58 years old, still wonder why Star trek generations ended the way it did. Kirk could have survived, met TNG Crew, and taken back to Earth for retirement and reunite With Spock.
I agree. I also remember in Star Trek 5, when Kirk told Spock and McCoy, “I’ve always known I’ll die alone.” I don’t know why they were so hell-bent on killing Kirk off. And the way they killed him off was so lackluster. The legendary James Kirk deserved better. There are so many ways they could have had Kirk survive. William Shatner is a really good author, and in fact, wrote a Star Trek novel, which takes place immediately after the events of the generations movie. The book is called Star Trek the return. If you haven’t read it, I highly recommend it. I think this would have been a great movie. I don’t want to spoil it for you if you haven’t read it. But if you do decide to read it, I really think you will enjoy it.
As a 70 year old man who watched TOS in its original run, it brought a wave of warmth and inner peace. Thank you, Shatner, Nimoy, GBOTG, and all things Trek!
I am 66, and I too, remember watching TOS in prime time on our 19" black and white TV (I didn't get to see it in color until we got a color TV and the series went into syndication). This was the ENDING that should have been.
I feel the same. I was 9 when I met them, and they are always with me in my mind. The child I was, they introduced ideas that no one in my real life could have. Chief among them was Loyalty.
"I could not deprive you of the revelation of all that you could accomplish together, of a friendship that will define you both in ways you cannot yet realize."-Ambassador Spock, Kelvin Timeline.
I read William Shatner‘s novel, the return. The story takes place immediately after the events of generations. It was a really good book and I think it would’ve made a great movie. My opinion
@@chrismocaby2846 I remember how he connected V'ger to the Borg in one of his books. Now that idea was a good one. I forget why he just wouldn't seem to die though. It just got ridiculous to me and I'm not sure how many of his books I bothered to read or listen to. Update: 10 books? Shatner was just too stuck on his importance to let it go. I remember now that I just quit reading them or keep track.
I watched Star Trek in its original run too.I finally met Shatner at the Little Rock comic-con in September. It truly was a dream come true. He's the coolest guy in the universe!
I met him as well in 2000, about a few months after my mom had passed away, Shatner proved to me how cool he was in person an gave me a hug bear hug after I had told him of my mom's sudden passing .Truly my own dream come true meeting him..
@@TheIntimidat3r Maybe you want to know why he didn't attend? Shatner had been booked for a year for a fundraising event. Backing out would have collapsed the fundraiser as he was the main attraction for the Red Cross. Nimoy's family couldn't move the date of the funeral because he was jewish. Shatner was on the other side of the country in Florida for the fundraiser and simply couldn't get back to it. Other LA celebrities were easily able to attend because they were in LA already. Shatner felt, and thought Nimoy would agree, that the good of the many outweighs the needs of the one. Nimoy's family agree and have backed up Shatner on this in the press. So, what makes Shatner a jerk, being selfless?
This scene should have been in the movie. I thought of how empty Kirks' death was. It had been proven that Spock and Scotty were still alive. So, this emotional scene would have added so much. Writers, directors, and producers just don't know how to create emotional stories it would seem.
I agree that GENERATIONS was quite unsatisfying. There were so many better ways to have handled Kirk while Shatner was still willing to play him even with keeping GENERATIONS a TNG film at its core. That's okay. We don't have to love everything the franchise gives us.
@@justmeiniowa It might have turned into a real force-fit to bring in Spock, Scotty, McCoy, and/or whoever else might have been willing to participate and still keep it a TNG film.
This should have been added to the movie because Spock deeply cared about Kirk and visit his grave. Spock has always kept true to his word, "I have been and always shall be your friend". A perfect ending.
Very very good point. this would have been a great ending of that film. I think it would have been the greatest highlight of the film. The ending brought in many good emotional thoughts with scenes of the early Kirk.....and Spock. Just fiction but I think there would have been tears in many eyes seeing that film end that way and i think Shatner and Nimoy would have thought the idea was great.
I lost my 40+ year BFF to covid- there's nothing quite like losing the Kirk to your Spock. This quote rings so true. Thanks for reminding me of it, may you never know this silent scream in your soul. But as Rocket said "We all have dead people." So in the real world with no ribbon nexus, enjoy them while it lasts, and trust Christ (the true nexus) to reunite you on the other side of the pain. The struggle is real. Leave your mistakes at the foot of the cross and hang on. God bless you, live long, and prosper.
That was wonderful. It brought so many memories back. As a fan since childhood and fan now as an old man, thank you for reminding me of how magic those years were on the Enterprise.
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@@Mr.Robert1…that’s what I’d rather watch, a Star Trek marathon, I’m 75 and a big fan of Star Trek. Since I’ve seen lately many of today’s films, it holds nothing nor compares to the Star Trek universe and all the great stories it told, that of love, friendship and family, working together, and a bit of humor to go with it, including hope for a better tomorrow, a possibility of future explorations and explorers…..”To Boldly Go Where No One Has Gone Before,” an adventure begins and continues to keep us on our path towards a better future world….BUT NOT at the present rate it is going….it’s lacking what made Star Trek great, something forgotten in time…..🪐🛰️🚀🔭👍👍👍👍👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🥰🙏🏼🎵
@@bryancooper2247 the Shatnerverse novels fixed this. Spock goes to his grave just to see it glow and his remains beamed out. Great three part novel set.
