I agree that the finale felt rushed. After the emotional build up at the end of ep 9 (yes, it got me in the feels too) It was basically the NG crew flying back to earth with no plan. Finding an object in Jupiter and checking it out, with no plan. Beaming onboard and managing to find Jack and the Queen, with no problem. Flying the Enterprise through what would have been an unfeasably large conduit through to the centre, without problem. Just seemed that at any time, the Borg could have blasted the Enterprise out of the sky.
Also, didn’t it happen all too quickly. Is interstellar travel now simultaneous between star systems? The crew escape from the Titan and fly to the Fleet Museum, in moments, start up the D, and manage to warp back to earth in minutes. surely the commandeered fleet would have laid waste to the cities of Earth, before the D arrived back.
and one last gripe. Did Bev really send a coded message to Jean Lucs old comm badge, asking for urgent help! Isn’t this the equivalent of phoning the old Nokia handset stuck in the bottom of a kitchen drawer, hoping someone hears it!!
This is the sort of thing I'm talking about--the standard Bad Reboot/Secret Hideout plot contrivances, which make no sense and break one's immersion in the story. Things like death-curing Khan blood, Luke's lightsaber showing up with no explanation, secret decoder rings, etc.
In this case, things like Picard sentimentality holding onto Starfleet property (which can also somehow receive long-range, coded messages). What, he held onto his TNG commbadge, after the GENERATIONS badges were issued?
Oh, and
magic Borg semen. Abrams must be proud. Maybe our heroes should start screening all of their enemies' bodily fluids for plot-changing properties. Watch out for the Mugato spit that's the key to time-travel, or the Cardassian sweat which provides clairvoyant powers!
As noted, I don't have a dog in the race, here. I'm done with NuTREK. Not watching, no interest. But I'm still morbidly fascinated from a pop-cultural and sociological view with seeing how this all plays out. These plot contrivances and whatnot all sound deeply stupid (and par for the course for Abrams, Kurtznan, and their pals), and I highly doubt that the fanbase in its prime would have been so forgiving. I've not seen one clip from this show that hasn't made me cringe for one reason or another.
Again, not to slight anyone who's watched and enjoyed this, but it really feels to me like the bar has been set SO low over the past few years that anything which isn't spectacularly stupid and insulting is much more likely to get a pass.
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