How did Kirk make Captain so fast

William Shatner with France Nuyen on The Ed Sullivan Show.
Pause it at 1:33 and you'll see something very close to Chris Pine.

 

Picard comes from old "money" (his family owns property and a winery), so, that's another path to success.

 

Very faintly and it's more his hairstyle than anything facial!
JB

 

Closer than is given credit for. Still doesn't mean different character.

 

Does it matter? Last time I checked he was playing James Kirk in Star Trek not William Shatner in the William Shatner Story.

 

If the franchise is to last decades more. "James T. Kirk" could become an abstract concept, just as James Bond, he could have many distinct appearances. For a time people resented the fact that J. Bond was played by a blond and now they're used to it.

 

I don"t recall that much complaining when Roger Moore was cast.

 

Oh really!



You call that blond?

 

He's been blonder

 

Well, then people didn't seem to notice at the time.

 

It was a different time.

 

Yes, a simpler one.

 

Kirk got promoted to Captain after beating up evil Starfleet Captain Balthazar Edison, who tried to destroy Starbase Yorktown with a drone fleet and some life draining tech he scrounged up somewhere. It was the first of many, many evil Starfleet Captains/Admirals that Kirk would meet in his lifetime.

 

Kirk gets diamonds on the cheap from Tholia...everyone likes nice jewelry

 

And he actually would have been promoted to flag rank right there had he not turned it down (because "admirals don't fly"); voluntary grade reductions would become his favored career move, yet he'd always hold the pips of Rear Admiral in his back pocket just in case...

Timo Saloniemi

 

Has raw talent already been mentioned as a possible reason?

 

Tholian silk is nice because it can withstand high temperatures. You don't have to worry when you put it in the washing machine and then in the drier!!!

 

Yeah but when you've gotta interphase yourself just to get out of your new top...