It would make since' if the movie had this ending! When Spock looks up and realizes time can be changed was a great shot! Ambassodor Spock maybe would do something like this! Imagine how people would've felt seeing this!
Remember Kirk predicted his own death or how he would die. In the ending scene of "The Final Frontier" Kirk said he knew he was not going die on that planet w/the Entity. As long as either Spock or McCoy was w/him, he would not die. When he [Kirk] dies, he would be alone. That prognostication played out here.
You know... in the abrahms verse where spock dies. We never actually see his death. And Spock would have known both about the nexus, known about guinan, known the trajectory of the ribbon before viridian 3 and known exactly where the ribbon would be at that point in time in abrahms trek verse. for all we known, spocks "death" was him entering the nexus.
If this was actually put in the Generations film then it would have been my No. 1 favourite Star Trek film. Kirks death in Generations was absolutely empty and breif, like TNG. They just swept aside the original, the real and true Star Trek story like all the spin offs did. The Original Series is unbeatable.
That's what happens when you rush to produce a film from a successful TV series. It takes time to put all of the emotional elements, as well as the action adventure plot together and balance everything successfully.
It was fitting that a legend like Kirk who explored the universe and was known by all should be buried on some distant isolated desolate planet...a simple testament to a great warrior. It would be the same had McArthur been buried on a remote island in the Pacific.
Naw, they couldn't leave his body there for the same reason they couldn't leave the saucer section there: eventually the humanoids of the populated planet would get there, and wonder "WTF???"
@@ApolloRacer He was not wrong about that. When he said alone, he specifically meant neither one of his two closest friends McCoy or Spock being close by at the time of his death.
Damn. That was quite unexpectedly emotional. You made something beautiful and meaningful here. They should've ended the film with Spock visiting Veridian. Oh my.
William Shatner said this in a recent interview with the Hollywood Reporter about a potential Star Trek return: "If they wrote something that wasn't a stunt that involved Kirk, who's 50 years older now, and it was something that was genuinely added to the lore of Star Trek , I would definitely consider it." As a fan I would love to see William Shatner return as James T Kirk one more time, with hopefully Terry Matalas involved.
Dude survives everything from time travel, alternate realities, V'ger, Khan, "god", and so much more, and in the end....dies from scaffolding. Why not have him slip on a banana peel?
Nicely edited and a great music score. Although I know where these clips came from, as I have seen most things Trek, the order you edited does feel like they reunited in the Nexus, as a much better ending than Generations was. Kirk never should have died, but should have lived, to meet the older ambassador Spock in the TNG era, or even Scotty. That would have been a much more awesome ending for the movie and fans would have loved it, to see Kirk cheat death one more time. Maybe in an alternate reality. And the books had a different fate for Kirk returning from the Nexus written by Shatner.
This wasn't ever part of the movie - it was created by the Roddenberry Archives during the last 2 or 3 years and there's some really AMAZING shorts on their channel.
@@loonylovesgood Yes. Most of the footage from the second half of this video is from the UA-cam channel "OTOY", who are part of the Gene Rodenberry Archive. That video was released after Picard Season 3 ended. They take Star Trek very seriously. They are doing some amazing work over there!
I felt like i had lost one of my best friends when Kirk died. Then i got mad at how it ended. The man who was a space cowboy warrior that had saved Earth more than once was just left on some stinking rock planet with piccard burying him. This makes me feel better.
This strikes such an emotional cord in all of us older trek fans who watched the very first airings of tos and who wrote the letters to NBC demanding a 3rd season and who rejoiced with the announcement of a st feature film (I got my postcard from Paramount!) Star Trek was our 2nd family.... To some our only family. Thank you Gene
Star Trek will never die! Being aired right now 6 nights a week starting at 8:00 p.m. Eastern time. Followed by, Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, Star Trek Enterprise. ending at 1:00 a.m.
I always had an ending in mind for Kirk- He was waiting for the impact when he felt a calm wave hit him.... Opening his eyes and focusing, he realizes he's in his apartment on EARTH- Kirk is back in the NEXUS. Out of the kitchen comes a beautiful blond- CAROL MARCUS. holding a baby boy. She talks and makes faces at the baby, enjoying herself. CM- Isn't David a handsome boy? Kirk pauses for moment and studies the baby. Misty eyed JK- He is the most.... beautiful thing I have ever seen. CUE the Music.... slow pullback and FADE OUT.
My, how all our fandoms have aged right along with us, but all the wonderful moments that have come in the last several decades. Sci-fi author Mercedes Lackey has noted that with time, all these things will only become more popular. This gives me a warm, fuzzy glow.🥰
Everyone has their opinion...change is the only universal constant. Watching the D crash in a theater on the big screen surrounded by fans who were going nuts was one of those priceless moments.
Brilliant Touching Bless your hearts and thank you for this beautiful ending. I also am an original Strar Trek fan.👍❤️ God bless you all Live long and Prosper ❤
I was SO triggered by this. How curious that Spock's personal journey (and of course the whole series), has such a powerful, enduring, relatable effect, leaving us with such affection for and heartache over our fictional friends.
This would’ve been about a million times better of an ending. Generations is by far my least favorite Star Trek film. Soran was a weak villain, Kirk’s death and the destruction of Enterprise D were completely unnecessary and not given proper reverence in my opinion.
