THIS MOVIE RULED!!! What a fun time with a great suspense, Borg driven plot and a lighter comedic subplot to balance it all out! Incredible effects, makeup, design, and acting made for one of my favourite Star Trek films! The Borg Queen as well as insanely cool! What do you guys think of this one!? Thanks for watching! Have a great day! :)
all TNG movies are decent or even better. the best for me is first contact and the worst generations just cause kirk/shatner (he was a big homophobic and discriminative person) i do like insurrections more than nemesis.
I'm surprised First Contact got any unfavorable comments. It's generally considered to be one of the best of all Trek films. Usually Star Trek 2 is considered the best and First Contact is either second or third after Star Trek 4.
First Contact had a few references to Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager, such as Worf on the USS Defiant, and the Emergency Medical Hologram in sick bay. For more context, when First Contact came out in 1996, DS9 was in it's 4th season, and Voyager was in it's 2nd season.
I don't know why anyone hates this movie, for my money it's the best Star Trek movie of them all. Remember, we found out in this movie that the queen was on the Borg cube in Best of Both Worlds, and that ship was destroyed, so she died there. Her death only affected the local Borg.
Just a suggestion, maybe watch the over use of the word "hate" when talking about negative reviews. Some people just feel nothing for a thing and point out the reasons they didn't love or even like a thing. That's not hate, that's being critical. And despite what the internet and twitter tries to tell the human race, it's actually okay to disagree wish others and not enjoy something that they do. Even when the they is a larger portion of the commenters than those who don't. Hate is overrated, overused and misused in the youtube sphere.
Worf's ship, The Defiant, is from the series Deep Space Nine. Worf moved to that series at the start of the fourth season. The holographic doctor is a character from Star Trek: Voyager.
@@tj_2701 quote-DS9 mostly sucks except for the Dominion War ___________ I disagree.DS9 WAS Always really good before the Dominion war but it got better when the war happen.Each season ds9 was getting better and better.
When this film first came out, there were a lot of fans who sat there listening to the music and thinking, "Okay, this is going to be good." The film didn't disappoint. I also think that this film did felt like a huge improvement over what many saw was the disappointment of Generations. I still think the music for this film is the best in all of Star Trek.
The reason this movie looks so good is because this was the last Star Trek movie with real ship models as opposed to CGI. 90s model work was top of the line.
This is my favorite Star Trek movie. There’s a few references to ST episodes you might not catch if you haven’t seen them: - The Emergency Medical Hologram is a main character from Star Trek Voyager - Lt. Reg Barclay makes a cameo; he is a fan favorite TNG character with social anxiety who appeared in a few eps - Data refers to his only previous sexual encounter, which happened with Lt. Yar in the third episode of TNG, “The Naked Now” (right after “Encounter at Farpoint”) - Ethan Philips, who stars on ST Voyager, cameos in the holographic nightclub
@@weepingscorpion8739 Ah yes, I knew there was a major one I was forgetting, just couldn’t think of it. Worf was on DS9 at the time and this movie used the Defiant as a way to get him back with the Enterprise crew so the whole gang could be together :)
I am just realizing that this might be the defining movie(not just star trek) of my life. That scene in the conference room between Picard and Lily impacted me so much that it made me read Moby Dick. As someone who never read at all growing up. And I adored it, and it led to a lifelong love of classic literature as I just continued from there.
Jonathan Frakes took advantage of the “directors course” at Paramount studios. Back in the day, Paramount had courses that allowed actors to learn how to direct. Give them the opportunity to direct more than a few episodes. LeVar Burton who plays Geordi also directed a lot of episodes of TNG, voyager, and enterprise. Some Voyager actors became pretty well-known TV directors as well. Even Patrick Stewart got to direct an episode of TNG! Jonathan Frakes has definitely become one of the most known television directors in the past three decades. He’s got a couple of feature films to his name. Not to mention he’s also directing and will continue to direct episodes of the new Star Trek.
