Let’s face it. The cast of the original “Star Trek” series was far from cheesecake. With the exception of Nichelle Nichols, pretty much everybody else in the cast was average, or at best, mildly pleasant-looking. Kirk looked like my father with a smaller nose. Spock looked like my husband with a bigger nose. Dr. McCoy looked like a marmoset. If the original series was cast today, would the same cast have been chosen? If you put J.J. Abrams in charge, chances are they would all be a bit prettier. Yet in spite of the cast being made up of relatively average-looking people, “Star Trek” became a huge pop culture phenomenon that continues to influence people from all walks of life. By today’s standards, though, a television series seems to need a Six or Seven-of-Nine to rate a ten. Would …
Posted Wednesday, July 30th, 2008 at 3:10 pm