The Borg travel back in time intent on preventing Earth's first contact with an alien species. Captain Picard and his crew pursue them to ensure that Zefram Cochrane makes his maiden flight reaching warp speed. In the 24th century, the crew of the Enterprise-E has been ordered to patrol the Romulan Neutral Zone by the Federation to avoid interference with their battle against the insidious Borg. Witnessing the loss of the battle, Captain Jean-Luc Picard ignores orders and takes command of the fleet engaging the Borg. But the Borg plan to travel back into the 21st century through a vortex with the intention to stop Earth's first contact with an alien race (the Vulcans). Following the Borg sphere, Picard and his crew realize that they have taken over the Enterprise in order to carry out their mission. Their only chance to do away with the Borg and their seductive queen is to make sure that Zefram Cochrane makes his famous faster-than-light travel to the stars. The 'Next Generation' crew are now aboard the new Enterprise and are surprised when they are ordered to patrol the Neutral Zone just as the Borg launch an attack on Federation space; Captain Picard realises it is because he still isn't fully trusted because he was once assimilated by the Borg. As the defensive of Earth is not going well Picard ignores orders and returns to Earth. Here he takes control and destroys the Borg cube but not before it launches a sphere which heads to Earth's past; as the Enterprise follows they observe an assimilated planet. Following it further back they witness it firing on the planet. The sphere is destroyed but unbeknownst to the Enterprise the Borg crew, including a Borg Queen have beamed aboard the Enterprise.<br/><br/>It turns out the Borg returned to a very specific date; the day before Zefram Cochran piloted Earth's first warp ship and first contact with an alien species is due to be made. A group beams down to ensure his flight is able to go ahead as planned. Dr Crusher returns to the Enterprise with Lily, an injured colleague of Cochran. Soon there are anomalous readings and Picard returns to the ship. It soon becomes apparent that the Borg are on board. Contact with the away team is lost and those on board struggle to stop the Borg contacting other Borg vessels while those on the planet work to make sure the warp flight goes ahead as planned.<br/><br/>This is probably the best of the 'Star Trek' films; the story is really good and there is plenty of varied, exciting action. The Borg are one of the most fearsome of the Star Trek villains due to their unthinking, and almost unstoppable, drive to assimilate everybody they meet; the way they turn friends into Borg is particularly unpleasant. Some of the films best scenes involve the Borg Queen's attempts to assimilate Data; more by seduction than force. Having Lily beamed aboard the Enterprise gave a good excuse for some exposition that would be needed by anybody who hadn't seen the television series. The regular cast are on great form; I particularly enjoyed Brent Spiner's portrayal of Data after he is captured by the Borg. The guest cast is impressive too; James Cromwell brings some humour to the role of Cochran, Alice Krige is delightfully menacing as the Borg Queen and Alfre Woodard is good in the role of Lily; a scene where she tries to change the mind of the excellent Patrick Stewart's Captain Picard. Overall I'd definitely recommend this to fans of Star Trek TNG in particular and fans of action sci-fi in general it will help if you've watched the series but probably isn't essential. Following "Generations," this is the first Trek film with only the TNG characters, featuring a new, more warlike Enterprise-E and new uniforms. The filmmakers followed a pattern established in earlier Trek films, in that they selected the best villain from the TV series (a la Khan in the 2nd Trek film) to confront the heroic crew. So, this film functions mostly as a sequel to the TNG episodes "The Best of Both Worlds" parts one & two, from 1990, in which the cyborg-race the Borg nearly succeeded in assimilating Earth. The Borg also assimilated Picard, temporarily, in those episodes, a process likened to a futuristic version of rape and slavery, so the most powerful elements of this story involve Picard revisiting this trauma; and this results in some of his less-civilized behavior, raising questions of just how far mankind has really evolved in the past 300 years. The Borg are sort of upgraded for this film, but this mostly involves giving them a more gritty look, superficially emphasizing the horrific aspects of their threat. Frankly, I preferred their appearance in the episodes, such as in "Q Who?," where their skin merely lacked any pigmentation, rather than this mottled effect here. They were unique back then, whereas now they seem derivative of other sci-fi franchises, such as the Terminator films. Also damaging their unique qualities is the intro of a Borg Queen, created to have meaningful one-on-one dialog with Data and Picard. The concept of a queen ruling a hive is nothing new in science fiction, unfortunately; what always impressed me about the Borg before this was the lack of any central control - that is what really made them unique. But, enough with the negatives.