..Oh how lucky, they""re right on top.Star Trek: Generations (1994)(aka Star Trek 7)d.David Carson, 118 minutesFilm Plot SummaryIn the late 23rd century, the maiden voyage of theUSS Enterprise-NCC-1701-Bwas indicated by a tumbling Dom Perignon champagne bottle (under the credits) crashing in slow-motion against the starship""s hull during a christening; the ceremonial inauguration was attended by members of the original crew ("a group of living legends" including retired Captain Kirk (William Shatner)) and the newEnterprisecrew headed by inexperienced Captain John Harriman (Alan Ruck), as it set off on a brief maiden voyage from Spacedock with Kirk ordering: "Take us out" - but the ship was still structurally and functionally incomplete." BackgroundChinatown(1974) is a superb, private eye mystery and modern-dayfilm noirthriller.Its original, award-winning screenplay by Robert Towne is a throwback hat pays homage to the best Hollywoodfilm noirsfrom the pens of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler in the 30s and 40s.In the comedy of errors, he is promptly arrested by club-wielding police and hauled off to jail in a police patrol wagon.They were on board the USAFOberonresearch space station in the year 2029.He walked his favorite simian co-worker past cages - the living quarters of other chimpanzees where a sign read: "CAUTION LIVE ANIMALS.