a shame he never visited hawaii
TIL the name James Kirk was inspired from James Cook.
Submitted 11 months ago by someguy3@lemmy.ca to startrek@startrek.website
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match@pawb.social 11 months ago
someguy3@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
Men have been to Hawaii before.
thegiddystitcher@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Living in an area that has “James Cook is from round here” as basically its only defining characteristic just got a lot cooler.
Taleya@aussie.zone 11 months ago
…with a lot less rapey murder childkilling
JohnnyEnzyme@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Because the title leaves out the fact that Kirk’s native character was actually inspired by Horatio Hornblower, not Cook. Also, Hornblower was such a complex character that his attributes got split up in to both Kirk and Spock, allegedly.
It’s a pretty interesting read!