No-one outranks the librarian. ;)

He directed several of The Librarian movies. How ironic.

I’m surprised he didn’t just relieve the librarian. Sounds like a Riker thing to do. 😂

@@nealgilbert-tp2xlHe probably doesn't remember enough of the Dewey Decimal System to pull it off, and he would look ridiculous in those glasses.

everyone has their own fiefdom

Be more amazed by the fact that that Trill is Max Grodenchik who played Rom on DS9!

@@HP-mf4df Learning new things every day. But now that you say it, there is the resemblance.

@@HP-mf4df Thank you, I thought that was him. I met him and he's very friendly.

They still use paper??

@@HP-mf4df yeah i just saw that cool!

Honestly I never believed them as a couple until Picard show

The librarian is a little bit ridiculous, but I like the scene overall. It would have provided some nice background, and made the whole fountain of youth premise more meaningful. Instead we're rushed through the earlier parts of the movie to get to the mediocre action scenes, and _Insurrection_ ends up being neither a satisfying action movie nor the decent character-driven movie that it could have been.

It's the glasses. :D

Agreed it has rightfully been cut. Pacing was too slow. It certainly was a fun scene!

Why can you see why it was cut? I like the sociological and cultural part. We didnt learn enough about the culture of those two new species in the movie..

I always hated that they mentioned ketracel-white. It's not just a narcotic, it's what the Dominion uses to enslave the Jem'hadar. The Sona producing it means they're in league with the Dominion. This was sloppy.

Trust me Jesus knows.

They kept the useful dialogue in the actual movie. This scene is in there, it's just way cut down for time and brevity. They even keep the part about ketracel white and "why are we doing business with these people"...which I thought was the more important part.

Probably the whispering, it's a cute scene but hard to hear sometimes

Although the reference to the Dominion was a welcome nod to the continuity of the TV series (specifically Deep Space Nine, which reciprocated by mentioning the Son'a in one of its episodes), the mention of Ketracel White was an unfortunate plot oversight by the writers. DS9 showed that Ketracel White is the tool by which the Founders controlled their genetically engineered footsoldiers, the Jem'Hadar. It seems massively unlikely that the Son'a, a group living on the opposite side of the galaxy, would have developed the drug independently, especially in light of the fact that it was created specifically to control the Jem'Hadar, so the only reason they would have to make it would be that the Founders outsourced production to them - but this too seems massively unlikely, as it would effectively mean that the Founders are giving up some of their control over the drug and the Jem'Hadar and putting it into alien hands. The Founders sought ultimate control over everything, so it stretches credibility that they would cede it, even to a relatively minor race that (going by the extra dialogue in this scene) is dying out.

The engineering set as been reused countless times over the years! originally the engineering set in TMP and WOK then massively redressed for TNG then used again is Undiscovered country with minor changes because TNG was still in production and reused in Voyager started

In fact, the warp core from TMP is the same as the one used on Voyager!

OH WOAH good eye!

@@procyon6370 Most of the engineering set dates back to The Motion Picture, especially the areas around the warp core including the transparent flooring looking down from one level to the next along the core, its there in TMP and it is the exact same floor in the TNG engine room and again in Voyager... the TNG battle bridge/courtroom/labratory/whatever extra room they needed that week was a continual redress of the TMP bridge set and the TNG sickbay was a heavy reuse of the TMP sickbay... and much of the TMP sets were really built for Phase II and then repainted some lovely shades of beige to fit in with the TMP enterprose color scheme of beige, cream, and tan... LOL

andysbg77 or a Changeling

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Awesome!

this movie is judged way too harshly, especially after arriving after First Contact, which is still my favorite Trek movie of all time. Nemesis was the real stinker of the TNG films.

These movies were actually really good.

I love the four films with the cast of The Next Generation these films are gold compared to the three pieces of craps of J. J Abrams the most hating producer in Hollywood.

And in the 24th Century librarians are a. Female b. Old and c. Wear over sized glasses that they peer over the top of and d. shushes. Could they have made it any more stereotypical?

No judgement cause same.

Probably because of the inaccuracy of the Ketracel-white comment. Ketracel-white originates in the Gamma Quandrant and its only use is to keep the Jem'Hadar in line with the Dominion.

@@kaceyhowell6570 Actually, the Son'a are referenced on Deep Space Nine as supplying the Dominion with Ketracel-White. The implication that not all the So'Na made peace by the end of the movie. "During the Dominion War, the Federation suspected that they were manufacturing large quantities of the Dominion narcotic ketracel-white in the Son'a colonies in the outlying areas near Cardassia and the Bajoran wormhole. In the later days of the war, a recently constructed facility indeed existed at their Devos II outpost. Weyoun diverted a number of Dominion warships to that colony, believing that the Federation knew about it. Damar questioned this, as he felt the Son'a should be able to protect it themselves. (Star Trek: Insurrection, DS9: "Penumbra")" - Memory Alpha

Dunno, man....they're deleted for a reason. I still to this day don't know why they brought in Stuart Baird to direct nemesis. A great film editor he is, I mean, he cut the first Superman film, for God's sakes. But by all accounts, he was way over his head in star trek. I don't know what Berman was thinking in replacing Johnathan Frakes with him.

