Yesterday's Enterprise as Star Trek: Generations

[Allyn Gibson]

I remember reading somewhere that Berman wished they could have held that episode for the first TNG movie.

Cinefantastique quoted Berman as saying that. I want to say it was in the Star Trek VI issue, in a sidebar on where the movie franchise would go from there.

 

[SiddFinch1]

With some modifications, it could have worked out nicely. The changed timeline being the biggest concern.

Perhaps if Q were tied in and he protected the timeline so the "correct" Enterprise D and Enterprise A would work together

 

[Philo]

While I'd have love to have seen Q in the movies, you don't need him for that particular purpose. You could easily have the E-D protected from the timeline changes by it's proximity to the temporal rift, as in First Contact or City on the Edge of Forever. Or, perhaps the E-D itself is somehow tied into the formation of the rift. Or some such other technobabble.

 

[Peach Wookiee]

Yes, very true.

 

[guardian]

Okay, a little "parallel universe" here to consider.

It's 1993 or thereabouts. TNG is coming to an end, and the writers are trying to come up with a film that will bridge the generations of TOS and TNG.

However, "Yesterday's Enterprise" never happened.

The idea is bandied about, and all are agreed that the crews of the Enterprise-A and the Enterprise-D will meet via time travel.

So how would the story have been modified for a full-length feature? And one involving the bridging of the generations and continuance of the film franchise?

Let's see some ideas.

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I just mentioned this in another thread without realizing someone had done this--no wonder I got no reactions!
Nothing to add, but it would have been 10x better than Gen. even if they had just copied Yesterdays... exactly and added more action.

 

[Mr. Fergy]

^ Agreed.

 

[Sector 7]

No matter what it would have been... ANYTHING would have been better that what we got.

 

[Red Ranger]

It's an interesting idea, but in all honesty, YE really works in the context of a larger show with a fan base. In other words, YE only works best if you're a fan of ST, familiar with its history -- the fact that several Starfleet ships bear the name "Enterprise."

Surely, some of the ideas posted in this thread are superior to the movie we got, GEN. And I agree TUC was a good send-off for the original crew, and too bad it couldn't have stayed that way. Then we wouldn't have gotten Kirk's lame death, or the lame destruction of the E-D.

Although if we did superimpose the main plotline of Y-E and had the E-A having to go back in time to face its destruction to preserve the timeline, how cool and dramatic an ending to Kirk & Co. would that have been? Of course, you would have had to keep Spock, McCoy, & Scotty off the ship to conform with the later TNG eps featuring all three.

Red Ranger