Many cast members directed episodes of Trek after Frakes. Incidently, had the original Star Trek been renewed for a fourth season, William Shatner would have been the first to direct an episode as he was slated to direct the season four premier of the original series. The show was not renewed and he didn't make his directorial debut until 1983 directing an episode of his series at the time: T.J. Hooker. Jonathan Frakes directed eight episodes of TNG, three episodes of Deep Space Nine, three episodes of Voyager, and has since directed seven episodes of Discovery and six of Picard. Sir Patrick directed five episodes of TNG. LeVar Burton directed two episodes of TNG, ten episodes of Deep Space Nine, eight episodes of Voyager, and nine episodes of Enterprise. Gates McFadden directed one episode of TNG. Michael Dorn directed three episodes of Deep Space Nine and one episode of Enterprise. Avery Brooks (DS9's Sisko) directed nine episodes of Deep Space Nine. Rene Auberjonois (DS9's Odo) directed eight episodes of Deep Space Nine. Alexander Siddig (DS9's Bashir) directed two episodes of Deep Space Nine. Andrew Robinson (DS9's Garak) directed one episode of Deep Space Nine and two episodes of Voyager. Robert Duncan McNeill (VOY's Paris) directed four episodes of Voyager and four episodes of Enterprise. Roxann Dawson (VOY's Torres) directed two episodes of Voyager and ten episodes of Enterprise. Robert Picardo (VOY's EMH) directed two episodes of Voyager. Tim Russ (VOY's Tuvok) directed one episode of Voyager.
According to Jonathan Frakes and nobody else, "they" call him 2-Takes Frakes because he always wants a second take, not just just to be safe in case of an unexpected malfunction but also to see if an alternate shot can be better or convey more story.
The outstanding score for First Contact is probably one of the best of the series of movies. There's so much emotion in parts and it feels dark during the Borg scenes.
The First Contact score realy builds up tension. When it comes to maine Theme i preffer main theme from Star Trek Insurrection over every other ST Movie theme. However First Contact hast the best overall from all the Next Generation Movies. Story, Action, Soundtrack wise.
Alfre Woodard, the actress that played Lily, was incredible in this movie. The scene with Picard and her in his ready room was amazing. She really grounded the movie. Her character added a much needed dimension that you couldn't get from interactions between the established characters. We needed a perspective from outside of the Star Fleet chain of command and she really delivered. Great reaction/review! Thanks!
I really like that scene, but of the whole movie it’s the one that seems to be the only one that some fans dislike. Seeing Picard be so vengeful and aggressive broke character for some people.
I'm pleased you enjoyed this film. It's definitely my favorite. I think fans are gaining a new appreciation for the TNG movies. Everything seems to hold up well 26 plus years later. You can guarantee that the music is going to be special if Jerry Goldsmith's name is in the credits. I am enjoying your Star Trek journey and look forward to what comes next.
Ollie, immediately after the movie: “I know it’s Borg. I’ve read the comments. It’s not Borgs. Just Borg. Ollie, the next 15 minutes after that: “Borgs, Borgs, Borgs.” Love you Ollie. Like anything, it’s hard to change habits, but you’ll get it eventually!
When they did the first Borg episode, there were lots of jokes on the set about 'This one is Bjorn Borg, this one is Ernest Borg-nine,' etc. So 'Sounds Swedish' is a reference to a well-known joke.
This is gonna sound loserish, but watching you watch this movie for the first time and REALLY getting into it made me appreciate it more. Things I enjoyed were you not noticing the Defiant, the ship that Worf was on during the battle. That little ship has a HELL of a story. Also, the appearance of the EMH, the medical hologram that Dr Crusher activates….you’ve got a lot to learn about one of his “brothers”. I’m envious, because the adventure is just beginning for you.
One more….the Vulcan ambassador that greets Cochrane at the end; he’s Ambassador Solkar. He has a son called Skon, who has a son called Sarek, who has a son called….Spock. Yep. Solkar is Spock’s great grandfather.
