Thursday, April 06, 2006

Star Trek: Insurrection

Star Trek Insurrection is a very interesting movie, very different from most all of the other Star Trek movies. Insurrection revolves around which group of people has the rights to a certain planet, instead of revolving around destructive space phenomena, or malevolent, mysterious space entities who attempt to destroy earth, as do many of the other Star Trek films. Insurrection revolves around the crew of the Enterprise working to allow the Ba’ku to remain in possession of their planet. And even takes place mostly on that planet. This radically different plot line sets it apart from all other Star Trek movies. This movie is set just after the end of the Dominion War. This means that it is set just after the ending of Deep Space Nine. If this is the case, then the presence of Worf on the Enterprise is inexplicable, as he is supposed to be the Federation ambassador to Qo’noS at that time (maybe he was on vacation). The Visual Effects in this movie are substandard for Star Trek (excluding the original series) as most of them appear to be blatantly faked and/or computer generated, detracting from one’s enjoyment of the movie. Insurrection makes a very good point about forced relocation/eminent domain. Whether applied to a single person or many people, their property is their property. Since the Federation seems to understand this, I find it odd that the Federation would associate itself with the removal of the Ba’ku from their planet. Star Trek Insurrection is unique as far as Star Trek movies go. Some of these differences are good, and others are not. The differences make Star Trek Insurrection rather average.

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