{"id":49657,"date":"2016-11-22T12:15:40","date_gmt":"2016-11-22T17:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=49657"},"modified":"2016-11-22T12:32:10","modified_gmt":"2016-11-22T17:32:10","slug":"resistance-is-futile-star-trek-first-contact-turns-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=49657","title":{"rendered":"Resistance Is Futile: Star Trek: First Contact Turns 20"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YQ1eiEvefKI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>As hard as it may be to believe, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?q=star+trek+first+contact&#038;mod=AP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Star Trek: First Contact<\/a><\/em> was released 20 years ago today. The second (and best) film to include the cast of TV&#8217;s <em>Star Trek: The Next Generation<\/em>, <em>First Contact<\/em> follows he crew of the Enterprise-E face their most implacable enemy, the half-human, half-robot Borg. When the Borg travel back to the mid-21st century in an effort to stop mankind&#8217;s first contact with alien life, Captain Jean-Luc Picard and company must follow them across time to stop their evil plan. Much action and genuine human drama ensues. The film &#8212; which is a rousing sci-fi adventure that appeals to hardcore Trekkies and fans of epics like <em>Alien<\/em> equally, is buoyed by, er, stellar performances by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?cr=Patrick%20Stewart%7C615966&#038;mod=AP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Patrick Stewart<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?cr=Jonathan%20Frakes%7C696469&#038;mod=AP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Jonathan Frakes<\/a> (who also directed), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?cr=Brent%20Spiner%7C141260&#038;mod=AP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Brent Spiner<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?cr=James%20Cromwell%7C543634&#038;mod=AP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">James Cromwell<\/a> (as warp drive creator Zefram Cochrane), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?cr=Alfre%20Woodard%7C458904&#038;mod=AP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Alfre Woodard<\/a> (as the fantastic Lily), and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?cr=Alice%20Krige%7C110720&#038;mod=AP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Alice Krige<\/a> (as the sultry Borg Queen). <em>The Hollywood Reporter<\/em> has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/heat-vision\/star-trek-first-contact-next-generation-crews-greatest-movie-949885\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">this celebratory look back at the film <\/a>that explores why it continues to draw new fans every year. The biggest reason? It&#8217;s just incredibly well written and acted, with jaw-dropping special effects. You see, when it comes to <em>Star Trek: First Contact<\/em>, resistance is indeed futile!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As hard as it may be to believe, Star Trek: First Contact was released 20 years ago today. 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