When it's anything directed by Kurtzman- that's when its 'loserish'. The original gold-standard Star Trek, by Gene Roddenberry was at times, frankly Shakespearian. That's because Roddenberry was: inspired by, enlightened by AND even at times -stole- more like *_lovingly-borrowed_* bits of Shakespeare play dialogue for a very rare scene(s)! ☝🏼🥲
First time I saw it, I had no idea this wasn't James Cromwell's first time in the Star Trek universe, he was in the TNG episodes The Hunted and the two part Birthright. Patrick Stewart gave of of his best performances in this movie. Jerry Goldsmith once again created an awesome score, all of it is incredible but my favorite piece is when the Vulcans land and make first contact.
Cromwell also appeared in DS9's "Starship Down" a year before playing Zephram Cochrane here in ST:FC. He would reprise his role as Cochrane in the pilot of Enterprise in 2001.
If you’re enjoying the ship battles, definitely take a chance to watch deep space nine. Great series, very underrated. Last few seasons see the federation at war
FYI... the sexual experience Data mentioned to the Borg Queen was with Tasha Yar. It happened in the episode "The Naked Now" & was mentioned again in "The Measure of a Man".
This movie is soo well made. Not just as a Star Trek movie, but as a character centric movie too. Three characters (Picard, Data, Cochrane) dealing with their issues and their humanity and the problems and temptations that come with it. Especially Picard overcomes his trauma thanks to a women that died over 200 years before he was born
I’m surprised you heard so much negativity about this film. It has always been a fan favorite. It smashed the box office and launched Jonathan Frakes directing career. The next one has a bad rep but I think it’s undeserved, hope you enjoy it too!
If you look in the background when the Borg cube is being attacked you can see the Millennium Falcon flying past. One of the animators was involved in the special effects of star wars did the effects of first contact, and he snuck it in the movie. So technically you can say that star trek and star wars are in the same universe!
Back in 1996 I had the tremendously unique pleasure to watch First Contact at a very special pre-premier screening with just Star Trek fans! Every single time a famous name was shown in the opening credits the entire theater was on fire with cheers & applauds! And when Picard breaks the spine of the Borg Queen at the end it was a standing ovation! I have been to some premiers in my lifetime but when it comes to energy & every single person in the theater truly being engaged, focus & 100% involved & loving every second, nothing beats First Contact! Safe to say, this is my absolute fav Star Trek film still to date & I doubt that will ever change. What I also personally enjoy very much about First Contact is that it symbolically is a mix between Return of the Jedi & Aliens, my two fav films of all time, put together into ST: TNG! No wonder this works for me. And why ROTJ & Aliens? The Borg Queen trying to lure Data over is very similar to what Emperor Palpatine is up to with the Dark Side & Data is kind of both Luke & Vader in this film & Picard is definitely Luke. And it was Data that pulls the Borg Queen to her death, just as Vader tosses Palpatine to his death. The Borg Queen did not see this betrayal coming from Data, nor did Palpatine see Vader's! "hint hint" And Aliens? Heck, the Borg are the kid friendly version of the Xenomorphs in my book. They are drones, all they do is multiply, they live in a hive, they love heat, they sleep in walls, they are lead by a queen. And if they ever get their hands on you, you are F-ed (with few exceptions). And Frakes filmed this very similar to an Alien movie, dark corridors, lots of red lights, they just keep coming no matter how much you fight & shoot. And, again, they now have a queen! Surprise! Once Star Trek went more like SW it just got so much better, & still holding on to its own thing. The space battle in the beginning, for many, many years that was the only space battle in anything that could even get close to the space battle in, yep, ROTJ! What is also very nice to know is that the TNG cast themselves are very, very happy themselves with First Contact. Brent Spiner is for sure. And, despite his fear of heights, he did make that long fall himself, even if he was on wires obviously. He hated it but he still did it. King!
