I’d heard it was awful, but I found myself really enjoying it. That is, until the second half of the film. Then, it just got worse and worse and I’m still in therapy trying to recover from the ordeal of Data dying in such a pointless, meaningless way and having his memory tainted by a stupid replacement android.

Thank you for giving me a new inflation-adjusted source for box office receipts. I was actually going to try to do it myself since my old source [Box Office Mojo] now makes you buy a membership [nuh-uh] to get that data, among other things.

It also shows the relative popularity of TOS and TNG and the diminishing returns the Franchise has had since the 80s.

Very interesting that 8 of the 10 flicks qualify as blockbusters by today’s $100m gross standards. I think that needs to be adjusted ‘way up for inflation, up to maybe as high as $200m. to connote blockbuster status.

It is also #142 among all films released since 1977.

http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/records/inflation.php

Here are all the Treks in the top 598 (again, these are inflation adjusted):

TMP $225.4m
TVH $200.7m
TWOK $187.0m
TSFS $156.5m
FC $143.0m
GEN $127.4m
TUC $122.7m
INS $101.7m

Not surprisingly, TFF and NEM failed to make the list.

Seriously it really all depends upon how much effort is put into the production, story, & acting.

(raises a toast) Here’s to Trek 11.

Every even numbered movie is better than the film it follows.

Every odd numbered movie is worse than the film it follows.

Only possible objection (well…I guess someone will object to every possible combination it brings up) is that some people might not think 10 (Nemesis) is better than 9 (Insurrection).

Let’s hope that this new one breaks the cycle!

Koloth is dead-on. I enjoyed TNG films, but, but no where near as much as the TOS films. Why? Because of the Berman Wankfest-O-Meter: Nemesis was so bad that it blew the top right off of it! They had to rewrite the Overused-Trek-Cliche-In-One-Place-Scale for NEM:

* A storm that prevents transporter use
* Data/parts of Data/Androids that look like Data are used to lure the E’s and her crew into a trap.
* “We found something that looks like Data on a weird planet. Let’s put it together!”
* Data sings!
* Worf is used for comic relief and not for ass-kicking.
* Damn! The Enterprise is the only ship in range! Twice!
* Oh yeah, the positronic signature just happens to come from a planet near the Neutral Zone.
* A villain that’s as weightless as the CGI ships.
* Crap! They’re going to use the weapon against a populated planet!

OK – maybe that was harsh. I wanted all of the TNG films to be as great as the others, but IMHO they never really grew past what we already saw on TV. Still, I bought all of the DVDs. At least FC was to “Best of Both Worlds” as TWOK was to “Space Seed”.

LOL – I actually put NEM on because of this board and re-read this oldy, but goodie: http://64.225.106.216/web/Nemesis_ANNOTATED.PDF

During the film, I recall thinking to myself “if the Enterprise is run by Starfleet’s best, most experienced and brightest crews, then why do they get taken by plot devices that Riker should have learned to avoid at the academ