[Lord Penquin]

2 problems with killing data. The first is he was is my favorite character out of the next generation crew (this is a personal "problem" and doesn't really count). The second problem (and it is a big one) is that in the last episode of next generation "All Good Things" the story started out in the future way past the timeline of THIS movie. In that story, Data is ALIVE and a professor at starfleet academy! How can he be dead now and alive in the future. Keep in mind that B-4's positronic brain is not advanced enough to maintain data's sinapse pattern, and Lore was destroyed beyond repair earlier. How will they possibly explain this one?

[badfreeper]

"2 problems with killing data. The first is he was is my favorite character out of the next generation crew (this is a personal "problem" and doesn't really count)."

Yeah, that was my big issue too. I was stunned. I had heard the rumours that Picard was going to die, so if any of the principals was going to get offed, that was the one I expected.

The timeline issue is a non-issue, I think. Don't forget in the "All Good Things" future 'Admiral Ryker' chose the Enterprise D as his ship and it was destroyed in Generations. Q was pulling all of the strings and only Picard had memories of what happened. Even if Q's future was happening within the regular space-time continuumm once Picard told the crew of his experiences, their future changed because they made decicions that would take them down a different path. Remember at the end when Picard joins the poker game and they talk about not growing apart?

OMG I just reread that last paragraph. I feel like such a nerd! :)