History Recap / StarTrekNemesis

Back on the ''Enterprise'', the crew has discovered that someone is getting information out of the main computer, and that the ''Scimitar'' is emitting some ultra-dangerous form of radiation. Meanwhile, Riker and Troi decide this is a great time to have sex with each other. But Shinzon's viceroy has mind powers, and Shinzon wants to have a little fun. So, with his viceroy's help, he invades Troi's mind to literally mind-rape her! You know what? Maybe Shinzon is the bad guy of this movie. Just a hunch. After Shinzon has gotten his jollies, he goes to the ''Scimitar'' bridge and beams over B-4, who is, of course, working for him. Shinzon then has Picard beamed over and imprisoned in a [[BuffySpeak thingy]]. They take some of Picard's blood by force and Shinzon explains that B-4 has given them the information from the ''Enterprise'' computer. You see, Shinzon has a bad case of CloningBlues and for some reason, this makes him want to go to war with the Federation. His reasoning doesn't seem to be entirely coherent and he's clearly got a few screws loose. But after Shinzon leaves the room, B-4 reveals that he's actually Data having pulled a TwinSwitch. He knocks out the only Reman guard left in the room and sets Picard free. Data explains that he's given Shinzon false intel on the Federation and that the dangerous radiation they detected is coming from a WeaponOfMassDestruction. Later, Shinzon and his entourage enters the cell to do something with Picard, but finds him gone. Shinzon, of course, [[YouHaveFailedMe orders they kill the Reman guard lying on the floor]]. He calls the Remans his brothers, but apparently it's in a very tough love sort of way. Picard and Data head for a shuttle bay and encounter resistance from Reman guards who [[ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy can't shoot straight]]. They board a two-person (how convenient) SpaceFighter and escape back to the ''Enterprise''. The second Picard and Data are aboard, Riker orders the ship to warp out of there.

[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwRjc2vH4Uw After a nontraditional]] TitleOnlyOpening, we zoom in on [[https://youtu.be/rwRjc2vH4Uw?t=67 the fair planet Romulus.]] [[https://youtu.be/rwRjc2vH4Uw?t=102It seems the Romulan military has a problem. They support some guy named Shinzon from a planet called Remus and the Romulan Senate doesn't like Shinzon very much. But the military also has a solution to this little quandary]]. After Tal'aura leaves the Senate chamber, a special effect goes off and kills everyone [[Film/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone Professor Quirrell]] style.

After a nontraditional TitleOnlyOpening, we zoom in on the fair planet Romulus. It seems the Romulan military has a problem. They support some guy named Shinzon from a planet called Remus and the Romulan Senate doesn't like Shinzon very much. But the military also has a solution to this little quandary. After they leave the Senate chamber, a special effect goes off and kills everyone [[Film/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone Professor Quirrell]] style.

This is a recap of ''Film/StarTrekNemesis''. See the main page for a list of tropes appearing in this film.

Meanwhile, Riker and Troi are getting married. Sorry, Worf/Troi [[{{Shipping}} shippers]], it was never going to happen. As it happens, this marriage also coincides with Riker's assignment to serve as Captain of his own ship, the ''Titan''. Troi will be serving with Riker on the ''Titan'' while Picard is getting Data as his new First Officer. It's the end of an era, but presumably every time the ''Enterprise'' ends up in a mildly interesting situation from now on, it will just happen to be on the day Riker and Troi stopped by for a visit. At least that's the way it works with Worf. Oh, and Wesley is there and wearing a Starfleet uniform despite that whole Traveler business. Anyway, later on the ''Enterprise'', Worf picks up a positronic signature from some planet near the Romulan Neutral Zone. Data surmises that it must be coming from an android. Apparently, the presence of a single android on some random planet is a Big Deal and the the ''Enterprise'' sets off on this mission which is clearly worthy of Starfleet's flagship. Arriving at the planet, it's specifically mentioned that it's home to a pre-warp civilization. Who knows ''why'' this gets mentioned, considering it will have no impact on the plot and will also create a major PlotHole. So anyway, Picard, Worf, and Data fly down to the planet to try out some wacky all-terrain vehicle, a mode of transportation which seems considerably less useful than your average shuttlecraft. They find the parts of a Soong-type android which resembles Data, but then they get attacked by some random aliens for no explained reason. A car chase ensues and they return fire with their phasers because, as always, the [[AlienNonInterferenceClause Prime Directive]] is optional whenever it's slightly inconvenient. It's not like the whole plot of the previous movie involved Picard risking his life to defend the Prime Directive. Oh, wait.

