I don't think there's a retirement age for Starfleet Captains. Especially since Picard was still working at it well into his 70s.
The new captain.
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I don't think there's a retirement age for Starfleet Captains. Especially since Picard was still working at it well into his 70s.
Don't confuse the actor with the character.
Again. the man is 63 now. By the time the show airs he'll be pushing 65. As an executive at CBS do you want to use someone that will be 70 by the show's 5th season?
To put it in perspective, Patrick Stewart was 20 years younger than Terry is now when he started as Picard on TNG.
They won't skew that old for what will most likely be the lead role. Whoever they pick, the actor will be mid forties, tops.
To put it in perspective, Patrick Stewart was 20 years younger than Terry is now when he started as Picard on TNG.
They won't skew that old for what will most likely be the lead role. Whoever they pick, the actor will be mid forties, tops.
Good point. Mr. O'Quinn could easily play a (slightly) younger character.
But seriously, I think a blanket statement (repeated three times now) that 'Terry O'Quinn is too old' is making a couple of assumptions:
1) That the Starfleet Captain will match the demographics of previous Captains (actors aged 39, 34, 47, 44, 39, 47, and 28)
B) That the Starfleet Captain will be the main character throughout the entirety of a future series
I reject these ideas. My assumption is that the new Captain (or main character to be exact) will add something new to diversify him or herself. Age might be that factor (although the character of Picard might have sewn that up), in which case Mr. O'Quinn would be as good a choice as any.
Not that I'm pulling for Terry O'Quinn, or even an older main character in general. I just don't see the necessity of shooting down every suggestion on a presumption that doesn't match anything known about the production or casting details (which are completely unknowable).
Of course, an argument could be made that Mr. Kurtzman's main roles tend to skew younger than what we've seen in Star Trek before. But I think it's just as likely that he will cast a main character on TV that in some way contrasts with the main character in the films (young Kirk).
Who says the Captain has to be a main character?Who says there will be a captain?
Many shows today have "the boss" as a secondary character who appears infrequently, they're a reoccurring character.
Who I'd love to see as Captain: Naveen Andrews.
Both because he's awesome and because of the statement it would make to cast an Arabic Captain.
Both because he's awesome and because of the statement it would make to cast an Arabic Captain.
Combs will play a single character with multiple personalities, and he will be the first officer.
CGI younger William Shatner, obviously.
Plus he'd be able to ride the first officer during away missions.
Naturally.
Peter Dinklage would be a new direction - dude is awesome. He'd be a captain in the Kirk mold, just much cleverer and more charismatic.
Plus he'd be able to ride the first officer during away missions.
Forget the new captain. Who is Jeffrey Combs going to play? Will it be a single character or multiple characters? We can't have a Star Trek spin off without him
Naturally.
I agree with the sentiment, but Naveen Andrews is of Indian descent.
Yeah, that seems to happen a lot, especially in the USA - confusing South Asians and West Asians - two peoples as distinct as East Asians and Europeans. Naveen is a pretty Indian sounding name - can't really mistake that for Arabic.
I think he would have made a good Khan, but I guess they wanted Benedict Cumberbatch for star power.
I think he would have made a good Khan, but I guess they wanted Benedict Cumberbatch for star power.
Too bad Alexander Siddig is out for the role of Captain... Or is he?
Well I visited the forum for the first time in some months yesterday (too busy playing Elite: Dangerous... getting a bit obessed and need to tone it down a bit), and boy did I get a surprise... I hadn't heard the announcement of a new series from any other source.
But, I do have an opinion of what I would like the new captain to be, and that is a female klingon who follows the teachings of Surak. And it isn't meant as a joke, as I believe some of the rather humorous suggestions here have been (not complaining, I have been entertained).
But, I do have an opinion of what I would like the new captain to be, and that is a female klingon who follows the teachings of Surak. And it isn't meant as a joke, as I believe some of the rather humorous suggestions here have been (not complaining, I have been entertained).
To be fair to Jirin, Mr. Andrews did play an Arabic character (Sayid Jarrah, an Iraqi) for six years in his most famous role.
Yeah, South Asians have a long history of being cast as West Asians in Hollywood, going back to the Ali Baba type movies of the 50s. I like the character Sayid, and am always glad to see Naveen Andrews, but was always a little disappointed he didn't get to play an Indian; a nationality very under-represented in drama at that time.
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