{"id":19958,"date":"2012-09-11T10:38:37","date_gmt":"2012-09-11T17:38:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trektoday.com\/content\/?p=19958"},"modified":"2012-09-11T10:38:37","modified_gmt":"2012-09-11T17:38:37","slug":"mcdowell-kirk-deserved-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/2012\/09\/mcdowell-kirk-deserved-better\/","title":{"rendered":"McDowell: Kirk Deserved Better"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Malcolm McDowell<\/strong>, who played the obsessed Dr. Tolian Soran, did not like how Captain Kirk died in Star Trek: Generations<\/em>.<\/p>\n

According to McDowell, the death scene was filmed several times. “We shot it twice,” said McDowell. “It was feeble, I thought, because I thought [Kirk] deserved better.”<\/p>\n

“Poor old Captain Kirk,” said McDowell. “It was sad, really. Honestly, the producers should have given him a much better sendoff than they did.”<\/p>\n

Shatner had joked with McDowell, saying, “You shot me in the back!”<\/p>\n

“The truth is, that’s what happened,” said McDowell. “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.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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