At Romulus, an uber-warship called the ''Scimitar'' decloaks and hails the ''Enterprise''. We get our first view of the Remans, who [[LooksLikeOrlok Look Like Orlok]]. They send transporter coordinates and Picard beams over with Riker, Worf, Data, and Troi. It turns out Shinzon is not a Reman, but a human -- a bald human who looks like Creator/TomHardy. He starts hitting on Troi and helpfully explains that she is TheEmpath for the benefit of anyone in the audience who isn't a ''Franchise/StarTrek'' fan. Shinzon talks of peace, but he is ObviouslyEvil and comes off like a first-year student from EvilOverlord School. He hints that he is the same person as Picard, gives them some of his blood, and [[NoMrBondIExpectYouToDine invites him to dinner]]. Back on the ''Enterprise'', Crusher tests the blood and, of course, it's a match -- Shinzon is a younger clone of Picard. Down on Romulus, Shinzon is bossing the Romulans around, threatening to kill anyone who displeases him, and the usual villain stuff. You know, in case we weren't clear on him being the bad guy. At dinner with Picard, Shinzon explains that he is the product of a Romulan plot to replace Picard with a spy. After the project was abandoned, Shinzon was sent to die in the mines of Remus, but he survived and rallied the Remans to liberate themselves by overthrowing the Romulan government. The movie tries to convince us that he is a WellIntentionedExtremist despite the fact that the previous scene just showed him acting like a cliché CardCarryingVillain for no reason. Shinzon insists that he and Picard are NotSoDifferent since they are, after all, literally the same person. Picard is GenreBlind enough to consider that Shinzon might be all right, but he's at least not stupid enough to trust him blindly.

The ''Scimitar'' attacks and this is the start of the endless action scene which literally takes up about a third of the movie's running time. After firing at the ''Enterprise'' for awhile and disabling her warp drive, Shinzon sends over a hologram of himself to [[EvilGloating gloat]] in Picard's face. Picard tries to [[KirkSummation convince him that he doesn't have to be evil]], but Shinzon likes being evil and [[ShutUpKirk tells him to shove it]]. At this point, two Romulan warbirds arrive, siding with the ''Enterprise'' against Shinzon. The action resumes and soon enough both Romulan ships have been disabled. Some more stuff happens. Troi uses her powers to get a lock on the ''Scimitar'', Shinzon's viceroy and his boarding party enter the ''Enterprise'' to shoot at the spaces between characters who can't die, Riker has a fistfight with the viceroy on some random scaffolding inside a Jefferies tube, and the ''Scimitar'' blasts a big hole in the front of the ''Enterprise''[='s=] bridge. By now, the ''Enterprise'' is pretty much a sitting duck, so Picard decides to {{ram|mingAlwaysWorks}} her into the ''Scimitar'', totaling the bows of both ships. Presumably Guinan is dead now, but no one mentions this. Shinzon breaks the ''Scimitar'' free and decides to use his superweapon to kill everyone on the ''Enterprise''. "[[OnlySaneMan How can he? He'll kill you,]]" asks, of all people, Troi. "It's not about me anymore," replies Picard, who can apparently read the screenwriter's mind. Picard has himself beamed over to the ''Scimitar'' since ThisIsSomethingHesGotToDoHimself. Disregarding this, Data goes after him. Picard bursts onto the ''Scimitar'' bridge and takes out the Reman guards, who continue to show no sign of having had marksmanship training. A fistfight between Picard and Shinzon ensues, ending with Shinzon getting ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice. Just as we're celebrating that idiot being gone, Data runs in, beams Picard back to the ''Enterprise'', and [[HeroicSacrifice sacrifices himself]] to destroy the superweapon, completing the rip-off of ''[[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan Wrath of Khan]]''[='s=] climax.

