The Single Biggest Mistake Each Star Trek Movie Has Made
6. Star Trek: First Contact - Why Rely On Phasers?
The Mistake: After discovering that projectile bullets are as lethal to the Borg as they are to humans, no one thinks to replicate any.
Why?: Star Trek: First Contact is fairly close to being the perfect Trek movie, so finding mistakes is thankfully not the easiest job to do. An easy option to go for would have been the continuity issue with the number of decks on the ship but then we got to thinking about this little point.
On the holodeck, Picard takes Lily into one of his Dixon Hill programs. There, he gets a Tommy gun, switches off the holodeck safeties, and blows two Borg back to their alcoves. Having discovered this wonderful technique, he is then in a perfect position to encourage all members of the crew to replicate projectile firearms to take on the drones.
Now, if we assume that some replicators have restrictions against this very option, surely the captain of the starship can override this? If, for whatever reason, they can't do that... why not? This isn't the first time that Starfleet has faced the Borg!
Having said all of that, when a film is that good that we're down to nitpicking, that's a good place to be in.