<br/><br/>Overall, the film is a blast. The first scene is a case study of how to begin a sf adventure - talk about transfixing an audience in the very first minute! The danger is that this first minute would overwhelm the rest of the film, but the script and first-time film director Frakes manage to provide a relentless pace for the remainder of the show, an almost non-stop action thrill ride to reflect the unstoppable nature of the enemy. Early on, we are thrown into the middle of a spectacular space battle (showing the Star Wars influence a bit more than the earlier movie Trek battles). It may be my favorite of any movie space wars, outdoing even the later Star Wars prequels. Of course, the filmmakers resorted to a time travel angle again (what is it with this obsession with time travel by Trek-makers since the eighties?), but they ended up selecting an interesting, pivotal moment in Trek history to wrap the story around - year 2063, to be precise. We are re-introduced to the famous Zefram Cochrane, the 'inventor' of warp drive, which resulted in the whole Starfleet/Federation civilization we first saw on the original Trek series in the sixties (Cochrane was first seen as a different actor in the original episode "Metamorphosis"). I found the reinterpretation here of Cochrane bordering on cliché scripting - the re-used 'loser-turnaround-to-redeem-himself' plot; this type of story always makes me wonder how a guy who is out-of-his-mind drunk half the time manages to out-think all the clear-headed scientists. But, the bottom line is that it's an exciting, even thrilling storyline, with Stewart's best moments as the angry, yet in-charge, even ruthless Captain Picard. His scene with actress Woodard towards the end, when parallels are drawn again with Capt. Ahab and Moby Dick, is worth the price of admission by itself. Of the regulars, Sirtis as Troi, Dorn as Worf and Spiner as Data also get to shine in their scenes. There are also some entertaining cameos by characters from the other Trek series. First time director Jonathan Frakes (who also plays Riker, the Enterprise's second-in-command) injects some badly-needed energy and inventiveness into a series that, prior to this effort, was sinking under its own weight and boldly going nowhere. After the Borg attack Earth in the 24th century, the Enterprise-E follows them back to the 21st century in order to stop them from altering Earth's history specifically, preventing Zefram Cochrane from making his famous first attempt traveling at warp speed (faster-than-light), which resulted with the Earth's first contact with alien life. While Riker, Troi, and Geordi are on Earth ensuring that Cochrane makes his flight, the rest of the Enterprise crew is faced with protecting the ship from a Borg invasion and installment of a Borg Queen (<a href="/name/nm0000481/">Alice Krige</a>). All of the Enterprise-D crew is back: Captain Jean-Luc Picard (<a href="/name/nm0001772/">Patrick Stewart</a>), Commander Will Ryker (<a href="/name/nm0000408/">Jonathan Frakes</a>), Lieutenant Commander Data (<a href="/name/nm0000653/">Brent Spiner</a>), Lieutenant Commander Geordi LaForge (<a href="/name/nm0000996/">LeVar Burton</a>), Lieutenant Commander Worf (<a href="/name/nm0000373/">Michael Dorn</a>), Dr Beverly Crusher (<a href="/name/nm0000533/">Gates McFadden</a>), counselor Deanna Troi (<a href="/name/nm0000642/">Marina Sirtis</a>), and <a href="/name/nm0000854/">Majel Barrett</a> as the voice of the Enterprise computer. In addition, it features the character Zefram Cochrane (<a href="/name/nm0000342/">James Cromwell</a>), who was introduced in the Star Trek original series episode <a href="/title/tt0708436/">"Metamorphosis"</a> (1967). The Holographic Doctor (<a href="/name/nm0000585/">Robert Picardo</a>) from <a href="/title/tt0112178/">Star Trek: Voyager (1995)</a> also makes a short cameo appearance. It takes place in the year 2373 A.D., six years after Picard was captured and assimilated into the Borg and given