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** On a meta-level, the amicable meeting of the humans and Vulcans and the future it signals serves as a reminder that a weird cult sci-fi beleagured by hammy acting and suspect VFX that was cancelled after three seasons became the cornerstone of one of the greatest (if not the greatest) fiction franchises of all time.
** Also meta-level is how it's the Vulcans who are the first species that humanity meets among the galactic citizenry. Despite what we later learn about the human-Vulcan relationship in ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'', it's a major thing for the fans. Our first alien in the series was Spock. How could it have been any other race in universe?
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* It's crazy but... the sequence early in the film, with the en masse attack against the Borg cube and Worf's crew ready to [[HeroicSacrifice commit suicide]] in a [[RammingAlwaysWorks last ditch attempt]] to slow it down. And then there's the look of combined disbelief and hope on the crew's faces as they realize which ship just arrived on the battlefield, and suddenly, the whole audience knows it's going to be okay.

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* It's crazy but... the sequence early in the film, with the en masse attack against the Borg cube and Worf's crew ready to [[HeroicSacrifice commit suicide]] in a [[RammingAlwaysWorks last ditch last-ditch attempt]] to slow it down. And then there's the look of combined disbelief and hope on the crew's faces as they realize which ship just arrived on the battlefield, and suddenly, the whole audience knows it's going to be okay.

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*** It's telling that the model that suffers the most damage is that of the Enterprise-D, the ship that first encountered the Borg, where Picard learned to (however briefly) move past his hatred of the Collective to help Hugh. Seeing that model broken and remembering how that ship represented the best of him... between that sight and Lilly's words it's no wonder Picard finally snaps out of his [[RoaringRampageofRevenge near-madness]].
* While it's played for laughs, Zefram Cochrane's feeling overwhelmed by his place in history, to the point of running, is a bit sad.

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*** It's telling that the model that suffers the most damage is that of the Enterprise-D, the ship that first encountered the Borg, where Picard learned to (however briefly) move past his hatred of the Collective to help Hugh. Seeing that model broken and remembering how that ship represented the best of him... between that sight and Lilly's words it's no wonder Picard finally snaps out of his [[RoaringRampageofRevenge [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge near-madness]].
* While it's played for laughs, PlayedForLaughs, Zefram Cochrane's feeling overwhelmed by his place in history, to the point of running, is a bit sad.
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[[caption-width-right:350:"You broke your little ships..."]]

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*** It's telling that the model that suffers the most damage is that of the Enterprise-D, the ship that first encountered the Borg, where Picard learned to (however briefly) move past his hatred of the Collective to help Hugh. Seeing that model broken and remembering how that ship represented the best of him. . .between that sight and Lilly's words it's no wonder Picard finally snaps out of his [[RoaringRampageofRevenge near-madness]].

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*** It's telling that the model that suffers the most damage is that of the Enterprise-D, the ship that first encountered the Borg, where Picard learned to (however briefly) move past his hatred of the Collective to help Hugh. Seeing that model broken and remembering how that ship represented the best of him. . .him... between that sight and Lilly's words it's no wonder Picard finally snaps out of his [[RoaringRampageofRevenge near-madness]].
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*** It's telling that the model that suffers the most damage is that of the Enterprise-D, the ship that first encountered the Borg, where he learned to (however briefly) move past his hatred of the Collective to help Hugh. Seeing that model broken and remembering how that ship represented the best of him. . .between that sight and Lilly's words it's no wonder Picard finally snaps out of his [[RoaringRampageofRevenge near-madness]].

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*** It's telling that the model that suffers the most damage is that of the Enterprise-D, the ship that first encountered the Borg, where he Picard learned to (however briefly) move past his hatred of the Collective to help Hugh. Seeing that model broken and remembering how that ship represented the best of him. . .between that sight and Lilly's words it's no wonder Picard finally snaps out of his [[RoaringRampageofRevenge near-madness]].

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