First stage separation, complete.
Let's bring what I like to call the warp core online.
I mean, James Cromwell is back. Guys, he's back.
I can't believe that we actually got him
to get in the booth and say the silliest things possible.
I am so touched that he would come back
and reprise his role in this way.
Like what a cute, cool thing.
Cromwell's amazing, and he's Star Trek royalty
and I can't believe we got him.
Let's rock and roll.
Hello, explorers, and welcome to the 21st century.
I love 301 for all of the Bozeman stuff.
I loved having a revisit of First Contact
and I love that they made it kind of a
cheesy theme park, but that you still love.
It kind of reminded me of, like, Dollywood.
The Vulcan ship is just a slide now, like —
they're like, oh, there's the ship the Vulcans landed on.
The kid's just like, "Wheee."
The fun thing about Lower Decks is that
the writers are always really playing
within the Star Trek Universe in a very inventive
and clever and funny way.
And the fact that they got Mr. Cromwell to come back
and recreate his role, as the inventor of the warp drive,
I think is just absolutely brilliant.
And of course the Phoenix is a ride now,
that makes absolute sense.
It warms my heart to hear him instruct everybody
as to what to do and keep their hands inside the vehicle,
that kind of thing.
Oh, hi, I'm just finishing up some repairs,
and you should finish up any snacks.
My reaction to seeing myself animated is sort of the same
as seeing yourself as a plastic doll.
It's very strange.
Working in animation is a blessing.
I have the opportunity to do practically anything I want
because you're going to be recreated.
Any mistake you make can be modified by the animators,
bless their hearts, and it can be changed.
So I feel most comfortable doing that.
My character was a lot of fun.
Thanks for riding with me, explorers.
It's rare to have nostalgia and feel really touched,
'cause you're like, "Oh, I miss this thing."
And to also be laughing so hard kind of at and with it.
I think Mike and the writers really
walked that line beautifully.
The thing about First Contact is,
it's just a fricking amazing movie. Like, you could have —
I remember seeing it with friends who had never seen
Star Trek, had no context and it's just --
the Borg are an amazing threat in it.
It's got comedy, it's got action, it's got time travel.
It's got a Borg Queen.
Every movie should have a Borg Queen.
I don't know, I'm a huge fan of that movie.
I could go on and on about it forever.
And it's up there with the best Star Trek movies, easily.
It's so fun to see, you know, an Earth —
a pre-Starfleet Earth and it's also really fun to see
these kind of horror movie aspects to the movie.
I mean, everything with Picard and the Borg,
is kind of terrifying.
I don't know.
It's just got like a real homespun hero kind of energy.
It's an adventure.
It's got all those fun classic sci-fi elements.
I think First Contact is a popular Star Trek film
because it gives us a sense of beginning.
Well, without First Contact, Star Trek wouldn't exist.
It's really a bridging of the Trek that we know
and the sort of pre-history of Trek.
And you know, the moment that the Vulcans first arrive
on Earth and, you know, everything about it is the,
the Book of Genesis of Star Trek.
It had a relationship to the entirety of the series
because it was first contact.
It was a visualization of what happened
that started the whole thing, from nothing
to this incredible journey.
Prepare to make history.
Here we go.