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I voted for Buck Rogers and I'll tell ya why. All those other starship commanders were fully acclimated to the technology that was available to them at that time and had years and years of training and apprenticeship before reaching the level that they were at.
Not so for Buck. He got caught in a time warp and was transported several hundred years into the future! He arrived there with no experience regarding piloting a starship and yet was able to pick up on the new technology and flight controls in a matter of 2 or 3 episodes to become one heck of a space fighter pilot. Now that is one smart and capable individual folks!!!
Or......perhaps the teaching and learning technologies of the 25th century were a vast improvement from his time.
I mean, their robotics and space travel vastly improved; why not their schools as well?
Who do you think is the best commander ever in Sci-Fi History? And when I say "BEST" I mean if you had to pick someone to protect us from a powerful invading alien race....
Then Picard gets my vote, for his actions against the Borg. I'm not familiar with some of the people on your list, like the Battlestar Galactica, but I don't see anyone else on there with the all around leadership skills Picard possessed.
As for my personal favorite? Han Solo, but if our survival against an alien race was up to him, we might as well just flip a coin for whether we'll live or die.
This from someone who talks about men having periods.
If you want Picard to protect civilization against an enemy invasion over Kirk, prepare to become assimilated.
I bet Obama prefers Picard over Kirk as well.
Actually I take that back. If he could choose from the OP's list, and knowing how important race is to him, he would choose Cisco.
BTW - You had better be careful Stan4, lest Texas remove you from their state for choosing Picard.
What an incredibly idiotic post. You don't think a woman can weigh in on this topic? Or that a Texan can't choose Picard? We don't all drive jacked up trucks with gun racks and go to rodeos on the weekends.
I'm from TX, and I choose Picard. Kirk would have been annihilated by the Borg, he's not smart enough to outthink them, and holds no advantage over them in technology to exploit by going in "guns blazing."
Kirk was a swashbuckling type of Captain. If you've watched the films, you'll see he disdained ever becoming an Admiral, he knew he wasn't cut out for it. Picard made a great Captain AND could also easily be an Admiral or higher... he sees the big picture.
Now if you want the fate of the galaxy and our race to rest on the shoulders of a guy who's all about action and no thinking (while screwing every blue skinned alien along the way) then more power to you, but it's a fools argument.
Perhaps the main reason I didn't choose Kirk is that, unlike in the original Star Trek series, I don't expect an invasion by a powerful alien force to be resolved by fistfights.
Perhaps the main reason I didn't choose Kirk is that, unlike in the original Star Trek series, I don't expect an invasion by a powerful alien force to be resolved by fistfights.
LOL Exactly.
A vote for Kirk is like saying that Adam West was the best Batman. Both are way too campy. Shatner's overacting alone rules him out haha
I can't believe Picard is winning this poll! Even though I didn't vote for him, Kirk is way better than Picard. Let's take a closer look, shall we:
1. When Data died, Picard had a funeral. When Spock died, Kirk reconstituted the body, forced it’s soul back in, and even got him laid along the way.
2. When Picard senses that Wesley is having emotional problems he sits down and talks with him about it. When Kirk sensed that Charlie X was having emotional problems he took him to the gym and threw him around on the mats until he got over it.
3. When Picard went back in time he brought back Data’s head. When Kirk went back in time he brought back a blonde.
4. Picard’s Enterprise was destroyed by a couple of Klingon chicks while he was stranded on a desert planet. Kirk’s Enterprise was destroyed when he blew up a crew of Klingons, stole their ship, and resurrected Spock from the dead.
5. Kirk has caused computers to self-destruct by out-thinking them on three separate occasions.
6. When Picard was in the Academy he got stabbed in the heart. When Kirk was in the Academy he beat the unbeatable Kobyoshi Maru scenario and bagged Carol Marcus in his spare time.
7. When Sisko met Picard he told him he hated him. When Sisko met Kirk he got his autograph.
8. Kirk does not play the flute.
9. Picard is from France.
10. When Picard has a problem he talks to Guinan about it. When Kirk has a problem he shoots it.
11. When Kirk screams it echoes across the entire planet.
12. When Kirk blew up the Enterprise, Starfleet built him another one and had it ready by the time he got home.
14. Kirk chastises omni-powerful super beings for not being polite to women.
15. Kirk sword fights someone on a regular basis.
16. Kirk’s Enterprise did not have a day care.
17. Kirk once ordered Scotty to fire a photon torpedo on his position and then he dodged out of the way so it hit the alien he was fighting.
18. Kirk has a violently deadly disease in his blood but he doesn’t let it slow him down any.
19. When it’s time for shore leave Kirk goes rock climbing and drinks whiskey. Picard wears nut smashing banana hammock speedos and reads by the pool.
