Who was better - Capt Kirk or Capt Picard?

[azmouse]

I could never decide. I liked 'em both!
And Commander Riker was hot! :evilgrin:

[RevCheesehead]

1. Picard

He didn't feel the need to
a)have all the answers
b)be present on every away-team mission
c)bloviate
and
d)sleep with every female guest star.

And, bald is sexy as hell! :loveya:

[aclog]

4. Those are exactly the reasons I pick KIRK!

[redwitch]

50. and that amazing Shakespearean voice!

be still my beating heart!

[pilgrimsoul]

62. Oh, hell yes - LOVE bald men

And that sexy, cultured yet deeply masculine voice of Picard's - mmmmmmm.....oh dear, is it hot in here all of a sudden? <ahem>

[elshiva]

67. That and he is Scottish!

:loveya:

[RevCheesehead]

68. And -

Scotty (Jimmy Duhan) is Irish. :)

[elshiva]

69. Of course,

"Captain, I'm giving her all she's got, she's gonna blow!"

[NMMNG]

77. Exactly

:thumbsup:

[CJCRANE]

2. Kirk is [pause] the best, my [pause] old [pause] friend. nt

[azmouse]

13. Fascinating.

Good imitation of Kirk!
But Mr Spock was pretty cool too!

[LeftyMom]

3. Picard

I like men who think with thier larger head. Also, his accent is sexy.

[azmouse]

11. Didn't you think it strange that he had a British accent but

was supposed to be from France?:shrug:

[LeftyMom]

15. Sure, it was strange

but his accent's still sexy. :)

[Gold Metal Flake]

30. He learned English from a British instructor.

That was easy. :-)

[Wapsie B]

5. Capt. Kirk all the way!

>

[Va Lefty]

6. Capt. James T. Kirk

For me Patrick Stewart will always be the evil Sejanus, head of guards in "I Claudius"

[justabob]

7. Picard, hands down nt

[Ellen Forradalom]

8. Kirk, for his immortal quote

"I'm from Iowa. I only work in outer space."

Made him a hero to all Iowans everywhere. Hell, all Midwesterners.

[underpants]

17. Is that an actual quote?

I didn't know he was supposedly from Iowa

[azmouse]

25. He was a landlubber from Iowa.

It was even mentioned in the 4th movie, the one about the whales.
Kirk's birthdate is March 22 sometime around 2228 or maybe 2232... or so Trekkies say.

[robbedvoter]

40. I believe there's a place in Iowa declared "The birthplace of J.T Kirk"

They have annual celebrations.

[Ryano42]

9. Pike.

Strong.
Silent.
Leadership.

(Except for the damn BEEPING!)

[Heidi]

10. Damn it, Jim! I defer to Call Me Wesley on this question.

:evilgrin:

It's a shame you couldn't work Wesley Crusher into this question, though. :rofl:

[azmouse]

12. OMG! The boy genius! LOL

We used to yell at the tv... Stop screwing up, Wesley!

[Heidi]

14. Wesley Crusher was Gene Roddenberry's inner

a$$-kisser, in my opinion. :rofl:

But I'm not a real Trekkie. I just married one. :cry:

[azmouse]

16. Oh dear... LOL

He doesn't go to Star Trek conventions, does he? Or give the Vulcan salute? :scared:
That's when you have to start worrying.

[Heidi]

18. Oh, no. I don't sew, so he doesn't do conventions.

:rofl:

[Rowdyboy]

19. I'd much rather serve on a starship run by Captain Picard.....

I thought his management style was admirable. Plus, his Enterprise went faster than Kirk's!

[Heidi]

20. Piccard's tea is good, too.

Earl Grey, baby. :thumbsup:

[Rowdyboy]

21. And Picard had the holodeck to play with....

That alone would be enough for me to sign up!

[Heidi]

22. Right on!

Not to seem materialist, but we love us some gadgets, dontcha know. :thumbsup:

[malmapus]

76. All about the holodeck!!

Picard all the way :D

[Lochloosa]

33. And if you wore the wrong color uniform around Kirk

you died!




second from right...dead man.

[Rowdyboy]

34. Definitely....dead as a doornail...deader than a potential

Cartwright bride on "Bonanza"! Damn, those women who loved Cartwright men had short, tragic life spans!

