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The Secrets of Star Trek: Insurrection

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Star Trek: Insurrection proves to be one of the most lackluster of Star Trek movies and this book which is well written and full of nice photos, tells a good story how this movie came to be and how it was produced. Its a movie promotion book for sure so you can count on all the positive aspects of the film. The book itself was enjoyable although upon reading it, I can understand why the movie failed with both the Star Trek fans and the general public.

Reading how this movie was developed proves to be most interesting in the way they went about it. It pretty obvious that the scriptwriters and its supporters had totally no clue what we Trekkies wanted and no idea how dated the script was. During the time when this movie was being released, Deep Space Nine was pushing the limits of scriptwriting and character development for Star Trek universe. The Dominion War where the Federation was fighting for its dear life was going on while Voyager was dodging the Borgs and other unfriendly species. All that made the script and the movie looking very stale and standing still. The book revealed that no where any of what was going on TV was in consideration. It showed how they wanted to get Picard a girlfriend, get some Gilbert and Sullivan in and all kind of stuff that sounds cute but in actual sense, boring. Exciting things were happening on the TV for Star Trek and this book shows why the movie totally and cluelessly missed the boat.

Overall, an informative movie promotion book where the director, producers and cast slapped each other on their backs while making a not so successful film. You would think that after First Contact, these people will understand what we Trekkies like.

The Pictures, The size everything you need to know about the new blockbuster movie. A must have for any avid Star Trek fan.

I loved it it was the best one yet! I would also like to see one on voyager. I love the renderings and the concept sketches.

If you liked the sketch books and "The Art of Star Trek" you will definitely love this book. This book goes into detail with mini-interviews strewn throughout.

I don't know if it was a problem with a particular print run of this book, but the copy I bought from a local bookstore was very badly bound, and several pages came adrift while I was reading it. This struck me as highly unusual, since most S&S books are excellently bound. However, the book itself is beautfully designed, and has a wealth of information about the film making process. However, it is a little on the small side, and could have been more like John Eaves's "Next Generation Sketchbook". A good book in general, it loses stars because of the poor binding and small size.

I recently bought this book, and I really did enjoy it. While reading this, you can discover what Insurrection was going to be about before the final version was written. You can also view pictures from the movie, as well as learn how the producers built the different sets and pulled off the different stunts. I would recommend this to anyone who wants to learn more about the latest Trek feature, Insurrection.

Insurrection is one of the absolute best star trek films there is. Data is the funniest ever in the film. I loved Picard, Worf and Data's musical number. It was really funny