People,
I'm sure that at some time, this topic has come up, but I can say I haven't seen it.
Have you noticed that most of the starship captains we saw in TNG were older people? At least late 40s/early 50s or older. I think the only younger Starfleet captains we saw, and that was briefly, was when Riker was promoted in The Best of Both Worlds, Pt. II. ; and Tryla Scott in Conspiracy.
I wonder if this was a conscious decision to further distance the show from the cliche of "youngest captain in Starfleet" that started in TOS. I do recall they kind of burst Captain Kirk's status by establishing that Captain Scott now held that record in the 24th century.
Or perhaps it was a backlash against youth culture, or a statement that in the future, ageism will matter far less than it does now.
After all, aside from Picard, we had his old friend Walker Keel, Edward Jellico, Ben Maxwell, Donald Varley of the Yamato, and DeSoto of the Hood. All these men were at least in their 50s and all were long-time experienced commanders. Even Captain Phillipa Louvois, the JAG officer, isn't supposed to be that young -- they imply, like Areel Shaw in TOS ep Court Martial, she's a contemporary of Picard's and most likely, not much younger than he is.
Of course, with the alien captains, including Rixx, it's hard to tell their ages, not knowing their lifespan or what, in Rixx's case, an older Bolian is supposed to look like.
Your thoughts?
Red Ranger
I'm sure that at some time, this topic has come up, but I can say I haven't seen it.
Have you noticed that most of the starship captains we saw in TNG were older people? At least late 40s/early 50s or older. I think the only younger Starfleet captains we saw, and that was briefly, was when Riker was promoted in The Best of Both Worlds, Pt. II. ; and Tryla Scott in Conspiracy.
I wonder if this was a conscious decision to further distance the show from the cliche of "youngest captain in Starfleet" that started in TOS. I do recall they kind of burst Captain Kirk's status by establishing that Captain Scott now held that record in the 24th century.
Or perhaps it was a backlash against youth culture, or a statement that in the future, ageism will matter far less than it does now.
After all, aside from Picard, we had his old friend Walker Keel, Edward Jellico, Ben Maxwell, Donald Varley of the Yamato, and DeSoto of the Hood. All these men were at least in their 50s and all were long-time experienced commanders. Even Captain Phillipa Louvois, the JAG officer, isn't supposed to be that young -- they imply, like Areel Shaw in TOS ep Court Martial, she's a contemporary of Picard's and most likely, not much younger than he is.
Of course, with the alien captains, including Rixx, it's hard to tell their ages, not knowing their lifespan or what, in Rixx's case, an older Bolian is supposed to look like.
Your thoughts?
Red Ranger
