Star Trek: First Contact Movie Facts, Easter Eggs and hidden details

5 of the most interesting Star Trek: First Contact easter eggs you didn't know about. Handpicked and verified, these little-known hidden details can be obscure enough most people will miss. These behind the scene easter eggs and hidden messages will give you another view of Star Trek: First Contact movie message.

Star Trek: First Contact poster
Star Trek: First Contact poster
Star Trek: First Contact Plot

The Borg travel back in time intent on preventing Earth's first contact with an alien species. Captain Picard and his crew pursue them to ensure that Zefram Cochrane makes his maiden flight reaching warp speed.

Genre Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Director Jonathan Frakes
Stars Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton
IMDB score 7.6

Star Trek: First Contact Movie Trivia

Contains a portion of the song "Moonlight Becomes You", which was written for "Road to Morocco" (1942). Both films were released by Paramount, which also owns the rights to the song.

Star Trek: First Contact Movie Easter Eggs

The crew has to remove the deflector dish from the ship. The control panels say the dish is controlled by "Subsystem AE35". The "AE-35" is the subsystem controlling the Discovery antenna dish that HAL reported failing at the start of 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Star Trek: First Contact movie hidden details

Cochrane asks Geordi, "Don't you people in the 24th Century ever pee?" This is a nod to the fact you never see a toilet in Star Trek.

When Picard smashes the case of ships, he breaks the models of the Enterprises C&D both of which were destroyed in battle. The Model of the Enterprise-D also has the saucer section snapped off like how it was destroyed in Generations (1995). See for yourself...

1 - While Capt. Picard is using a holodeck Tommy Gun to make the Borg dance, gangster "Nicky the Nose" sits calmly background calmly smoking his cigarette

While Capt. Picard is using a holodeck Tommy Gun to make the Borg dance, gangster "Nicky the Nose" sits calmly background calmly smoking his cigarette