Captain Pike

[The Wormhole]

Greenwood's job protraying a Starfleet captain was pretty good. The problem is writing, in that this was a completely different character to Captain Pike of The Cage. I'm sorry, but this doesn't strike me as a guy who is worn out from the stresses of his career and longs for nothing more than to be a pimp for green-skinned women. Or ride a horse.

 

[Thrawn]

Right. We saw a Pike stressed by captaining a starship out far away from Starfleet and having to deal with the inevitable crew losses and such.

So, what better career move than have him come back to Earth and Starfleet Academy, spending his time finding other officers - like Kirk - more temperamentally suited to being in command out in the wilderness?

I thought it was completely in character.

 

[Kane_Steel]

It seemed like he was at the Academy the whole time in this timeline and wasn't a starship Captain.

Given there was NO Enterprise to command, it's understandable.

His life took a different turn.

 

[Kane_Steel]

Right. We saw a Pike stressed by captaining a starship out far away from Starfleet and having to deal with the inevitable crew losses and such.

So, what better career move than have him come back to Earth and Starfleet Academy, spending his time finding other officers - like Kirk - more temperamentally suited to being in command out in the wilderness?

I thought it was completely in character.

Hunter's Pike was only stressed because so many of his Enterprise crew got killed in the Rigel V incident.

Since there was no Enterprise in the new timeline at that point, it's unlikely Pike went through that.

 

[Dark Gilligan]

Given there was NO Enterprise to command, it's understandable.

That's no more than speculation. There may have been any number of ships named Enterprise prior to the 1701.

In D.C. Fontana's book Vulcan's Glory she established that Pike commanded the Yorktown before transferring to the Big E. Number One served with him there as well. This could have happened in the new universe too.

 

[cubbie]

Ray Liotta?

Jeez. Is that face massively botoxed?

 

[erebus]

Did anyone else think Greenwood was a great Captain Pike?

Sadly no-one here really seems to like Pike. I think he's actually one of the most loathed characters/actors from the new movie.

i beg to differ (not sure if you are you being satirical or ironic): his character was excellent and well played by Mr Greenwood. I liked the mentor/father context and now that he isnt' marooned on Talos 4 it will be really intresting to see how he will help mould starfleet and perhaps the crew he has helped to create by his inspired insight.

 

[Joby]

I think Greenwood's Pike and Hunter's Pike might as well be considered two separate characters from different universes, much like how most everyone in the new TOS are alternate personalites of the old. And in the original timeline, didn't Spock serve with Pike for several years? In this timeline, Pike is in command of the Enterprise and works with Spock for perhaps a day or so, and then he's out.

Greenwood's Pike seemed very fatherly to me, not just to Kirk but to a lot of the younger characters. When Sulu couldn't get the ship into warp, and Pike asked where ensign Mcanna (sp?) was, and if Sulu was a real pilot, you could tell that Greenwood's Pike was actually being encouraging, but in a more tough father like way.

 

[Kane_Steel]

Given there was NO Enterprise to command, it's understandable.

That's no more than speculation. There may have been any number of ships named Enterprise prior to the 1701.

In D.C. Fontana's book Vulcan's Glory she established that Pike commanded the Yorktown before transferring to the Big E. Number One served with him there as well. This could have happened in the new universe too.

It never happened in the old universe either.

The books arent canon.

 

[jealousblues]

Did anyone else think Greenwood was a great Captain Pike? I thought he lent great maturity and gravity to the role of a starship captain. Actually, so to Captain Robau. It's too bad Pike won't still be captain for the next movie (it would have been interesting to see Kirk et al grow into their roles of leadership and responsibility rather than simply get rocketed into them). oh well!

he was fantastic.
I wouldnt mind a series with him in charge.

Of course i also liked the old pike (and wish there would have been a spin off-- if you could call it that-- of that crew too)

not that either of them are better than the rest of TOS but interesting none the less

 

[jealousblues]

Pike in this movie was great. He was the "inspiration" for Kirk to join and excel in Starfleet. I hope he's back too.

yeah was outstanding


***edit***
Im too dumb to make the spoiler work so...
His whole speach about Kirks dad was outstanding

 

[Major Chord]

I liked Greenwood's portrayal of the character. He seemed like he had a good deal of command experience-his time at the academy could have easily been a normal rotation, or an interim assignment while the Enterprise (say he was given command of her while she was still being built) was being constructed. Or, it could have been more of a "retirement" position. He did look a bit advanced in age (Greenwood is 52), so his days of commanding a starship could have been coming to a close, and he was on the fast track to a desk job, or something.

And as for him and Spock, I was under the impression that they had worked together at the academy for a while, and when Pike was assigned command of Enterprise, he chose him as his XO.

I may have to see the movie a third time to get these facts straight though...

 

[Claudia]

And as for him and Spock, I was under the impression that they had worked together at the academy for a while, and when Pike was assigned command of Enterprise, he chose him as his XO.

Didn't he say something in that venue right at the beginning? I definitely got the impression that Pike and Spock worked closely together before.