History Trivia / StarTrekNemesis

** Creator/WhoopiGoldberg returns as Guinan eight years after ''Film/StarTrekGenerations''

** However, it was the choice of release date that sent things really, ''spectacularly'' downhill. 2002 had arguably the busiest Christmas release schedule of the modern era, with major franchise films such as ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets'', ''Film/DieAnotherDay'', surprise hits such as ''Film/MaidInManhattan'' and ''Film/TheSantaClause 2'', and a whole host of OscarBait movies all vying for attention. One week later, ''Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheTwoTowers'' was released and ''Nemesis'' dropped 76% of its intake, and then dropped out of the top ten altogether the following week, while flopping just as badly in foreign territories. It, along with the continued poor ratings of ''Enterprise'' (despite the show GrowingTheBeard the following year) ultimately killed off the Next Generation incarnation of ''Star Trek'', at least until ''Series/StarTrekPicard'' premiered in 2020.

** For the most part, writing and filming went pretty smoothly. Maybe a little ''too'' smoothly, however -- Oscar-nominated writer John Logan was given ProtectionFromEditors in his contract, and director Stuart Baird was only there [[MoneyDearBoy for the paycheck]], and so wasn't inclined to ask Logan for rewrites (Logan's contract meant Berman couldn't fire him or have the screenplay rewritten without his permission, but there was nothing stopping Berman, Baird or the studio just asking him to change the script).
** There were also some conflicts between Baird and the cast, mostly over Baird's unfamiliarity with the series, to the point where he mistakenly thought that Geordi was an alien instead of a human with artificial eye implants, and repeatedly mispronounced Creator/LeVarBurton's name as "Laverne" during filming, even after Burton had repeatedly tried to correct him. Marina Sirtis, while considering the film overall a slight improvement on ''Insurrection'' (as did Burton), didn't have too many kind words to say about Baird afterwards, and even Stewart and Frakes, while liking him personally, later admitted him to be a poor fit for the series.
** What few character scenes were in the film were deleted by Baird during editing, in order to emphasize the action sequences, resulting in the BigBad's original introductory scene and most of the ''Enterprise'' crew's character moments being deleted, to the point where Dr. Crusher doesn't even get a single line after the final battle commences.
** It was after production had finished where things started to go wrong; the film's screenplay was leaked, and heavily mocked by fans, and then the trailers hit, confirming said screenplay had been used without any major revisions. When it was actually released, it got the worst reviews of any film in the series outside of ''The Final Frontier'', being hit with a healthy amount of ItsTheSameNowItSucks from critics, and also picking up some backlash from the tepid second season of ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' (which didn't do much to help the fortunes of ''Nemesis'' by airing the widely-despised episode "Precious Cargo" two days before ''Nemesis'' opened).
** However, it was the choice of release date that sent things really, ''spectacularly'' downhill. 2002 had arguably the busiest Christmas release schedule of the modern era, with major franchise films such as ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets'', ''Film/DieAnotherDay'', surprise hits such as ''Film/MaidInManhattan'' and ''Film/TheSantaClause 2'', and a whole host of OscarBait movies all vying for attention. However, it was one particular film that helped turn ''Nemesis'' into a BoxOfficeBomb of staggering proportions, namely ''Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheTwoTowers'', which was released less than a week later. Having failed to beat the aforementioned ''Maid in Manhattan'' in its opening weekend, ''Nemesis'' experienced the worst second weekend of any major movie release in history until that point, dropping 76% of its intake, and then dropping out of the top ten altogether the following week, while flopping just as badly in foreign territories. It, along with the continued poor ratings of ''Enterprise'' (despite the show GrowingTheBeard the following year) ultimately proved the FranchiseKiller for the Next Generation incarnation of ''Star Trek'', at least until ''Series/StarTrekPicard'' premiered in 2020.
** And it didn't end there. Creator/TomHardy, who played the film's villain, became so depressed over the film's critical and commercial failure that he descended into depression and drug abuse, not experiencing a CareerResurrection until ''Film/{{Inception}}'' nearly eight years later. To this day, Hardy dislikes talking about ''Nemesis'' in significant detail.