Star Trek: First Contact
Summary
Two great things aboutStar Trek : First Contacthappened because of an episode ofStar Trek : Voyagerseason 2.First Contactwas the second motion picture to have the cast ofStar Trek : The Next Generationand is widely considered one of the good movies in theTNGfilm dealership . The Jonathan Frankes - directed movie sport the crew of the USS Enterprise - E following a chemical group of Borg back in clip to keep them from keep the nativity of the Federation by block Zefram Cochrane ’s ( James Cromwell ) first wrap - speed flight .
At the time thatFirst Contactpremiered , Star Trek : Voyagerwas in its third season . TheStar Trekuniverse has always been full of crossover between different projects , and an episode ofVoyagerseason 2 have a major crossover withTNG . DuringVoyagerseason 2 , installment 3 , " protrusion , " a hologram of Reginal Barclay ( Dwight Schultz ) come along to the Doctor ( Robert Picardo ) after a holodeck program he was running begin to malfunction , causing the Doctor to oppugn his existence . " Projections " was also directed by Jonathan Frakes , who playedCommander William Riker onTNG . Interestingly , this one episode helped facilitate two great decisions aboutFirst liaison .
Geordi La Forge almost seem in Star Trek : Voyager time of year 2 , but his reference was finally swap for another noteworthy TNG character .
How Voyager Gave Star Trek: First Contact 2 Important Things
" sound projection " was at least partially responsible for both Jonathan Frakes becomingFirst Contact ’s director , and Robert Picardo making a cameo in the picture . When the studio apartment executive at Paramount were evaluating whether they wanted to select Frakes to directFirst Contact , " Projections " was one of the sequence they looked at to tax his endowment . Frakes has become a prolific television and motion-picture show director since the 1990s , but beforeStar Trek , he had never direct anything , so the administrator only had episode ofTNG , Star Trek : Deep Space Nine , andVoyagerto go off of . These attest Frakes ' natural endowment well sinceFirst Contactended up being his feature film directorial entry .
Along with this , Robert Picardo made a brief cameo inFirst Contactas the Enterprise - E ’s Emergency Medical Hologram , partly due to his friendly relationship with Frakes after the two work together on " Projections . " InFirst Contact , the Enterprise - E ’s EMH buys time for the gang to bunk a group of Borg who soften into sickbay after infiltrate the ship . Since Picardo had enjoyed a in effect working relationship with Frakes , he was able-bodied to convince both the director and Paramount that it made mother wit for the Enterprise - due east to have an EMH ifVoyagerdid , since the Enterprise was Starfleet ’s flagship and would , of course , be outfitted with all the in vogue engineering .
Barclay Also Appeared In Both “Projections” and First Contact
Interestingly enough , Reg Barclay also appear in bothVoyager ’s " projection " andFirst Contact . Barclay was more of a fall back guest character onTNG , but still a great part of the show . suffer him play a main part in " Projections " was a greatTNGtie - in forVoyager , and although his visual aspect inFirst Contactwas nothing more than a cameo , it still aver his grandness as part ofTNG ’s side - fibre roll . Given that " Projections " help makeStar Trek : First Contacta well movie by facilitating Frakes ' and Picardo ’s involvement , it seems fitting that Barclay also come along in both projects .
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