tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post1872555337343013317..comments2024-03-17T07:11:44.454-04:00Comments on John Kenneth Muir's Reflections on Cult Movies and Classic TV: Sci-Fi Wisdom of the Week: Aging EditionJohn Kenneth Muirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15629979615332893780noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-690759980878700792009-12-04T18:34:29.050-05:002009-12-04T18:34:29.050-05:00Hey Jim -- Gosh, I hope it isn't impolitic to ...Hey Jim -- Gosh, I hope it isn't impolitic to say it, but Picard cries way too much in Generations for my taste.<br /><br />It just seemed...wussy. He had good reason to cry (and I would have cried too given the circumstances), but I just don't know that it was the image that Picard needed to project in the first Next Gen movie.<br /><br />And then they had to spend the next movie macho-ing him up to make up for the crying. <br /><br />Which never seemed to fit either. Janeway in a sleevless gray shirt kicking ass...yes. Picard...no. <br /><br />And that assessment is not about sex or looks; it's about believability and character. I believed Janeway would do it (in Macrovirus or whatever the Voyager episode was), but it felt forced and hokey with he tea-sipping, prissy Jean-Luc.<br /><br />best,<br />JKMJohn Kenneth Muirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15629979615332893780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-66652867670266801412009-12-03T17:03:02.641-05:002009-12-03T17:03:02.641-05:00Not to mention that Picard bursts into tears on mo...Not to mention that Picard bursts into tears on more than one occasion. It's a whole combination effect in which he seems diminished next to Kirk in terms of ability, confidence, and machismo. Of course then the pendulum swung to a ridiculous extent the other way by the time of Nemesis.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-6141300212601211612009-12-02T19:07:06.646-05:002009-12-02T19:07:06.646-05:00Hey Jim
I totally agree with you. Shatner gives...Hey Jim <br /><br />I totally agree with you. Shatner gives the film a real lift in the last act (and blows Stewart off the screen...); but the movie suffers from the inattention to scientific detail and reliance on technobabble.<br /><br />Like, Soran couldn't just wear a thruster suit in space and wait for the Ribbon to happen by him? Lame!<br /><br />Equally lame is Captain Picard's reaction to a cloaked Bird of Prey. "What?!!!"<br /><br />In Star Trek III, Kirk VISUALLY detected a cloaked bird of prey and got in the first licks with a skeleton crew of five and a badly damaged Enterprise.<br /><br />In Generations, Picard lost the Federation flagship to a Bird of Prey. D'oh!<br /><br />JKMJohn Kenneth Muirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15629979615332893780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-34050607413222530842009-12-02T18:01:03.339-05:002009-12-02T18:01:03.339-05:00As uneven as Generations is, the few moments like ...As uneven as Generations is, the few moments like these where Picard engages Soran in a philosophical debate make it close to worthwhile. Picard has another great line about how our mortality defines our existence as well.<br /><br />There's a good/thoughtful movie in there, which unfortunately gets derailed by several really bad decisions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com