How about giving credit to those whose footage you used in that clip? The bits from the shows and the movies are from Paramount, of course. The part where Spock shows up at Kirk's burial site, the retrieval of 1701-D's saucer, Spock's dreamlike vision of him in the first movie's uniform, standing at a window on Earth, all came from the Roddenberry Archive. All I ask is to give credit where credit is due.
Well, Im one of those who thought Generations was a good movie, wam and sincere and the death scene was and still is incredibly moving (wonderful music). But I have to say I love what you did here with your edit. And as someone wrote earlier; "Beautiful...A Friendship that transcends Time & Space."
Thank you, for providing the sort of emotionally satisfying final TOS main character arc which the film inexplicably, and disappointingly chose not to.
I never really liked "Generations" but had to watch it. I couldn't believe how the legendary CPT Kirk was so easily killed. He deserved a much greater and purposeful sendoff. ST-V (The Final Frontier) is the only Star Trek movie I disliked more.
I absolutely agree with you. I didn’t really understand why they were so hell-bent on killing his character off anyway, this is sci-fi there any number of ways they could’ve brought Kirk into the 24th century. However, William Shatner is a good author and he wrote a Star Trek book called the return which takes place after the events of generations and it is a great novel in my opinion and I think it would’ve made a really good movie. I recommend reading it if you haven’t I think you’ll really enjoy it.
That's BS. There was no alternative ending that brought Nimoy into it. He flat out refused to be part of the movie because his role in it would be nothing more than a cameo where he said a few lines. In the end they gave those lines to Scotty.
The lowest, worst moment in the Star Trek canon is Kirk’s death-the manner of it, not the death itself. For a living legend who had seen so many adventures, so many near death experiences, and defeated so many enemies, to be killed as he was- it was just wrong in every way. Even Malcolm McDowell said that he did not agree with it in any way, that a legend such as Kirk, a mythic figure, should die in a blaze of glory. And there should have been a bit more in the scenes between the captains. Such a disappointment in so many ways, but Kirk’s death was just so deflating. Even Stewart looks like he knows the scene is wrong. By the way, why would you bury him in rock? And how did he even do it? Lazy writing all around- these characters deserved far better Spock visiting his long thought dead friend’s grave? THAT is worthy of these characters. Not a word said- nor did there need to be. And it brings tears to my eyes
Naw, they couldn't leave his body there for the same reason they couldn't leave the saucer section there: eventually the humanoids of the populated planet would get there, and wonder "WTF???"
Disagree. To be killed on a desolate world far from his friends is very powerful. What do you want, some childish comic-book ending? He died a hero, saving the day as usual, just as he would've liked. His body would've been taken back to Earth for a massive funeral where his life was celebrated. People die, it sucks and we have to deal with it. My brother died suddenly of a heart attack at 54. It was such a waste, and very powerful to me.
I think too Sarek. Jim Kirk was closest thing he had too another son. They mind melded in The Search For Spock(1984) after Spocks death at the end of The Wrath Of Khan(1982)
Thee entire history of Genes work of Star Trek is a real personal favorite through the many years from the birth of the original through TNG and all the movies in their series. The filming scenes and everything has made me look into the heavens and space for many years thinking? Could we ever be able to live like that and how truly interesting things might be communicating with life of different planets. But then the cold really hits and we all realize ? We can't even agree to work together on earth here . Just look at the current conflicts ongoing. Gene had a great vision .
People always complain about how Kirk died because of the metal scaffolding, but the original ending they filmed was Soran actually shooting Kirk in the back. Once test audiences and producers saw that scene in the film they all agreed it was a terrible way for him to go out, which is why we have the ending we see now in the finished film!
Kirk,although his technological skills were 75 years obsolete would have been a major asset to the Federation in the Next Gen timeframe. His command skills and experience would always be useful.
My head-canon alternate ending has Riker, LaForge and Worf court-martialed for loss of a capital ship against a vastly inferior opponent. Also includes a scene where Riker tells Picard how he lost Picard’s ship.
It would have been beyond good to see this as an ending to that film. It would have been absolutely brilliant! Two fictional characters and actors to say goodbye to their characters this way. No words to describe the wow factor of it. Whoever dreamed this up it needs to be highlighted for all Star Trek fans to always see!
Man Star Trek Generations was not one of my favorite Star Trek films for 2 different reasons one seeing the destruction of the Enterprise D and second seeing the death of the legendary starship Captain James T. Kirk dieing like that for making a difference again I really really hated that and I'm pretty sure a lot of Star Trek fans did too and I'll bet there wasn't a single dry eye in the theatres when people saw that part of Kirk's passing.
William Shatner’s book The Return would have made a great movie. I would have ended Star Trek VI with the Enterprise doing time warp around the sun. Just before the credits roll, you see the Enterprise from TOS coming around the sun!
They should never have killed off Kirk, that was just dumb. He should have went back to earth and retired. Also this movie the had the Star Trek Timeline screw up where Scotty was in the Next Generation episode Relics where he said, 'I bet Jim Kirk pulled the old girl out of mothballs just to come looking for me'. But since Scotty was there when Kirk died in this movie when the string hit the Enterprise B he never would have made the statement that Kirk was still alive and had coming to look for him. I know it is just a movie and TV show but we would hope the writers would get this right.
