{3.5\/5} “Will Riker, you have been my trusted right arm for fifteen years. You have kept my course true and steady. Deanna Troi, you’ve been my guide… and my conscience. You have helped me recognize the better parts of myself.”<\/p>\n
Star Trek: Nemesis<\/strong>, released in 2002<\/p>\n The Enterprise-E detects a positronic signature and they head out to investigate. They find pieces of an android, and when they put them together they find they have Data’s until-now-unknown brother B-4. Meanwhile, there is a new praetor on Romulus — a human named Shinzon who turns out to be a clone of Captain Picard. Shinzon says he wants peace, but Picard is skeptical.<\/p>\n This was the last Next Generation<\/strong> movie.<\/p>\n Although it’s not quite up to par, it does have lots to like. It has themes of friendship and becoming better than you are.<\/p>\n The wedding reception scene is delightful. The familiar way that the main characters interact with each other will bring a smile to your face. Data’s use of the Vulcan neck pinch is glorious.<\/p>\n It had the wrong director, though, as Stuart Baird didn’t know anything about Star Trek<\/strong> and was interested in making a different kind of movie. When they’re on the planet where they find B-4 they fire on the aliens who are just upset they’ve invaded their territory. Both Picard and Riker beam over to the Scimitar on the first away team.<\/p>\n But the #1 question you have to ask here is this: did you believe Shinzon was Picard’s clone? The answer is no. Tom Hardy is probably a great actor, but the actor who should have played Shinzon was Patrick Stewart.<\/p>\n