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"I'm seein' double here!! FOUR CAPTAIN KIRKS!!"

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Good article. I think its totally on point. Too many characters in the cast is diluting our time with the original main cast. We dont get much time with number one and getting less time with pike than we should.

 
For 94, though, that is damn good.
He's at that age now where his body is not processing his food intake efficiently anymore and it's beginning to burn through what reserves he had built up through the years.
If we live long enough into old age, we all die skinny.

In all my years of working in the hospital, I never met any patient over 90 who was fat.
:shrug:
 
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I've been following along with one of my kids re-watching season 1. I want my captain back. In season one he was my favorite captain ever. He beat Sisko. He barely beat Kirk. But he beat him.

I love how much they have expanded the roles of all of the cast. And I'm loving that Erica finally got another story that was meatier than "I fly the ship".

But, dammit. Pike was the CAPTAIN in the first season. It wasn't all about him but he resolved a lot of plot. He felt like the leader, or at least the Dad. He pushed, prodded, and encouraged. He was the shining boy scout at the center of the ship.

I wouldn't mind Una getting to dress down Ortegas in the latest ep if Pike got to do more Captain-y things. He's like the anti-Shatner: Everyone else is getting to do his stuff.

I know M'Benga is supposed to be Dr. Rambo now, but in the latest episode I can't help feeling like Pike is kind of tagging along.

I still love the show, but I feel like something has been unbalanced.

I still think Kirk is the best of the best. Stewart would be second for me. Anson had a great start but now he would be completely at the bottom of all the Captains for me. His role has been diminished imo. Tall sprayed/ toppiked hair doesn't make a good Captain. He needs more presence on screen.

I wonder if Anson requested less screen time. He has indicated in the past that he doesn't like to be overworked. I forget the article but I think it was just after Hell on Wheels ended.
 
He's at that age now where his body is not processing his food intake efficiently anymore and it's beginning to burn through what reserves he had built up through the years.
If we live long enough into old age, we all die skinny.

In all my years of working in the hospital, I never met any patient over 90 who was fat.
:shrug:
Shatner was still very overweight at the age of 90 and 7 months. When he went up into Space. I wonder if his weight loss is also due to his recent cancer?? 🤔

At any rate he has had an excellent run and I hope when he does pass that he has his full facilities intact.
 
Good article. I think its totally on point. Too many characters in the cast is diluting our time with the original main cast. We dont get much time with number one and getting less time with pike than we should.


Wow this article is exactly how I feel....dang...
 
I was thinking in that picture he looks a little bit plastic. Like a figurine that couldn't quite get the face right.

But then he is mostly seen by us in make up and has probably had botox or something over the years (tastefully to clarify) so that can warp perception.

The odds of me even living to his age are slim so good on him.
 
I'm only a little over half his age and his energy levels always astound me. He's an Energizer Bunny of drive and curiosity.

I saw something the other year claiming that "Shatner admits age-related cognitive decline."

The "decline?" - he had a tip-of-the-tongue moment where he couldn't remember the name of a movie.

Fuck man, I started having moments where I couldn't remember the proper name of something at twenty-eight! That's not a sign of dementia, or even age-related decline. It's just your brain getting too full and some neurons getting crossed.
 
I have worse deer-in-headlights moments than elderly Shatner seems to, at least ones that have been recorded and shown online. Heck, there are times I mumble and ramble and can't remember simple names and details and I'm young enough to be his grandson!
 
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