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Star Trek: TNG Movie Novelizations
Star Trek: First Contact
A graphic novel adaptation of Star Trek: First Contact.
52 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 1, 1996
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June 8, 2020
Reading this felt just like watching the movie, and it's one of my favourite Star Trek movies. I liked how a lot of the best movie lines were in the comic, like when the EMH offers the Borg an analgesic cream, lol!
August 16, 2022
Good by missing soon
The main problem I saw was the dialogue did not match the movie. I did enjoy it. The few differences were starts of jokes
The main problem I saw was the dialogue did not match the movie. I did enjoy it. The few differences were starts of jokes
April 5, 2023
At 52 pages, this rushes through the film and cuts out some of the best bits.
February 4, 2024
Obviously the main attraction of a comic novelisation is going to be the artwork, which I have to say is brilliant and very good indeed.
The issue I have is that it is too short by miles, and omits huge chunks of the story to fit the shorter narrative, which is why I referred to it as a comic rather than a graphic novel. It's too short for such a majestic movie, and really needed more content.
The issue I have is that it is too short by miles, and omits huge chunks of the story to fit the shorter narrative, which is why I referred to it as a comic rather than a graphic novel. It's too short for such a majestic movie, and really needed more content.
July 13, 2021
This is a movie adaptation of a Star Trek movie I think I have never seen. Still, I doubt its source of inspiration is so lifeless and swift. The Star Trek recipe is often to create an unsolvable problem and then to have the characters find a solution to it anyway, but just going in guns blazing most of the time is far from entertaining. Poor show all around. I guess the creators of the comic weren't allowed the room to make it better - it's quite short - or maybe the movie sucked too.
A Borg ship is headed for Earth. Though the crew of the Enterprise are eager to confront it, Picard has been ordered to head for the Neutral Zone to prevent a Romulan attack. Starfleet believes a captain who was assimilated by the Borg should be kept away from the fight.
It's soon obvious that the fight is a losing one for Starfleet, so Picard steps in anyway. A well-targeted attack makes the Borg ship retreat. It has another plan - to kill Zephram Cochrane, the inventor of the warp drive, one day before his invention resulted in Earth's first contact.
A Borg ship is headed for Earth. Though the crew of the Enterprise are eager to confront it, Picard has been ordered to head for the Neutral Zone to prevent a Romulan attack. Starfleet believes a captain who was assimilated by the Borg should be kept away from the fight.
It's soon obvious that the fight is a losing one for Starfleet, so Picard steps in anyway. A well-targeted attack makes the Borg ship retreat. It has another plan - to kill Zephram Cochrane, the inventor of the warp drive, one day before his invention resulted in Earth's first contact.
September 20, 2021
This is a rather brief adaptation of the Star Trek: First Contact movie but not a terrible one, surprisingly enough. Despite the volume clocking in at only 50+ pages, they managed to get the bulk of the story in.
The approach for this book felt very focused on the key dialog more than depicting the different scenes in detail. The art is pretty good but most panels are dialog-centric with little time for things like a detailed depiction of action or movement and very limited "beauty shots" as it were. This is most evident during the big battle against the Borg in the opening act of this story that had practically just one panel for the Defiant, one for the Enterprise-E arriving, and then after some internal shots for dialog, we had one panel for everyone attacking the cube at the key point. It's not terrible but there is a sort of brevity to how this was handled creatively.
It's succinct but still with a lot of the same energy of the movie and it's a fitting way to celebrate First Contact Day.
The approach for this book felt very focused on the key dialog more than depicting the different scenes in detail. The art is pretty good but most panels are dialog-centric with little time for things like a detailed depiction of action or movement and very limited "beauty shots" as it were. This is most evident during the big battle against the Borg in the opening act of this story that had practically just one panel for the Defiant, one for the Enterprise-E arriving, and then after some internal shots for dialog, we had one panel for everyone attacking the cube at the key point. It's not terrible but there is a sort of brevity to how this was handled creatively.
It's succinct but still with a lot of the same energy of the movie and it's a fitting way to celebrate First Contact Day.
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