> Star Trek Movie Eleven will undoubtedly plug the gap left by
> Generations. By showing a glimpse of the Enterprise cast from before
> the five-year mission, possibly through the eyes of a bereft Spock, at
> least there is some sense of closure -- or an ackowledgement of the
> ingrained sentimental link between the characters of the original
> series and ourselves, the audience. Rather than simply pulling Kirk
> from the cinematic stage to make way for the next generation, at least
> now there will (presumably) exist a requiem, of sorts. Regardless of
> the new film's actual plot -- if any -- the reappearance of a youthful
> Jim Kirk seems likely to resolve the overall gap in character
> development between his apparent demise and the beginning of Picard's
> storyline.
>