July’s theatrical screening of remastered Season 1 episodes of Star Trek The Next Generation had been amazing. After seeing TNG in theaters, we never wanted to watch it another way again. But alas, we knew it was a once in a lifetime event, and we’d never have the joy of viewing the Enterprise-D on a movie theater screen again.
Lucky for us, we were completely wrong.
At the end of November, the crew of the USS Loma Prieta was once again tasked with the joyful mission of beaming down to the Century 9 theaters in San Francisco, this time for a screening of ‘Q Who’, the first dramatic appearance of the dreaded Borg, and a special hour plus extended version of ‘Measure of a Man’.
The Borg on the big screen were terrifying! The medium lent itself well to conveying the truly massive scale of the Borg cube. While ‘Measure of a Man’ in contrast is a more static episode than ‘Q Who’, where the action almost entirely takes place in a single court room setting, the theatrical setting still greatly enhanced the drama.
Since this screening took place almost immediately after the Creation Entertainment San Francisco Star Trek Convention of November 2012, uniforms were deemed optional for the away team. But lo and behold, every single member of the USS Loma Prieta away team showed up in uniform. I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised, that’s just the kind of top class crew I’ve got.
~Capt. Zach Perkins
Commanding Officer
USS Loma Prieta
Starfleet, Region 4