I've said this before: Kirk's death in that movie was bogus, both because they shouldn't have killed Kirk, and because it sucked. I know Kirk said in Star Trek V that "I've always known I'd die alone", but it somehow wasn't a fitting way to go for one of Starfleet's greatest captains, dying on some out-of-the-way planet. In a big battle with the Klingons or something? Hell yeah!
My other continuing thought is, how hard would it be to bring Kirk back? That freakin' Nexus played all kinds of havoc with time, it kept Kirk alive in a fantasy world after his accident on the Enterprise B, it even created a sentient "ghost" of Guinan. All that power, and it's not even close to a stretch to say the Nexus energies revived Kirk--same as the Genesis Effect did Spock. I'm surprised Abrams is taking this "too late know 'cause of hte strike". If i could have thought of this months ago, why couldn't he? For that matter, they could have simply crafted flashbacks (flashforwards?) that took place *before* Kirk died, allowing his character to be onscreen. How hard would that have been? I think they just didn't want to deal with Shatner... -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > By MICHAEL HINMAN > Source: USA Today > Jan-21-2008 > http://www.syfyportal.com/news424644.html > William Shatner still doesn't know why he's not in the upcoming "Star > Trek" film, but director J.J. Abrams does. > > "I think they're coming to the end [of shooting, so] they've got another > three weeks to hire me," Shatner told USA Today while promoting "Star > Trek: The Tour." "No, I don't think you''ll be seeing me, unfortunately, > and I don't know the reason why." > > But Abrams, who found success over the weekend with the biggest January > premiere ever in "Cloverfield," said the reason is simple. > > "The only reason Mr. Shatner is not in the movie and Mr. [Leonard] Nimoy > is, is that this character died on screen," Abrams said. "It was very > difficult, and now impossible with the writers strike. It is very > difficult to find a way to put him in that didn't feel like we were > putting him in just because we were huge fans of his." > > That has led Shatner to express some regret in allowing Kirk to die in > "Star Trek: Generations" back in 1994. > > "The mistake I made was thinking I could make it a spectacular death > with what they had written," Shatner said. > > The actor, who has won two Emmys as Denny Crane in the ABC lawyer comedy > "Boston Legal," has been pushing for Abrams to include him in the > upcoming movie despite the fate of his character 14 years ago. > > "Star Trek" is continuing filming in California, and will debut Dec. 25. > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
