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Originally Posted by Neapolitan
Whether it seem realistic or not, "that a ship's captain would beam down to lead dangerous missions" depends how you look at it. You can rationalize it and it probably wouldn't make sense at all. But if you look at it from the view point of when and how it was made and give it some leeway, it's something that isn't thought about much. Just like any sci-fi, Star Trek (tos) had its opportunity to create its own paradigm.
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It wasn't me that stated it was unrealistic that a ship's captain would beam down on every mission, but the production team behind the series, which is why the Picard type captain was invented.
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When Star Trek came out there was hardly any universal sci-fi/space mythology developed so there probably wasn't an unwritten that a captain shouldn't leave his spaceship for whatever reason. I think the original series borrowed from what was available at the time. Star Trek blended elements from James Bond movies, Westerns, Twilight Zone and even LotR. Besides being 007 & Captain Horatio Hornblower in outer space, Kirk was also like a sheriff, with Spock as his deputy, and Bones as the town doctor. Either on-board on an alien planet the action mostly centers around those main characters. And it was expected to see Kirk in the thick of it.
I asked my brother (who is more of a Trekee than me) about what you said and he said basically Picard stayed on board at the request of Kiker. But in movies Picard went down on every mission.
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I agree there were few series in the sci-fi for it to draw upon when it first came out, so much like Dr. Who it just developed in its own style. But unlike Dr. Who which never tried to be remotely realistic, Trek did by the time of NG. Even though it had already carved out the concept of the Federation of Planets and presented us with a scenario of what man could be achieving centuries from now.
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Originally Posted by Trollheart
I also think Frakes really grew into the role of Riker from season two onwards. Remember "Frame of mind"?
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Frakes as an actor always reminded me of James Brolin, another cardboard actor, who also relied on a nice face and smile to carry him through. I'm sure it's the beard that strips them of any acting ability.
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