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Death Of Captain Kirk

November 22, 2013 by · Comments Off on Death Of Captain Kirk 

Death Of Captain Kirk, James Tiberius “Jim” Kirk is a fictional character in the Star Trek media franchise, appearing in numerous television episodes, films, books, comics, and video games. As the captain of the starship USS Enterprise, Kirk leads his crew as they explore “where no man has gone before”.

Kirk, played by William Shatner, first appears in the broadcast pilot episode of Star Trek: The Original Series, “The Man Trap”, originally broadcast on September 8, 1966. Shatner continued in the role for the show’s three seasons, and later provided the voice of the animated version of Kirk in Star Trek: The Animated Series (1973-74). Shatner returned to the role for Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) and in six subsequent films. Chris Pine took over the role beginning with the 2009 Star Trek film, with Jimmy Bennett playing Kirk as a child. Other actors have played the character in fan-created media, and the character has been the subject of multiple spoofs and satires.

Just in case you needed another reason to love Malcolm McDowell, here you go. The Clockwork Orange star, who played the villain Soran in Star Trek: Generations, explains in a new interview with Metro why he thought Kirk’s death was a waste:

“Poor old Captain Kirk,” he said in a telephone interview from California with The Canadian Press. “It was sad, really. Honestly, the producers should have given him a much better sendoff than they did.”

“The truth is, that’s what happened. They should have given him a glorious death. If they’re going to kill one of the icons of American television, then get rid of him in a beautiful way. I was very disappointed that they didn’t come up with something a little better.”

McDowell described Montreal-born Shatner and his co-star Leonard Nimoy as charismatic actors who kept the “Star Trek” franchise alive, something he believes should have been acknowledged.

“We shot it twice,” McDowell said of Kirk’s death scene. “It was feeble, I thought, because I thought he deserved better.”

And actually, doing some searching, it looks like McDowell has expressed similar sentiments before. Last year, he told another interviewer that Kirk’s death was “poor,” even after the reshoot, and “They should have seen Shatner off in a big way.”

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