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I've got to sat, this should have been a post credit scene, this would have been beautiful, it really does give this a sense of completion, and a real ending. they could have done so much more, perhaps they will in years to come, as tech and software gets better, it might be done
Something to remember… Kirk, or at least his “echo”, is alive and well inside the Nexus just like Guinan. He just can’t leave it, like Guinan’s “echo”. So in a way Kirk didn’t really die at all.
This made me cry so much, a hero missing another's hero ,although fictiona, l the love spock had on his face tells it all, spock had great feelings for kirk and it showed that he does have the capability to love someone .
I'm 68 years old. Retired military. I watched TOS as a boy. It taught me lessons that I used later as a man. The Spock/Kirk friendship is not something that most men will ever have and that's why it warms my heart to see it. When you add in Bones and Scotty, you have a team like no other. It was not duplicated in any other Trek, nor could it be. My eyes are moist, and I would be hard pressed to put words as to the why.
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58 years old, still wonder why Star trek generations ended the way it did. Kirk could have survived, met TNG Crew, and taken back to Earth for retirement and reunite With Spock.
And scotty was still alive
I agree. I also remember in Star Trek 5, when Kirk told Spock and McCoy, “I’ve always known I’ll die alone.” I don’t know why they were so hell-bent on killing Kirk off. And the way they killed him off was so lackluster. The legendary James Kirk deserved better. There are so many ways they could have had Kirk survive. William Shatner is a really good author, and in fact, wrote a Star Trek novel, which takes place immediately after the events of the generations movie. The book is called Star Trek the return. If you haven’t read it, I highly recommend it. I think this would have been a great movie. I don’t want to spoil it for you if you haven’t read it. But if you do decide to read it, I really think you will enjoy it.
@@LongDuckDong2599 they cannoned that book if you watch picard u know
Would have been great.
@@mikehance6086 yeah I know
As a 70 year old man who watched TOS in its original run, it brought a wave of warmth and inner peace. Thank you, Shatner, Nimoy, GBOTG, and all things Trek!
Well I'm not 58 or 71, but this was a moving alternative ending to Generations.
Live Long and Prosper.
I am 70 now and those scenes brought forth tears... If only...😢LLAP❤PALL🖖
68 years, add my thanks.
I am 66, and I too, remember watching TOS in prime time on our 19" black and white TV (I didn't get to see it in color until we got a color TV and the series went into syndication). This was the ENDING that should have been.
Man.. Spock, Kirk, Scotty and the rest all feel like old friends I've known my whole life.
Only Kirk, Sulu and Chekov left now.
@alexanderjones9572 Yep. Very sad.
I feel the same. I was 9 when I met them, and they are always with me in my mind. The child I was, they introduced ideas that no one in my real life could have. Chief among them was Loyalty.
@@dan6442Amen bro.
Feel the same
"I could not deprive you of the revelation of all that you could accomplish together, of a friendship that will define you both in ways you cannot yet realize."-Ambassador Spock, Kelvin Timeline.
That was a beautiful piece of writing.
Great line!
Kevin timeline is SHIT!!@
Oh, Shepard, you’re such a poet.
Perhaps the single best scene in the entire Kelvin timeline!
I read William Shatner‘s novel, the return. The story takes place immediately after the events of generations. It was a really good book and I think it would’ve made a great movie. My opinion
I agree with you there. My only problem with Shatner is that he didn't know when to let go of his book series. The first one was really enough.
ive read those series of books, and they are excellent. Could have been made into a series of films.,
Totally agree. I've read it also and it would've made a great movie.
I think bill pitched the idea of his to the studio but got shot down by the studio and Berman
@@chrismocaby2846 I remember how he connected V'ger to the Borg in one of his books. Now that idea was a good one. I forget why he just wouldn't seem to die though. It just got ridiculous to me and I'm not sure how many of his books I bothered to read or listen to.
Update: 10 books? Shatner was just too stuck on his importance to let it go. I remember now that I just quit reading them or keep track.
Even the Gorn would disagree with how Kirk died. He’d be like “Oh, come on man! You mean that’s it?”
Indeed
exactly load of rubbish
The Gorn says as it looks on in scorn.
@@MeatSim64man you're full of corn.
Rather well done. Thank you from a 68 year old geezer who love TOS and TNG.
I watched Star Trek in its original run too.I finally met Shatner at the Little Rock comic-con in September. It truly was a dream come true. He's the coolest guy in the universe!
And the only Star Trek captain to this day to actually make it to space in his lifetime.
He may be cool... but not cool enough to attend Leonard Nimoy's funeral.... Captain Jerk.
I met him as well in 2000, about a few months after my mom had passed away, Shatner proved to me how cool he was in person an gave me a hug bear hug after I had told him of my mom's sudden passing .Truly my own dream come true meeting him..
@@TheIntimidat3r- what???? I wonder why
@@TheIntimidat3r Maybe you want to know why he didn't attend? Shatner had been booked for a year for a fundraising event. Backing out would have collapsed the fundraiser as he was the main attraction for the Red Cross. Nimoy's family couldn't move the date of the funeral because he was jewish. Shatner was on the other side of the country in Florida for the fundraiser and simply couldn't get back to it. Other LA celebrities were easily able to attend because they were in LA already. Shatner felt, and thought Nimoy would agree, that the good of the many outweighs the needs of the one. Nimoy's family agree and have backed up Shatner on this in the press. So, what makes Shatner a jerk, being selfless?
