10 Times Star Trek Rewarded Audiences For Sticking With It

10. Star Trek: Generations

This film was always going to be the first movie of the Next Generation-era, so there were plenty of moments littered throughout for fans of that show to enjoy. However, the Star Trek movie franchise already had a fairly consistent fanbase that the producers simply couldn't ignore. Therefore, it had to be a bridging movie as well, featuring characters from the Original Series too.

The story of who and why is longer than this entry will allow, but suffice to say that both audiences - if indeed they were separate audiences - were given the cabin scene in the Nexus.

Captains Kirk and Picard finally come face to face, and it is wonderful. Here, Picard is already aware of the Nexus, while Kirk is still coming to terms with it. We get to see him adapting and learning, while also cooking and, later, horseback riding as well. They talk about what it means to be the captain of the Enterprise, before heading off for an adventure together.

Kirk's final fate may have left a sour taste in the mouths of some viewers, but this passing of the torch is as close to a perfect moment as possible. Ask anyone for a scene they feel doesn't work in the movie, and they're highly unlikely to pick this one.