Best Star Trek Captain

btownmeggy · Post by **btownmeggy** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 2:10 am

Who is the best captain on Star Trek?

You may choose the captain that you think would actually make the best captain or just whichever is your favorite.

Feel free to explicate below, especially if you chose "Other".

gethine · Post by **gethine** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 3:41 am

which one is the quantum leap guy?

Jenos Ridan · Post by **Jenos Ridan** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 4:54 am

gethine wrote:which one is the quantum leap guy?

Don't bother, Captain Archer was just one of Riker's holodeck fantasies.

Just watched the final episode re-run. The entire series pulled a 'St. Elsewhere'.

Bouncer · Post by **Bouncer** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 5:44 am

i voted for picard

but i reckon janeway had the better crew

Nobunaga · Post by **Nobunaga** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 5:48 am

... I was seriously disappointed by Enterprise. It was like Star Trek Lite.

... and the opening theme... Were they targeting the Country Music crowd with that travesty of a theme?

... DS9 had the best long-run story-line, and Sisko was the most developed character of any Trek captain... with Picard a close second.

...

Jenos Ridan · Post by **Jenos Ridan** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 5:55 am

Nobunaga wrote:... I was seriously disappointed by Enterprise. It was like Star Trek Lite.

... and the opening theme... Were they targeting the Country Music crowd with that travesty of a theme?

... DS9 had the best long-run story-line, and Sisko was the most developed character of any Trek captain... with Picard a close second.

...

Sisko was trash. In fact, all of DS9 and Voyager were total trash. TNG was marginally better, but still sucked. The TOS Rules.

I don't even mention Enterprise because it isn't Star Trek, just a holodeck program Riker uses to, uh, 'educate' himself with :roll:

.

sam_levi_11 · Post by **sam_levi_11** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 8:54 am

always kirk- the plot was the same every episode- he went onto alien planet, falls in love with woman who turns out to be some alien/serialkiller/hollogram

but i loved it

the new episodes are retarded

hecter · Post by **hecter** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 9:37 am

Kirk - The original. Totally awesome and went on away missions
Picard - Just too cool. Have a British accent even though he was French
Sisko - He was alright, but a bit of a pushover when it came to the whole prophet thing
Janeway - Takes no shit from nobody! The only female captain
Archer - Meh…

Ultimately, it was a tie between Picard and Janeway for me, but I went with Picard, just because…

btownmeggy · Post by **btownmeggy** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 11:46 am

I love all of them SO MUCH (in a way that's even more pathological and absurd than that statement initially sounds).

I admire all of them except Kirk and I'm in love with all of them except Janeway (well, maybe a little).

But, my favorite---MY FAVORITE---is Captain Archer! He's so brave! In fact, he might be the bravest character in fiction EVER!

I told my mom the other day that the moment that Captain Archer jumps through the time portal feet-first and kicks the Suliban in the chest was the greatest moment of my life. She accepted my statement as truth.

hecter · Post by **hecter** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 11:51 am

btownmeggy wrote:I love all of them SO MUCH (in a way that's even more pathological and absurd than that statement initially sounds).

I admire all of them except Kirk and I'm in love with all of them except Janeway (well, maybe a little).

But, my favorite---MY FAVORITE---is Captain Archer! He's so brave! In fact, he might be the bravest character in fiction EVER!

I told my mom the other day that the moment that Captain Archer jumps through the time portal feet-first and kicks the Suliban in the chest was the greatest moment of my life. She accepted my statement as truth.

Ya, but he's almost inhuman, and I find doesn't have enough depth…

Picard, you could tell was a human being. You saw him cry, laugh and get angry. Archer just kinda kicked a lot of ass…

btownmeggy · Post by **btownmeggy** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 12:14 pm

hecter wrote:Ya, but he's almost inhuman, and I find doesn't have enough depth…

Picard, you could tell was a human being. You saw him cry, laugh and get angry. Archer just kinda kicked a lot of ass…

But Archer IS human, not a superhero with magic powers attained through contact with radioactive waste, which is what really makes him seem so very brave.

Archer was steeled by Earth's conflict with the Vulcans over space travel and inter-species diplomacy.

