(Not including the reboot trilogy as that’s a different altogether topic)

I was recently in a mood to binge the first ten Star Trek films as I hadn’t seen any of them in several years, and I notice that the TOS films are better than the TNG films. Which is weird because when it comes to the tv series, I far prefer TNG and its spin-offs over TOS but when it came to the films, it’s the opposite. I love First Contact, and like Generations but Insurrection and Nemesis are pretty bad IMO, whereas the only TOS film I truly dislike is V. (My favorites are IV and VI) Was wondering what others here thought, I think this may be the standard opinion in fact.

As for why they’re better, I think for whatever reason the TOS movies feel more cinematic, whereas the TNG films were mostly trying to capture the TNG feeling and not as much be cinematic?

  • CraigeryTheKid@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    I think your last sentence answers it for me.

    The TNG movies felt like “big episodes” to me. That said, I still liked them fine enough.

    • startrekexplained@startrek.websiteOP
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      1 year ago

      Generations and Insurrection especially feel like episodes, though I actually like Generations kinda for that reason, as it feels like a big budget episode and makes me nostalgic. Insurrection is just lazy and therefore I didn’t like it