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Walter White in the pilot - full head of hair and a mustache - he's hapless, blown hither and thither on a wayward course by cancerous winds. Walter White by t

by pohl 14y ago

Walter White in the pilot - full head of hair and a mustache - he's hapless, blown hither and thither on a wayward course by cancerous winds. Walter White by the end of season 4 - shaved head and a goatee - large and in charge.

thenomad 14y ago
See also Sisko in Season 1 of Deep Space 9 vs Sisko in Season 5. Although I'm struggling to think of many more examples of hairless protagonists outside Star Trek.
- jonnathanson 14y ago
  Interesting bit of trivia: for the early casting meetings on TNG, the producers got nervous about Patrick Stewart's baldness, and fitted him with a toupee. It didn't test well, which is probably for the best.
  - michael_michael 14y ago
    According to Patrick Stewart (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXOK-ZVJMaU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXOK-ZVJMaU), a reporter once told Gene Roddenberry that having a bald captain wasn't believable. By the 24th century they will have cured baldness. Roddenberry's responded that, by the 24th century, no one will care.
    - jonnathanson 14y ago
      Love that response. I also would have accepted the nerdier answer, which is that in the ST universe, humanity went through a whole genetic engineering craze (in the '90s!) that resulted in Khan and a lot of other madness. So we kind of avoided it after that, and just went au naturel with our gene pool. The franchise actually did make a few attempts to circle back on this topic, usually as a convenient way of explaining why humans in the 24th century aren't all perfectly fit, hyperintelligent, post-Singularity badasses. Genetic engineering had become a taboo. This was highlighted in a DS9 episode, where Julian Bashir was hiding the fact that his parents GE'd his intelligence, coordination, etc. It was illegal, and he was worried he'd be kicked out of Starfleet.
- pchivers 14y ago
  Bruce Willis, Jason Statham, Randy Couture, Vin Diesel...
  - codegeek 14y ago
    Out of these, Vin Diesel is the only one who has full head of hair but still shaves it. The rest do it because they are all bald. Just my observation :)
    - pchivers 14y ago
      Vin Diesel is definitely balding. You can see it very clearly in xXx.
      - codegeek 14y ago
        may be more recently. But certainly not as much as willis, stathom etc.
- MikeCodeAwesome 14y ago
  Here's one more: Michael Chiklis in The Shield.
  - thenomad 14y ago
    Ah, very true, yes - and he's definitely in the uber-manly-man role there.
kayge 14y ago
Matthew Inman used the characters from Breaking Bad for an in-depth analysis called the Proximity to Violence vs. Amount of Hair on One's Head http://theoatmeal.com/comics/breaking_bad_hair http://theoatmeal.com/comics/breaking_bad_hair

by pohl 14y ago

thenomad 14y ago

See also Sisko in Season 1 of Deep Space 9 vs Sisko in Season 5. Although I'm struggling to think of many more examples of hairless protagonists outside Star Trek.

jonnathanson 14y ago
Interesting bit of trivia: for the early casting meetings on TNG, the producers got nervous about Patrick Stewart's baldness, and fitted him with a toupee. It didn't test well, which is probably for the best.
- michael_michael 14y ago
  According to Patrick Stewart (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXOK-ZVJMaU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXOK-ZVJMaU), a reporter once told Gene Roddenberry that having a bald captain wasn't believable. By the 24th century they will have cured baldness. Roddenberry's responded that, by the 24th century, no one will care.
  - jonnathanson 14y ago
    Love that response. I also would have accepted the nerdier answer, which is that in the ST universe, humanity went through a whole genetic engineering craze (in the '90s!) that resulted in Khan and a lot of other madness. So we kind of avoided it after that, and just went au naturel with our gene pool. The franchise actually did make a few attempts to circle back on this topic, usually as a convenient way of explaining why humans in the 24th century aren't all perfectly fit, hyperintelligent, post-Singularity badasses. Genetic engineering had become a taboo. This was highlighted in a DS9 episode, where Julian Bashir was hiding the fact that his parents GE'd his intelligence, coordination, etc. It was illegal, and he was worried he'd be kicked out of Starfleet.
pchivers 14y ago
Bruce Willis, Jason Statham, Randy Couture, Vin Diesel...
- codegeek 14y ago
  Out of these, Vin Diesel is the only one who has full head of hair but still shaves it. The rest do it because they are all bald. Just my observation :)
  - pchivers 14y ago
    Vin Diesel is definitely balding. You can see it very clearly in xXx.
    - codegeek 14y ago
      may be more recently. But certainly not as much as willis, stathom etc.
MikeCodeAwesome 14y ago
Here's one more: Michael Chiklis in The Shield.
- thenomad 14y ago
  Ah, very true, yes - and he's definitely in the uber-manly-man role there.

kayge 14y ago

Matthew Inman used the characters from Breaking Bad for an in-depth analysis called the Proximity to Violence vs. Amount of Hair on One's Head http://theoatmeal.com/comics/breaking_bad_hair http://theoatmeal.com/comics/breaking_bad_hair