Star Trek: Generations (1994)

When two captains meet!
Retired U.S.S. Enterprise crew members Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner), Chevok (Walter Koenig) and Scotty (James Doohan) are guests of honor as they christened a new enterprise but during their test of the ship, a mysterious energy ribbon called The Nexus as Captain Kirk disappears. Seventy-eight years later the USS Enterprise-D run by Captain Picard (Patrick Stewart) with his crew Worf (Michael Dorn), Data (Brent Spiner), Beverly Crusher (Gates McFadden), Geordie (Levar Burton), Riker (Jonathan Frakes) and Troi (Marina Sirtis) are traveling through space, a mad scientist named Soren (Michael McDowell) who has a plan to destroy the enterprise and millions of lives. Picard must go into the Nexus where he must find the legendary and so called proclaimed dead Captain Kirk to help him stop Soren's madness before it's too late.

Nicely done and well directed installment of the popular sci-fi franchise! I love how they had a few members of the original ST crew and the Next Generation crew are together in this movie. Sure fans had mixed feelings over this installment but i loved it! Whoopie Goldberg does a great uncredited apperence as Next Generation bartender Guinan, the special effects were spectacular and the storyline is very good. Some fans didn't like how Data the lovable android gets an emotion chip that makes him a happy go-lucky joker but i think it's funny, the acting is good and so is the directing. This is a very underrated installment of the series that is worth watching, this is where the old generation meets the new generation with a memorable end to Kirk and a welcome arm to Captain Picard and his crew.

This 2-Disc DVD contains great picture and sound as always with these 2-disc editions of the franchise! the extras include audio commentary by Brannon Braga and Ron Moore with Text commentary by Michael and Denise Okuda of the "Star Trek Encylopedia" fame. Featurettes, deleted scenes, alternate ending, storyboards, production gallery, and a tribute to Matt Jefferies.

a long episode
I will say this. If I had to pay 15 bucks or go to a theatre to see this film I wouldn't do it. However for the 5-6 bucks you are about to pay for it then yes it's worth it. It was a movie that should have never went to theraters but, been on a tv.

It might as well been a two part eps with a bigger budget. Granted I like the movie and bought it on amazon and if you like TNG you'll like this film.

A Forgettable Chapter in the Star Trek Series
First, I would just like to say that I'm not a big fan of any other Star Trek series other than the original series. I've barely watched Star Trek: The Next Generation, and knowing that this was really a Next Generation film, I really wasn't expecting to warm up to the "new" cast too easily. The fact is, the things that I didn't like about this film really didn't involve much of the cast. Basically, this film wasn't bad, but it wasn't that good. Simply put, it just didn't do much for me. To be honest, the whole movie just felt like an extra long, normal episode. The story, for the most part, really didn't excite me much at all, especially the whole storyline with Data and his "Emotion Chip" which was not amusing at all. The beginning scenes with William Shatner were descent, but by the time he returns much later in the film, its kinda too late. I didn't think Shatner and Stewart had any on screen Chemistry. I didn't think they fit well together. In a nutshell, I really don't have much more to say about this film. Its just another forgettable movie. And though, I guess the appearance of Kirk (and Scotty and Chekov in the first scenes) was supposed to be the big thing in this film, it didn't meet my expectations. As always, these Star Trek films are worth buying just to have them all at the very least, and the special features, are as always, were having. Again, this film isn't that bad, and is worth watching, but just don't expect nothing real special with this one.