Re: Himbo: Why did ladies accept Trip when they rejected Rik
Smiley said:
2. Trip was a featured player and had better writing at the beginning of the series run.
The thing that I don't get is that the producers of TNG decided
not to stick to their guns in featuring Riker as "The Man" of TNG after Seasons 1 and 2, where as with Trip, the producers decided to stick with him being "The Man" for all 4 seasons of ENT.
Was Riker a "man-whore-like character" that was forced upon the female viewers in the audience? In retrospect, Jonathan Frakes with all his handsomeness and charm perhaps proves the notion that women look beyond "just looks" when they are attracted to certain men.
doubleohfive said:
Riker got fat. So did Worf.
It was always hilarious how their action figures, or portrayals in the comics were so lean and muscular, yet on the show they had just turned in to cows.
That's why, GWR.
My sister and all of my friends used to rip into Riker that way too during the 1990's.
To tell you the truth, celebrities like Vince Vaughn and Leonardo DiCaprio -- and heaven forbid, the late-Marlon Brando have it just as bad, perhaps even much worse when it comes to weight gain than our very own JF.
EDIT:
You're also completely ignoring the love there was for Archer and Reed throughout the series' run as well. Hell, you were a member here at the time. Don't you remember all the bitching and fighting between the T/T'ers and the A/T'ers and the "Reed Ragers" ?
Somewhere between the 80's - 00's, with the emergence of entertainers like Marky Mark and Usher, "good looks" from men transferred from the face to the body as far as Hollywood goes.
Laren said:
I find neither particularly attractive. In a previous post Riker is described as "smarmy" and that's how I feel about him as well.
Well, how important is "comfort level" with a man to you, once you have found him attractive and are willing to give him the time of day to seduce you?
