An absolute marvel of a motion picture. It has everything: it’s a time travel mindfuck, it’s a zombie picture, action-adventure, comedy and a great Star Trek yarn. Like Star Trek IV, one can come to this movie knowing nothing about Trek and still love this film. Alas, it is the only Picard film that really works (to my recollection), so here is an opportunity to bring up a topic that, you’d think, I’d only talk about ironically. Who is the better Captain, Picard or Kirk? Now, obviously Kirk kicks more ass. And, obviously, Shatner is King. Let’s get that out of the way. But I do think that Picard has better management skills. And I think he may be smarter. And, when push comes to shove, he can kick ass and make out with alien hotties, too. This conversation embarrasses all of us, yes I know, but I think the kneejerk reaction to yell at anyone who dare think Picard is better than Kirk ought to be reassessed. (Picard has the better catch phrase with “Make it so” also.)