Akira class (with Norway and Saber) in "Star Trek: First Contact" Akira class (with Norway and Saber) in "Star Trek: First Contact" Akira class (with Steamrunner and Sovereign) in "Star Trek: First Contact" Akira - 5 views (via Drex Files) Akira - angled (via Drex Files) Akira class - CGI model (Star Trek Fact Files) Akira class - orthographic views (Star Trek Fact Files) Saber Class. During the fight on the deflector dish, Goldsmith used low-register electronics punctuated by stabs of violent, dissonant strings. The moment marks a turning point in the film as Picard changes his mind, symbolized by his putting down his phaser. Painter Kim Smith spent several days on a tiny area of the model to add enough surface detail for the close-up, but even then the focus was barely adequate. For the ship's dramatic introduction, the effects team combined motion control shots of the Enterprise model with a computer-generated background. [16], With the idea of Star Trek's genesis in mind, the central story became Cochrane's warp drive test and humanity's first contact. The result is one of the most satisfying films in the series.Part of the appeal of Star Trek: First Contact, is that the central enemy is the Borg Collective, which has surpassed all other villainous races in the Star Trek universe in popularity. [98] A dissenting opinion was offered by Scott, who wrote that aside from the key effects sequences, Frakes "aims to distract Trekkers from the distinctly cheap-looking remainder". "And since we figured a lot of the background action in the space battle would need to be done with computer-generated ships that needed to be built from scratch anyway, I realized there was no reason not to do some new designs." [89], First Contact garnered positive reviews on release. [63] Instead of composing a menacing theme to underscore the Borg, Goldsmith wrote a pastoral theme linked to humanity's hopeful first contact. Versand: + EUR 12,95 Versand . Hayes informs Picard that Deep Space Five reported that a colony has been destroyed. Star Trek THE NEXT GENERATION … The crew used a 50 mm lens to make it easier for the effects team to dissolve the closeup shots with the other elements. [37] While the writers tried to preserve the idea of the Borg as a mindless collective in the original draft, Paramount head Jonathan Dolgen felt that the script was not dramatic enough. To balance these elements he added more comedic elements to the Earth scenes, intended to momentarily relieve the audience of tension before building it up again. [52] Accustomed to directing episodes for the television series, Frakes was frequently reminded by effects artist Terry Frazee to "think big, blow everything up". [85] The film went on to gross $77 million in its first four weeks, remaining in the top-ten box office during that time. The main theme for First Contact is quite beautiful. Gegenüber der ursprünglichen Veröffentlichung von 1996, auf der nur ca. [19], The third draft of the script added cameos by two actors from the sister television series Star Trek: Voyager, which was in its third season when the film was released. [47], The makeup time for the Borg expanded from the single hour needed for television to five hours, in addition to the 30 minutes necessary to get into costume and 90 minutes to remove the makeup at the end of the day. Acest film a avut premiera pe data de Nov. 22, 1996.Genurile acestui film online sunt: Acțiune, Aventură, Science Fiction, Thriller. "[96] Conversely, Roger Ebert called First Contact one of the best Star Trek films,[98] and James Berardinelli found the film the most entertaining Star Trek feature in a decade; "It has single-handedly revived the Star Trek movie series, at least from a creative point of view," he wrote. [105] Likewise, Emily Carlisle of the BBC praised Woodard's, Spiner's, and Stewart's performances, but felt the film focused more on action than characterization. The scene was difficult to execute, taking ILM five months to finish. Everton and makeup designers Michael Westmore, Scott Wheeler, and Jake Garber wanted to upgrade the pasty white look the Borg had retained since The Next Generation's second season, born out of a need for budget-conscious television design. [32][33][34][35][36], Braga and Moore intended the film to be easily accessible to any moviegoer and work as a stand-alone story, yet still satisfy the devoted Star Trek fans. Resistance is futile. Format: CD (77 min) Star Trek: 50th Anniversary CollectionLimited Edition of 3,000 Units La-La Land Records. They were unstoppable. [66], Because of delays with Paramount's The Ghost and the Darkness, the already-short four-week production schedule was cut to just three weeks. Captain Picard and his crew pursue them to ensure that Zefram Cochrane makes his maiden flight reaching warp speed. 