Plot SynopsisThe film opens on a wall of four color television monitors, each displaying the evening network news on the four networks: Howard K.Back on Earth, Cmdr.Riker (Jonathan Frakes) and Counselor Deanna Troi (Marina Sirtis) located Cochrane in a bar, where Deanna had matched him in drinks of tequila and noted: "he""s nuts" - they persuaded a reluctant Cochrane to promise to launch his ship on schedule the next morning; captured android Data ("a machine who wishes to be human") was threatened with the words: "You are an imperfect being, created by an imperfect being.Gandalf warned of coming war and told the uncooperative Denethor to light the beacons to alert neighboring armies.G.Wells""First Men in the Moon (1901).This film, Melies"" 400th and most notable film, was made on an astronomical budget for the time of 10,000 Francs - risky, but worthwhile since it was hugely successful.