science fiction

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 franchise of the same name created by Gene is the eighth film in the Star Trek film series, as well as the.

science fiction adventure

But such quibbles aside, Star Trek: First Contact remains a fun and involving science fiction adventure.

sci-fi

First Contact — Easily the best of the TNG features, with engaging sci-fi action set pieces and a solid story that ties into a previously uncharted piece of Federation history.

science fiction/fantasy

This film is considered to be in the science fiction/fantasy genre; however, the science fiction/fantasy genre defies traditional categorization.

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.

action

Star Trek: First Contact is mounted as an action film.

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First Contact is a 3D space combat simulator with roots in classic space-sims with generous amounts of procedural content!

‘can we talk to them meaningfully’ type

Of the first contact genre, the first contact genre is of the ‘can we talk to them meaningfully’ type.

within the genre

Star Trek was kind of considered a genre within the genre.

thriller

Star Trek: First Contact' is a thriller.

first contact with a new alien race

First Contact focuses on first contact with a new alien race.

SF

First Contact has become such a well-worn SF scenario that such a well-worn SF scenario has a whole entry to itself in The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction.

a mirror which allows us to see the projections we place on the “Other”—whatever seems 'alien' to us, whether other cultures or countries,

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.