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8.02.2016
Tangent66: THE DEATH OF JAMES T. KIRK
Two years after James Kirk died in STAR TREK: GENERATIONS, I recall
finding a book on the shelves at my local Barnes & Noble called "The
Return" - written by William Shatner and Judith & Garfield
Reeves-Stevens. The cover showed a reprise of the GENERATIONS movie
poster with the tagline "Legends never die..." I picked up the book
reflexively and considered for a moment what I was holding. Placing it
back on the shelf, I realized that the damage done by the movie was too
significant to erase with some make-good, non-canon fanfic.
STAR TREK: GENERATIONS didn't just kill off Captain James T. Kirk, it
carved him into a hollow, depressing figure who resented being the
savior of the Federation. In trying to reveal some new insight into the
nature of this iconic hero, the film's writers, Ronald D. Moore and
Brannon Braga, ended up contradicting the soul of Kirk.
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