Star Trek: Insurrection
Summary
Because of metaphasic particles in the nearby area of space known as the Briar Patch , the Ba’ku hoi polloi are effectively immortal . Starfleet Admiral Matthew Dougherty ( Anthony Zerbe ) ally with the Ba’ku ’s foe , the Son’a , to take control of the planet and call for the healing particles . Captain Picard object to Dougherty ’s plan , disobey direct parliamentary law from a superior officer to aid the Ba’ku . Insurrectionmay not be as action - packed as the film that came before it , but itgrapples with interesting moral and ethical questions . In theStar Trekoral account , The Fifty - Year Mission : The Next 25 Yearsby Mark A. Altman and Edward Gross , Jonathan Frakes reflects on the moral quandary at the middle ofStar Trek : Insurrection . Read his full quote below :
That element sparked a lot of discussion behind the photographic camera . masses saying ' What would you do ? ' It became a very interesting , philosophical argumentation . Anthony Zerbe ’s character of Admiral Dougherty came down on the side of ' F * * * ’em , kill six hundred citizenry . It ’s for the best . ' And Patrick come down on the side of the Federation . It was quite interesting to try the dialogue in front of the television camera and behind it . It ’s Bosnia or Zimbabwe . It ’s where they sacrifice the few for the interest of the many , because the many happen to have bigger hired gun or more money or whatever the hell they have . It ’s unethical , it ’s immoral , it ’s anti-Semite , and it ’s all the thing that we in Star Trek are against .
With 13 entries in the Star Trek movie series from 1979 - 2006 , there are a duad of ways to watch the films chronologically .
Star Trek Is At Its Best When It Tackles Complex Moral Dilemmas
Star Trek: TNG movies amped up the action.
Star Trek : Insurrectionmay not have been the greatestTrekfilm , but it tells aclassicStar Trekstory that could have made a great episode ofTNG . SinceStar Trek : The Original Seriesbegan in 1966 , the enfranchisement has tackled ethical questions relating to race , gender , sexuality , preconception , and everything in between . While someStar Trekepisodes can be too heavy - handedin their substance livery , many ofStar Trek’smost celebrate instalment wrestling with complicated and relevant societal issues . headwaiter James T. Kirk ( William Shatner ) and Captain Jean - Luc Picard are submarine sandwich because they fight for what ’s right , even when faced with a courtroom - soldierlike or consuming odds against them .
Star Trek : Deep Space Ninegoes even further , telling stories of darker ethical conundrums that have no adept root . When the Federation gets involved in an all - out war with the Dominion , Captain Benjamin Sisko ( Avery Brooks)has to settle when and how he ’s unforced to compromise his morals for the greater goodness . ModernStar Trekshows likeStar Trek : DiscoveryandStar Trek : Strange New Worldscontinue the trend of raising philosophic questions , as well . While this trend began long beforeStar Trek : Insurrection , thethirdTNGfilm serves as a solid example of the kind of moral discussionsStar Trekloves to engage in .
Star Trek : Insurrectionis available to stream on Max .