20. Picard’s name is known and respected throughout Klingon space. Kirk’s name is cursed and vilified.
21. The only Klingon serving on Kirk’s bridge would be a dead one.
22. Kirk jumps horses in his spare time. Picard owns a fish.
23. Kirk would never allow an “acting ensign” to lock out his command codes.
24. Picard quotes Shakespeare for fun. Kirk quotes Shakespeare to intimidate his enemies.
25. Kirk’s jump kick projects 650 pounds of blunt force.
26. Kirk once made a cannon that shot diamonds.
27. Kirk defies superior alien beings on an almost daily basis.
28. When the evil aliens use a stun ray on the crew, Kirk always stays conscious for a minimum of 15 seconds longer than everyone else.
29. Kirk is on a first name basis with every single admiral in Starfleet.
30. Kirk once said: “You’re the Captain’s woman, till he says you're not.”
31. When Sarek mind melded with Picard, Picard cried a lot. When Sarek mind melded with Kirk, Kirk decided to hijack the Enterprise and bring Spock back from the dead.
32. Kirk can shoulder roll at 127 miles per hour.
33. Picard’s engineer wears goofy wrap-around sunglasses. Kirk’s engineer wears a kilt and can drink you under the table.
34. If Picard’s engineer has a headache it’s because he wore his Visor for too long. If Kirk’s engineer has a headache it’s because he has a hangover.
35. Kirk looks good in sideburns. Really good.
36. Picard drinks tea. Kirk drinks Saurian Brandy straight from the bottle.
37. Kirk mocks Federation bureaucrats that he doesn’t like and then proves that their aids are Klingon spies, just to make the point.
38. Kirk once became an Indian god with the power to resurrect the dead.
39. Kirk can beat a Vulcan at chess.
40. Kirk’s love affairs extend not only across space but across time as well.
41. Kirk’s dress uniform does not actually look like a dress.
42. Kirk looks good in a ripped shirt, and he knows it.
43. Kirk repopulated the Earth’s once extinct humpbacked whale species.
44. When Picard wants the ship to go faster he calls down to engineering and asks to go faster. When Kirk wants the ship to go faster he sling-shots it around the sun.
45. When Klingons invaded Picard’s Enterprise he carefully neutralized them. When Klingons invaded Kirk’s Enterprise he had a massive sword fight with them.
46. Kirk has fought evil duplicates of himself on numerous occasions, always with screaming involved.
47. Kirk’s greatest nemesis was the genetically superior ruler of over a quarter of the Earth. Picard’s greatest nemesis likes to dress like him and occasionally cause inconvenience.
48. Kirk has punched out at least one member of over three thousand known alien races.
49. Kirk would never allow his first officer to get more tail than he does.
50. No matter what world Picard goes to, Kirk was there first and probably has an illegitimate child somewhere on the planet.
51. Everyone knows the phrase “Beam me up, Scotty!” The phrase, “Energize whenever you are ready, Mr. La Forge,” doesn’t exactly have the same notoriety.
52. Picard’s first officer is named after a bathroom code.
53. Kirk once yelled, “No blah-blah-blah! No blah-blah-blah!” and made it sound important.
54. Kirk’s hand phaser is sleek and sexy. Picard’s hand phaser looks like a Hoover dirt devil.
55. When Kirk wants to talk to the Enterprise he flips open his communicator dramatically. When Picard wants to talk to the Enterprise he has to tweak his own nipple.
56. Kirk’s youth was spent doing back breaking work on a farm in Iowa. Picard’s youth was spent squishing grapes with his toes in France.
57. Kirk fought the Greek god Apollo. And won.
58. The women on Picard’s ship wear long pants. On Kirk’s ship, miniskirts are mandatory.
59. Kirk’s middle name is Tiberius.
60. It runs in the family: Picard’s brother died trapped in a fire. Kirk’s brother died fighting swarms of alien invaders.
61. When Data hijacked the Enterprise, Picard was helpless to stop him. When Spock hijacked the Enterprise Kirk fought him to the death.
62. Kirk’s medical officer prescribes hard liquor as a cure all.
63. Kirk has heavy calluses on his right index finger from pressing the trigger on his phaser so many times.
64. When Kirk gets punched in the face he just wipes the blood off his lip and looks at it with a smirk.
65. Picard once wore formal Klingon robes for a Klingon ceremony. If Kirk ever wore Klingon robes it would be because he took them off a dead Klingon.
66. Kirk chops his own firewood.
67. Kirk once led a Mafia take over.
68. Kirk would have slept with Beverly Crusher by episode two.
69. In the episode “The Trouble With Tribbles” the tribbles bred at such a fast rate not because of instinct but because they were in the presence of Kirk.
70. When Deanna Troi talks about what she’s feeling, Picard listens carefully and thanks her for her input. Kirk would have called it “pillow talk.”
71. The emotional content level of Kirk’s speeches is an average of 782 times higher than the level of Picard’s speeches. If he’s talking about revolution, exploration or diversity, it is 1,089 times higher.
