[sickoflibs]

RE:”Yup, I remember that well. One wonders how well the series would’ve done had Hunter stayed with the show (his wife’s interference, insisting he only be filmed from certain angles, helped to speed up his departure before they filmed the second pilot). Captain Pike was a thoroughly different character from Kirk: introspective, reticent and angst-ridden. Although it would’ve been interesting to watch, I don’t think it would’ve remotely had the impact or been as popular...”

The William Shatner Captain Kirk show was action, adventure, suspense.

Kirk's fight scenes with the judo flips and karate chops and Spock's knockout pinch (with the action background music ) with the close to death scenes were what we remember about the show.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Not to mention sex every week. While Shatner’s Kirk’s libido was off the charts, Hunter’s Pike would’ve been a lot more careful about whom he climbed into bed with. Kirk would’ve bedded Susan Oliver’s hauntingly beautiful Vina without batting an eyelash, while Pike presumably never did until his crippled self was returned to Talos IV.