James T Kirk: Personnel File

James Tiberius Kirk lived most of his life in Starfleet. The man became a legend within the organisation, breaking records and establishing ties across the galaxy.
What else is there to say?
Well let's find out.
There have been a few discrepancies here and there, but let's consolidate his Starfleet career and examine his personality.
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[@darrellbell8913]

My favorite quote of Kirk was of him telling Picard of the advantages of command. He said: “Don't let them promote you. Don't let them transfer you. Don't let them do anything that takes you off the bridge of that ship, because while you're there, you can make a difference.”

[@samdog8087]

Its in the writing and actors....thats whats missing these days.

[@karlsmith2570]

Darrell Bell that of, course, being from "Star Trek: Generations"

[@MusicGunn]

@@samdog8087 I find the Orville to be similar in style and is light years better than Discovery.

[@3Rayfire]

And we saw what happened when Picard disregarded that advice.

[@VaciliNikoMavich]

One of my very favorite quotes from him =)

[@yemo34]

"So your from outer space?" "I'm from Iowa! I only work in outer space..."

[@oliverewarthopkins7818]

"Of all the souls I've met in my travels his was the most.... human." Kirk giving Spocks eulogy always guarantees man tears.

[@BLO68]

One of my favorite moments in film. Why this movie is not lauded as it should be is criminal.

[@j_fitz6913]

Brian Lopez it was purely bad luck. It was between the praised wrath of khan and the very fun voyage home. It is a very good movie but between two juggernauts it seems to lack.

[@DMSProduktions]

Could equally apply to the final 'death' of Data in Ep 10 of ST Picard! He too, was the most human!

[@philcorrigan5641]

@@j_fitz6913 what do you mean? That line was from Wrath of Khan. Kirk says it at Spock’s space funeral at the end of the movie

[@kathykline7202]

How about Middle East, he really did, and that is your clue. All ciphers, you drag and drop with cursor drag and drop in Google trans., Z13 is Hindi, Z32 is Telugu, Z340 is Tamil, Z408 is Afrikaans, Z18 Afrikaans, you have to know his name. Z 32 is a great big clue Name is there. You hear Zodiac here and its not all Z63, if this is not true, why are all these ciphers solved in the same way? No coincidence. Expert cryptos missed the word "abroad" kEVIN & ORCHAK BROKE MY CIPHERS tOM FOUND SOLVED DATE. tHEY SOLVED IT FROM MY fb. not easy. Whyare they claiming they solved it ? money. We dont want no stickin money. I want the two more virims found and Florida looked at again very closely.

[@alexb6234]

Steal the USS Enterprise...demoted to Captain...given command of the USS Enterprise. Words fail me.

[@assassingamer1318]

Alex B yes it is definitely a punishment not like he was to be in command of the Enterprise or anything I say in a sarcastic voice

[@cawfeedawg]

Karma baby :D

[@tassadro]

demoted yes but saved the planet earth upon returning to take blame for his actions.

[@kensmith2285]

He had the ultimate plot armor

[@davfree9732]

The Enterprise A was a disaster. And while he wanted to hop star systems, he was relegated to Earth while the new refit was finalised. He may have gotten a new ship, but at that time, it wasn’t a ship he could use. In a sense, he was put in the cooler and prevented from having free reign in the galaxy. Star Fleet didn’t really punish him, but they also didn’t reward him as in my view, based on events, Star Fleet put a hero of the Federation on a leash to prevent outcry and so they wouldn’t be seen as the bad guys.

[@meligoth]

The biggest misconception of Kirk by those outside of his crew was that he was a gloryhound despite the fact that he would never sacrifice those under his command to get ahead.

[@tylerbushong3452]

He was a swashbuckler, pure and simple.

[@THE_TonyFielding]

One of the best things about Kirk, and Shatner himself, wasn't just that the guy oozed charisma and commanded respect and authority, but that he could also be a little self deprecating and funny, even at his own expense. Trouble with Tribbles and A peice of the Action come to mind. Even after being stabbed in Journey to Babel, when McCoy tells Spock and Kirk to shut up, he does and puts his head back like a naughty child lol. Kirk is just the goddamn man :)

[@JAGtheTrekkieGEMINI1701]

*"I do not want my pain taken away, I need my pain!"* Yes, even Star Trek 5 has moments that will STAY IN YOUR MIND forever. Oh kirk, my old friend....

[@maureentuohy8672]

The Stage of JAG THE GEMINI There is actually a lot I like about ST V.

[@scottmantooth8785]

pain reminds you that you are very much alive and intended for greater things other than a mediocre existence of falling asleep in a recliner watching game show reruns

[@Decipher13]

I don't want my paint aken away either.

[@3Rayfire]

Agreed.

[@DMSProduktions]

@@Decipher13 Of course, you couldn't redecorate your house without it!

[@Jawmax]

My favorite Kirk moment? "Someone close that door."- The Trouble with Tribbles.

[@occultatumquaestio5226]

Yes that is indeed one of the funniest moments, makes me laugh every time. Fun fact: Did you know that this joke occurred a 2nd time in Star Trek The Animated Series with pink tribbles.

[@MrYTGuy1]

What's even better is that it was later revealed to be sisko and dax throwing them at Kirk

[@occultatumquaestio5226]

@@MrYTGuy1 ; That scene keeps on getting built upon. If there every is another Kelvin Timeline movie I hope that there is a scene or at the very least a deleted extended edition scene of it happening to Pine Kirk.

[@craigme2583]

I recall him sating that life wasnt meant to be easy. 'Man' needs to be challenged, to fight for his achievements, gives them meaning. It was interesting that the time i saw that episode the Australian Prime Minister said the same thing, and he was gated for it. I always wandered if he was quoting Kirk?

[@PieFights]

@@occultatumquaestio5226 and also was used in a Star Trek Deep Space Nine episode More Trouble with Tribbles one of my favourite Deep Space nine episodes

[@ericbrett3095]

For a fictional character he was the best at what he did. I don't think anyone but William Shatner could have pulled it off.

[@maureentuohy8672]

Eric brett absolutely! Every second Mr. Shatner is on camera as Kirk he radiates electricity. Even when he is just sitting in the Captain’s chair you get the sense there is something going on behind those wonderful hazel eyes. He’s a bundle of wound up energy just waiting to burst into action. Shatner’s Kirk is smart, intuitive, and heroic. No one but Shatner could have played him.

[@scottyb68]

The Chris Pine Kirk is a punk snotty kid. Shatner was a young confidant man with swagger not bravado. Shatner is the only Kirk IMO.

[@Timberwolf69]

@@scottyb68 Well that Kirk had a completely different life than the one of the prime timeline.

[@DMSProduktions]

@@scottyb68 He had a vastly DIFFERENT upbringing too, to is prime counterpart! A snotty punk, is not surprising!

[@Eduardude]

@@scottyb68 Chris Pine's Kirk is to Shatner's Kirk as the Monkees are to the Beatles. Pine's Kirk is a joke compared to Shatner's.

[@occultatumquaestio5226]

Well I have yet to see anyone else type it so I will do it. "KKHHHHAAAAAAAAAANNNNNN!!!!"

[@kerryevans7283]

I agree

[@amandaspargur4232]

"What does God need with a starship? " excellent moment to show Kirk's ever questioning and sometimes challenging attitude.

[@craigme2583]

It was a time when the power of the church was rarely questioned. The show must have been so much more hard hitting when it was released than we can imagine now. May why it was not continued.

[@DurandCompton]

That is so wrong, it's hilarious. What twaddle, what a jape, what piffle and poppycock.

[@funkymonk255]

craig me that quote was from Star Trek V

[@theknightsofawesomeness2701]

@@funkymonk255 one of the worst trek movies I've ever seen.

[@DMSProduktions]

@@craigme2583 It was the late 80s dude! The church had little sway by then!

[@rickledford2953]

Captain Kirk is Not Dead when he entered the Nexus according to guinan part of you will always exist in the Nexus

[@StaticSkyTV]

My favorite Kirk moment is when he tells his commanding officer, Commodore Matt Decker, “Not with MY ship you don’t!” and has Spock Go Full Gangster on his crazy ass.

[@TONYGILLEY]

My favorite Kirk Moment......more like Shatner Moment: "I ORDER YOUUUU........LET ME GOOOO" -Mirror Captain Kirk But seriously 1. "Where No Man has Gone Before" The second pilot episode establishes Kirk right away. His characterization is consistent from the beginning of the series to the end of it. 2. Wrath of Khan to The Undiscovered Country: I want to say it's a subtle deconstruction of his character. A deconstruction done right (NOT the Rian Johnson Idiot way) that elevates Kirk from a good character to a Great One. (Something that JJ Abrams and his Mystery Box Dolt buddy writers are too dumb understand) Honorable Mentions: Vic Mignogna and his Star Trek Continues series. Especially the two-part finale "To Boldly Go....." In my own head cannon the official ending of Kirk's Five Year Mission.

[@myriaddsystems]

We love old Bill Shatner/Jim Kirk. He may have been accused of being over dramatic- but he has been a very decent Shakespearean actor - like all the best Star Trek actors. I also sorely miss Leonard Nimoy, absolutely irreplaceable....

[@marysheeran519]

He was directed to act a certain way with a particular energy. Roddenberry was delighted. So was Nimoy who felt that the difference between them gave their scenes additional power, whereas Hunter had been quiet and less animated, which made it difficult to draw a defining line around the characters. If you look at Shatner's body of work, you can find that he wasn't always that demonstrative but could deliver quiet performances (see "The Tenth Level," for instance or any of the 50s/60s dramas he appeared in). People keep pulling up his Twilight Zone episodes, which hardly defines the extent of his talent. And he was Christopher Plummer's understudy at Stratford.

[@Eduardude]

Shatner did a truly ingenious portrayal of command authority. Very few people are capable of portraying command authority so convincingly, so intelligently. Shatner was truly brilliant at it. He is underrated, in part because the character he portrayed was so male and portrayed a very masculine ideal, and our culture often hates men for being men, and prefers to ridicule them, out of envy, jealousy, resentment, and similar dumb emotions.

[@redshirt0479]

One of the finest Captains in Starfleet. So hard to pick the best moments for him. Also I love that you mentioned the book _Dreadnought!_ since that's basically Into Darkness except done far better.

[@tasatort9778]

Favorite Kirk moment was in "The Cloud Minders" : "I've never met a Vulcan before." "Nor I a work of art." Kirk looks on with an expression of "Woah! Spock got game!"

[@robertalexander5892]

Indeed.

[@malcolml309]

To be fair, Spock, is half-human.

[@Kreachie]

1:07 Actually George Samuel Kirk is the Older Brother, by 3 years, just thought i’d point that out!

[@JGM154]

Dude, I'm pretty sure that Jim Kirk was is the younger brother of Sam Kirk, not the older one.

[@adrianhead6272]

Correct

[@karlsmith2570]

Jeremy McLaughlin you're quite correct on that Sam Kirk was eldest between Sam and Jim

[@edwardburdett8586]

Best Kirk moment: The Deadly Years, After rapid ageing on Gamma Hydra 4 . He is relieved of command by an inexperanced Commadore who takes the Enterprise into the Neutral Zone. When surrounded, Kirk, who has been given an experimental drug. Comes onto the bridge, cured, implements “ The Corbomite Maneuver” and saves the ship.

[@Timberwolf69]

The experimental drug actually was a high dose of adrenaline.

[@johnbockelie3899]

Both Scotty and Kirk, stuck with their uniform as their only clothes on their backs.

[@joehanna3623]

One of my favorite Kirk moments, and quotes: "YOU... VOUCHED....for ME???" - Capt. Kirk to Capt. Spock after Starfleet Command mission conference in, "The Undiscovered Country".

[@mikhailiagacesa3406]

"RISK is our business. That's why we built this ship....That's why we're ABOARD HER!" Bad episode, but good quote.

[@excelents]

Risk is part of the game, if you want to sit in that chair.

[@kant12]

It's also a bad quote.

[@TowGunner]

@@excelents The only good scene in that dreck of a movie

[@trekaddict]

Kirk was a skirtchaser, yes. But in the end he always drew the line at his own crew; that one incident with that doctor on the penal colony not withstanding. Dialogue in the episode implies, to me at least, that she was not yet under his command when they first met. His one true love was, and always would be, the Enterprise. And I would have played the demoted in airquotes. Really, he was promoted back to Captain. Spock puts it best in Wrath of Khan. "It was a mistake to accept promotion. Command of a Starship is your first, best destiny. Anything else is a waste of material." As for my favourite moment? Even draw between Spock's death in Wrath of Khan, his re-emergence and "putting up a fight" in Enterprise Incident, and once again from Wrath of Khan, the entirety of the battle on the Mutara Nebula. If I had to pick one, it would be that. Because in there, you see Kirk at his finest in terms of Starfleet Command, his approach to problemsolving and generally much of what you talked about in terms of bluffing.

[@degrelleholt6314]

The greatest Starfleet captain. None of the others come close.

[@dragdragon23]

Every time I see Kirk pained or enraged at the lose of one of his crew, Taking it personally and I never really seen that strong of a reaction from other star ship Captains, EVER!

[@subraxas]

Archer was more than comparable in this.

[@Timberwolf69]

@@subraxas Yeah, though given that Archer lead a ship with about an eighth of Kirk's crew...

[@subraxas]

There were usually 80 to 83 crew members aboard NX-01. Kirk's ENT carried 430.

[@Timberwolf69]

@@subraxas 80? Wow. Where did they hide them in there? I always thought 50 would be quite a lot for that frame... But my point was that the smaller the crew is, the more likely it is you know quite a few of them on a personal basis. Besides the fact that out in space, far away from the next space station, every soul is important to the survival of the ship.

[@jameskennedy8030]

Where he tells Anan 7 that yes we're killers, but we're not going to kill today

[@STNuevo]

Maltz: Wait! You said you would kill me. Kirk: I lied. from Star Trek III: The Search for Spock

[@gallendugall8913]

Ah, you've made the classic mistake. Captain is a rank but it is also a title affording broad legal powers. A person of the rank of Commander can be a Captain and will be addressed as Captain while aboard ship. If anyone else of the rank of captain boards a ship they will be referred to as the next higher rank as a courtesy - ships have only one captain. Any rank can be a Captain although some services will change the designation for enlisted. The title Captain is the master of the boat and a law unto themselves legally entitled to hand down sentences of death and marriage. It has been said that there is "nothing quite so much like God on Earth as a general on a battlefield" but for a ship's captain that's business as usual.

[@richardvernon317]

@CipiRipi00 Lutjens was on board Bismark to be in charge of a task group made up of Bismark and Prinz Eugen. The captain of Bismark was Lindemann.

[@j_fitz6913]

Wait... so if a commander is captain of a ship, and a person with the actual rank of captain were to come aboard said ship they’d refer to the officer with the rank captain as rear admiral? As it’s the next highest rank from captain. What if a captain comes aboard a ship with an equal rank CO? (They are both captains in that situation) does the visiting captain get called commander, or is the visiting captain given this kinda ‘ceremonial promotion’ to being called rear admiral as well even though he is the same rank as the CO of the ship, so there is still only one captain on the ship?

[@maureentuohy8672]

Great Job. But I still say the death he suffered was just not worthy of one such as Kirk. True, he never chased Glory. But Glory chased him. PS For me the best Display Of JTK is seen in “The Corbomit Maneuver.” Also if you just can’t get enough TOS. Check out “Star Trek Continues “ a Web series. It is phenomenal.

[@thatrealba]

Captain Kirk was one of my four father figures growing up.There was nobody else, so TV provided those role models to me. It's easy for me to look back and see how he influenced my life.

[@ThommyofThenn]

I have a dad but he never taught me as much about life as Kirk did.

[@danielseelye6005]

I'm a little surprised you didn't bring up the "Shatnerverse" book series he co-wrote with Kirk and his life with Teilani. I didn't think it contradicted Alpha canon. Is there a reason why you didn't?

[@subraxas]

It's an alternate reality, plus it's not even Beta Canon proper.

[@tomf3150]

The shatnerverse was pleasant to read though and imho it's more canon than Starwars 7&8 will ever be :D

[@goodknight5783]

Going to have to point out the battle with the Gorn. His recordings give a good look into the man. From his tactical observation of terrain as well as foe, to his consideration that the situation may have 2 sides, thru to his refusal to kill for someone else's amusements. His standing up to the being that had both starships held, insuring that the other crew would be spared as well. Shows a good deal of the kind of man Kirk was.

[@anarchyantz1564]

It was a pity he wasnt allowed to use the line he wanted to as he was dying under the collapsed bridge which apparently was "Captain under the bridge".

[@moneyspider1]

Personally, I would have included that Kirk was resurrected, since other novels are being included as part of his personnel file in this video.

[@BrotherDerrick3X]

Kirk's middle name (Tiberius) is after the second Roman Emperor, who succeeded Caesar Augustus.

[@jonathangoode546]

Captain Kirk always brought out the courage in his crew when in jeopardy.

[@AlexMartinez-me2yc]

There should be personnel files for Captains Jonathan Archer & Spock. It would be interesting to see Subcommander T'pol's & Commander Worf's personnel files as they were the first of their worlds people to serve on Starfleet vessels. Data was a unique entity that also deserves a personnel file.

[@tassadro]

I am curious about worf and or data's profiles maybe even riker from the next generation crew. this video shows how through you've done kirks so I'd love to watch the rest of the star treks characters in this same way.

[@KeldorDAntrell]

Of those I can remember, in The Doomsday Machine, with time running out and facing imminent death Scotty says (from the Enterprise over the comlink) something to the effect of, "You're never gonna make it, Captain!" and Kirk calmly replies, "You work your miracles, Mr. Scott, and leave me to work mine."

[@bigguy7353]

I love Star Trek, but I am nowhere near the tome of knowledge you are, sir. Just a suggestion.....when you reference years in the 23rd, 24th, 25th century, et cetera, and the events occured during a major motion picture or during a series, just quickly reference what that was for the casual fan. For example : .....they encountered Kahn Noonien Singh DURING THE EVENTS OF "STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KAHN"- et cetera.... or, "STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE S3 EP15" (or whatever). Doing that makes it more accessible to the beginning fan, and more thorough on your part. Love the channel! Cheers!

[@thomasmccullough7233]

Great video. This was really done well . Thank you so much! My favorite Kirk moment was City on the Edge of Forever!

[@hx823]

"Let's get the hell out of here."

[@richardbidinger2577]

He might have been a cowboy, but he was a damned effective one.

[@julius-stark]

Discovery will find some way to screw all this up and make Michael Burnham the reason why Kirk becomes a great captain.

[@maureentuohy8672]

Senior Woodz That thing is an abomination

[@drmayeda1930]

Kirk is his own person. Anything saying otherwise is a full travesty. The only thing Burnham could teach Kirk is how to code. Helping a white male might go against the SJW code though. It would have been interesting to see Kirk matching wits with burnham.

[@riakm921]

So I may have interpreted things wrong, but I got the impression that though Kirk died on Veridian III, he still "lived on" by virtue of having merged with the Nexus Energy Ribbon?

[@CertifiablyIngame]

I like to think so too. Besides, "I think the universe owes (him) one."

[@HardestTargett]

I really like that idea but now I have to go with the the version where Borg resurrected him because I like those Shatnerverse books too much.

[@supermanprime6758]

Kirk was a Lieutenant when he taught at the Academy. It probably would have been some kind early compulsory duty, or perhaps he was injured in the Farragut Incident and he taught while he recovered.

[@gallendugall8913]

And if you want to know why Kirk doesn't believe in the no win scenario watch "The Conscience of the King"

[@maureentuohy8672]

Gallen Dugall Absolutely!! That episode is one of my top three. I wish they would do a mini series on it. It has such a deep impact on his character.

[@whatukno354]

Under addendum: An alphabetical list of all the STDs that Kirk contracted. File size = 127 terabytes.

[@tomf3150]

What U KNO See Adult Swim for details.

[@steveneldridge2087]

I've looked around. Found no similar clips for Spock. What gives?

[@KingoftheJuice18]

Great video....I love the Court Martial episode and the scene where the computer is listing off Kirk's commendations. The prosecuting attorney "concedes" his record to the court. Kirk's lawyer almost agrees to move things along, but wants the extent of his heroism to be made perfectly clear. The list just goes on and on....

[@unclebob201]

“Oh Khan? ...I’m LAUGHING at the superior intellect..”

[@donovanporter4545]

The date of kahn is wrong first encounter happened in 2267 and the kahn incident happened in 2282 remember he said a man he hasn't seen in 15 years

[@muttproductions2536]

Perhaps one of the more interesting parts of Kirk's life actually happen after his actual death. When Picard informed Ambassador Spock about what really happened to Kirk, Spock went to retrieve Kirk's body and gave it a right and proper burial on the ancient Kirk family farm in Iowa, stating that "he did the same for me once." At some unknown point, the Romulans teamed up with the Borg to attempt yet another takeover of the Federation, and because the Borg had the capability to resurrect the dead (as the Nomad space probe did to Scotty during the historic Five-Year Mission), they decided to use the most famous face in all of Starfleet and the Federation to do so: the deceased Captain James Tiberius Kirk. They succeeded in resurrecting Kirk and keeping him under their control, but their plans were eventually thwarted by Dr. Julian Bashir of Deep Space 9 and Admiral Leonard McCoy, who apparently was alive and well at this point thanks to cloned organs; he was on his third heart, had lungs grown every month and had about ten yards of cloned small intestine running through his system. Sure it might be non-canon, but I'd like to think it is something that could have happened at some point. Hell, maybe it would even be picked up for the second season of Picard, albeit they'd probably have to replace McCoy with Picard and Dr. Soong for obvious reasons (RIP DeForest Kelly)

[@anndownsouth5070]

Wow. Somebody took the time to work out a whole back history for a fictional person. There is a lot more to this series than meets the eye.

[@marysheeran519]

Some books go even more into his background - like where he was born - and apparently his father had been with Starfleet, although no one ever mentions it.

[@TheFinalBryan]

I can only assume that it was Khan, Chang and that undercover Klingon from the trouble with Tribbles episode disliked this video.

[@bootlegpbj3767]

The Corbomite Maneuver and The Immunity Syndrome are perfect examples of why Kirk is such an amazing leader

[@ericmadsen9655]

But Kirk would return in the novel "The Return" after being revived by the Borg. After that, Kirk would star in several novels such as "The Preserver" among other novels.

[@drmachinewerke1]

Kirk was the best. Because he surrounded himself with the best. There will never be a cast that worked as well as the original series.

[@Eduardude]

No cast has come within a million miles of the original cast. Shatner and Nimoy were geniuses in the tv series, and the polarity of McCoy and Spock, with Kirk in the center, was inspired.

[@raphaelrae8186]

I saw that movie where he dies. His last words were: "Did we make a difference?"!

[@phillytvdirector]

"Not with MY ship ya don't!"

[@robertswift6101]

best Starfleet captain ever

[@jetfire1153red]

I know this would possibly be classed as beta content but the events of the novel uhura's song took place on stardate:2950.3 which on our calendar would be Thu Jun 07 2266 22:18:46 GMT+0100 (BST) which would put first contact with the eeiauoan's parent civilisation the sivaoans before kirk's encounter with the Gorn which wasn't until 2267.

[@Sly88Frye]

Captain Picard will always be my favorite, but Captain Kirk is definitely a close second and is awesome in his own way!

[@PeteSimpson]

Very interesting information. Hey, Hollywood should make a movie called 'James T Kirk'. It should be about JTK life and his achievements starting from when he was a young man and finishing off with him sitting for the first time in the captains chair on the bridge of the Enterprise.

[@wishbone346]

I'm pretty new to Trek having only started TNG at the start of quarantine and now preparing to start the original series. Based on this video it almost sounds like Riker is just Kirk light and if that's the case I can bet money he'll be my favorite captain by the time I finish the entire franchise.

[@Eduardude]

Riker sucks compared to Shatner's Kirk as portrayed in the original tv series (Shatner's Kirk in the movies is not all that great though). No one comes within a million miles of Shatner's Kirk in the original tv series.

[@_Muzolf]

Changs opinion as he started was not something he actually believed in. He needed to deal with Kirk in a courtroom, but in actuality had some respect, mayhaps even some admiration for him, and was actually more then happy to rather face him in battle in the end. If anything, Chang had more respect for Kirk then for the entire rest of the Federation whos ideals he despised.

[@CertifiablyIngame]

Agreed, but the point stands; that viewing his record with no context could easily validate Chang's claim. Hence the reason he brought it up. I liked Chang as a villain, he was a good foil.

[@_Muzolf]

@@CertifiablyIngame - Good point. Seems i misunderstood. Hey, since i got your attention, can i ask you if you are aware of the continuity of the game Klingon Academy? I realize games are not considered canon, but its worth just to see the animations as it expands on Chang and on the Klingons (And really, just watch it for the superb acting of Christopher Plummer), and what lead up to what happened in Undiscovered County.

[@CertifiablyIngame]

I know of it, but I haven't seen it. Worth a watch I take it then?

[@_Muzolf]

@@CertifiablyIngame - Definitely. The whole thing (- gameplay) is up on youtube: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jqK5nYaEhZade6s

[@Eduardude]

Chang in Undiscovered Country was brilliantly written and brilliantly portrayed. The character as written captured perfectly a kind of love-hate relationship that some enemies of the West have with the West. On the one hand, they pretend to be above the West and superior to it, and yet at the same time, they have an inferiority complex toward the West. The kind of character I mean can't help, despite himself, betraying involuntarily that he worships the West, and hates the West for that very reason, due to envy. The Chang character in Undiscovered Country thus constantly quotes Western literature and Shakespeare. Chang thinks he taunts Kirk's culture by quoting it, yet his continual quoting betrays an envy of that culture and a fascination with it, and the envy drives his hatred toward that culture. The writer of the script had brilliant insight into how a psychological inferiority complex toward Western culture can be masked by hatred and a pretense of superiority toward Western culture.

[@Da40kOrks]

Even though it was more of a Spock episode, acting insane in The Enterprise Incident.

[@mittensfastpaw]

A full career that ended with an ehh... movie. The TNG movies were written very much so by people who didn't watch the series. As you see a great many things in the series Picard cared about tossed aside for pew pew. The original Star Trek movies were hit or miss but still had very iconic moments true to Kirk's character.

[@scottyb68]

I always thought that Kirk saving the Enterprise B would have been the best way for him to go. It was a perfect tie in to the Next Generation but to find him and bring him back with Picard was stupid. Kirk saving the ship is his best destiny.

[@adrianhead6272]

James Kirk is the younger brother... how can you get the essentials so wrong???

[@trekaddict]

According to the file displayed in the ENT Season 4 mirror episode, Hoshi Sato died on Tarsus IV. So she almost had to have run into a young Jim Kirk.

[@mariolis]

I would also add "Star Trek: Generations" as it highlights that Kirk died the same way he lived , saving worlds And Star Trek: VI The undiscovered country , which shows an older Kirk stuck in the past who refuses to accept that times are changing and that peace is possible between the Federation and his old Enemy, the Klingons I would also add that in my very subjective opinion , the funniest line that Kirk ever said was to Sulu (in a TOS episode but i dont remember which) "If I wanted a Russian history lesson, I would have brought Checkov" , when Sulu said something about Siberia ... it has been a long time since I last watched TOS so I dont remember the scene very well , but I do remember myself almost falling from my chair laughing...

[@stevenewman1393]

🖖😎👍Very cool and very nicely well done and executed in every way possible and very informatively explained in every detail way shape and form provided on this format and subject matter on the life and various commands of Captain James T. Kirk, A job very fabulously well done indeed Sir!,👌.

[@sergioaccioly5219]

One aspect of Kirk's command style was that, despite his reputation, obeyed orders. As I recall, he disobeyed them 3 times. Once by removing Decker (who, being dead, didn't press cherges), again by rerouting the enterprise to Vulcan (career saved by T'Pau) and agains when hestole the Enterprise (demoted after saving Earth). 70 years later, captains would disobey ordes on a whim, with no blowback for their actions. Progress indeed... Also, it's worth mentioning that I remember at least five times that he willingly sacrificed Spock in the name of duty (Galileo 7, the Menagerie, Immunity syndrome, Return to Tomorrow, operation: annihilate). Plus Gary Mitchell, Edith Keller etc. I always disliked the idea that ST: THoK was the first time he was confronted with real loss.

[@kellyrayburn4093]

Kirk was a true hero. True heroes don't toot their own horn. They feel like they are doing (or have done) what was necessary because to do anything else is totally unthinkable. His actions in The City on the Edge of Forever illustrates this better than anything I've ever seen. Kirk was hopelessly in love with Edith Keeler. But he knew acting on such an emotion would by saving her would cause the death or nullification of uncounted trillions of lives. His moral code just wouldn't allow him to do that. That's one of only 2 episodes in The Original that contained what might be a swear word in dialog. "Let's get the Hell out of here!" For reference the other usage of a swear word in TOS is in the episode Operation Annihilate! McCoy said, "That man belongs in bed and don't give me any damnable excuses that he's the best man for the job. Back on subject, it seems Kirk lived by the same motto that I live by. "Fiat jutitia ruat caelum". A very good maxim to live by. It is a Latin legal proverb that can be translated as "Let justice be done though the heavens fall."

[@jonathanbaker4936]

My God Bones, What Have I done? Bones... What You Had To Do, What You Always Do, Turn Death Into A Fighting Chance To Live. Star Trek III The Search For Spock

[@crivket1233]

I can only hope , that you would write a book. Your collective histories , would be amazing! Starting with our beloved ships 🥰

[@lasandrenstormewalker5432]

Incorrect George Samuel Kirk is the elder brother therefore in the JJ verse we have George Samuel Kirk commanding the Enterprise so watch the show and take a look at Star Trek encyclopedia

[@copperhamster]

The book where they explain what he did in the Kobiyashi Maru test (at least that version). He made the ComputerKlingons recognize him as the famous Captain Kirk, and they accepted his word he was on a rescue mission and even assisted.

[@Malik186M]

Great video, thanks to people like you, I've been getting more and more into Star Trek as a whole and it has been amazing. Also, does anyone know what music that is starting at 8:57?

[@Baelor-Breakspear]

Thank you Lucille Ball for believing in Star Trek. Without her we might never have had this show along with all its lore and canon. I love Lucy

[@JohnnyT.1959.]

My favorite Kirk moment at the end of the omega glory when he tells cloud william that their "Holy words" (the constitution) are meant for all of them everyone. It applies to everyone do you understand.

[@sandrasandymanning4354]

"Jim Kirk was many things, but he was never a Boy Scout..." ~Dr. Carol Marcus.~

[@hx823]

Highest number of first contacts.......and possible the highest number of violations of General Order One- LOL.

[@thehillbillygamer2183]

Why don't they make a movie or new series about that second five-year mission in the prime timeline I know they have to have new actors but that's you know the second five-year mission

[@cliffdixon6422]

It has been done on line by ST fans - both 'Star Trek Continues' and ' Star trek Phase 2/The New Voyages' are worth a viewing

[@cmack2769]

Another excellent video full of wonderful information about my my favorite Star Trek Captain. Love all of you videos and I thank you for sharing. A big thumbs up from me.

[@arynschroeder4756]

I wonder how many of the original " crew " do have left? Many of them now gone, I can't remember who's here and who's passed into the great unknown.

[@DaveMiller2]

James Doohan, DeForrest Kelly, and Leonard Nimoy are gone.

[@kant12]

I like how cheating on a test was considered a clever idea.

[@rickledford2953]

The Trouble with Tribbles he did not know what to do with them he just got more frustrated frustrated and frustrated and then he just threw his hands up in the air

[@ronryan7398]

Thank God you ignored the Kelvin timeline.

[@crivket1233]

Kirk is good at his leadership BUT not my favorite Cpt. I still hail Kirk 👍

[@davedumas0]

i love the lcars graphics :) hell it looks like it could be something that would be on a lcars terminal in kirks time

[@vanessak1682]

Kirk surrounded himself with very compedent companions and crew

[@stevengalloway8052]

Interesting. You left off when Kirk first met Spock. What date was that? 🤔

[@thomashill6347]

VERY WELL DONE, a up dated one, I would like one On Commander Spock or Captain Christopher Pike

[@ericvulgate]

see this video should be what a new show is about. the adventures of kirk would be a great story.

[@darienevans6229]

Future personnel files archer, t,pol, trip, Tom Paris, belana,Spock, riker.

[@TheSorrel]

My favorite Kirk moment is each time he yells "Commander Decker!" in TMP. Its like: "Everything done? Great! Time to yell at the new guy for being younger and better looking than me!"

[@mr51406]

As a fellow Montrealer, I’m obliged to say that Kirk may have been born in Iowa but he was conceived in Montreal! It’s my head canon! 🇨🇦 Excellent file! 🌟 My Dad lived 3 blocks away from the Shatners.

[@johnfoley4705]

Rick, You forgot to mention his wife, the one indecent he never got over, Miromone ( spelling is wrong but you get it) if you look at him in later episodes and films you can see he never got over the death of his wife, even though he did not remember who he was during his time on her world he never forgot or got over her, in my opinion she was the love of his life and if she had lived I think that would have been the end of his career

[@johnfoley4705]

way to go, I was wondering if someone was going to mention her......it seems he never got over her and if she lived his career would have been over as he would have given it up for her

[@davidcraft4462]

Out of all the videos about Star Trek, in games are the best! If I see an in game production, I immediately click on it! You all have never failed to make a video enjoyable! I would also like to add that Rick’s narratives are great! Keep it up!