8. Nimbus III, The Planet Of Galactic Boredom
It's weird looking back at Star Trek V and VI - at what they consciously said about their times. They now reflect a historic moment when the world's two largest superpowers stopped, looked at each other, and said, "Hey, why did we want to kill you again?" You could chalk it up to my youth, but after the coups and fallen walls, it seemed possible that western civilization was entering a more civilized and rational era. Yeah, that didn't happen.... Still, it's interesting - and disheartening - to watch films from this era like Star Trek V, when a lot of us thought that the world was finally getting its crap together. The creation of Nimbus III, The Planet Of Galactic Peace, is one of the most positive and forward-thinking creations in Star Trek's history. Too bad it's as boring as a Voyager episode... Again, dig the concept: a grand experiment of forming a colony comprised of Federation, Klingon, and Romulan citizens, in the hopes of successfully not killing each other. What we get is a boring Tatooine rip-off and the most underdeveloped characters that Trek has ever created in the delegates from each culture. The three characters start the movie not wanting to kill each other and spend the rest of the movie not wanting to kill each other. So, yeah... no drama there - with nowhere to go but boring. Also, Nimbus III has a three-breasted cat-woman for Shatner to fight. Again, I'm pretty sure toupee glue is hallucinogenic...