All the years with Kirk on the bridge, and it ended with a bridge on Kirk...
Clever
Paramount opted for an abridged version of the script
@@Pendragon667 They concluded it was a bridge too far.....
@@Pendragon667 😉
Funny but true.
I like this ending better.
My God, this was beautiful and made this 70 year old fan cry.
Yes and me too 😭😭 Kirk should not have died in such a manner/way
Uh huh, tears here too.
I have a feeling that in one alternate universe this is the actual ending. Beautiful
Not a Nexus reunion but a good memory of what they had been through after visiting where he was laid to rest. 😢
This scene should have been in the movie. I thought of how empty Kirks' death was. It had been proven that Spock and Scotty were still alive. So, this emotional scene would have added so much. Writers, directors, and producers just don't know how to create emotional stories it would seem.
Ditto. And some people just don’t and never have loved TOS.
Bones was also still alive. At least as of the date of the beginning of TNG
They did it to get rid of him because Shatner is a conservative...
I agree that GENERATIONS was quite unsatisfying. There were so many better ways to have handled Kirk while Shatner was still willing to play him even with keeping GENERATIONS a TNG film at its core. That's okay. We don't have to love everything the franchise gives us.
@@justmeiniowa It might have turned into a real force-fit to bring in Spock, Scotty, McCoy, and/or whoever else might have been willing to participate and still keep it a TNG film.
Beautiful...A Friendship that transends Time & Space.
Kirk and spock forever.
Like Spock said to Kirk in STIII I think it was 'I have always been and shall forever be your friend". I think that's the way it was phrased..
This should have been added to the movie because Spock deeply cared about Kirk and visit his grave. Spock has always kept true to his word, "I have been and always shall be your friend". A perfect ending.
Very very good point. this would have been a great ending of that film. I think it would have been the greatest highlight of the film. The ending brought in many good emotional thoughts with scenes of the early Kirk.....and Spock. Just fiction but I think there would have been tears in many eyes seeing that film end that way and i think Shatner and Nimoy would have thought the idea was great.
That would have been an awesome ending.
Spock was doing very important work on Romulus at the time, he couldn't exactly pop across the Neutral Zone to pay his respects.
@@kevinramsey417 Maybe so. But it's what Kirk has said in the Star Trek movie, The Search for Spock. Spock would have found a way.
I lost my 40+ year BFF to covid- there's nothing quite like losing the Kirk to your Spock. This quote rings so true. Thanks for reminding me of it, may you never know this silent scream in your soul. But as Rocket said "We all have dead people." So in the real world with no ribbon nexus, enjoy them while it lasts, and trust Christ (the true nexus) to reunite you on the other side of the pain. The struggle is real. Leave your mistakes at the foot of the cross and hang on. God bless you, live long, and prosper.
That was wonderful. It brought so many memories back. As a fan since childhood and fan now as an old man, thank you for reminding me of how magic those years were on the Enterprise.
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@@Mr.Robert1…that’s what I’d rather watch, a Star Trek marathon, I’m 75 and a big fan of Star Trek. Since I’ve seen lately many of today’s films, it holds nothing nor compares to the Star Trek universe and all the great stories it told, that of love, friendship and family, working together, and a bit of humor to go with it, including hope for a better tomorrow, a possibility of future explorations and explorers…..”To Boldly Go Where No One Has Gone Before,” an adventure begins and continues to keep us on our path towards a better future world….BUT NOT at the present rate it is going….it’s lacking what made Star Trek great, something forgotten in time…..🪐🛰️🚀🔭👍👍👍👍👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🥰🙏🏼🎵
@@AngelCatBaby
Then watch. Age is irrelevant, it's only a number. I turn 62 this year never felt better in my life.
I'll never understand how writers and producers can screw up movies so bad. This ending was gold.
Maybe they will add this to a deleted scene on Blu Ray 📀
@@bryancooper2247 the Shatnerverse novels fixed this. Spock goes to his grave just to see it glow and his remains beamed out. Great three part novel set.
@@RoosterBTU o wow
It would make since' if the movie had this ending! When Spock looks up and realizes time can be changed was a great shot! Ambassodor Spock maybe would do something like this! Imagine how people would've felt seeing this!
Apparently the writers of generations must have hated the original Trek, just shows how disrespectful they were in treating Kirk as they did..
Kirk: I've always known I'll die alone.
Q: What I said was, when you die, there will only be the captain of the Enterprise there.
I’m not crying, you’re crying! A very emotional ending. I’m sure Spock shed a tear for the loss of his best friend.
And we shed a tear for Spack.
LIVE LONG AND PROSPER.
Remember Kirk predicted his own death or how he would die. In the ending scene of "The Final Frontier" Kirk said he knew he was not going die on that planet w/the Entity. As long as either Spock or McCoy was w/him, he would not die. When he [Kirk] dies, he would be alone. That prognostication played out here.
He is half human
This is the kind of ending we deserved to have gotten!
Man that would have been awesome to have had that as the ending of the movie absolutely awesome
he didn't die like that Pratard did
Well, as a 58 year old man, that brought a tear.
Yes
You know... in the abrahms verse where spock dies. We never actually see his death. And Spock would have known both about the nexus, known about guinan, known the trajectory of the ribbon before viridian 3 and known exactly where the ribbon would be at that point in time in abrahms trek verse. for all we known, spocks "death" was him entering the nexus.
