Further, Starfleet orders Picard away from the battle - they fear his past assimilation by the Borg may instigate an unstable element to an already-volatile situation. The Borg have been identified in Federation space, and they're on a direct course for Earth and as Picard states, this time there may be no stopping them. Picard suddenly awakens in his ready room aboard the new Sovereign-class Enterprise-E, which, we learn, has been in service for nearly a year now.Ī message comes through from Starfleet Command.
The camera continues to track backward for what seems like miles, showing what must be millions of Borg drones on the massive vessel collective - of which Picard has forcibly become part of. Now the Borg have returned, and they're again bent on doing whatever it takes to assimilate Earth.įirst Contact opens with a powerful and magnificent-looking shot - part of a flashback dream sequence that begins as an extreme close-up of Captain Picard's eyeball, and then tracks back to reveal Picard standing in a Borg module on a Borg ship. That Borg ship was destroyed, but not before they assimilated Captain Picard into their collective and stripped him of his individuality, which was only regained after the cunning intervention of the Enterprise crew. Unlike the relatively boring and simple-minded aliens of Independence Day, who simply wanted to destroy everyone and everything in their path, the Borg instead threaten you with a fate worse than death: Their goal is to absorb people and technology and forcibly make you one of them, so that you will become one in their hive of conquerors. Negotiation was not a factor they wanted your stuff, they were without a doubt bigger and stronger, their hive-like collective was overwhelming, and if you resisted them, they would destroy you.Ī little more than a year later in "The Best of Both Worlds," the writers clarified another element of the Borg that made them even more terrifying - the fact that they wanted not only your technology but also you - they wanted to turn you into a mindless drone, to strip you of your individuality and add you to their single-minded collective. In that episode, they were simply hungry for any technology that was different and new. Ever since their introduction in TNG's second season episode "Q Who," the Borg have been the most compelling threat to the Federation. It's good Star Trek, and it's good cinema.Īs an added bonus, First Contact brings back the Borg, perhaps the most interesting and menacing race of villains in the history of Trek. All of it is wrapped into a very neat package of plotting and pacing.
It successfully balances just about every element I believe a good Trek film should have - superior production and special effects, plenty of humor and fun, involving conflicts and problems that must be overcome, and a compelling story with human themes and values consistent with Gene Roddenberry's optimistic vision. Star Trek: First Contact is one of the best Star Trek films - probably the best Trek film - definitely the most even-handed. Probably the best of all Trek films, with an involving story and a skillful, even-handed approach. Review by Jamahl Epsicokhan "Someone once said, 'Don't try to be a great man, just be a man, and let history make its own judgments'." Story by Rick Berman & Brannon Braga & Ronald D.
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