Back on the ''Enterprise'', everyone mourns the loss of Data and a Romulan ship offers to render aide. Sometime later in orbit over Earth, Riker's new ship is heading off to open negotiations with the Romulans. Too bad Romulus will get blown up in [[Film/StarTrek2009 the next movie]] anyway. But wait! B-4 still has Data's memories. The movie ends strongly hinting that B-4 will eventually turn into a new Data. Will he? Well, this is the inauspicious end of the saga of ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', so we'll never know. The ''Franchise/StarTrekExpandedUniverse'' says yes, however. The greater mystery is whether this is a good thing. Data ''was'' the greatest character in all of Star Trek, but if he was revived it would just be a ripoff of ''[[Film/StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock The Search for Spock]]''.

The ''Scimitar'' attacks and this is the start of the endless action scene which literally takes up about a third of the movie's running time. After firing at the ''Enterprise'' for awhile and disabling her warp drive, Shinzon sends over a hologram of himself to [[EvilGloating gloat]] in Picard's face. Picard tries to [[KirkSummation convince him that he doesn't have to be evil]], but Shinzon likes being evil and [[ShutUpKirk tells him to shove it]]. At this point, two Romulan warbirds arrive, siding with the ''Enterprise'' against Shinzon. The action resumes and soon enough both Romulan ships have been disabled. Some more stuff happens. Troi uses her powers to get a lock on the ''Scimitar'', Shinzon's viceroy and his boarding party enter the ''Enterprise'' to shoot at the spaces between characters who can't die, Riker has a fistfight with the viceroy on some random scaffolding inside a Jefferies tube, and the ''Scimitar'' blasts a big hole in the front of the ''Enterprise''[='s=] bridge. By now, the ''Enterprise'' is pretty much a sitting duck, so Picard decides to {{ram|ingAlwaysWorks}} her into the ''Scimitar'', totaling the bows of both ships. Presumably Guinan is dead now, but no one mentions this. Shinzon breaks the ''Scimitar'' free and decides to use his superweapon to kill everyone on the ''Enterprise''. "[[OnlySaneMan How can he? He'll kill you,]]" asks, of all people, Troi. "It's not about me anymore," replies Picard, who can apparently read the screenwriter's mind. Picard has himself beamed over to the ''Scimitar'' since ThisIsSomethingHesGotToDoHimself. Disregarding this, Data goes after him. Picard bursts onto the ''Scimitar'' bridge and takes out the Reman guards, who continue to show no sign of having had marksmanship training. A fistfight between Picard and Shinzon ensues, ending with Shinzon getting ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice. Just as we're celebrating that idiot being gone, Data runs in, beams Picard back to the ''Enterprise'', and [[HeroicSacrifice sacrifices himself]] to destroy the superweapon, completing the rip-off of ''[[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan Wrath of Khan]]''[='s=] climax.

Back on the ''Enterprise'', everyone mourns the loss of Data and a Romulan ship offers to render aide. Sometime later in orbit over Earth, Riker's new ship is heading off to open negotiations with the Romulans. Too bad Romulus will get blown up in [[Film/StarTrek the next movie]] anyway. But wait! B-4 still has Data's memories. The movie ends strongly hinting that B-4 will eventually turn into a new Data. Will he? Well, this is the inauspicious end of the saga of ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', so we'll never know. The ''Franchise/StarTrekExpandedUniverse'' says yes, however. The greater mystery is whether this is a good thing. Data ''was'' the greatest character in all of Star Trek, but if he was revived it would just be a ripoff of ''[[Film/StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock The Search for Spock]]''.