"I've always known- I'll die alone."

[Voyagerian]

To me, it was simply a poignant moment, from a scene I have always liked in an admittedly 'less-than' among fans film, and I DID take it as something Kirk intuited. McCoy and Spock certainly seemed to take his feeling seriously, if Bones was reacting in what may have been a 'creepout' moment, and after all, he almost did see his dear friend die earlier that day. As far as it contradicting the death in STG, well, it's not a biggie to me. The fact Jim died is more important.And unfortunate.If befitting him.

 

[Amaris]

I think Generations works well with the line. At first, when Kirk "dies" on the E-B, it seems like he did die alone. But then his true death is saving millions of people with another great captain of the Enterprise.

Yeah, that tends to soften the blow for me (I didn't wany Kirk dying at all), in that even though he died, it wasn't really alone, and at least his compatriot was a Captain of the Enterprise.


J.

 

[spaceballone]

Generations begs to be invalidated. Geez what an abortion of a movie.

You're absolutely right. As a self-determined person, I do not consider Generations canon!

An ABORTION of a movie?
Kind of a strange comment. Anyway, while I don't think it's perfect by any means I've always liked Generations.
On the original subject though, People are reading way too much into the I'll die alone line.