I love that theory!
Good theory. Since Kirk had been in the Nexus, a part of him would still be there just like Guinan.
@@justmeiniowa but Guinan was different from regular humans.
Interesting theory. As Spock would say, "fascinating."
Fascinating
If this was actually put in the Generations film then it would have been my No. 1 favourite Star Trek film.
Kirks death in Generations was absolutely empty and breif, like TNG. They just swept aside the original, the real and true Star Trek story like all the spin offs did.
The Original Series is unbeatable.
Amen.
Absolutely. Hear hear🔨‼️
That's what happens when you rush to produce a film from a successful TV series. It takes time to put all of the emotional elements, as well as the action adventure plot together and balance everything successfully.
Would've been a great scene but one scene doesn't save a terrible movie but you're right tos is unbeatable
It was fitting that a legend like Kirk who explored the universe and was known by all should be buried on some distant isolated desolate planet...a simple testament to a great warrior. It would be the same had McArthur been buried on a remote island in the Pacific.
At least he was wrong in one aspect... he wasn't alone when he died.
Naw, they couldn't leave his body there for the same reason they couldn't leave the saucer section there: eventually the humanoids of the populated planet would get there, and wonder "WTF???"
@@ApolloRacer He was not wrong about that. When he said alone, he specifically meant neither one of his two closest friends McCoy or Spock being close by at the time of his death.
That was a desolate spot, but the planet supported a pre-industrial Humanoid population of 350 million.
total bullsh#t
Spock- "You resurrected me once, now it's my turn to resurrect you Jim."
Oh how much I miss my hero James t Kirk, just like my own dad who passed in Jan of this year...so much sadness of late
Damn. That was quite unexpectedly emotional. You made something beautiful and meaningful here. They should've ended the film with Spock visiting Veridian. Oh my.
& moving his body. total shit.
This brought a tear to my eye,wonderful FX,beautiful music,perfection in every aspect!
William Shatner said this in a recent interview with the Hollywood Reporter about a potential Star Trek return: "If they wrote something that wasn't a stunt that involved Kirk, who's 50 years older now, and it was something that was genuinely added to the lore of Star Trek , I would definitely consider it." As a fan I would love to see William Shatner return as James T Kirk one more time, with hopefully Terry Matalas involved.
Amen we need to start a fan protest at this point Save James T Kirk letter campaign bring back Shatner!!!
"Life is like a garden,
Perfect moments can be had,
But only in memory."
Leonard Nimoy, 2015
I'm a 71 year old female and I LOVED IT!!!!
my mother is 62 and we grew up on star trek. her mother had ( she passed recently) all the original movies, Generations, and First Contact.
Dude survives everything from time travel, alternate realities, V'ger, Khan, "god", and so much more, and in the end....dies from scaffolding. Why not have him slip on a banana peel?
Nicely edited and a great music score. Although I know where these clips came from, as I have seen most things Trek, the order you edited does feel like they reunited in the Nexus, as a much better ending than Generations was. Kirk never should have died, but should have lived, to meet the older ambassador Spock in the TNG era, or even Scotty. That would have been a much more awesome ending for the movie and fans would have loved it, to see Kirk cheat death one more time. Maybe in an alternate reality. And the books had a different fate for Kirk returning from the Nexus written by Shatner.
That was an amazing, and a very emotional ending. Too bad it was cut. 🙁
This wasn't ever part of the movie - it was created by the Roddenberry Archives during the last 2 or 3 years and there's some really AMAZING shorts on their channel.
Is Spock picking up Kirk’s badge from his grave an AI scene?
@@loonylovesgood Yes. Most of the footage from the second half of this video is from the UA-cam channel "OTOY", who are part of the Gene Rodenberry Archive. That video was released after Picard Season 3 ended. They take Star Trek very seriously. They are doing some amazing work over there!
I felt like i had lost one of my best friends when Kirk died. Then i got mad at how it ended. The man who was a space cowboy warrior that had saved Earth more than once was just left on some stinking rock planet with piccard burying him. This makes me feel better.
This strikes such an emotional cord in all of us older trek fans who watched the very first airings of tos and who wrote the letters to NBC demanding a 3rd season and who rejoiced with the announcement of a st feature film (I got my postcard from Paramount!) Star Trek was our 2nd family.... To some our only family. Thank you Gene
Live long and Prosper !!! 🖖
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Peace and Long Life 🖖
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The greatest Leonard Nimoy of all.Rest in peace, my superhero🥺♥️
Now this would have made me bawl! I preferred this ending over the other ending they originally had.
Star Trek will never die! Being aired right now 6 nights a week starting at 8:00 p.m. Eastern time. Followed by, Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, Star Trek Enterprise. ending at 1:00 a.m.
Watchin TOS right now on H&I(they only air TOS on Sundays)
During the week TOS, TNG, DS9, Voyager & Enterprise start at 6
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Currently using Verizon FiOS. Channel 488
Basically H&I
New York State. Maybe different per location.
Kirk said in Star Trek V that he's always known that he would die alone. Yet, in Generations, he died with Picard being present.
And Captain Picard had mind melded with Spock. So in a way, Spock was there too.
I always had an ending in mind for Kirk-
He was waiting for the impact when he felt a calm wave hit him.... Opening his eyes and focusing, he realizes he's in his apartment on EARTH-
Kirk is back in the NEXUS.