[LostinVA]

23. Captain Janeway kicked ass, imo

[azmouse]

24. Ya know, she may have been the best of all.

I'm kicking myself for not mentioning her.

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

31. As a fan favorite, Janeway isn't on the top of the list.

As a fictional character, all other starship captains pale in comparison to her and what she's accomplished.
Seven years without support, and she managed to bring most of her crew home. And defeated the Borg at every encounter.
Not to mention the number of First Contacts situations that she and her crew had. Which is probably why they immediately
bumped her to Admiral first thing when she came home.

My personal favorite is Picard, though. Consummate diplomat, but knew when to raise shields and go in guns blazing.
And he had Famke Jansen fall in love with him.

[robbedvoter]

47. Janeway would be second to Kirk. Only other captain with a personality.

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

51. I acutally liked all the captians that Star Trek presented...

...with one exception: Captain Archer. I don't know if it was Scott Bakula,
or the writing, but Archer never made any kind of impression on me whatsoever.
I saw a good chunk of the first season of Enterprise, and watched a decent number of
episodes in the remaining four seasons, but Archer was just...there.
:shrug:

[robbedvoter]

54. I thought the same of Picard and the DS9 guy - only that one had his

moments - while Picard...same as Archer to me.
In fact the entire TNG crew was pretty boring to me - all smug and self satisfied.
DS 9 had Odo, and Voyager Janeway.
other than that, they pretty much sucked.

[LostinVA]

81. Picard was my fav, Janeway was the best

[everythingsxen]

53. The problem with Janeway....

..is her mission should have ended 7 years sooner.

She should not have been such a sap and left her crew rotting in the Delta quadrant for 7 years. Even Picard is that silly.

I know, I know.. she had to blow up the Array....

Here's a riddle though.

Why didn't she beam a dozen torpedos on board the array and set them to go off a few minutes after how long it would take them to go home (and possibly a proximity sensor in case someone tried to disarm them); that's it.

[pitohui]

26. kirk

picard is okay and all but he will never compare to the original kirk swishing around, i mean swashbuckling around, the uiverse in spandex :-)

[Deja Q]

27. Kirk, period.

[Call Me Wesley]

28. Jean-Luc.

Although the original series portrayed the time it was filmed in, and Kirk was the right one for it, Picard took ST into the new Millenium.

Riker without the beard looked kust like Wesley Crusher, only 2 months older. ;)

[azmouse]

32. I thought Riker w/o the beard looked liked Potsy from Happy Days

:rofl:

[robbedvoter]

45. I remember the actor - at a convention, trying hard to get some attention

It was the summer of ST 5 being released and there was a big ST convention in LA. poor what's his name posted himself in the middle of the hall - practically obstructing traffic - but everyone was busy crowding Nichelle Nichols who was signing autographs at a table...It was hillarious! People were brashimg past him and he was trying hard to maintain a frozen smile.
I remember him saying then he's love to have Shatner's career - I don't know what came out of that one though.

[HysteryDiagnosis]

29. Picard, no contest. nt.

[BlueIris]

35. Picard all the way. How can there be debate about this?

I don't...understand!!!

[Book Lover]

36. You Picard-lovers are high on crack cocaine!

Kirk is the only captain!

[robbedvoter]

38. You better believe it!

:thumbsup:

[robbedvoter]

37. Kirk - without a doubt! Hunky and interesting.

Picard - about as exciting as my banker.
I think the actors projected their personalities in it. Shatner was a riot - on the set and at conventions.
What's his name - pedantic and self-important ("I showed mt brother I was better than him! - I am famous!"

[SteppingRazor]

39. Who's dorkier: Trekkies or Star Wars Geeks?

:evilgrin:

(For the record, Kirk could totally kick Picard's ass. But Picard was a better officer.)

[azmouse]

42. They're equally scary! LOL

[robbedvoter]

43. I only know Trekkies - but we are the dorkiest!

[trogdor]

59. Spock has both of 'em beat.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1189977381292772054

[XemaSab]

41. Captain Pike: the REAL Captain!

:woohoo:

[robbedvoter]

46. His wife declined the part for him - sci-fi was undignified for Jesus!

(he had just played that part and thought will typecast him in those). Soon after he died in a household actident.
Which was our luck as Shatner was called and rather than jesus, brought some fun and humor to the part.

[Rob H.]

44. Picard

As a friend of mine put it, Picard acted more like a real captain would. Kirk was just a dude with a spaceship cruisin' the galaxy for chicks.

