Clancy publicly accused the filmmakers of bastardizing his book with plot alterations and technical mistakes, but finally allowed his name in the credits.Picard was confronted by Shinzon in a final struggle during the deadly thalaron countdown, and the clone died when impaled by a spear-shaped piece of metal piping - he pulled himself along the length of the spear lodged in his torso until he was inches from Picard""s face, grabbed Picard""s neck, and spoke his final words before slumping over dead: "I""m glad we""re together now.Due to the mandate of Starfleet""s regulations, determined in a Starfleet Command tribunal headed by Admiral Alexander Marcus (Peter Weller), it was decided hat Kirk was to be relieved of his command of theUSS Enterprise: "They""ve taken the Enterprise away from you.O""Flynn was joined by only a few supporters as he departed on a motorboat from the island.Three weeks later, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a TV talk show named "LAFF" was being broadcast, with the host (George Stroumboulopoulos) spouting tasteless zombie jokes: "Why are zombies good at oral sex?" The answer was given: "Because they""ll eat anything you put in front of them.He flirts back and inquires about lovebirds [and the human varieties of ""birds""], specifying his need for birds that are neither too "demonstrative" or "aloof" - "just friendly":Melanie: Lovebirds, sir?Mitch: Yes, I understand there are different varieties.