I love this entry. The First Contact event is a crucial part of the origin of the Star Trek Universe, with Warp Drive and the consequent titular First Contact between Vulcans and Humans. Jerry Goldsmith and his son Joel (who wrote a few cues) produced some of their best work.
I know Joel scored the Flight of the Phoenix, which is a standout moment in the film imo. Unfortunately, both Jerry and Joel are no longer with us, but their music will live on forever.
I always loved how the enterprise sort of emerges from the nebula like a curtain is being pulled back. I’m convinced that the first contact theme is Jerry Goldsmith’s greatest work. The scene with Picard in a white suit and a tommy gun taking out a horde of Borg is just amazing visually. I like how this movie feels like a game, in a good way. It’s almost like there are different levels and objectives they have to achieve along the way. At the beginning of the film, when Picard is in his ready room listening to extremely loud music… I didn’t realize until much later that the poor guy was already hearing the call of the Borg in that scene and had the music cranked up high so he didn’t have to hear it anymore. It’s a small little touch of trauma that isn’t even apparent on first watching the movie.
This was the best of the TNG films in my opinion. If any antagonist deserved to appear on the big screen it's the Borg. It was good to see the usually reserved Picard trip off the line. It can sometimes be easy to forget he's human.
Not just human, the Borg violated him in mind and body. He got to watch as they used him to destroy thousands of people at Wolf 359 using his knowledge. 😔
"So you're all astronauts, on some kind of.....Star Trek." Yeah, the theater audience I saw this with...we all lost it for a minute. Best in-canon Star Trek joke ever.
One of the best Sci-fi films and Star Trek Sci-fi Horror-based films. The Sound design and effects still hold up to this day and the borg assimilation scenes are graphic, brutal and scare me still.
This is one of the best Star Trek movies, including the ones with the original cast. I'm glad you watched it because so many reactors aren't even doing any of the movies, save the Abrams Kelvin-universe ones. It's hard to imagine a more historically epic scene than the one with the Vulcans landing. So much of Trek lore is included in this movie.
You probably missed it but at 10:19, the Emergency Medical Hologram that Beverly Crusher activates is the Doctor from Star Trek Voyager. The EMH Doctor was added to all Federation starships during this time period
This movies by far the best in the series! I’ll watch this anytime and never lose its excitement! I get so pumped up whenever a Sovereign class starship fires it’s quantum torpedoes! Ugh! Nothing better!
DS9 SPOILERS it's a shame we never saw any Sovereigns in any war battles right? I mean the Galaxy wings were ALWAYS rad as hell, but you'd think there might be ONE or two Sovereigns leading some of the big charges
I have been waiting sooooooo long for your reaction to this one, one of my favorites of both generations. It felt like Hellraiser meets Star Trek and i adored it. I saw it multiple times in the theatres. Really happy you enjoyed it!! The next one is..... Interesting. It was fine but it feels like a tv episode and definitely not nearly as epic as this one. I remember reading they wanted to slow things down after the epic action of this one. They return to form in Nemesis and go crazy action again for their last. Thanks for sharing these and happy holidays!!
If you like Sir Patrick Stewart with a machine gun, you can check out the 1984 adaptation of Dune to see a pre-Sir Patrick Stewart run screaming into battle carrying a machine gun and a pug.
One of my favorite Star Trek films. I still have this strange memory of watching it on Laserdisc back in the day and getting the call, during the "...the line must be drawn HERE! No further!" scene with Picard, that my father had passed away. Even though we were not on good terms, I was sitting there with my cousin watching the rest of the film with that on my mind and now each time I watch it I am reminded of that time. Aside from that morbid view, I also felt this one really brought NextGen out of the TV feel and much further into the motion picture arena.
I also remember where I was and what I was doing when I got the call that my dad died. How memories are formed is a strange thing. My condolences friend.
