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Star Trek: Generations (1994)

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• William Shatner has stated that his line "Who am I to argue with the Captain of the Enterprise?" was the hardest line he ever had to deliver.
  
  
• The horse that William Shatner rides is his, as are the home and farm where the sequence takes place.
  
  
• Toys based on the popular "Aliens" toy line are apparently still around and doing well in the 24th century. In the scene where Picard enjoys Christmas with his Nexus family, one of his children is playing with his Christmas gift - a slightly modified Aliens "Evac Fighter."
  
  

• In the movie, Soran comments on La Forge's response to his interrogation by saying "His heart just wasn't in it." This is a reference to the form of torture used in a deleted scene in which Soran used a nanoprobe to stop and start La Forge's heart. This is also reference in a later scene in which Dr. Crusher mentions that she had removed the nanoprobe.
  
  
• In the film, Riker, played by Jonathan Frakes, says that he plans to live forever. In the television series "Gargoyles" (1994), Frakes plays David Xanatos, a ruthless billionaire who is obsessed with becoming immortal.
  
  
• In the opening scenes on board the Enterprise-B, three different news networks (each with a reporter and a cameraperson) are represented. They are: the Federation News Network, Starfleet Broadcasting, and the Earth Broadcasting Service.
  
  
• The Enterprise-B's science station shows the names of both ships stranded in the Nexus: SS Robert Fox and SS Lakul.
  
  
• Patrick Stewart was aided in his portrayal of Picard's grief by the script for Jeffrey (1995), which he was reading on the set. It touched him so deeply he cried reading it.
  
  
• The redesigned bridge of the Enterprise-D that is used in in this film was inspired by the "alternate-history" bridge of the Enterprise-D from "Star Trek: The Next Generation: Yesterday's Enterprise (#3.15)" (1990).
  
  
• A new set of Starfleet uniforms was intended to be introduced in the film to be worn by the Enterprise-D crew. These new uniforms would have been similar to the television ones, except the collars would have been the same department color as the rest of the tunic and the rank pips would have been worn on the shoulder with a corresponding rank braid on the wrists. The uniforms were eventually nixed by producer Rick Berman. The decision was then made to use both the uniforms from "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987) as well as the uniforms from "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1993). However, Playmates had already made an action figure line for the film with the Enterprise-D crew wearing the aborted uniforms. It was too late to retract the figures, which is the only place the aborted uniforms can be seen.
  
  
• Patrick Stewart and Brent Spiner were the only cast members to have custom "colour-top" uniforms (as used in seasons 1-5 of "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1993) and later on in "Star Trek: Voyager" (1995)) made for use in the film. Jonathan Frakes had to borrow Avery Brooks' uniform and LeVar Burton had to borrow Colm Meaney's uniform from "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1993), neither of which fit the actors very well (Frakes had to roll up the sleeves and Burton's is obviously too big for him.)
  
  
• Cameo: [Whoopi Goldberg] reprising her role as the Enterprise's bartender Guinan from "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987), but is not credited in the cast list.
  
  
• This is William Shatner's only "Star Trek" appearance without Leonard Nimoy.
  
  
• The model of the Enterprise-B is simply the Excelsior with a few new front details. These hull additions were made so that the "damage" caused by the Nexus ribbon would not require cutting into the actual model. This miniature was seen first in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984) and was used in several episodes of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987) and "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1993).
  
  
• The Starfleet phaser and the dedication plaque on Captain Kirk's cabinet wall are the only surviving relics from the original USS. Enterprise that was destroyed in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984).
  
  
• In Captain Kirk's house, a wall cabinet features some interesting items, including: a Klingon bat'leth, a picture of the U.S.S. Enterprise (from "Star Trek" (1966)), various pistols, a phaser from Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984), an unknown futuristic weapon, a Jem'Hadar weapon from "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1993), and a photo of the original crew of the Enterprise. (From Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991))
  
  
• The sequence for the explosion of the Duras sisters Klingon bird of prey is the same footage used for the explosion of General Chang's Klingon bird of prey in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991).
  
