Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country – Star Trek: Generations – Star Trek: First Contact – Star Trek: Insurrection – The Dam Busters – 17 Oct 2010

It’s day two of the Star Trek weekend on Film Four. Can I start by saying that, only days after I wrote this entry, I’ve heard the awful news that Patrick Stewart has died. After Walter Koenig, it looks like the curse of the blog is back in force. I’m so very, very sorry. Back to the recordings. First, Leonard Nimoy introduces Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. I know a lot of fans really love The Undiscovered Country, but watching it again, for some reason, I just wasn’t feeling it as much. Not that there isn’t a lot to like about it. Who was it decided, possibly with this exact film, that space explosions how had to have two dimensional shockwaves? I think we should be told. Sulu is now the captain of the Excelsior. Finally, Janice Rand gets another job on a Starship as the Excelsior communications officer. I do have sympathy with Kirks reaction to getting the job of accompanying the Klingon leader Gorkon (named, of course, after Gorbachev as this whole story is basically the…