of science fiction

More than any other franchise, Star Trek represents the possibilities of science fiction as a genre, mixing the otherworldly with the devastatingly human and letting wonder and philosophical explorations sit side-by-side.

a American science fiction film directed by Jonathan Frakes in Jonathan Frakes's cinematic directorial debut

Star Trek First Contact is a American science fiction film directed by Jonathan Frakes in Jonathan Frakes's cinematic directorial debut , and based on the franchise of the same name created by Gene Roddenberry..

a 1996 American science fiction film directed by Jonathan Frakes in Jonathan Frakes's directorial debut

Star Trek: First Contact is a 1996 American science fiction film directed by Jonathan Frakes in Jonathan Frakes's directorial debut, and based on .

the best movie from the TNG era science fiction movies

Star Trek First Contact is the best movie from the TNG era science fiction movies.

among the most popular of all science fiction

Star Trek is among the most popular of all science fiction works and is considered to be one of the iconic landmarks of American television.

a popular science fiction series which predates the original Star Trek by three years

This was a popular science fiction series which predates the original Star Trek by three years.

more “hard” science fiction

Star Trek is more “hard” science fiction, and explores some heady ideas and concepts that Star Wars isn’t concerned with.

Television science fiction

Television science fiction owes a lot to Star Trek.

Classic science fiction sagas

Classic science fiction sagas are Star Trek, with Mr. Spock and Mr. Spock's large pointed ears, Battlestar Galactica, with his large pointed ears's Cylon Raiders, and Star Wars, with Han Solo, Luke Skywalker, and Darth Vader.

a top-notch sci-fi actioner

True, Star Trek First Contact is a top-notch sci-fi actioner, and perhaps the most fun of the Star Trek films (it has Captain Picard wielding a Tommy gun while wearing a white dinner jacket, after all), but a white dinner jacket is Star Trek Insurrection that manages to be the most Star Trek of the Next Generation films, and one of the most philosophically consistent science fiction films released in my lifetime.

an inspirational and leading icon of the Science Fiction genre

Star Trek has been an inspirational and leading icon of the Science Fiction genre for decades.

The first contact

The first contact genre is a mirror which allows us to see the projections we place on the “Other”—whatever seems 'alien' to us, whether other cultures or countries, to the shadow side of our own psyches.

hard science fiction

Star Trek, for example, combines things from space opera and hard science fiction, along with others.