the name Locutus in TV series episode <a href="/title/tt0708786/">"The Best of Both Worlds: Part 2"</a> (1990). It is one of the things that Captain Picard could only know due to having been assimilated by the Borg. He shared the Borg's thoughts so that they learned all his knowledge about Starfleet and Earth's defenses. However, during his assimilation, he also learned a lot of information about the Borg and their ships. He was never supposed to be freed from the Borg Collective and able to use this information against them. It justifies his remark that "no one knows the Borg as I do". Obviously, these experiences have taught him that there is a hidden vulnerability on the Borg cube, although the Borg have disguised it or made it seem non-vital. Given the fact that this area is located on the outside suggests that it is something connected to the cube's weapons or shields system; vital areas would ideally be built in a ship's interior for better protection, but weapons and shields are located at a ship's surface by necessity. It could also be a weak power node, something that can be easily overloaded, causing an energy cascade fatal to the ship. Since they were to avoid contact with 21st century Earth until they could be rescued by Starfleet, they were sent to Gravett Island, a fictional island somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. When the Phoenix has left Earth's gravity, Ryker and Geordi engage the warp drive while Cochrane sits back to enjoy the ride. Meanwhile on the Enterprise, the Borg Queen orders Data to destroy the Phoenix. Data fires off three torpedoes but, at the last minute they miss the Phoenix. The Queen realizes that Data has betrayed her just as Data breaks a coolant tank, releasing corrosive vapours into the atmosphere. Picard grabs a hose and attempts to crawl above the vapours, but the Borg Queen grabs onto his leg. Data grabs her leg and pulls her back down. The vapour has the effect of eating away the biological components of the Borg, leaving them non-functional. It also eats away the skin grafts that the Queen had given Data as a "gift". In a voice-over, Picard begins to describe how the Phoenix was eventually spotted by the alien vessel. Their ship lands on Earth and opens to reveal three Vulcans. "Live long and prosper", they say in greeting; to which Cochrane replies, "thanks". While the Vulcans are welcomed by Cochrane, Picard says goodbye to Lily (<a href="/name/nm0005569/">Alfre Woodard</a>). Then he, Ryker, Troi, Crusher, and Geordi beam up to the Enterprise. Picard orders the recreation of the vortex that plunged them into the past, and the Enterprise disappears from view. In the final scene, Cochrane and the Vulcans are enjoying drinks together in his makeshift tavern. Yes, a novelization of the movie by American science fiction writer J.M. Dillard (pen name for Jeanne Kalogridis), was released in 1996. So far, there are 13. Star Trek: First Contact was preceded by <a href="/title/tt0079945/">Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)</a> (1979), <a href="/title/tt0084726/">Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan (1982)</a> (1982), <a href="/title/tt0088170/">Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)</a> (1984), <a href="/title/tt0092007/">Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)</a> (1986), <a href="/title/tt0098382/">Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)</a> (1989), and <a href="/title/tt0102975/">Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)</a> (1991), all of which feature the Enterprise captained by James T Kirk (<a href="/name/nm0000638/">William Shatner</a>). In <a href="/title/tt0111280/">Star Trek: Generations (1994)</a> (1994), the crew of the Enterprise captained by Jean-Luc Picard was introduced. Star Trek: First Contact was followed by <a href="/title/tt0120844/">Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)</a> (1998) and <a href="/title/tt0253754/">Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)</a> (2002). <a href="/title/tt0796366/">Star Trek (2009)</a> (2009), <a href="/title/tt1408101/">Star Trek: Into Darkness (2013)</a> (2013) and <a href="/title/tt2660888/">Star Trek: Beyond (2016)</a> (2016) harken to an alternate reality in which Kirk was just beginning his career with Starfleet Academy. No. The Queen should be seen as the manifestation or personification of the Borg collective mind, not the "brain" which normally houses the entire collective and commands all drones. The Queen is a female drone that can be used when the Borg feel interaction with other species needs to be through a more personal