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Moore, Wikipedia indefinitely move-protected pages, Wikipedia articles with WorldCat-VIAF identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 30 November 2020, at 15:44. "They were using two tubes, and then they were using three tubes, and then they were sticking tubes in the ears and up the nose," Westmore explained. He deactivates the self-destruct and fires torpedoes at Phoenix. [8] First Contact saw the introduction of cinematographer Matthew F. Leonetti to the Star Trek franchise; Frakes hired him out of admiration for some of his previous work on films such as Poltergeist and Strange Days. Was this review helpful to you? The Borg travel back in time intent on preventing Earth's first contact with an alien species. Completing the Admiral's sentence, Picard realizes who destroyed the colony — the Borg. Since Blackman was also handling the costumes for the television series, non-Starfleet design clothes were delegated to Deborah Everton,[18] a newcomer to Star Trek who was responsible for more than 800 costumes during production. [50] Some existing sets were used to save money; sickbay was a redress of the same location from Voyager, while the USS Defiant scenes used Deep Space Nine's standing set. The set lasted less than a day in its pristine condition before it was "Borgified". Enterprise arrives in time to assist the crew of USS Defiant and its captain, the Klingon Worf. EUR 32,79 + Versand . As the Borg continue to assimilate more decks, Worf suggests destroying the ship, but Picard angrily calls him a coward, infuriating Worf because of his Klingon heritage. [56] Principal photography finished on July 2, 1996,[59] two days over schedule but still under budget. "[106], The special effects were generally praised. The eighth score in the franchise, and this movie would bring a much needed breath of fresh air into the series. Star Trek: First Contact - Complete Motion Picture ScoreLimited Edition of 10,000 Units GNP Crescendo (GNPD 8079) Released: April 3, 2012. There are moments of reflection for the characters, but the movie has an inertia that makes the other entries in the franchise seem as if they plod along at five miles an hour. [91] Conversely, critic Bob Thompson felt that First Contact was more in the spirit of the 1960s television series than any previous installment. The film would have featured sword fights alongside phasers in 15th-century Europe, while Data became Leonardo da Vinci's apprentice. When an alien spacecraft of enormous power is spotted approaching Earth, Admiral James T. Kirk resumes command of the overhauled USS Enterprise in order to intercept it. But the Borg plan to travel back into the twenty-first century through a vortex with the intention to stop Earth's first contact with an alien race (the Vulcans). It was still a box office success, earning £8,735,340 to become the highest grossing film in the series in that territory until the release of the Star Trek reboot film in 2009. It is action packed, filled with decent visual effects, clearly plotted, and supplies a threatening villain. The game, Star Trek: Borg, functioned as an interactive movie with scenes filmed at the same time as First Contact's production. PICARD: I am Locutus of Borg. Unser Team begrüßt Sie auf unserem Testportal. In the film, the crew of the USS Enterprise-E travel back in time from the 24th century to the mid-21st century in order to stop the cybernetic Borg from conquering Earth by changing their past. Written by "And we were using a very gooey caramel coloring, maybe using a little bit of it, but by the time we got to the end of the movie we had the stuff dripping down the side of [the Borg's] faces—it looked like they were leaking oil! [15], The last scene filmed was the film's first, Picard's Borg nightmare. EUR 602,45. Since much of Picard's role made a direct reference to his time as a Borg in The Next Generation episodes "The Best of Both Worlds", the opening dream sequence was added to explain what happened to him in the show. The film's script required the creation of new starship designs, including a new USS Enterprise. [81], The film premiered on November 18, 1996 at Mann's Chinese Theater in Hollywood, Los Angeles. "You can't always rely on color because the actor might start to melt into the background." To give the Cube greater depth and texture, Rosenberg shot the vessel with harsher light. The cameraman also spent several days at the sets of Voyager and Deep Space Nine to observe filming. [18], First Contact was the first Star Trek film to make significant use of computer-generated starship models, though physical miniatures were still used for the most important vessels. Star Trek First Contact has always been a favourite for myself and my family. Following the Borg sphere, Picard and his crew realize that they have taken over the Enterprise in order to carry out their mission. The design for both the Queen and the rest of the Borg is unsettling, and the story line and history of this race serves to illicit an emotional continuity between the events in the television show and the films. To save Earth from an alien probe, Admiral James T. Kirk and his fugitive crew go back in time to San Francisco in 1986 to retrieve the only beings who can communicate with it: humpback whales. The animated claws of the suit were created digitally as well using a detailed model. Using different-colored gels made the rocket appear longer than it actually was; to complete the effect, shots from the Phoenix's nose downwards and from the engines up