new captain

POSTED BY: whatnow
UPDATED: Thursday, October 16, 2003 21:14
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WHATNOW

Wednesday, October 2, 2002 9:02 PM

I believe the captains character is much too young. Is it possible to trade positions? Make Ron Glass the captain and Mal the Book.

Whatnow

ZICSOFT

Thursday, October 3, 2002 1:10 AM

Oh, right. Put a clergyman in charge of a gang of criminals! That'll work!

Mal may have fewer years than Book, but that's not the same as being younger. Remember, six years ago he was a platoon sargeant on the losing side in a nasty civil war. That's a job they give to young people -- and which ages them very rapidly.

JOSS, WHERE'S MY CHECK???!!!

JERRY

Thursday, October 3, 2002 2:03 AM

Mal was a sergeant during the war, six years earlier. He's the right age for that. It's not like he's commanding the Enterprise, which would take a career to achieve.

ZILL222

Saturday, October 5, 2002 5:23 AM

I would salute hot-Cowboy-pants. mmmmmmhotcowboypants.

BUGDOG

Sunday, October 6, 2002 1:13 AM

My husband is 33, has four years in the army (including time spent in the Gulf War) and had almost 10 years on with the Houston Police Department before he was forced to retire (he's sick - long story there).
So, I figure he's younger than Mal, but he has the common sense and leadership ability to run his own ship. No problem with Mal being young here. Heh, makes me feel less old :)

~bugdog

ZICSOFT

Sunday, October 6, 2002 2:05 AM

I can only quote Tom Lehrer: "By the time Mozart was my age, he'd already been dead two years!"

JOSS, WHERE'S MY CHECK???!!!

ZICSOFT

Sunday, October 6, 2002 2:11 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Jerry:
Mal was a sergeant during the war, six years earlier. He's the right age for that. It's not like he's commanding the Enterprise, which would take a career to achieve.

Actually, if you look at the first season of Star Trek, TOS, you'll see that Kirk is wearing 2-1/2 stripes on the sleeves of his uniform. They're futuristic stripes, but the close enough to the insignia of the U.S. Navy to suggest that he's a Lieutenant Commander. That's about the right rank for somebody in their 30s. And indeed, William Shatner was 35 when Star Trek first went on the air.

JOSS, WHERE'S MY CHECK???!!!

LIVINGIMPAIRED

Sunday, October 6, 2002 3:02 AM

What does it matter what age Mal is? I could do a Forrest Gump, buy a boat, and then I could be a captain too.

What I wonder is where Mal got the money to by Serentiy. It may be an old ship, but ships still can't be cheap. Paticulary one of its size.

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RIMRAT

Saturday, December 7, 2002 11:08 AM

Okay, my husband was Long Rang Recon going into places no one was supposed to be when he was only 22. By his early 30's he'd earned Staff Sergeant with a squad who'd follow him and his Green Beret to hell and back. I did my time in the Gulf as a enlisted nurse when I was 38 at 15 years into my Army career.

Age has nothing on 'real life'. There are some 'kids' in their 40's and some wise old men in their late '20's.

Getting shot at ages a person fast.

Rimrat

BRTICK

Monday, December 30, 2002 8:37 PM

how could he be too young? He owns the ship right? no one promoted him to captain, its his ship.

Keep Flying!

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