User blog:ARTaylor/15 Years of Star Trek Nemesis

Today is the tenth anniversary of the premiere of Star Trek Nemesis. The fourth and final film in The Next Generation series, the movie follows the crew of the USS Enterprise-E as they negotiate peace with longtime enemies the Romulans while fighting a dangerous clone of Captain Picard.

The film was a major failure for the studio and franchise. It was the second worst critically received film for the franchise and a box office failure being the first in the franchise not to debut at the top of the charts. Even the cast spoke poorly of the experience. The poor performance caused the cancellation of a planned fifth film and, along with the cancellation of Star Trek: Enterprise, essentially spelled the death of the Star Trek franchise until the reboot film.

The film features the talents of Jonathan Frakes as Captain William T. Riker, Brent Spiner doing triple duty as story writer and the characters Commander Data and B-4, LeVar Burton in his final performance as Commander Geordi LaForge, Michael Dorn as in his final performance as Commander Worf, Ron Perlman joining the cast as villainous henchman Reman Viceroy, and Majel Barrett-Roddenberry as the voice of the ship's computer.