20 years later, 'Star Trek: Nemesis' remains a crash course on what not to do when closing the book on a franchise.
Closing the book on a long-running iteration of a franchise is hard. You have to make sure to create a story that's not only compelling but gives the characters a worthy sendoff. Sometimes the work pays off, and you get Avengers: Endgame and Lord of the Rings: Return of the King. Other times... you get Star Trek: Nemesis.
Baird's approach to the material was more in line with his previous directorial efforts, U.S. Marshalls and Executive Decision. He hits the ground running in the film's opening sequence, which begins with an attack on the Romulan Senate, and doesn't let up. While this makes sense for an action film, the Trek franchise has always been more cerebral, and Nemesis suffers heavily from its fast pace.
The idea of Picard facing a younger and darker version of himself is a rather interesting one — but Shinzon is not particularly menacing or compelling. Compared to previous foes like the Borg Queen in First Contact, he doesn't push Picard's mental or even physical limits. And to make matters worse, previous episodes of The Next Generation, as well as the feature films Star Trek: Generations and Star Trek: Insurrection, already featured Picard grappling with his morality.
In the years following Nemesis' release, it was revealed that Baird had left a great deal of footage on the cutting room floor that would have fleshed out the bonds between characters. Among those moments are a brief interaction between Picard and Wesley Crusher at Riker and Troi's wedding, and a heartwarming moment where Worf bonds with Data's cat Spot after the android's death.
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Final frontier: 'Star Trek: Nemesis' marked the end of an era 20 years ago todayJeff Spry is an award-winning screenwriter and veteran freelance journalist covering TV, movies, video games, books, and comics. His work has appeared at SYFY Wire, Inverse, Collider, Bleeding Cool and elsewhere. Jeff lives in beautiful Bend, Oregon amid the ponderosa pines, classic muscle cars, a crypt of collector horror comics, and two loyal English Setters.
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