Could one of the TNG-era shows be made today?

[DevilEyes]

DevilEyes, reading your post, particularly from 'younger and prettier does not equal sexier', was a breath of fresh air and I agree with every word you wrote.

I just wish more people did.

I'm afraid I don't quite get your meaning.

Certainly it does not follow that a younger person is necessarily more attractive. But I think on average, you'll find more young people who are attractive. I'd think it'd be easier finding a 22-year-old pretty woman than a 52-year-old one — on average.

I agree that this much is true - you'll find a greater number of physically attractive people among the young than the middle-aged, and far more among the middle-aged than among the elderly... Which, however, certainly doesn't mean that every 25-year old is going to be more physically attractive than an 55-year old... (I'm sure that lots of young women would kill to look like Lena Olin...)

But there's another factor at work here - there is far more to sex appeal than sheer physical attractiveness, and you can't simply measure it by vital statistics, percentage of body fat, amount of hair, or symmetry of facial features. That's what some casting directors get wrong, when they assume that someone is going to be incredibly sexy just because they are young and good-looking (by some currently popular standard of beauty - standards vary from period to period and from culture to culture). Or that you can generate sexual chemistry by just putting any two young and 'hot' people together.

 

[Cepstrum]

DevilEyes, reading your post, particularly from 'younger and prettier does not equal sexier', was a breath of fresh air and I agree with every word you wrote.

I just wish more people did.

I'm afraid I don't quite get your meaning.

Certainly it does not follow that a younger person is necessarily more attractive. But I think on average, you'll find more young people who are attractive. I'd think it'd be easier finding a 22-year-old pretty woman than a 52-year-old one — on average.

I agree that this much is true - you'll find a greater number of physically attractive people among the young than the middle-aged, and far more among the middle-aged than among the elderly... Which, however, certainly doesn't mean that every 25-year old is going to be more physically attractive than an 55-year old... (I'm sure that lots of young women would kill to look like Lena Olin...)

But there's another factor at work here - there is far more to sex appeal than sheer physical attractiveness, and you can't simply measure it by vital statistics, percentage of body fat, amount of hair, or symmetry of facial features. That's what some casting directors get wrong, when they assume that someone is going to be incredibly sexy just because they are young and good-looking (by some currently popular standard of beauty - standards vary from period to period and from culture to culture). Or that you can generate sexual chemistry by just putting any two young and 'hot' people together.

You make it sound so complicated! (and I have no doubt you're correct).

That's part of my problem: discerning attractiveness (because while, I can apprehend that some men and women are better-looking than others, I can't *comprehend*. As I side, as I'm asexual, I feel no attraction.) I just know I find the artificial-looking people quite distasteful, and they seem to be on the cover of every magazine, on every TV commercial, and are even showing up on local news broadcasts (there are exceptions, of course).

That's one of the reasons why I'm wondering if *any* of the say, TNG cast, would land their roles if castes by today's producers.