Star Trek: Insurrection is, at this moment, the pinnacle of Star Trek for me. It is perhaps best described as a brilliant two-part episode from Star Trek: The Next Generation that’s authentically more like Star Trek: The Original Series than almost anything since the 1960s.
Declassify >Movies I Love Just Because – The Humanity of 1996’s Twister
Occasionally on my podcast – yes, the reference to my show is a bit self-promotional, but nonetheless – I talk about movies that I love so much that it’s hard for me to write about them, even though I really want to.
Twister is one of those movies, and it’s been on my blog schedule for years, gathering digital dust alongside Real Genius, The Fifth Element, and a few others. They get pushed when the deadline comes and I publish something else on the blog. So to kickstart this post, I watched some of Twister’s extra features and read up about the production and pre-production online.
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Palmer’s Trek: Star Trek: First Contact
Star Trek: First Contact might be the best Star Trek movie I have seen to date. The Borg finally seem to reach their terrorizing potential, Picard says the thing, and James Cromwell’s portrayal of Zefram Cochran and his eccentricities are a masterclass in the things history doesn’t teach. All of this adds up to a fun film in a franchise that had begun to take itself a bit too seriously.
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Palmer’s Trek: Star Trek: Generations
Star Trek: Generations, from 1994, is Star Trek: The Next Generation’s first entry into the movie theater for that series. It’s also the first Star Trek movie since Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, released in 1991.
Declassify >You probably know Hipgnosis, you just don’t know it… (Squaring the Circle)
Squaring the Circle is a 2022 film about the story of Hipgnosis, the designers and the album covers they created.
And while you may have never heard of Hipgnosis, or their founders Po (Aubrey Powell) and Storm (Thorgerson), you have seen their work on the album covers of Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Wings, Peter Gabriel, and many many more.
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