Out of the kitchen comes a beautiful blond- CAROL MARCUS. holding a baby boy. She talks and makes faces at the baby, enjoying herself.
CM- Isn't David a handsome boy?
Kirk pauses for moment and studies the baby. Misty eyed
JK- He is the most.... beautiful thing I have ever seen.
CUE the Music.... slow pullback and FADE OUT.
My, how all our fandoms have aged right along with us, but all the wonderful moments that have come in the last several decades. Sci-fi author Mercedes Lackey has noted that with time, all these things will only become more popular. This gives me a warm, fuzzy glow.🥰
NCC 1701....no bloody A,B,C or D
Well as a 56 year old man, I'm petitioning for MORE TREK.
You mean more "good" Trek. Writers these days write few good stories these days.
I'm not that old, but I agree.
Everyone has their opinion...change is the only universal constant. Watching the D crash in a theater on the big screen surrounded by fans who were going nuts was one of those priceless moments.
Brilliant
Touching
Bless your hearts and thank you for this beautiful ending.
I also am an original Strar Trek fan.👍❤️
God bless you all
Live long and Prosper ❤
I was SO triggered by this. How curious that Spock's personal journey (and of course the whole series), has such a powerful, enduring, relatable effect, leaving us with such affection for and heartache over our fictional friends.
This was so emotional 😢 RIP Leonard Nimoy , Nichelle Nichols, James Doohan ❤🚀👨🚀
This would’ve been about a million times better of an ending. Generations is by far my least favorite Star Trek film. Soran was a weak villain, Kirk’s death and the destruction of Enterprise D were completely unnecessary and not given proper reverence in my opinion.
How about giving credit to those whose footage you used in that clip? The bits from the shows and the movies are from Paramount, of course. The part where Spock shows up at Kirk's burial site, the retrieval of 1701-D's saucer, Spock's dreamlike vision of him in the first movie's uniform, standing at a window on Earth, all came from the Roddenberry Archive. All I ask is to give credit where credit is due.
Well, Im one of those who thought Generations was a good movie, wam and sincere and the death scene was and still is incredibly moving (wonderful music). But I have to say I love what you did here with your edit. And as someone wrote earlier; "Beautiful...A Friendship that transcends Time & Space."
The core of star trek was that friendship. The care and respect they had for each other. And yes also dr McCoy. ❤
Thank you, for providing the sort of emotionally satisfying final TOS main character arc which the film inexplicably, and disappointingly chose not to.
THIS was just BEAUTIFUL .
This is the After Credit scene Generations did not have and one we did not know we needed … RIP Leonard Nimoy
I never really liked "Generations" but had to watch it. I couldn't believe how the legendary CPT Kirk was so easily killed. He deserved a much greater and purposeful sendoff. ST-V (The Final Frontier) is the only Star Trek movie I disliked more.
I absolutely agree with you. I didn’t really understand why they were so hell-bent on killing his character off anyway, this is sci-fi there any number of ways they could’ve brought Kirk into the 24th century. However, William Shatner is a good author and he wrote a Star Trek book called the return which takes place after the events of generations and it is a great novel in my opinion and I think it would’ve made a really good movie. I recommend reading it if you haven’t I think you’ll really enjoy it.
Star Trek 5 is miles better then this
What do you mean easily? He died a hero's death, saving the day one last time.
That's BS. There was no alternative ending that brought Nimoy into it. He flat out refused to be part of the movie because his role in it would be nothing more than a cameo where he said a few lines. In the end they gave those lines to Scotty.
This is an imagined ending. You're right, but you're missing the magic here.
The lowest, worst moment in the Star Trek canon is Kirk’s death-the manner of it, not the death itself. For a living legend who had seen so many adventures, so many near death experiences, and defeated so many enemies, to be killed as he was- it was just wrong in every way. Even Malcolm McDowell said that he did not agree with it in any way, that a legend such as Kirk, a mythic figure, should die in a blaze of glory. And there should have been a bit more in the scenes between the captains. Such a disappointment in so many ways, but Kirk’s death was just so deflating. Even Stewart looks like he knows the scene is wrong.
By the way, why would you bury him in rock? And how did he even do it?
Lazy writing all around- these characters deserved far better
Spock visiting his long thought dead friend’s grave?
THAT is worthy of these characters.
Not a word said- nor did there need to be. And it brings tears to my eyes
pretty much everyone involved said it was a bad script.
Come to my universe. Nothing after STIV is canon! ;)
Naw, they couldn't leave his body there for the same reason they couldn't leave the saucer section there: eventually the humanoids of the populated planet would get there, and wonder "WTF???"
@@skiptoloo9506 he would be dust by then lol
Disagree. To be killed on a desolate world far from his friends is very powerful. What do you want, some childish comic-book ending? He died a hero, saving the day as usual, just as he would've liked. His body would've been taken back to Earth for a massive funeral where his life was celebrated. People die, it sucks and we have to deal with it. My brother died suddenly of a heart attack at 54. It was such a waste, and very powerful to me.
Love them both❤😢
Great actor. Greatly missed. Nice video
The bond of friendship between Captain Kirk and Spock is so so deep. Only few would understand 🖖
This was so emotional. brought back so many memories and felt good and sad. Well Done
Kirk was finally laid to rest around 150 years old counting the years he was in the Nexus.
