 Re: ST Generations
The problem with Kirk in Generations is that the entire storyline surrounding his involvement is completely shoe horned into the main story.
You could remove all scenes with Kirk, the Enterprise B etc.. and it would make no real difference. The only thing Kirk served to do was double Picards odds against stopping Soran, and you hardly needed the "Captain of Captains" to do that. In fact, it was a total misuse of the character.
I think brining Kirk back, and having him never get off of that planet was a huge mistake. Having Kirk step onto the bridge of the Big D or even witness it from afar had so much dramatic potential. It would have given him a chance to see the legacy he had been a part of creating, and that would have translated to the audience as having some sense of closure whether he died or not.
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"I haven't faced death. I've cheated death. I've tricked my way out of death and patted myself on the back for my ingenuity. I know nothing."
--James T. Kirk
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