10 Reasons To Stop Hating Star Trek: Nemesis
4. Don't Blame It On The Screenwriter
Before penning the screenplay for Nemesis, writer John Logan was already an Academy Award nominee for the film Gladiator. He went on to (co-)write such films as The Aviator, Skyfall (also a Stuart Baird project), Spectre, and created and co-wrote the brilliant TV series Penny Dreadful, continuing to pick up awards nods along the way. For Nemesis, he also shares writing credit with Rick Berman and Brent Spiner.
Logan's script (specially annotated with less than glowing remarks apparently) was also leaked onto the Internet months prior to release. The film (and Logan) was then ripped apart by anyone with a keyboard before it even got to the cinema. Who knows how this might have affected the box office performance. The fault, dear viewer, is not in the Star Trek…
It's clear that members of the cast don't blame Logan for the film's failure in any case. As LeVar Burton put it, once again at DragonCon 2005,
John Logan is an A+, A+ writer in Hollywood, phenomenal writer, and is a fan of Trek. I don’t think the failure of that movie to deliver to the audience what we promised them was John Logan's fault.
Indeed, Logan is a huge Star Trek fan and his script (especially if you go back and watch the deleted scenes as previously discussed) clearly shows his love for, and detailed knowledge of, the franchise.
If Logan wasn't to blame, both Burton and Marina Sirtis had a clear idea of who was.