I would have made it a post-credit scene. A little trbute to lne of the greatest friendships in sci-fi history.
That would have been great!
Ah so this is YOUR alternate ending. Mot the movie makers
could you imagine if a tear ran down spocks face at the end . that would of been amazing .
I think too Sarek. Jim Kirk was closest thing he had too another son. They mind melded in The Search For Spock(1984) after Spocks death at the end of The Wrath Of Khan(1982)
This is a very touching "alternate ending" video.
Leonard Nimoy WAS Spock. He was perfect!
Thee entire history of Genes work of Star Trek is a real personal favorite through the many years from the birth of the original through TNG and all the movies in their series. The filming scenes and everything has made me look into the heavens and space for many years thinking? Could we ever be able to live like that and how truly interesting things might be communicating with life of different planets. But then the cold really hits and we all realize ? We can't even agree to work together on earth here . Just look at the current conflicts ongoing. Gene had a great vision .
People always complain about how Kirk died because of the metal scaffolding, but the original ending they filmed was Soran actually shooting Kirk in the back. Once test audiences and producers saw that scene in the film they all agreed it was a terrible way for him to go out, which is why we have the ending we see now in the finished film!
This made me very emotional. Great work!
I love this ending it shame Generations didnt end like this.
Kirk,although his technological skills were 75 years obsolete would have been a major asset to the Federation in the Next Gen timeframe. His command skills and experience would always be useful.
My head-canon alternate ending has Riker, LaForge and Worf court-martialed for loss of a capital ship against a vastly inferior opponent. Also includes a scene where Riker tells Picard how he lost Picard’s ship.
This is how the movie should have ended. Nicely done, Maestro! 💯🖖👏
43 year old man and it brought a few tears. Youth go figure lol
It would have been beyond good to see this as an ending to that film. It would have been absolutely brilliant! Two fictional characters and actors to say goodbye to their characters this way. No words to describe the wow factor of it. Whoever dreamed this up it needs to be highlighted for all Star Trek fans to always see!
1:39 This is now my canon end to Generations. Absolutely glorious.
Man Star Trek Generations was not one of my favorite Star Trek films for 2 different reasons one seeing the destruction of the Enterprise D and second seeing the death of the legendary starship Captain James T. Kirk dieing like that for making a difference again I really really hated that and I'm pretty sure a lot of Star Trek fans did too and I'll bet there wasn't a single dry eye in the theatres when people saw that part of Kirk's passing.
So you just want childish comic book adventures where nobody dies? Kid's stuff.
There will never be no one that can play the character of Mr SPOCK LIKE LEONARD NIMOY, HE IS SO SADLY MISSED 😢😢😮😮......
You know, piling all of those rocks takes a lot of work, and Picard doesn't look tired at all. :P
Linards face as Spock was perfect in every way. I don't think they can find an actor that actually looks like him.
Nicely done, sir! Kudos! Absolutely perfect. More, please. 👏👏💯🖖
William Shatner’s book The Return would have made a great movie. I would have ended Star Trek VI with the Enterprise doing time warp around the sun. Just before the credits roll, you see the Enterprise from TOS coming around the sun!
No 6s ended perfectly
They should never have killed off Kirk, that was just dumb. He should have went back to earth and retired. Also this movie the had the Star Trek Timeline screw up where Scotty was in the Next Generation episode Relics where he said, 'I bet Jim Kirk pulled the old girl out of mothballs just to come looking for me'. But since Scotty was there when Kirk died in this movie when the string hit the Enterprise B he never would have made the statement that Kirk was still alive and had coming to look for him. I know it is just a movie and TV show but we would hope the writers would get this right.
@nikkidzaka8073 hahaha. No doubt.
The Enterprise crews weren't friends, comrades or colleagues. They were family.
Sono un fan di 51 anni. Star Trek dovrebbe esser visto nelle scuole di formazione per capire il mondo in cui viviamo e quello che ci perdiamo. La miglior serie di fantascienza di sempre!
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Star Trek: Generations is awful...the ending for Captain Kirk was a travesty...no wonder Leonard Nimoy declined to appear in the film. - Chris
Incredible work. Absolutely incredible. 👏👏👏👏👏👏
I've got to sat, this should have been a post credit scene, this would have been beautiful, it really does give this a sense of completion, and a real ending. they could have done so much more, perhaps they will in years to come, as tech and software gets better, it might be done
I love this. Great ending.
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Something to remember… Kirk, or at least his “echo”, is alive and well inside the Nexus just like Guinan. He just can’t leave it, like Guinan’s “echo”. So in a way Kirk didn’t really die at all.
Thanks alot, Rodenberry archives, for reminding me of the greatest tragedy of my youth.
That shot of Picard on the cliff top is a gorgeous one.
bro...who are you to make me cry like this?
This made me cry so much, a hero missing another's hero ,although fictiona, l the love spock had on his face tells it all, spock had great feelings for kirk and it showed that he does have the capability to love someone .
I'm 68 years old. Retired military. I watched TOS as a boy. It taught me lessons that I used later as a man. The Spock/Kirk friendship is not something that most men will ever have and that's why it warms my heart to see it. When you add in Bones and Scotty, you have a team like no other. It was not duplicated in any other Trek, nor could it be. My eyes are moist, and I would be hard pressed to put words as to the why.
"I've always known, I'll die alone"