38:52 Ah, yes, the "TNG theme song". 😁 It does have such a strong association with that show, it's easy to forget it was written for _The Motion Picture_ years before. I would have thought it was because I saw _TNG_ as my first experience of _Star Trek._ But that's not the case for you. Then maybe it's because you hear it every time you watch the show, which is many times. Or maybe that, other than _TMP,_ in the other movies (scored by Goldsmith), it's only heard in the end credits. 39:51 Jonathan Frakes directed 8 episodes of _TNG._ Of course, I'm pretty sure directing a movie is on a whole different level.
Love seeing your reaction to this film. The Enterprise-E is one of the nicest designs ever for an Enterprise. I find the Borg Queen to be an extremely complex character ... not entirely evil yet not altruistic, either.
The best exchange in the movie: the Borg queen says Data should join them to achieve perfection and Data shakes his head and says, "Believing oneself to be perfect is often the sign of a delusional mind!" I feel that burn to this day, lol.
Spiner puts a a hilarious little taunting tone in there when he gets to "deLUSIONal MIND" that always cracks up my brother and me. Basically Data's overcompensating for having his chip turned on and immediately freaking out, but it is so perfect.
For your question: yeah, after the movie, the Borg definitely are still around. That was only one cube, and the Borg have literally millions of them. For the Queen: is not clear if all cubes have a Queen, or if there is a single Queen, and after her death, another Borg drone takes the role.
It started in the movie Generations…..the almost imperceptible shift in Star Trek from the idealism of Gene Roddenberry to the darker, violent unrecognizable WTF universe that culminates with Discovery and Picard. This is still a very fun enjoyable movie.
Matthew F. Leonetti was the cinematographer for this film. Perhaps the beautiful camera angles and effects are his merit. He was a cinematographer in such films: Rush Hour 2, 2 Fast 2 Furious, The Butterfly Effect, Commando and by the way Star Trek: Insurrection.
This movie is simply timeless. I watched it as a child, I watched it as a teen, and as an adult, and I will watch it as an old man. It's my ideal movie, and whenever I take an evening walk outside, put on the headphones, and listen to music, my heart starts to beat faster when the First Contact theme song comes up randomly, because it is such powerful music and, like a time machine, it brings me back in time to that amazement I felt when I was watching this movie for the first time.
I remember discussions in fandom back when the 2009 JJ Abrams movie came out. Some of us liked it, some didn't but we hoped it would introduce a new generation of Trek fans who might be curious enough to discover the older stuff as well. I'm happy you joined us!
This is my Favorite of all the films. Epic in every meaningful way. Well written, well produced, and Epic performances . It is everything I could ask for from a Star Trek film. Or any film for that matter . I wish all films producers took such time , effort and care crafting their art.
Funnily, this movie makes a lot of references to Moby Dick, as did coincidentally Star Trek 2. But two years later from First Contact, Patrick Stewart went on to actually play the role of Ahab in a two-episode mini-series adaptation of Moby Dick. Jerry Goldsmith also was busy with The Ghost and the Darkness while this film was being made, so around half of the score was actually composed by his son Joel, their duties mostly divided with Jerry doing the big set pieces and Joel doing the more atmospheric Borg stuff outside of the Warp Drive Test music.
*HI ollie! This movies overall story arc seems to explore two themes:* First, PTSD - the idea of the trauma of being a victim of loss of identity and individuality, being robbed from somebody, having a resulting traumatic affect on someone long after the event. Picard is a pacifist and man that always did good by, and for, people. To steal that away from him was similar to being an abuse victim. Then there's the revenge that fills and overwhelms you to the point that you will stop at nothing, with pure rage, to hurt the person that put you in that position. His portrayal is very accurate and in some cases didn't even need words to convey this. Great acting. Second, imposter syndrome. The idea that Cochrane got elevated by others in such a way that he doubted himself. Agin, very accurate portrayal
Unfortunately PStew wanting to take the opportunity to play the action hero on the big screen is not something I associate with the highest quality parts of the TNG movies :P But kudos for his muscle tone haha.
This was the last Trek-Film to use mostly Miniatures for the Effects. There was a lot of CGI already (all Starfleet Ships in the Opening Battle except the Enterprise-E were computer animated) but almost all shots of the Borg Ships, the Enterprise and (I think) the Phoenix were done with models. And these Effects have aged like a very fine wine. And not to take away any credit from Jerry Goldsmith, he did write most of the Score as well as all of the Themes but because he was under sort of a time crunch, he enlisted the Help of his son Joel (who was an accomplished composer himself) to write about 25 Minutes of Score. The Opening Dream-Sequence, the 39.1 Celsius-Scene, the Corridor Shootout and most of the final Confrontation with the Borg Queen, that was all Joels' work.
I was in middle school when this opened, and I'll never forget seeing it opening night. It was a packed crowd of fans, and everyone loved it, I can't watch the movie without remembering all the moments if huge laughter and applause.
The next film gets some bad press, but Insurrection is actually a great film that has a tough act to follow. It’s got a very thoughtful story, which I think makes it difficult for people who are looking for action and not contemplation and moral stakes.
Everytime I watch Insurrection I am annoyed that it borrows a lot from _Who Watches The Watchers_ while lacking a lot of that episode's charm, though as time has gone one I've found it is OK when judged on its own merits. It used to be last in my ranking of ST movies but I think I prefer it to Nemesis now, and it's a lot better than any of the reboots IMO.
This movie upgraded the Borg's look with their budget upgrade. They made them more creepy and they got a more "Alien" organic look to their technology. It also debuted the vampire kind of thing that injects the victim to assimilate them.
As a Trek fan since the early 80's, I feel the same as you about Generations. It has a lot of fun with some issues. I love this one. Insurrection is somewhat dull and feels like a standard episode of the show. Nemesis is some fun, but the show had a much better ending for the cast in comparison. And the soundtrack for this is great.
For those of us at a certain point in life when this movie released, Alice Krige as the Borg Queen was the first definition of "Sooo wrong, but sooo right"! XD
I enjoy all of the Next Generation movies, though this is by far the best. These were the Star Trek movies I took my son to when he was first getting into it, and I have a lot of fun memories as a result.
I agree with you, this movie is pretty much in a dead heat with "The Wrath of Kahn" in terms of enjoyability. However, I was 13 when TNG premiered and I watched it religiously for seven years. "The Best of Both Worlds" is where I learned (to my immense dismay) about the notion of season cliffhangers. I wanted to grow up to be Marina Sirtis. Which means I have this movie has a particularly special place in my heart.
"I am the beginning, the end, the one who is many. I am the Borg." - The Borg Queen, 2063 (Star Trek: First Contact) The Borg Queen was the name given to the entity that existed within and served as a central nexus for the Borg Collective. Her name was coined by the Federation scientists Magnus and Erin Hansen, who discovered her existence. (VOY: "Dark Frontier") There were multiple Borg Queens, although they appeared to share a personality. (Star Trek: First Contact; VOY: "Dark Frontier", "Unimatrix Zero", "Unimatrix Zero, Part II", "Endgame") As of the 2380s, at least some Borg cubes contained a queencell, which in turn contained a spatial trajector reserved for the Queen in the event of an emergency. (PIC: "The Impossible Box") In 2401, an atypical version of the Borg Queen beckoned Jean-Luc Picard to a region of space, where she expressed the desire to join the Federation. This Queen was originally from an alternate timeline and had merged with Dr. Agnes Jurati in 2024. (PIC: "The Star Gazer", "Penance", "Mercy", "Farewell") memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Borg_Queen
Watching Deep Space Nine will fill in the gaps for you, great series with new species to get to know. Same with Voyager, seriously good too. Good long journey ahead, also DS9 and Voyager ran almost concurrently from a couple of seasons into DS9. The movies should've continued with the casts of those two shows.
DS9 is a great show. Starts off a little rocky, but it’s the only Star Trek that consistently gets better with each season. Most peak around season 3-5. DS9 peaks season 7 in the final episodes.
