@TheMekon_Venus Actually Ron Moore put a lot of thought into Kirk's death, saying it was because he wanted to make his childhood hero "mortal", although they ended up scrapping his original approach due to poor test screenings. More people need to read these books for the true story.
This was a missed opportunity.
Clearly.. they had to come up with a concept to bring together the two captains from different era’s.
Not sure the Nexus was the most engaging way to do it.
And obviously Kirk’s death was handled with far too little throught for such a vital character.
I think it’s an ok movie. But first contact really felt like the first proper TNG movie.