  
• The only "Star Trek" film featuring "The Next Generation" cast that had to use props and styluses (phasers, tricorders, PADDs, etc.) from the television series. In Star Trek: First Contact (1996), the props had been subtly updated. (and were eventually used on both "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1993), and "Star Trek: Voyager" (1995)).
  
  
• The Enterprise-B bridge is a redress of the Enterprise-A bridge as seen in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991). After filming, it was heavily modified to become the Armagosa Observatory control center.
  
  
• Some of the modifications to the Enterprise-D bridge, namely the raised command platform, were originally made for the "Future Enterprise" as seen in the Next Generation series finale.
  
  
• The Enterprise-B turbolift foyer, turbolift, and doors were saved and became part of the Enterprise-E bridge set in Star Trek: First Contact (1996). The doors and foyer were originally built for the Enterprise bridge in Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) and are the only surviving pieces of that set.
  
  
• Tim Russ, who appears as the Vulcan Tuvok in "Star Trek: Voyager" (1995), has a small role as a human member of the bridge crew of the Enterprise B.
  
  
• Sets used for the 'Enterprise-D' bridge scenes are supposedly identical to those used in the television series, upon closer examination however there are two extra crew stations in the movie, one on either side and just to the aft of the main part of the bridge.
  
  
• Malcolm McDowell was so taken with the line "Time is the fire in which we burn" he had it engraved on the pocket watch he uses in the film.
  
  
• The second transport ship in the Nexus is named the "SS Robert Fox", a link to the original series. Fox was the ambassador in "Star Trek: A Taste of Armageddon (#1.23)" (1967) whom Scotty refers to as a "popinjay" when he insists on beaming down to the planet Eminiar VII, where he and his aide are taken prisoner and set for execution.
  
  
• In the holodeck scene, Troi (when she goes to help Picard) hands over the sailing ship's helm to an elderly man. This man is, in real life, the captain of the boat (the Lady Washington, owned by Grays Harbor Historical Seaport in Aberdeen, Washington) which was used in filming this scene.
  
  
• Leonard Nimoy was originally asked to act in and direct this film, but he declined after reading the script and being told there was not time to fix the parts with which he had problems. According to Nimoy, there was a character named Spock in the script, but the lines were so bland they could have been spoken by anyone (those lines were given to James Doohan as Scotty; Nimoy later pointed to this as proof he was right).
  
  
• During the battle with Klingons, Troi, played by Marina Sirtis, takes the helm when the conn officer is injured after a computer station explodes. The director wanted this action sequence done in one take in order to fully capture the genuine reactions of the actors. During the filming, however, Sirtis burned her bottom after she sat on a burning piece of debris that had landed on the conn station chair. This was the take used for the movie, however, it cuts away right as Sirtis sits on the chair. Sirtis was not badly injured and continued filming the scene afterwards.
  
  
• One of the reasons for destroying the Enterprise-D was that it was designed for the narrow aspect ratio and low resolution of televisions. Destroying the ship allowed the creation of a theater-friendly ship for subsequent movies.
  
  
• The six-foot, two-part Enterprise model from the original pilot was taken out of storage and refurbished to meet the demands of the big screen. This was because it had to stand up to the glare of motion picture lighting.
  
  
• Fifty days before shooting began, the captain's chair on the bridge set was stolen. A new one had to be used, one made of fiberglass around foam on an old first season frame.
  
  
• Original versions of the script called for Kirk to take command of the battle bridge of the Enterprise and lead it into combat against the Klingons, thus dying onboard the Enterprise.
  
  
• DeForest Kelley was set to appear in this movie as Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy, but due to his declining health, he could not get on-set insurance (a union requirement for anyone on a film set). His lines were then given to Walter Koenig as Chekov.
  
  
• Many of the recording devices used by the news crews on the Enterprise B are actually hand-held video games.
  
  
• This movie was to have started with Captain Kirk making an orbital skydive and Chekov and Scotty running to meet him when he lands on the ground to inform him that he has to be on the new Enterprise-B for its launching ceremony. This scene was shot but cut from the final film.
  
  
• The producers asked George Takei to come back and play Sulu one more time, and take the helm of the Enterprise-B. But Takei refused because if Sulu had taken the helm, it would have meant temporarily reducing Sulu's rank, so that he could serve under Captain Kirk again. He felt that Sulu had worked too hard to earn his command to allow even a temporary reduction.
  
  
• Picard, in mourning, tells Troi about how his family had even served in the Battle of Trafalgar. At his "house" while inside the Nexus, a painting of his ancestor from that period is hanging.
  
  

• SPOILER: Kirk's death scenes were re-shot after preview audiences reacted badly to the original version, wanting a more "heroic" death. Kirk originally died after being shot in the back by Soran.
  
  
• SPOILER: Most of the Enterprise sets were destroyed during filming of the crash sequence. What was not destroyed, such as crew quarters, transporter rooms, and parts of engineering was integrated into the sets of the USS Voyager from "Star Trek: Voyager" (1995). The frame from Data's Lab on "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987) can be seen among the wreckage at the Armagosa Observatory. Worf's tactical console was all that remained of the Enterprise-D Bridge after filming.
  
  
• SPOILER: James T. Kirk's final two words, "Oh, my..." are a spontaneous ad lib made by William Shatner. Shatner later explained it was Kirk's reaction to eternity and truly going where Kirk had never gone before.
  
  
• SPOILER: Malcolm McDowell received death threats from obsessed Star Trek fans after his character killed Captain Kirk.
  
  
• SPOILER: Partially because of the fans' negative reaction to Kirk's death, William Shatner later wrote a Star Trek novel titled "The Return" in which the Romulans and the Borg have formed an alliance. They bring Kirk back to life using Borg nano-technology and turn him against Picard and the "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987) crew. Spock (Who would live to appear in the TNG episode "Unification"), Scotty (Who made it into the 24th Century from the TNG episode "Relics"), and McCoy (Who sent the Enterprise-D off in the TNG pilot episode "Encounter At Farpoint) were to appear. One of the plot points would've been the ultimate revelation that the Borg was the "machine planet" that sent the Voyager VI/V'Ger probe back to Earth in Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979).
  
  
• SPOILER: Although Data is the owner of Spot, the cat, Brent Spiner who plays Data in fact hates cats and objected to the scene where Data finds Spot in the wreckage of the Enterprise, saying "Does he have to find the cat? Can't he find, like, Geordi or something?"
  
  
• SPOILER: In the original version of the ending, Captain Kirk dies when Soran shoots him in the back, and Soran then dies when Captain Picard shoots him with his own disruptor pistol. The first edition of the film's novelization told the story this way, but was later edited and re-published. When this ending audience was shown to a test audience, Rick Berman remembers that an ominous silence was present in the room. The Executives at Paramount told Rick and writers Ronald D. Moore and Brannon Braga that the ending had to be re-shot. The writers considered multiple scenarios, including forcefields and tunnels, among others. They finally settled on having a bridge present that would eventually collapse and provide an action sequence with Captain Picard, Captain Kirk, and Soran. In 4 days time, the scaffolding sets were rebuilt at the Valley of Fire (the State of Nevada had kept the metal at the park following original filming) and a 65 foot bridge was flown in by helicopter and placed at the Valley of Fire. The actors returned, the ending was re-shot to what was seen in the film. Rick Berman remembers that original photography occurred during the summer months in 110 degree heat, and when they returned, it was September and October and only about 80 degrees. Braga and Moore though have expressed dissatisfaction with how the ending turned out, even though it was better than Captain Kirk being shot in the back.
  
  
• SPOILER: Originally, there was a scene in the script for Captain Kirk's funeral. In the scene Spock was to be standing at the entrance of the church, hesitant to enter (And therefore admitting to himself that his friend was REALLY dead). He was supposed to be overwhelmed and slightly revealing his emotional side as he was being urged into the service by Doctor McCoy (DeForest Kelley) and Scotty (James Doohan). But Leonard Nimoy ultimately passed on the film and Kelley was in declining health and couldn't get insured, so the scene was never filmed, but it does appear in the novelization.
  
  

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