Star Trek: Voyager
Summary
It would have been a great idea to show the finale ofStar Trek : Voyageras a feature article picture show in pic theatre whenVoyagerended in 2001.Star Trek : Voyagerended its seven - class running play with the two - part episode " Endgame " , which sprawl over two timelines and feature Kate Mulgrew as both a time - traveling Admiral Kathryn Janeway and present - day Captain Kathryn Janeway , whoteam upto get the USS Voyager ’s crew home to the Alpha Quadrant in record time , while also at last overcome the Borg Queen ( Alice Krige ) once and for all . It ’s a eminent - conception adventure , but leaves piddling room for explore the ramification of theVoyagercrew ’s absence seizure .
At the timeStar Trek : Voyager ’s " Endgame " ventilate , theStar Trekmovieswere at a crossway after being handed off to theStar Trek : The Next Generationcast . 1996’sStar Trek : First Contactwas a hit that conjure the stakes for theTNGcrew , with Captain Jean - Luc Picard ’s ( Patrick Stewart ) vendetta against the Borg , andintroduced wider Borg lore thatVoyagerexpanded on in its later seasons . Its 1998 follow - up , Star Trek : Insurrection , was wide involve as an averageTNGouting , akin to a 2 - part episode that had been held back for theatrical release . The nextStar Trekmovie would have to be another hit to keep the franchise afloat at the box office .
Star Trek : Voyager never jumped to making moving picture like The Next Generation , but the UPN series drive home a twelve motion-picture show - caliber 2 - part episode .
Harry Kim Actor Thinks Star Trek: Voyager’s Finale Should Have Been a Movie In Theaters
Garrett Wang suggests an unorthodox release would have helped Voyager’s finale.
Harry Kim actor Garrett Wangproposes the concept ofpresentingStar Trek : Voyager ’s finale as a televised first 60 minutes that leads directly into a 2 - hourVoyagertheatrical handout . The bookIn The Center Seat : 55 year Of Star Trekby Peter Holmstrom detail Wang ’s reasoning for suggesting this unusual dismissal dash , which would have been a first forStar Trek . Read Wang ’s quote below :
I cerebrate the terminal installment would be a not bad one to remake - because I remember reading the script and thinking the first hour was amazing , but the 2nd hour tie everything up too quickly . So I called up the administrator and state , “ You really want to make this amazing , film the first hour , then air that on television set and say at the end , “ To be go on … at a theater near you … ”Then a two - hour movie of us getting back home . We did n’t even maltreat foot on Earth ! The instalment finish with us in orbit .
Why A Star Trek: Voyager Movie In Theaters Could Have Happened
Making Voyager’s finale a feature film would have solved two problems.
Releasing an expanded variant ofStar Trek : Voyager ’s " Endgame " in motion picture theatre of operations would have been a bold move forStar Trekthat also would haveimproved theVoyagerfinale as a whole . " Endgame " is a arresting legal action piece that reveal the distance Janeway will go to for her crew , but the rest ofStar Trek : Voyager ’s castaren’t featured as prominently as Janeway . The opening on the future of an alternate timeline where the USS Voyager take 23 years to get hold of the Alpha Quadrant , and the closing shots of Voyager ’s actual return do n’t really treat the promised homecoming with the care it deserves after 7 class of buildup and overlook chances .
Making the 2nd half ofStar Trek : Voyager ’s finale a 2 - time of day characteristic film would have solve these problem . With a retentive runtime , we’d be able to drop more meter with otherVoyagercharacters , and also see the results of their time away , as they examine to take up their lives or work out out where they belong now . A theatrical spill for an expanded " Endgame " could have bring forth much - necessitate hype for an otherwise uncertainStar Trektheatrical future tense , especially if the first half was televised , as Wang suggest . Ultimately , the unprecedented handout ofVoyager ’s last as a theatrical feature would have been a fitting sendoff for the entireStar Trek : Voyagercrew .
beginning : The Center Seat : 55 Years Of Star Trekby Peter Holmstrom
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