approach, such as the temptation of Data and Picard. The writers have admitted that the Queen was a plot device for this purpose, as a disembodied voice alone would not have been very persuasive. If the Queen in First Contact was indeed the controller of all Borg, that would mean that the Borg in the 24th century would immediately be without a consciousness as soon as the Queen travels back in time and doesn't return. However, this doesn't happen, as the crew of the Voyager also has several run-ins with the Borg and the Queen, and the Queen can be resurrected each time. It is interesting to note that when the Queen is destroyed in the plasma, the other Borg drones immediately malfunction and power down, suggesting she had taken total control over those drones when they were separated from the rest of the Collective. However, in the <a href="/title/tt0244365/">Enterprise (2001)</a> episode <a href="/title/tt0572230/">"Regeneration"</a>, which takes place a century after First Contact with the Vulcans, a few Borg drones are recovered from wreckage of the Borg Sphere that ended up on the North Pole. After thawing out, they quickly regenerate and form their own mini-Collective, seemingly without ill effects from the Queen's destruction 100 years earlier. In the Voyager episode <a href="/title/tt0708872/">"Dark Frontier"</a>, in order to escape, Captain Janeway destroys a Borg power node, which (temporarily) disables the Queen's command interface and thereby her control over the Collective; however, this does not stop the Borg from laying in a pursuit moments later. These examples all illustrate that the Queen is an important, but by no means essential part of the Borg Collective. Some writers of non-canon Star Trek novels have even suggested the Queen is a separate program within the hive mind and can be implemented as the need for a single-acting drone arises or even as a signal booster to connect Borg that are spread out over many light years. In the episode <a href="/title/tt0708732/">"I Borg"</a>, the Enterprise crew found a single Borg drone that was severed from the Borg Collective. They named him "Hugh" and taught him the value of individuality. Hugh was eventually returned to the Collective by the Borg, but his ideas of individuality spread throughout his ship and caused a lot of Borg drones to reject their collective mind and revert to their original individuality. This group is subsequently encountered in <a href="/title/tt0708701/">"Descent: Part 2"</a> (1993), raising the question as to why not all Borg have been "freed" this way by the time Star Trek: First Contact takes place, since all Borg are connected by a subspace network. The reason may be a combination of factors. For one, it is known that that the Borg's collective consciousness will reject anything that would threaten their hive mind, as was demonstrated in Voyager episode <a href="/title/tt0709003/">"Unimatrix Zero: Part 1"</a> (2000). Also, the idea of shared consciousness is particularly deeply rooted in the Collective and fiercely defended by older drones, especially when separated from the Collective (such as Seven of Nine displayed in Voyager episode <a href="/title/tt0708974/">"Survival Instinct"</a> and in her later life). And even after successful separation, some freed individuals still long to a form of collective mind (Voyager episode <a href="/title/tt0709005/">"Unity"</a>). Consequently, Hugh may have introduced his radical idea of individuality into the entire Collective, but it can be expected that many drones, and therefore the hive mind, would largely resist this idea. They would even take measures to eliminate this dangerous thought from their consciousness and destroy drones that have embraced the idea and continue to spread it. Therefore, it is more plausible that Hugh had to introduce the idea subtly, perhaps one drone at a time, to see if the idea would stick and, at the same time, remain undetected. Of course, the rest of the Borg would inevitably find out at one point that drones were breaking off from the Collective and would take measures against it, which explains why the Borg Collective is still largely intact. a5c7b9f00b Superman movie download hdAlbakiara movie free download hdtamil movie dubbed in hindi free download Akad Suzunosuke: Kimento taijiOperation Red Sea in hindi 720pDownload the The Running Man full movie tamil dubbed in torrentPar le Sang hd mp4 downloadDownload hindi movie Teen Wolf: Search for a Cure3:10 to Yuma 720p moviesDownload hindi movie Teen Titans Go! To the MoviesMing Ming movie download in hd
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