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Originally Posted by Jeyl
Given that this was Moore and Braga's first theatrical film, they were open to a TON of suggestions. Any time someone came to them with a suggestion, they latched onto it. Listening to Jery Taylor's suggestions did not help. For starters, the film does open with an action scene involving the rescue of the El-Aurian refugees. Having an action scene where the Enterprise comes in to save the day would have done a lot to show how things have progressed in the future. For the audience, the new Enterprise is commanded by a competent Captain, the crew are experienced at what they're doing and they manage to save everyone on the station instead of a just Soran. But that's too predictable.
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Here's where I make my usual argument that John Harriman didn't come off that badly in
Generations. He made a bunch of suggestions that were perfectly sound in theory, but were scuttled only by the fact that the ship was incomplete, which wasn't his fault. And once he ran out of ideas, he made the wisest, most responsible decision possible by deferring to the more experienced captain, rather than clinging to his pride. I think that deserves respect.