Remembering Jeffrey Hunter's Captain Christopher Pike  

Absolutely insightful! I kinda wish we'd have gotten more of Hunter's Pike.

This is a fantastic round up of what The Cage and Pike is all about.

Hunter was great as Captain Pike!

Interesting observation. Forbidden Planet? Absolutely! I've always seen that. Pike was more of a battle hardened and grizzled Captain that we've seen in those old war movies. He's exhausted and really angry at something. This pilot was just that a pilot! A rough sketch that needed to be polished up and eventually the show found it's legs and all the necessary moving parts. Shatner's energy particularly in the first season IMO was more of the balance that Star Trek needed in it's Captain.

It’s most unfortunate, but we lost one of the handsomest gorgeous guy like Jeffery hunter, he would’ve been the perfect captain of the USS enterprise William Shatner didn’t even come close. If only his wife didn’t object to him doing science-fiction Star Trek would’ve lasted a hell of a lot longer even in the Friday night timeslot I fell in love with him when I was 12 years old imagine liking a guy older than your own father, but then Jeffrey Hunter broke all the rules he appealed to women of all ages. Thanks for this upload you guys and love from all of us on Staten Island, New York.

I wish Hunter as Pike could have shared at least one scene with Kirk just to see how they played off of each other.

Good Pilot For Star Trek.

This is so captivating. Now I need to go back and watch this on my crt tv. Preferably on vhs with poor tracking

I have the "Roddenberry hosted" Cage pilot with some in colour (used in "The Menagerie"), and some in B&W (Not used footage).

I have seen the Cage recently and I think DS9 comes closest to its complex themes- imo 🖖🏽

Hunter’s son told me he regretted not taking the role. I inserted that his wife ruined it for him.

Great role, but wify put her foot down ... My husband won't do TV. He's a MOVIE STAR.

I wanted a Pike like the one in The Cage. Not one who cooks for his junior officers in his quarters wearing an apron who is surrounded by women, all of whom come off as smarter and more capable than him. Ortega would have been written up a dozen times for her blatant disrespect. She talks down to Spock as if he were an imbecile.

I like Discoverys Pike. Hunter is solid but stiff. The new Pike is more amicable.