were filmed with a 30 mm lens to lengthen the missile. The story is fairly simple and goes places that us Trekkies have always enjoyed. The scene was inspired by a New York City production of Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street in which the stage surrounded the audience, giving a sense of realism. [2] The Cube is destroyed after launching a smaller sphere ship towards the planet. The warp ship Phoenix was conceived as fitting inside an old nuclear missile, meaning that the ship's nacelles had to fold into a space of less than 10 feet (3 m). Mar 20, 2020-19. Each drone received an electronic eyepiece. [23] Goldberg only learned about the decision through the newspapers. Hull patterns were carved out of wood, then cast and assembled over an aluminum armature. ILM instead cut the windows using a laser. As the sphere disappears, Enterprise discovers Earth has been altered – it is now populated entirely by Borg. [72], The nature of the Borg in First Contact has been the subject of critical discussion. Stardate: 50893.5 Original Airdate: Dec 13, 1996. Traditional optical effects techniques were supplemented with computer-generated imagery. [12] The last location shoot was at an art deco restaurant in Los Angeles' Union Station, which stood in for the Dixon Hill holonovel; Frakes wanted a sharp contrast with the dark, mechanical Borg scenes. Rosenberg had previously shot some of the Enterprise-D effects for Generations, but had to adjust his techniques for the new model; the cinematographer used a 50 mm lens instead of the 35 mm used for Generations because the smaller lens made the new Enterprise's dish appear stretched out. Once the shots of the Enterprise had been captured, Turner inserted the ship into the computer-generated background and altered its position until the images matched up. Many of the Star Trek Films have relied heavily on character interaction, dialogue, and suggested events to tell the story. This strategy enabled the filmmakers to incorporate as many live-action elements as possible without resorting to further digital effects. [45] ILM layered their 30-inch (76 cm) model with an additional five inches of etched brass over a glowing neon lightbox for internal illumination. [16][12], Since so many new sets had to be created, the production commenced filming with location photography. [12], Film composer Jerry Goldsmith scored First Contact, his third Star Trek feature. So, at the very end [of the film], they're more ferocious. [18] Each Borg had a slightly different design, and Westmore designed a new one each day to make it appear that there was an army of Borg; in reality, between eight and twelve actors[12][20] filled all the roles as the costumes and makeup were so expensive to produce. While much of the footage was shot at 50–70 mm focal lengths using anamorphic lenses, 14 mm spherical lenses were used for Borg's-eye-view shots. [77], First Contact was heavily marketed, to an extent not seen since the release of Star Trek: The Motion Picture in 1979. Picard, like Ahab, has been hurt by his nemesis, and author Elizabeth Hinds said it makes sense that Picard should "opt for the perverse alternative of remaining on board ship to fight" the Borg rather than take the only sensible option left, to destroy the ship. The script's only guide on the appearance of the vessel was the line "the new Enterprise sleekly comes out of the nebula". [113] This version contained the feature and two trailers, but no other special features. The Enterprise crew must help them escape to thwart a conspiracy aimed at sabotaging the last best hope for peace. Released: November 29, 2016. As the year comes to a close, we present the top TV shows of 2020, including "Money Heist" and "The Mandalorian. To make the prosthetics appear at the proper angle when her lower body was removed, Krige extended her neck forward so it appeared in line with the spine. [90] Ryan Gilbey of The Independent considered the film wise to dispense with the cast of The Original Series: "For the first time, a Star Trek movie actually looks like something more ambitious than an extended TV show," he wrote. The expanded album [GNPD 8079] runs 79 minutes and includes three tracks of alternates. [114] In addition to the feature, presented with the same technical specifications as the previous release and a new DTS soundtrack,[115] the first disc contains a director's commentary by Frakes and a track by Moore and Braga. The second draft, titled Star Trek: Resurrection, was judged complete enough that the production team used it to plan expenses. After two better-known directors turned down the job, cast member Jonathan Frakes was chosen to direct to make sure the task fell to someone who understood Star Trek. Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? [79] A video game adaptation of the film was also announced by Spectrum HoloByte, and would have taken the form of a real-time strategy game set entirely on the Enterprise during the Borg takeover,[80] though it was never released. [69] Simon & Schuster Interactive developed a Borg-themed video game for Macintosh and Windows personal computers. Explore Wikis; Community Central; Start a Wiki; Search This wiki This wiki All wikis | Sign In Don't have an account? Jay Carr of The Boston Globe said that First Contact successfully updated Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry's concept with more elaborate effects and action. The ship incorporated elements of a starfish and a crab. Wählen Sie aus erstklassigen Inhalten zum Thema Star Trek First Contact in … [56] Each camera move was planned in advance to work around areas where the lighting would be added, and electricians and grips donned rock-climbing harnesses to move down the shaft and attach the lights. Paramount wanted ships that would look different from a distance, so the director devised multiple hull profiles. The Borg travel back in time intent on preventing Earth's first contact with an alien species. I would rank it beside “Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home” (1986), the one where the fate of Earth depended on the song of the humpback whale. Braga and Moore, meanwhile, wanted to use the Borg. [12] Most of the effects sequences were planned using low-resolution computer-generated animatics. [44] Knoll and Jaeger had decided that the ships had to obey certain Star Trek ship precedents, with a saucer-like primary hull and elongated warp nacelles in pairs. This is evident in the film when Picard chooses to rescue Data rather than evacuate the ship with the rest of the crew. Insbesondere der Testsieger ragt aus allen bewerteten Star trek first contact where to watch enorm heraus und konnte fast vorbehaltlos gewinnen. The theme uses a four-note motif used in Goldsmith's Star Trek V: The Final Frontier score, which is used in First Contact as a friendship theme and general thematic link. [97] While Renzetti considered the lack of old characters from the previous seven movies a welcome change,[93] Maslin said that without the original stars, "The series now lacks [...] much of its earlier determination. [6] Rather, the main cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation play the following characters: Several of The Next Generation's recurring characters also appeared in the film; Dwight Schultz reprised his role of Lieutenant Reginald Barclay and Patti Yasutake briefly appeared as Nurse Alyssa Ogawa. These lights were supplemented by what Leonetti called "interactive light"; these were off-stage, red-gelled lights that cast flashing rims on the bridge set and heads of the crew. With the flagship now supporting them, Picard takes control of the fleet and directs the surviving ships to concentrate their firepower on a seemingly unimportant point on the Borg ship. I became aware, one day on the set, that whenever a Borg moved up to the coffee table, whoever was there would sort of slowly retreat. Wikis. "Starfleet would probably throw everything it could at the Borg, including ships we've never seen before", he reasoned. The entire transformation was created using computer-generated imagery. [40], Leonetti devised multiple lighting methods for the Enterprise interiors for ship standard operations, "Red alert" status, and emergency power. Small 30- and 50-watt lights were used to throw localized shafts of light onto the sets. (1996). [69], On April 2, 2012, GNP Crescendo Records announced a limited-edition collector's CD featuring the complete score by Jerry Goldsmith (with additional music by Joel Goldsmith), newly remastered by recording engineer Bruce Botnick, with an accompanying 16-page booklet including informative notes by Jeff Bond and John Takis. Although Picard offers himself to the Borg in exchange for Data's freedom and willingly become Locutus again, Data refuses to leave. On the eve of retirement, Kirk and McCoy are charged with assassinating the Klingon High Chancellor and imprisoned. "[107], Star Trek: First Contact was first released on VHS in late 1997 as one of several titles expected to boost sluggish sales at video retailers. In the vicinity of the liberated planet of Bajor, the Federation space station Deep Space Nine guards the opening of a stable wormhole to the far side of the galaxy. [19] As with many Star Trek productions, new, disposable redshirt characters are killed off over the course of the plot. "[26] During production, there were incorrect rumors that Avery Brooks would reprise his role as Star Trek: Deep Space Nine captain Benjamin Sisko. [30] Working with illustrator John Eaves, the designers conceived the new Sovereign-class Enterprise-E as "leaner, sleeker, and mean enough to answer any Borg threat you can imagine". [55] Frakes directed the Borg scenes similar to a horror film, creating as much suspense as possible. In the twenty-fourth century, the crew of the U.S.S. [21] The Borg had not been seen in full force since the fourth-season episode of The Next Generation, "The Best of Both Worlds", and had never been heavily featured in the series due to budget constraints and the fear that they would lose their scare factor. Blazer346. [4] Picard, Worf, and the ship's navigator, Lieutenant Hawk, travel outside the ship in space suits to stop the Borg from calling reinforcements by using the deflector dish, but Hawk is assimilated in the process. Zimmerman created a village of fourteen huts to stand in