;)

[sakabatou]

56. Like this guy?

[robbedvoter]

48. There was a Best Character Ever on TVLand or A&E recently

I believe Darth Vader came in # 1. Kirk was in the top 5, Spock in top 10 and I don't remember any mention of Picard at all.

[everythingsxen]

49. Of the choices.. Kirk, without question.

In many ways Picard was the "better" captain from a rules and regulations and peace in the galaxy kind of guy....

but Kirk knew what the right thing to do was and was level headed enough to not be a total loon.

Of all captains though....

I choose The Sisko. Best ST captain ever.

[ContraBass Black]

57. Amen! Sisko! When the time called for it,

He was a bigger badass than Kirk, more idealistic than Picard, and more resilient than Janeway.



Archer doesn't have any qualities worth comparing.

[LeftyMom]

72. Sisko is awesome

He has a great intensity to him.

[jobycom]

52. Picard! Though I second the inclusion of Janeway in this discussion. Might

change my vote.

[hunter]

55. Kirk and Spock were great at parties.

They'd be surrounded by crowds of women, and then they'd get that "look" in their eyes and go off somewhere to be alone together, leaving me and my ex girlfriend with all the women.

My ex was almost always lucky when that happened.

So I'd end up alone staring out some portal, and then Piccard would come by and we'd talk about computers or English Literature or something.

Picard was a better guy to work for than Kirk, by a longshot , he wouldn't sneak up and smack you in the ass like Kirk would, and someone, I won't say who, told me Picard was a pretty good lover too... well so long as he didn't start joking around about his "turbo-boost."

[robbedvoter]

64. Ha!Ha! Good parties! Seriously, the actors pretty much embodied

some of the features of the characters - both on set and conventions. Except of course for the slash fantasies....

[hunter]

65. If I was paranoid...

...I'd suspect my wife got me in trade from my ex girlfriend for some rare Star Trek memorobilia.

ex: "Hey you, Vulcan Lady!"

wife: "Me?"

ex: "Yeah you. I'll trade you a virgin computer geek for that box of stuff you got there."

wife: "This stuff? It's mostly crap fiction."

ex: (leans forward to look into box...) Ooops! (carefully rearranges breasts back into bizarre alien costume corset. Abruptly stands, chest forward. Bounce. bounce.)

wife: "Are you hitting on me?"

ex: "Um... okay, yes! Vulcans are so hot."

wife: "You're pretty hot yourself, but I much prefer guys."

ex: "Well then, I may have just the guy for you if you let me look through your box."

That's not really how it happened, but it could have.

I think it all started when I was a kid. I imprinted on Uhura because she knew how to fix a radio. Ever since then I've been hopelessly attracted by women who love Star Trek.

[cynatnite]

58. Janeway, damn it! But if I have to choose....

Picard :)

[hopein08]

70. Good, I'm not the only Janeway fan!

She was far and away the best captain!

But, having to choose, I pick Picard too.

[newyawker99]

60. Picard! And I like Riker too.

:hi:

[ContraBass Black]

61. .

[Vidar]

63. Picard

[meti57b]

66. Capt. Picard is a hottie!! He can see me in his "ready room" anytime!!

[SeattleGirl]

71. Definitely Picard

He's spankalicious! :evilgrin:

[NewJeffCT]

73. tough choice, but I'd go with Kirk

Patrick Stewart is a better actor, and the general quality of TNG shows were better and more consistent, but Kirk had that certain something about him... that ability to pull a miracle out of his ass to save the day.

[BlueStateGirl]

74. Picard.

[NaturalHigh]

75. I was always a Picard fan.

My best friend threatened to kill me for preferring him over Kirk.

[imperial jedi]

78. Capt Picard !!!

Picard is much cuter and more of a thinker.

[Robeson]

79. Picard.

[DanCa]

80. Capt Benjamin Sisko - he punched out Q.

How can you question the talent of the man called Hawk? The Emissary rules.

[ellie]

82. Capt. Kirk!

No contest!

[Orsino]

83. Picard's the best captain.

Kirk was the better hero. Very dangerous to stand next to.

I know which one I'd rather work for.

[revolutionrock]

84. Capt. Kirk

[donheld]

85. .

[cleofus1]

86. The Kirk

he would kick your ass then take your girlfriend out to dinner...