72. When Picard has an alien delegation on board he invites them to a quiet dinner. When Kirk has an alien delegation on board he gets plowed on Romulan Ale.
73. Kirk is familiar with 20th century slang.
74. The main computer on Kirk’s Enterprise once hit on him.
75. Kirk faced off against Wyatt Earp at the O.K. Corral and won.
76. Picard is a Frenchman with an English accent.
77. Kirk only requires thirty-two minutes of sleep a day.
78. Kirk eats multicolored nutrition squares because he’s too busy fighting stuff to eat a normal meal.
79. Kirk destroyed 672 uniform tunics during the Enterprise’s first five year mission.
80. 347 of those tunics were destroyed during combat with Klingons. The rest were destroyed by various women.
81. When Picard fought the Borg he got assimilated. When Kirk fought the Borg he blew up their home planet.
82. When Kirk was sent to the prison camp on Rura Penthe he hadn’t bathed or changed his clothes in days and was wearing animal carcasses for warmth but Iman still threw herself at him the moment he arrived.
83. When Abraham Lincoln appeared floating in space in front of the Enterprise, Kirk didn’t even blink.
84. Kirk can break out of any jail cell that is located anywhere in time or space within one hour. Within one half hour if Spock is with him.
85. When Kirk disguised himself as a Romulan, he stole a cloaking device and used it to escape to Federation space. When Picard disguised himself as a Romulan he ate some soup and then got captured.
86. Denny Crane.
87. 87% of all Klingon opera is about the singer’s desire to kill Kirk.
88. The other 13% of all Klingon opera is about the singer’s desire to be killed by Kirk in glorious battle.
89. Kirk once taught an emotionless female android how to love. Then he broke up with her.
90. Kirk’s evil twin womanized and swilled brandy. Picard’s evil twin liked to have his scalp massaged by Ron Perlman.
91. Even though they haven’t existed for hundreds of years, Kirk can still sort of drive a stick shift.
92. Kirk never dressed in green tights and pretended to be Robin Hood, and if he had, someone would have paid for it.
93. Even though Kirk often pauses between words, no one ever dares interrupt him.
94. Kirk went to the center of the universe, met god and wasn’t impressed.
95. When Kirk says “boldly go,” he means it.
96. "KHHHAAAAANNNNNN!!!!!!!"
97. Kirk blatantly disobeys one out of every five Starfleet orders just to remind them who’s really minding the store.
98. Starfleet estimates that the average Klingon has a 36% chance of being killed by Kirk at some point in their lifetime, regardless of their age, profession, location or social status.
99. Kirk once kicked a Klingon into the molten core of an exploding planet.
100. Style: Kirk did it first, he did it better and he did it wearing gold velour and Beatle-boots with a space girl on each arm.
I can't believe Picard is winning this poll! Even though I didn't vote for him, Kirk is way better than Picard. Let's take a closer look, shall we:
1. When Data died, Picard had a funeral. When Spock died, Kirk reconstituted the body, forced it’s soul back in, and even got him laid along the way.
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100. Style: Kirk did it first, he did it better and he did it wearing gold velour and Beatle-boots with a space girl on each arm.
ROFL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I completely sprayed the screen with Diet Coke when I read #1 -- "forced its soul back in and even got him laid along the way . . ."
What an incredibly idiotic post. You don't think a woman can weigh in on this topic? Or that a Texan can't choose Picard? We don't all drive jacked up trucks with gun racks and go to rodeos on the weekends.
First of all, where is the woman comment coming from
Secondly, while I did not mention trucks, rodeos, or guns as it relates to Texans, I find it funny that you did.
Maybe thou protests too much because you fear those generalizations might have some truth to them?
I just got back from Texas (have been there plenty of times), and rest assured there are plenty of the things you said and more as it relates to the people of Texas. Now don't get me wrong as I like the people I know, and generally the typical person is friendly proved you are in kind.
Still very few places in this country have people wearing cowboy hats, boots, bolo ties, drive jacked up trucks, etc.,etc., like they do in Texas.
As to the theme of the thread, yes, Texas is stereotyped as a place where a mans man resides, and they do not "take a liking to sissy boys" like Picard.
Like it or not, the modern writers of Star Trek made a more mealy mouthed, almost asexual, self reflective character in Picard. The only testosterone Picard had was what he absorb by being close to Riker.
He also was Borged and killed most of his fellow Star Fleet comrades. Kirk typically only lost one crewman per episode, and you always knew who it was based on the color of his uniform when they beamed down to the planet surface. So Kirk may have lost 80 or so Star Fleet guys, where Picard killed 80,000 or so in just a few days. Yeah, we really want Picard protecting us against alien invasions. With protectors like that, who needs enemies.
Heck Picard is French of all things. Need I say more?
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