I am a Star Trek fan, and watched every episode of the original series, and many of the episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation. I did not like the movie much, but if you can't think of anything but Star Trek, you should check out this movie, although you probably already have =).
Now, onto the mini-review. This movie takes place six years after the two-part Next Generation episode "The Best of Both Worlds", which actually is similar in length to the movie. Make sure you see "The Best of Both Worlds" first, to get a primer on the Borg and to understand most of the things this movie refers to (including the certain assimilation).
I think this movie really took away from some of the best parts of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Two examples:
Data having an emotion chip. Data was interesting because he did not have emotions, and even though he turned it off part-way through, it still makes his role in the movie less special.
The Borg Queen = bad idea. The Borg are Borg because they are not individual, but rather a collective conciousness. Having one Borg that controls them just doesn't work. If you've seen both First Contact and Best of Both Worlds you know what I mean, because in Best of Both Worlds the Borg are just plain neat, and in First Contact they come across differently.
Overall, this movie made the Borg less special, Data less special, and even though it reveals a lot about Star Trek history I just don't recommend it. If you don't know much about Star Trek but just want to find out what all this Borg stuff is about, watch Best of Both Worlds instead. Don't bother with First Contact.
Now, onto the mini-review. This movie takes place six years after the two-part Next Generation episode "The Best of Both Worlds", which actually is similar in length to the movie. Make sure you see "The Best of Both Worlds" first, to get a primer on the Borg and to understand most of the things this movie refers to (including the certain assimilation).
I think this movie really took away from some of the best parts of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Two examples:
Data having an emotion chip. Data was interesting because he did not have emotions, and even though he turned it off part-way through, it still makes his role in the movie less special.
The Borg Queen = bad idea. The Borg are Borg because they are not individual, but rather a collective conciousness. Having one Borg that controls them just doesn't work. If you've seen both First Contact and Best of Both Worlds you know what I mean, because in Best of Both Worlds the Borg are just plain neat, and in First Contact they come across differently.
Overall, this movie made the Borg less special, Data less special, and even though it reveals a lot about Star Trek history I just don't recommend it. If you don't know much about Star Trek but just want to find out what all this Borg stuff is about, watch Best of Both Worlds instead. Don't bother with First Contact.