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It happens. Photo: J.J. Space, the final frontier. Those were the words of one ship’s captain each time a Star Trek episode ended. How much truth those four words reverberated back then is nothing compared to the logarithmic level of truth they have today. It shouldn’t be “These are the voyages of our environment descending into the abyss of capitulation”. Seeing a “Star Trek” voyage meant glimpses of clean technologies and subsisting in greener, more innovative communities. Photo: NASA,ESA,G.Illingworth(UCO/Lick Observatory and University of California, Santa Cruz) and the HUDF09 Team An Early Fight Even the trekkiest movies were met with early resistance yet continued on to become winning movies. Photo: NASA Building Better Worlds Sure, trekkie movies were successful.

Photo: James Teterenko Cause and Effect Photo: Alain R Photo: Trekky0623. Movies: Star Trek films / Free Wav Files and Sound Clips. Star Trek Movies. The Best (And Worst) Star Trek Movies of All Time. Among Trek fans, there's a well-known bit of lore called the " Star Trek Movie Curse": namely, that even-numbered installments in the franchise are usually great, and odd-numbered installments unspeakably awful.

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A bit of a blanket statement? Sure. But it's also mostly true. Mostly. The Classics Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan James T. Why You Should See It "KHANNNNNNNNN! " Why You Shouldn't Hardcore Trek continuity freaks may have difficulty accepting that Khan and Chekov recognize each other, as the original episode with Khan aired the season before Chekov joined the show. A Statistical "Proof" of the Odd Even Star Trek Movie Rule. Background Amongst trekkies, there is a commonly held belief that: "... the even-numbered Star Trek films are superior to the odd-numbered Star Trek films".

A Statistical "Proof" of the Odd Even Star Trek Movie Rule

This is usually believed to be purely a rule of thumb, however after a conversation with a friend (who shall remain anonymous) I wondered whether it might be true. , so I limited myself to looking purely at the ratings that each film received on the internet movie database (IMDB) . Raw Scores Scores from IMDB as of 29th January 2006. Interpretation The first thing to notice here is that the worst of the even films (Nemesis) has a score of 6.5. This clear seperation of the score ranges (4.7-6.3 vs. 6.5-7.6) should be a pretty good clue as to which set of films is "better".

Analysis We can further validate this interpretation by using a Mann-Whitney test . As stated aboved there are no films in the odd set of films that are better than any film from the even set of films. The 11 Star Trek movies ranked worst to first. Own it today on Blu-Ray and DVD.