Review of Star Trek: First Contact (1996) by Justin O — 30 Oct 2012

My first favorite Star trek movie. When I first saw this, I was blown away, and I absolutely loved it. The action was great, and the special effects were awesome. However, over the years, I have to come to realize that Star Trek is not all about action, which lead me to look a little closer at the other trek films, and I soon determined this was no longer my favorite trek film.

My favorite one eventually became the Wrath of Khan, which is most everyone's favorite. But I still love this movie to this day, and I don't like it because of the action, but because of its story, and its themes.

It remains my favorite in the TNG film series. The only thing I didn't like about the movie was the villain. I absolutely HATED the Borg queen. I mean, where the hell did she come from? And why the hell does she have a sex drive? Seriously, the Borg queen as she was in this film is contradictory to everything the Borg are.

I can't wrap my head around the concept as to why anyone would come up with such a travesty. Who the hell even thought this was a good idea? And whats worse, she serves NO purpose except to give Data an orgasm and seduce him.

Yes, it happened. Data had SEX with the Borg. Anyways, the way I see it, if the Borg queen were removed from First Contact, it would have been the same exact film, only better. Other than that, it's a good film, it features the most evil and most powerful villains in Star Trek, and a good time travel story, so give it a watch.