Here at IGN, we’re always looking for new ways to bring our community together to embrace what we’re most passionate about. That’s why we launched Watch From Home Theater, a weekly live show where we unite some of your favorite IGN personalities and special celebrity guests to have a digital movie night together with you watching some of our favorite films of all time.
This Wednesday, April 29nd at 5 p.m. PT, we’re watching Star Trek: First Contact with director and star Jonathan Frakes! The eighth Star Trek movie marked Frakes’ feature film directorial debut, though he had previously directed multiple episodes of TNG, Deep Space Nine and Voyager. Frakes’ Star Trek directing career continued on from 1998’s Star Trek: Insurrection up through the two currently ongoing Star Trek series, Discovery and the TNG-sequel Picard. Of returning to direct Picard, Frakes told IGN, “The shooting style is a little bit different. You’ve got to keep it cool, though. … It’s not like Next Gen where it was closeup, two shot, closeup, closeup. You know I mean. That s#!t is… That doesn’t fly on television anymore!”
First Contact sees Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Commander Riker and the crew of the USS Enterprise travel back in time to the 21st century to try to stop the Borg from conquering Earth. Considering the pivotal role the Borg play in Picard: Season 1, revisiting this movie is more timely than ever, and we are so thrilled to do it with Number One himself.
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So grab your copy of Star Trek: First Contact and sync up with us for this one-of-a-kind movie night! While we won’t be playing the movie in our stream, we encourage you to watch Star Trek: First Contact along with us on your own devices for the full live commentary experience. If you don’t already own the movie, you can rent it on any of the digital platforms below:
- Amazon ($3.99 rental)
- Fandango Now ($2.99 SD rental, $3.99 HD rental)
- Google Play ($2.99 SD rental)
- Apple TV ($3.99 HD rental)
- Vudu ($2.99 SD rental, $3.99 HDX rental)
This isn’t just a show or an opportunity to watch a movie; it’s a hangout with passionate people who share one thing in common — their love of film. Each week, we’ll invite our viewers to join in the conversation using our WFH Theater Discord channel to chat with our host, Clint Gage, as well as our celebrity guest and IGN staff. With running commentaries that range from insightful to silly, each viewing will take on a life of its own based on each film.
Check out highlights from our recent episodes of WFH Theater below!
WFH Theater – Jurassic Park with original movie star Joseph Mazzello
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WFH Theater – 10 Cloverfield Lane with director Dan Trachtenberg
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WFH Theater – Rogue One: A Star Wars Story with writers Gary Whitta and Chris Weitz
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Source: IGN.com Watch Star Trek: First Contact with Director Jonathan Frakes – WFH Theater