"They say time is the fire in which we burn" Today marks the 30th anniversary of Paramount Pictures' "Star Trek Generations," an extremely important and entertaining 7th entry in the Star Trek movie franchise that acted as a bridge between " The Original Series '" Enterprise crew led by James T. Kirk and "The Next Generation's" gang under the command of Jean-Luc Picard. And yes, it's the movie that killed off William Shatner's starship captain! Upon a recent rewatch, "Generations" holds up remarkably well with its polished visual effects by Industrial Light & Magic, stellar main cast, and reflective screenplay from Ronald D.
Moore and Brannon Braga dealing with meditations on life, death, mortality, and regret. Plus, let's not forget that incredible sequence where the Enterprise-D's saucer unit detaches and crash lands on the planet Veridian III. Starring William Shatner, Patrick Stewart, and Malcolm McDowell, "Generations" arrived in theaters on Nov.
18, 1994 with great fanfare. It was released just three years after "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country" and only six months after "The Next Generation's" TV series concluded earlier that year. Directorial duties for the $38 million project fell upon the talented British filmmaker David Carson ("From Earth To The Moon"), who had already served time in Gene Roddenberry's final frontier by helming multiple episodes of " Star Trek: The Next Generation " and " Star Trek: Deep Space Nine " over the past decade.
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