Kirk vs. Picard

[Different Drummer]

Who ya got? Or do you favor another Captain from the Star Trek franchise?

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	Kirk
	9 (24%)
	Picard
	24 (65%)
	Someone else
	4 (11%)
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[Earl_from_PA]

1. Capt. Pike

Kirk's predecessor.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

2. the Next Generation brought me back into Trek. Loved Picard and the relationship he had with crew

Original trek was more Kirk/Spock/Bones relationship. Next Gen was Picard, Geordi, Doctor, Data, etc... the whole crew got their moment

[Different Drummer]

3. Exactly why I preferred TNG to the original.

[Tetrachloride]

4. Sorry to say: Captain Picard is my least favorite

[Shermann]

5. Going with rough-and-tumble Kirk

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Your schoolteachers probably taught you that fighting doesn't solve anything. It's a good thing Kirk doesn't listen to hardly anybody because he cleaned up the entire Alpha Quadrant with little more than a starship and his fists. Picard hardly ever threw a punch and as a result got mired in one diplomatic standoff after another.

Another example of Kirk's awesomeness was his fistfight with Khan. Khan asserted that Kirk couldn't win because he had five times his strength. Picard would have done the math, agreed with him, and sued for peace. Kirk used lateral thinking and balanced the scales with a simple PVC pipe, bludgeoning Khan mercilessly with it.

Kirk was wise enough to realize that not all problems could be solved with a simple punch to the face. Some scenarios called for the double-fist punch to the back!

[RKP5637]

6. I liked both Kirk and Picard. n/t

[thatcrowwoman]

7. Janeway, just saying.

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[Stargleamer]

8. Captain Janeway n/t

[sky_masterson]

9. Captain Seven.

From The hopefully new Star Trek : Legacy

[Shermann]

13. Didn't know that was an option. Changing my vote!

[petronius]

21. +1! I enjoyed the nostalgia of Picard S3, especially the Worf parts, but Jeri Ryan

ran away with it. I really really want a series centered on Captain Seven...

[sky_masterson]

25. They handled Worf amazingly well

The actor that played Captain Shaw also stole the show

[ProfessorGAC]

10. Picard

For me, it's not close. And, I liked Kirk, Janeway, Sisko, & Archer.
But, Picard strikes me as the kind of person a starship captain needs to be.

[PJMcK]

11. Jonathan Archer

I’m an unabashed fan of Enterprise. Archer, as captain of the first Earth starship, had to make humans first forays into the galaxy.

ETA: Second choice, Captain Janeway.

[Earth-shine]

16. Enterprise seasons 3 and 4 was some of the very best of Trek.

Season 1 was good enough to warrant season 2.

Season 2 was often ponderous.

[PJMcK]

18. Agreed

The Xindi storyline was terrific especially as it came after the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

[Earth-shine]

24. I like how they used season 4 to wrap up dangling storylines from the original series.

Why did the Klingons lose their forehead ridges?

What happened to the Defiant?

What happened to Khan's DNA?

And more!

[GreenWave]

12. Continuing mission

[Chakaconcarne]

14. Who was Sheldon's pick? Just saw this recently on Big Bang Theory....

Question was a test as to whether Sheldon would accept Leonard as roommate.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

17. I think Leonard's answer was Picard but ST:TOS was the better series.

[Earth-shine]

15. Kirk was my role model as a boy growing up.

Like Picard, I have no children of my own. But, I would choose Picard over Kirk as a role model for my nephews.

[targetpractice]

19. Commander John Koenig n/t

[Earth-shine]

20. A long time ago, I read an article about Space 1999.

The article described how Space 1999 evolved from the series UFO.

UFO was described as having paranoid characters who shoot first and ask questions later when fighting aliens. Space 1999 indeed followed suit. Commander Koenig was paranoid about aliens.

As a kid, I loved 1999 ( but I knew it was no Star Trek in its greatness). Space 1999 aired around the same time as the Star Trek animated series. This explains why Walter Koenig (Chekov) was not in the animated series. He was in 1999 playing the alien Oro.

As an adult, I watched a few episodes of 1999 and found it to be often cringy in its silliness. UFO was never silly.

[targetpractice]

22. Hah... I agree...

I loved Space: 1999 when I was young. The visuals, sets, special effects, theme song, etc. The Eagle is still one of my favorite sci-fi ships ever... But, watching as an adult... It is cringy. No concept of a prime directive happening in that show.

[Earth-shine]

23. Space 1999 had it all, except for serviceable storylines!

>> The visuals, sets, special effects, theme song, etc.

Don't forget the belt-worn com-locks and unique laser guns. Perhaps even the uniforms.

So much was good, all for so very little.

(I made a mistake above. The Alien Oro is from the Starlost. It's a sci-fi show also from the early 1970s that's even sillier than Space 1999.)

[LudwigPastorius]

26. I guess I have to go with Kirk because he...

defined what it is to be a starship captain in the Trek universe.

Most underrated: Janeway

Most overrated: Sisko