No because Kirk was just the only one he could get to in the Nexus to help him out. It was either that or try it on his own again but he didn't he could do it without help.
No because Kirk was just the only one he could get to in the Nexus to help him out. It was either that or try it on his own again but he didn't he could do it without help.
That may be but this always made more sense to me:
Kirk didn't let Picard strongarm or guilt-trip him to leave the nexus. He did precisely his own thing until that saddest moment when he realised none of it was real. Kirk could never stand to live a lie because it felt good. And as the great Captain said himself:
"This is not about an empty house. Maybe it's about that empty chair on the bridge of the Enterprise."
It's actually an example of Picard being an idiot.
No, really - there are lots of places he could've gone back to without the audience pandering of riding off into a metaphysical warp flash with Kirk on sparkle ponies.
There are already a couple of hilarious reviews discussing Picard's (and everyone's else) idiotic behaviour in Generations, so the only thing I will add are:
1) I'd rather forget the movie existed
2) TNG Picard was way better (after the writers removed the UFP flagpole from his behind), and is still a great character
You know, there was a plot-hole a mile deep with that one that will forever bother me and it goes beyond what anyone might call selfish.
Guinan tells Picard he can leave the Nexus and go anywhere and any TIME he wants.
Leave the nexus a few weeks before the events in the movie, save his nephew and brother from the fire, send a whole fleet to stop the whole event from happening, the end
Leave the nexus a few weeks before the events in the movie, save his nephew and brother from the fire, send a whole fleet to stop the whole event from happening, the end
And before someone brings up the Temporal Prime Directive, I will point out that the day is saved because Picard interferes with the timeline anyway, so I'm pre-emptively negating this justification. :rolleyes:
Beyond that, even the most dedicated officers in the Federation, if Human, is still at his core probably willing to break that law if it means saving a loved family member. There would be a few exceptions of course, but I am willing to bet that the majority would probably care more about family.
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That may be but this always made more sense to me:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_5h0BRO5O4
HA! Yea I've seen that before. It does make a lot more sense.
See "A Nice Place to Visit" from original The Twilight Zone
"This is not about an empty house. Maybe it's about that empty chair on the bridge of the Enterprise."
Hey buddy, yeah back in a limited sense, but still back !
No, really - there are lots of places he could've gone back to without the audience pandering of riding off into a metaphysical warp flash with Kirk on sparkle ponies.
1) I'd rather forget the movie existed
2) TNG Picard was way better (after the writers removed the UFP flagpole from his behind), and is still a great character
Guinan tells Picard he can leave the Nexus and go anywhere and any TIME he wants.
Leave the nexus a few weeks before the events in the movie, save his nephew and brother from the fire, send a whole fleet to stop the whole event from happening, the end
And before someone brings up the Temporal Prime Directive, I will point out that the day is saved because Picard interferes with the timeline anyway, so I'm pre-emptively negating this justification. :rolleyes: