20 Things You Didn't Know About Star Trek Generations
12. An Early Concept Involved The Two Enterprise Crews Fighting
One of the earliest concepts for Generations involved having the two generations of Enterprise crews battle one another. Co-writer Ronald D. Moore said, "We were obsessed with the poster image of the two Enterprises locked in combat: Kirk vs. Picard, One Must Die!"
In terms of an image that would easily sell to fans, Moore certainly wasn't wrong, but unsurprisingly problems quickly arose when the writers attempted to develop the idea further - namely, what event could possibly bring Kirk and Picard into deathly conflict?
As Batman v Superman proved a few years ago, the circumstances that could make two beloved heroes fight tend to be contrived and unconvincing at best.
While seeing the two Enterprises fire on one another or Kirk and Picard throw down would've generated thermonuclear levels of fan service, would it have actually made a lick of sense?