A Growing Sense of Unease Nov 4, 2009
To quote another movie, Jim Kirk this time: "Either we are going down or they are.". "Liberty or Death" folks. (Townhall.com)
Capt. Kirk, American icon? New Frontier renewed May 15, 2009
But there's no getting around it: Jim Kirk is unabashedly, enthusiastically American. "I'm from Iowa," he once said. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Star Trek Movie Review May 8, 2009
They remember that Jim Kirk had a brother who is not mentioned in this film ... They wonder why Jim Kirk is a mere cadet with Dr McCoy and Uhura as classmates while the much younger Sulu and Chekov are already commissioned officers. (Suite101.com)
`Star Trek': Are the hardcore fans onto something? May 6, 2009
Jim Kirk was never this rebellious. Sounds like Star Wars. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Science)
Pine makes maiden voyage as `Trek' Captain Kirk May 5, 2009
He talks about paying "homage to what Mr. Shatner'd done, because by no means, at no point did I want to hit people over the head with some awful impression." He muses on how his young Jim Kirk gradually develops confidence in the way he sits in the starship Enterprise captain's chair, slowly "finding the physicality that Mr. Shatner brought.". He discusses Shatner subtleties he did want to incorporate and even gives his forerunner his own adjective, noting "there's a certain way Mr. Shatner... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Science)