@@brettg274 I'd say DS9 peaked in seasons 5-6. Those were probably the best two seasons of any Trek series. Season 7 was still very good, and the ten-part finale was amazing and unprecedented, but there were a few disappointing episodes along the way.
@@GeoffTrowbridge I agree. Season 7 was a smidge of a step down... Some of the plot elements added were nonsensical and not really what most Trek fans would be interested in.
This is actually the movie that got me into Star Trek. I never connected but after seeing this in my college years, I went back and watched all the other Star Trek movies and became a fan of the shows after. I’ve rewatched this movie many times since then and it holds up over time!
"A snap chat filter on their whole heads" his narration is killing me in the best way possible - I really feel like I'm watching this film for the first time through his eyes
We met Zephram Cochrane in the original series. 100% a guy. First Contact with the Vulcans led to Earth exploring interstellar space using Cochrane's warp drive. Those adventures are in Star Trek: Enterprise. WWIII led to United Earth. United Earth names its space exploration agency "Starfleet," confusing a helluva lot of fans watching Star Trek: Enterprise (set ten years prior founding the Federation in 2161.) Lily opened fire at Picard & Data because they were just attacked by one of the surviving enemy factions; & now there are intruders in the top secret silo. (They built Phoenix from an unused missile.) Worf was in command of the Defiant, the starship assigned to DS9. See episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. We are very far from "the end of the cubes," considering that Borg space is in the Delta Quadrant, where the Borg concentration of Cubes, Tactical Cubes, Scout Ships, Spheres; & Unimatrix Zero One is located. Watch Star Trek: Voyager. The Borg are like cells in a single organism. Like antibodies, they ignore foreign bodies that pose no threat. All Drones are expendable. The Mind is vaster than any one Cube or any single Queen/spokes Drone. (Again, for Borg details, see ST: Voyager. Mid series, the ship liberates a Drone, who becomes an important member of the crew.) Also, the Queen isn't Species 01, who were presumably called the Borg. Pure coincidence with English. She's the same assimilated species as the Queen Captain Janeway contends with in ST: Voyager. The Borg are a conglomeration of assimilated species. By the season of Voyager when they encounter Borg space (a year or so in the future from these events), the Borg are having "a little trouble" assimilating Species 8472, meaning there are members of at least eight thousand, four hundred & seventy one species who are now Borg Drones.
First Contact is definitely my favorite Next Generation movie. I love it that Jonathan Franks directed it. I'm glad that you liked it also. It was fun watching it with you. I hope you do more reactions from the TV show. I saw on the schedule that you will watch Predator. I really liked that movie and am looking forward to watching it with you
This movie aged the best of all movies. I saw FC about fifty times. Music is very, very good, the mix of tension and humor is very perfect ballanced. Pure fun. Assimiliate this! Resistance is futile!
When I saw this in the theater many years ago I had an incredible experience. The audience was so hyped and (apparently full of Trekkies), that they actually cheered and clapped loudly at every name appearing in the starting credits! Like it was a live show! Never happened to me before, and never since. It was a wondrous experience to what turned out to be one of the very best Trek movies.
This movie felt so epic in the theater. I loved the updated look of the Borg and the addition of the Borg Queen. The TNG cast got to shine. I really liked Generations too but it was saddled with a lot of demands by the studio. First Contact was the one they really got to let loose. Next up is Insurrection which is a fine flick. It mirrors the TV show the most and might not be as epic but it went back to it's roots on the small screen.
So alot of people don't like the way Cochran was portrayed in the movie versus what the historical lore told us about him ahead of time. But the thing that people often forget is history books have a habit of romanticizing historical figures, particularly ones that were important to the founding of a nation or anyone that caused any kind of great change that was considered to be good. The real people were usually nothing like that. One example is Mark Twain, one of the most famous authors of all time. He was always romanticized by history books because of his contributions to literature. The real man was abrasive, rude and he often got on people's nerves. He once said to write for free for a year, and then if you're not noticed, go back to chopping wood, because it means that's all you were intended for.