for Montana; the cast enjoyed the scenes as a chance to escape their uniforms and wear "normal" clothes. [107] Renzetti credited them with breathing "new life" into the crew of the Enterprise while simultaneously trying to kill them. [98] Carr said, "She proves that women with filmy blue skin, lots of external tubing and bad teeth can be sleekly seductive. [57], After the completion of the Phoenix shots, the crew moved to two weeks of nighttime shooting in the Angeles National Forest. [61], The opening beauty pass of the new Enterprise was the responsibility of visual-effects cinematographer Marty Rosenberg, who handled all the other miniatures, explosions, and some live-action bluescreen elements. The fill light on these scenes was reduced so that the cast would pass through dark spots on the bridge and interiors out of the limited range of these sources. The live-action scenes of the spacewalking crew were then digitally added. [42], In previous films, Starfleet's range of capital ships had been predominantly represented by the Constitution-class Enterprise and just five other ship classes: the Miranda class from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (represented by the USS Reliant), the Excelsior and the Oberth class Grissom from Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, and the Galaxy and Nebula classes from The Next Generation. After the screening, 1,500 guests crossed the street to the Hollywood Colonnade, where the interiors had been dressed to match settings from the film: the holodeck nightclub, part of the bridge, a "star room", the Borg hive and the "crash 'n' burn lounge". The 135-foot (41 m) dolly track was raised off the stage floor and layered with pieces of double-thick birch plywood, chosen for its smooth finish. Star Trek: First Contact - Logopedia, the logo and branding site. Format: CD . [21] "Our goals at that point were to create a story that was wonderful and a script that was [...] producible within the budget confines of a Star Trek film", said Berman. The Borg and the special effects were lauded, while characterization was less evenly received. The impact of Federation weaponry on the Borg Cube was simulated using a 60-inch (150 cm) model of the Cube. [58] The shoot used a ten-piece orchestra, 15 stuntmen, and 120 extras to fill the seats. The Cubes were suspended from pipes sixty feet above the camera on the ground. Phillips recalled that the producers wanted the fans to be left guessing whether he was the person who played Neelix or not, as he did not appear in the credits; "It was just kind of a goofy thing to do. 52 of 73 people found this review helpful. [63] Joel used variations of his father's Borg music and the Klingon theme as Worf fights hand-to-hand[65] (Joel said that he and his father decided to use the theme for Worf separately). The new monitors also allowed for video playback that could simulate interaction with the actors. [18] Robert Picardo appears as the Enterprise's Emergency Medical Hologram; Picardo played the holographic Doctor in Voyager. To give the corridor walls more shape, Leonetti lit them from underneath. The blinking lights in each eye were programmed by Westmore's son to repeat a production member's name in Morse code. Production designer Herman Zimmerman and illustrator John Eaves collaborated to make a sleeker ship than its predecessor. Alex Jaeger was appointed visual effects art director to the film and assigned the task of creating four new starships. If anything, the film could’ve used more scenes of Picard slowly realizing just how screwed they all are. Star Trek: First Contact probably has the widest appeal of all of the episodes, in much the same way as Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home did in 1986. He won the cameo after suggesting to producers that the Enterprise should have the same technology as Voyager. [110] It was launched with five other test titles in the select markets of Richmond and San Francisco. Captain Picard ist entsetzt, als die Borg die Erde angreifen. Inhaltsangabe: Der Tag, vor dem sich die Föderation jahrelang fürchtete, ist gekommen. [83] The film received a royal premiere in the United Kingdom, with the first screening attended by Charles, Prince of Wales. Witnessing the loss of the battle, Captain Jean-Luc Picard ignores orders and takes command of the fleet engaging the Borg. First Contact was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Makeup and won three Saturn Awards. Wormlike tubes would course through the victim's body and mechanical devices break the skin. [78] The theatrical trailer to the film was included on a Best of Star Trek music compilation, released at the same time as the First Contact soundtrack. When the crew of the Enterprise learn of a Federation conspiracy against the inhabitants of a unique planet, Captain Picard begins an open rebellion. [58] The site made using high-wattage lights impractical, so Leonetti opted to use dimmer master lights near the ceiling and took advantage of a large window to shine diffused lights through. The two escape the Borg-infested area of the ship by creating a diversion in the holodeck. 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