Ninth Star Trek movie, Insurrection, arrives as two-disc special edition DVD
From Macleans.ca by JOHN MCKAY
(CP) - Star Trek: Insurrection (Collector's Edition) (Paramount) is the ninth film in the enduring sci-fi franchise's big-screen series, the third featuring the Next Generation crew and the second to be directed by cast member Jonathan Frakes (Riker).
This special two-disc edition replaces the single-disc predecessor and, like others in the series, disc two offers oodles of behind-the-scenes extras, enough to satisfy the hungriest of Trekkies.
In one of those features, Frakes expresses his pleasure at the look of the film, which was felt to be much superior to First Contact, even if the script was weaker. More than half the film was shot outdoors, on location in the California Sierras. The scenery is magnificent but, somehow, nature doesn't seem to be a proper fit for stories that usually take place in outer space, or at least on a closed set or inside a computer.
In Insurrection, Capt. Picard learns that some in the Federation are planning to violate the prime directive and meddle in the affairs of one planet's bucolic culture, specifically to relocate the Ba'ku to another world. Why? It seems their environment holds the universally-coveted secret of longevity, something obviously to be exploited. Picard decides to lead a career-threatening rebellion to help the Ba'ku keep their idyllic society and its fountain of youth intact.
As usual, the space battles are breathtaking, but Frakes is correct: it wasn't one of Star Trek's better episodes. This leaves one more title, the even weaker Star Trek: Nemesis from 2002, to get the collector's edition treatment.
(CP) - Star Trek: Insurrection (Collector's Edition) (Paramount) is the ninth film in the enduring sci-fi franchise's big-screen series, the third featuring the Next Generation crew and the second to be directed by cast member Jonathan Frakes (Riker).
This special two-disc edition replaces the single-disc predecessor and, like others in the series, disc two offers oodles of behind-the-scenes extras, enough to satisfy the hungriest of Trekkies.
In one of those features, Frakes expresses his pleasure at the look of the film, which was felt to be much superior to First Contact, even if the script was weaker. More than half the film was shot outdoors, on location in the California Sierras. The scenery is magnificent but, somehow, nature doesn't seem to be a proper fit for stories that usually take place in outer space, or at least on a closed set or inside a computer.
In Insurrection, Capt. Picard learns that some in the Federation are planning to violate the prime directive and meddle in the affairs of one planet's bucolic culture, specifically to relocate the Ba'ku to another world. Why? It seems their environment holds the universally-coveted secret of longevity, something obviously to be exploited. Picard decides to lead a career-threatening rebellion to help the Ba'ku keep their idyllic society and its fountain of youth intact.
As usual, the space battles are breathtaking, but Frakes is correct: it wasn't one of Star Trek's better episodes. This leaves one more title, the even weaker Star Trek: Nemesis from 2002, to get the collector's edition treatment.