> "Ragnar" comsouth.net> wrote in message
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>> Marshall Karp wrote:

>>> Okay, so it's going to take a ton of make-up, but, I think this is a good
>>> idea. Also, I am glad that WS brought up the horrid death issue. I am
>>> one of those, no way for Kirk to end up like that.

>>
>>
>> Kirk didn't die on that planet. He's still in the nexus. The Kirk who
>> left the nexus was just a shadow copy.

>
> Oh, jeez, I hope not. This is just as bad as a B&B TimeTravel(tm pat.
> pend.) Reset Button, just painted better and with glitter attached.
>
> We know how Jim Kirk died - let him be. If you want to go *back* from the
> equivalent time of the departure of E-B / ST:G, that may be possible. But
> please, please, please...let the dead stay that way and respect the fact
> that the more you fool around with a time line - even an imaginary,
> fictitious one like Star Trek - the less believable you become overall.