You will see the holodeck programm doorman, whose head get scanned by the borg, on Voyager again. Ethan Phillips plays Neelix there, a main character :)
I've gotta say, I'm in agreement with you on your Star Trek movie reactions. I remember when this movie came out, me and some college pals went to see it opening night. We got to the theatre, got our popcorn, received some free blueprints of the Phoenix and we were thorough entertained. I love it when Star Trek has these three things: 1. Thought provoking ideas; 2. Thrilling action; 3. Jokes where the Trek franchise pokes it's own bubble and makes fun of itself. There were some great follow-ups to this film, as well: --there was a spinoff that aired on TV from 2002-2005, called, Enterprise, which showed the first joint deep space mission between humans and Vulcans on the first Starship equipped with warp drive. It polarized audiences but I thought it was a fun show. The cherry on top was Scott Bakula starring as Captain Archer. --speaking of Enterprise, there were even a couple of sequel episodes. One was "Regeneration" where a couple of Borg who had been ejected from the explosion of the Borg Sphere were found in the North Pole. Once they were awakened they stole a ship adapted it and headed toward the Delta Quadrant to join up with the rest of the Borg. There was a scene where Archer mentions to his crew that Dr. Zephram Cochrane once spoke about encountering cybernetic zombies during his warp flight launch. --one of my fave episodes of Enterprise was a two-parter, called, "In A Mirror, Darkly", which begins with how the evil version of First Contact happened in the Mirror Universe. (Once you start watching more Star Trek, you'll probably find that some of the funnest episodes are the ones which take place in the Mirror Universe!)
To find out more about the Borg there's a whole suite of episodes and story arcs in Voyager that revolve around them - particularly after the cliffhanger season 3 Finale "Scorpion" where we meet Seven of Nine.
As far as the Borg. They do come back as a major player in Star Trek Voyager. As well in Picard the Borg are a major part of the story including showing how the queen may have escaped in Best of Both Worlds. The Vulcan at the end who meets Cochrane whole not fully cannon the writers indicated that he was actually Spocks Grandfather. Jonathan Frakes has directed more Star Trek than any other director and has a very extensive directing career. In First Contact he earned the nickname two-takes Frakes for getting the scenes in two takes
This was my favorite Trek film. I've heard the writers describe it as a story where "Star Trek" itself is at stake, and described the Vulcan meeting as the "Star Trek nativity scene". Apparently, the original idea was that Cochrane would be injured and Picard rallied the townsfolk to work to assemble the Phoenix, while Riker led the fight against the Bord on the Enterprise. No one was really happy with that script, and Patrick Stewart asked why he wasn't on his ship, so they just swapped Picard and Riker. If you look closely, during the Starfleet battle with the Borg ship, the film introduced four new starship designs (Not counting the Enterprise-E and the Defiant), as well as several ships from past shows and films. There was a company in the UK that made some terrific models, including pretty much all the ships from this film. I was lucky to collect them all. ;)
People who hate on TNG films also hated on the series. Ignore them, they been complaining since the late 80s, they wrong. This is, imo, #2 of all the Star Trek films, easy guess as to #1, best score, hands down. Keep it up, kid.
My favourite bits is when Beverly activates the EMH (l’m a Doctor not a door stop) and when we see the Defiant which was purposely built to fight the borg.
Worf's ship, the "Defiant", is helmed by Adam Scott (Parks & Recreation, Severance, The Good Place, Stepbrothers). First Contact was one of his first films.
It's perfectly in Sir Patrick's character to scream while shooting a machine gun and to dish out one liners, and murders his own crew members when he himself was rescued.
You will like watching the Enterprise episode "In a mirror darkly. I don`t know the name, but in another episode of Enterprise they find the remains of the Borg.
Star Trek Enterprise has a couple of episodes based on this movie, the left over Borgs actually. And some scenes from this movie but it's a Mirror universe episodes.
