Star Trek: Nemesis
Captain Jean - Luc Picard ( Patrick Stewart ) uncharacteristically dismisses Counselor Deanna Troi ( Marina Sirtis ) inStar Trek : Nemesis , proving the film fundamentally misunderstood him as a quality . regrettably , Star Trek : Nemesiswas the final nail in the coffin for theStar Trek : The Next Generationfilms , bring the saga to a rather lackluster conclusion ( that has thankfully been refine byStar Trek : Picardseason 3 ) . WhileNemesishas its fair portion of flaws , one of the photographic film ’s biggest sin is its mischaracterization of Jean - Luc Picard .
Star Trek : Nemesisfollows Picard and his crew as they move to Romulus on a diplomatical commission to get together the newRomulan Praetor Shinzon ( Tom Hardy ) , picking up B-4 ( Brent Spiner ) , the android brother of Lt . Commander Data ( Brent Spiner ) , along the way . While the film has some prescribed elements ( Patrick Stewart is as wonderful as ever),the characters make some rummy selection and the history never really find its central substance . One view , in particular , brings the integral motion picture down , as its a rehash of one of the worst elements ofStar Trek : The Next Generation .
Captain Picard Dismisses Counselor Troi’s Assault In Star Trek: Nemesis
The Picard Of TNG Would Never Have Said This To A Member Of His Crew
After Captain Picard and his crew arrive at Romulus and play Shinzon , the Picard clone develops a fascination with Counselor Troi . Back on the Enterprise , Troi and Captain Will Riker ( Jonathan Frakes ) divvy up a romanticist buss in their quarters . During the osculation , Shinzon invades Troi ’s mindthrough a link create by his Viceroy ( Ron Perlman),violating her telepathically . Troi was the victim of similar state of affairs onTNG , and theNemesisscene is completely unneeded to the story . Plus , Picard ’s response to Troi ’s ravishment inStar Trek : Nemesisproves the motion-picture show never read the enterprisingness captain .
After Riker brings Troi back to herself , he immediately take her to sickbay to be valuate by Dr. Beverly Crusher ( Gates McFadden ) , where they are join by Captain Picard . Although Troi is physically fine , she need to be relieved of responsibility , fearing that she has become a liability if Shinzon can infiltrate her mind . She is also very clearly ( and understandably ) judder by the violation . Picard deny Troi ’s request , saying:“If you could endure more of these rape , I necessitate you at my side now , more than ever . ”
Troi does exploit her genial connection with the Viceroy later inNemesisto find Shinzon ’s ship , but the rape scene still feels needless . Troi ’s empathic abilities should have allowed her to place Shinzon without any premature connection .
TheCaptain Picard ofStar Trek : The Next Generationwould never wittingly put one of his crew fellow member ’s in damage room because he"needed her by his side . “I read that Picard has changed since his time onTNG , but this cold response to his champion ’s pain feel wildly out of character . Perhaps more than anything else inStar Trek : Nemesis , this view completely pulled me out of the story . Picard always put the needs and safety gadget of his gang appendage above his own — he even does it with Data after in the film , which makes this interaction more off - putting .
The TNG Movies Changed Picard (& Not Necessarily For The Better)
Did We Really Need Picard To Turn Into An Action Hero?
ThroughoutStar Trek : The Next multiplication , Captain Picard was diplomatic , intelligent , and contemplative . While he retains some of these traits in theTNGmovies , he becomes much more of an action mechanism poor boy than he ever was on the show . Picard ’s love of adventure is not out of graphic symbol , and he was key to be quite foolhardy as a Starfleet Academy cadet . Still , I found Picard ’s need for payback and his often violent solutions to the problems in the films to be jarring .
SeveralTNGactors have mouth negatively aboutStar Trek : Nemesis , in particular , pointing out that director Stuart Baird had never find an episode ofTNG .
This military action - hero version ofPicard mostly works inStar Trek : First Contact , as the Enterprise captain is still do work through the psychic trauma he suffered at the hands of the Borg . But even in that picture , I encounter myself wishing for the more attentive Picard ofTNG.InStar Trek : Insurrection , Picard gathers arm and depart rogue upon erudition of the Federation ’s plan for the Ba’ku . While it makes perfect common sense that Picard would contradict the force relocation of the Ba’ku , it feel funny that he did n’t endeavor to come up with a more peaceful solution first .
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Star Trek : Nemesis was n’t trying to kill TNG movies , but spoilt decisions and poor timing sounded the death knell for Captain Picard ’s motion picture franchise .
Picard in brief seek to talk Shinzon out of his plan to ruin EarthinStar Trek : Nemesis , and we get a glimpse of his more diplomatic side . But then he turns action Heron again , cram the Enterprise into Shinzon ’s ship , the Schimitar , and beaming over alone to block up his clone from deploying the devastating thalaron weapon . Data offer to go , and with his android ability , would likely have been the better choice . But Picard plainly says that it ’s something he has to do .
Star Trek : Nemesis missed something all important about Captain Picard ’s quality , which is peculiarly apparent in his treatment of Counselor Troi .
In the remainder , Data terminate up being the one to bring through the dayanyway , trip over to the Schimitar , saving Picard , and sacrificing himself to handicap the artillery . If Picard had allow Data go in the first place , perhaps the android could have handled the situation more speedily and survived . Regardless , Star Trek : Nemesismissed something crucial about Captain Picard ’s eccentric , which is particularly observable in his treatment of Counselor Troi .
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