Rick Berman wanted LeVar Burton to direct Star Trek Nemesis but the studio went over his head and installed Stuart Baird They were also responsible for making Star Trek Insurrection lighter, because the previous three films had been dark and serious. The issue with that was it gutted the story as a result

rank doesn't mean jack vs regulations and area rules. a lowly junior enlisted military cop has the authority to arrest the highest ranking officer in the military in his area of responsibility. the fact that it has a high chance of being a career ender doesn't change the fact that he can do it.

the mess officer has higher authority in the kitchen, the gunnery Sgt is the boss on the firing range, the chief engineering officer is king of the engineering room and the Chief Medical Officer is boss of the medical bay. First Officer has to abide by their authority.

He’s the xo though so by default he has authority over everyone. The doctor can override the orders of anyone but only for medical purposes. And the range officer has to still take orders from the xo or any higher ranking officer they just enforce regulations and safety

Anthony Johnson you suck

Try being a commander on an aircraft carrier and walking into the kitchen to pilfer a snack. The chief on duty would cut you with a cleaver. And the captain would back him up.

Her library. Her rules. Knowing how command structures work, Riker knows and appreciates her control of her department full well. He wouldn't expect any less.

They still have a scene in the library it's just it's a lot shorter and the librarian doesn't even show up in it. Which frankly is good IMO. What is she doing wearing glasses in the 24th century, anyways?

Or, why do they have paper? We've never seen paper. They have data pads for everything.

Yeah, why?

@@redshirtveteran5688 dafaq

@@randomrazr To help the onboard acting ensigns write their term papers? : p

I guess as a place to do general research, if you weren't on the bridge or in one of the science labs. Why they would have actual BOOKS is beyond me...and as for scratch paper?? The mind boggles.

It's pretty simple really. Handwriting is never going to go away. There will always be an 'in the event of an outage' or nothing is available, eetc. type of situation - you will need to be able to write something down, scrawl something in the sand, etc. Why would they have a library / books / paper? Why does the Captain have any books. Or Data, or Riker? It's the flagship and they have countless alien species on board at times, many times different delegations... of course you'll have cultural references to your past. I get it, it's the running joke, but hey - there's plenty of reasons if you consider it a bit that you can come up with that make sense :)

Naa not at all. We still use them today when electronic documents have been around for 40 years+. There's a lot of things we choose to still do and use even though there's modern alternatives.

Needed the paper. Did you really want them to throw electronic objects? LOL

Yep, it's just incredibly anachronistic. We don't use paper for a lot of things now that we used to. I can accept that people keep real physical books around for nostalgia and historical purposes, but day to day? You're not using books, and you're not using paper in the 24th century. Why? Think of all the things even today that you now do on a tablet or computer screen that you used to do on paper. This will only accelerate as we improve our tech and how we interact with it. And in a universe where you can give a blind man artificial eyes so he can see, glasses make no sense at all. Maybe in Kirk's day, but not at this point in the Star Trek timeline. Good for them they cut this out.

I felt the same about the Argo jeep. Didn’t seem like it fit the Trek aesthetic.

In Second Chances when Thomas sends Deanna on the scavenger hunt to 10 Forward, he used paper.

I don't think you understand what they where doing, it was playful flirting my dude.

@@valiatus6719 He was clearly talking about the Trill(?) male at the end.

I think it underscores the principal comedic theme though, that, while they're in there, they're all just library patrons under the watchful eye of the ranking Librarian.

Yes! :-D

Since they walked into her library

@AngemonRulez just like the demorats doing it to minorities to get their support every election cycle

That was Dr Crusher

They may outrank her but the library is her detail so superior officer or not she can enforce the rules there.

+johnny doe Yeah, hence why(well, one of the reasons) the UFP is dealing with them. Better to have the S'ona deal with you and not supply the Dominion the resources they need.

This film was set during the Dominion war. Actually, the whole thing comes out of the Federation desperately needing allies.

Not a food source. A narcotic they genetically addict the Jem'Hadar to in order to maintain control over them and keep them from rebelling, even if they were able to overcome their genetic programming to view the Founders as gods and obey the Vorta giving them orders.

I know it is almost a hundred years later but Kirk had to wear glasses because he was allergic to the drug retinax 5. Could be a similar reason

Maybe the glasses are part of the uniform. Tradition. Symbol of office and authority. Much like that silly bosun's whistle. Or maybe she's part of a bookish "alien" superlibrarian species. Permitted to wear her glasses for cultural reasons, like Worf gets to wear his baldric, Ro gets to wear her earring, etc.

@@gabegu5102 True, but in Kirk's time they didn't have artificial eyes. By this point in the timeline, Geordi no longer used his visor and switched to artificial eyes that could see the whole spectrum. I guess maybe this lady didn't want to have the surgery and was used to the glasses and embraced it as part of her character but it still just feels weird for a show set in a future where they've shown they can cure blindness....but not nearsightedness or astigmatism?