabeth.   article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki. Posters Of Star Trek

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Patrick Stewart is a famous British film & television actor. His bald head & classically trained vocal mannerisms are his trademarks. He was born in Mirfield, Yorkshire, England. His first appearance on stage was at a local outdoor history pageant as Tom Of Towngate when he was 9 years old. At the age of 12, he entered the local Secondary Modern School where he continued to study drama. He has said that the greatest thing that ever happened to me was after he read Shylock aloud in front of his class & his teacher told him, Stewart, youre good at this. You should do it for a living. At 15, he dropped out of school & increased his participation in local theatre. He acquired a job as a news paper reporter, but after a year, his employer gave him an ultimatum to choose acting or journalism. He quit the job. His brother tells the story that Stewart would attend rehearsals during work time & then invent the stories he reported. Supposedly, this caught up with him the night of a large fire of which, when questioned by his boss, he knew nothing about. Posters Of Patrick Stewart

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Star Trek Nemesis is the tenth feature film based on the popular Star Trek science fiction television series. The Next Generation. While the crew of the Enterprise prepares to bid farewell to Commander Riker & Counselor Troi, who have married each other, they find the remnants of an android resembling Lieutenant Commander Data on a planet close to the Romulan Neutral Zone called Kolarus III. Reassembling the android, it reveals its name as B4, a predecessor to Data. The ship is then ordered by Rear Admiral Kathryn Janeway to a diplomatic mission to Romulus, the homeworld of the Romulan Star Empire, which has undergone a military coup & is now controlled by a mysterious young man named Shinzon. Shinzon proves to be a clone of Captain Picard, who has some nasty plans for both the Romulans & the Federation. Picard meeting his opposite number in Shinzon & having to think his way out of his usual patterns to out-fight himself. Posters Of Star Trek

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