@[email protected], I seem to have discovered that you are my Star Trek preference twin.

Although, I would personally put Star Trek (2009) a bit ahead of V The Final Frontier, our teens profoundly negative reaction to it would make put it at the back or at best tied. There has been utter refusal from them to even attempt to watch Into Darkness and Beyond. Stuck watching them on my own, Beyond is a head shaker that spends all its time distracting from what could have been a good story with utter silliness like a motorcycle found randomly on a ship.

Into Darkness is in its own way as much a complete head scratcher as The Final Frontier, but with A list casting and more appalling results. In both cases, you can see the traces and structure of what might have been an interesting movie if only a massive train derailment hadn’t beset production somewhere and somehow.

I did however see Insurrection at first release as a family outing with the in-laws. It was fine, and worth a watch at home. In fact, its main issue is that it felt like it should be a made for cable movie rather than a cinematic release. There so much more awful stuff out there by comparison. Nemesis for a Trek example. By half way through I was was wanting to get back the ridiculously self indulgent Picard dune buggy opening sequence.

My final ranking.

1./ VI - The Undiscovered Country

2./ II, III, IV the complete trilogy

3./ First Contact

4./ I - The Motion Picture (I enjoy it more as I age and it’s remastered.)

5./ Galaxy Quest

6./ Insurrection

7./ Generations (It happened.)

8./ TIE V - The Final Frontier & Star Trek (2009)

9./ TIE Nemesis & Beyond

10./ Into Darkness