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William Shatner @ 90

It's still the Klingon Empire from Kirk's point of view. ST:GEN starts off right after the finish of ST: TUC, the Klingons still insist that Kirk is a criminal for escaping from prison and killing some Klingon guards whose Houses demand justice. After negotiations with the Klingon Empire, the Federation returns Kirk to the Klingons for trial for these new offenses who sentence him to 75 years in cryogenic prison (a la The Demolition Man.) Apparently, cryogenic prison is the lightest forms of punishment in the Klingon legal system. After 75 years, the Enterprise-D is sent to retrieve Kirk. On the way home...
The cryogenic thing - not necessarily frozen in ice but a machine thart holds Kirk in time, could be the crux of the plot - part of a larger device, if discovered it could be catastrophic? Connected to Iconian gateways or something?
 
My favorite spin on STID is finding out that Harrison was just one of Khan's lackeys, and end with Montalban's face in a sleeper pod. And ditching the magic blood, and the whole Wrath of Khan parody, and Kirk dying.... basically the whole final act.

Kirk taking command of the Enterprise one last time to save the day is something I can't believe they missed. Sitting down in the D's captain's chair, with a joke about why wasn't his ever this comfortable. Getting into it with Riker, but telling him at some point, I used to be a lot like you. Talking to Data about McCoy (referencing Farpoint.) Something philosophical with Guinan, where she helps lead them back to Picard. Geordi at some point saying, Scotty was right about you, Mr. Kirk. Captain. Sir. Okay, maybe that was is a little bit much. But I definitely enjoy the alternate universe version that exists in my mind more than the actual movie.

I know how I would end it, too...

Picard and company, trying to find a way to free him from the Nexus, and return him to his proper time, or secure him a place in the 24th.

Kirk: "Its too late for me..... My place....is in your history. My life.... my adventures, my friends.... have already happened, it exists in your past. There is no going back. My time is over..... but yours..... your time is now. Make the most of it. Remember, the human adventure..... is just beginning. " With a sly grin, he looks towards a 23rd century turbolift door. He is right where he wants to be. He clasps Jean Lucs arm, and wishes them godspeed, then steps through the doors. Inside, you can see a 23rd century starship bridge, the backs of a couple officers visible, the command chair empty. Familiar TOS sound effects. Kirk steps through the door. The last thing you hear before the door closes with a swooosh..... "Status Report, Mr. Spock." In the Nexus, there are always.... possibilities....
 
I know how I would end it, too...

Picard and company, trying to find a way to free him from the Nexus, and return him to his proper time, or secure him a place in the 24th.

Kirk: "Its too late for me..... My place....is in your history. My life.... my adventures, my friends.... have already happened, it exists in your past. There is no going back. My time is over..... but yours..... your time is now. Make the most of it. Remember, the human adventure..... is just beginning. " With a sly grin, he looks towards a 23rd century turbolift door. He is right where he wants to be. He clasps Jean Lucs arm, and wishes them godspeed, then steps through the doors. Inside, you can see a 23rd century starship bridge, the backs of a couple officers visible, the command chair empty. Familiar TOS sound effects. Kirk steps through the door. The last thing you hear before the door closes with a swooosh..... "Status Report, Mr. Spock." In the Nexus, there are always.... possibilities....

I like that! A lot! One quibble - does Kirk ever actually say "Status report, Mister Spock"? Decker does, or close. I don't remember Kirk ever doing so.
 
I've been to three Shatcons, including tomalak301's. I've seen him twice, though the first time they charged an extra $20 so we could be in the same room with him. In all honesty, I fell asleep while he was talking about his horses. I guess I should have made the second con the first, but that changes crucial history and such.:borg:
I can understand your falling asleep. Shatner talking about horses, that sounds like a snoozefest.

Rather than talking about horses, if Shatner had, say, acted like a horsey instead; that is, if Shatner had reenacted his horsing around scene in "Plato's Stepchildren", I bet that would have kept everyone awake.

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Honestly to me Patrick Stewart has always looked older than he is going all the way back to the start of Star Trek: The Next Generation.

In 1987 he was 47. But honestly he looked in his late 50s early 60s even back then.
No he did not. Obviously, you haven't seen too many men in their late 50's and 60's; he may have been older than his co-stars but he definitely didn't appear what you're saying to me.
 
I'm 59. Right now I look younger than he did in 1987.
i'm 58, but i'm looking older by means of grey hair and a white beard - what makes him look older than you? no hair?

i shall stipulate that the picard maneuver always made him look kinda old in my book (but that's not his looks is it?)

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he's obsessed with that uniform like old stargeezers are
 
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