He took such risks because he had something to prove for all of Humanity. He felt that without his cold determination, Earth would be forever stunted.

gethine · Post by **gethine** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 3:23 pm

btownmeggy wrote:
hecter wrote:Ya, but he's almost inhuman, and I find doesn't have enough depth…

Picard, you could tell was a human being. You saw him cry, laugh and get angry. Archer just kinda kicked a lot of ass…

But Archer IS human, not a superhero with magic powers attained through contact with radioactive waste, which is what really makes him seem so very brave.

Archer was steeled by Earth's conflict with the Vulcans over space travel and inter-species diplomacy.

He took such risks because he had something to prove for all of Humanity. He felt that without his cold determination, Earth would be forever stunted.

Dr sam beckett would kick each and every one of their asses.

Stopper · Post by **Stopper** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 3:25 pm

btownmeggy wrote:I love all of them SO MUCH (in a way that's even more pathological and absurd than that statement initially sounds).

I admire all of them except Kirk and I'm in love with all of them except Janeway (well, maybe a little).

But, my favorite---MY FAVORITE---is Captain Archer! He's so brave! In fact, he might be the bravest character in fiction EVER!

I told my mom the other day that the moment that Captain Archer jumps through the time portal feet-first and kicks the Suliban in the chest was the greatest moment of my life. She accepted my statement as truth.

Oh man, that post is a really funny joke...erm, if you were joking.

btownmeggy · Post by **btownmeggy** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 3:51 pm

Stopper wrote:
btownmeggy wrote:I love all of them SO MUCH (in a way that's even more pathological and absurd than that statement initially sounds).

I admire all of them except Kirk and I'm in love with all of them except Janeway (well, maybe a little).

But, my favorite---MY FAVORITE---is Captain Archer! He's so brave! In fact, he might be the bravest character in fiction EVER!

I told my mom the other day that the moment that Captain Archer jumps through the time portal feet-first and kicks the Suliban in the chest was the greatest moment of my life. She accepted my statement as truth.

Oh man, that post is a really funny joke...erm, if you were joking.

You're right, I was joking.

I'd have to be crazy to not be in love with Captain Janeway.

luns101 · Post by **luns101** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 4:25 pm

I voted for Picard simply because nobody can quite yell out "ENGAGE"! like that guy.

Captain Kirk was always too busy making out with alien females.

hecter · Post by **hecter** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 4:29 pm

btownmeggy wrote:You're right, I was joking.

I'd have to be crazy to not be in love with Captain Janeway.

*phew!*

I knew you were better than that

gimpyThewonder · Post by **gimpyThewonder** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 7:07 pm

definitely Picard. it always comes down to Picard and Kirk, and in a fight Picard would win. Kirk only fighting move was the double axe-handle to the back - you know the thing where you put your hands together an whalop someone. Picard at least had more moves, plus he trained w/ Wharf and knew Klingon ju-jitsu and stuff. oh ya, he also didn't solve every episode by making out w/ green chicks or fighting someone.

Nobunaga · Post by **Nobunaga** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 8:20 pm

gimpyThewonder wrote:definitely Picard. it always comes down to Picard and Kirk, and in a fight Picard would win. Kirk only fighting move was the double axe-handle to the back - you know the thing where you put your hands together an whalop someone. Picard at least had more moves, plus he trained w/ Wharf and knew Klingon ju-jitsu and stuff. oh ya, he also didn't solve every episode by making out w/ green chicks or fighting someone.

.... whereas Picard's method of problem-solving so often looked something like this:

>> Geordi LeForge: "Captain, yadayadayada deflector array with yadayadayada neutrino emissions yadayadayada and then yadayadayada with inertial dampners yadayadayada to the warp core, might just do it."

>> Picard: "Make it so!"

... This kind of thing was the answer to at least 70% of the conflicts encountered in the series.... yaaaawn.

.... :lol:

Nobunaga · Post by **Nobunaga** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 8:23 pm

........... and I agree, the whole Ben Sisko as Emissary thing pretty much sucked, as did anything Bajore-related... But as concerned the Dominion War (the thrust of DS9), Sisko rocked.

...

Syzygy · Post by **Syzygy** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 3:06 am

This man right here:

Jenos Ridan · Post by **Jenos Ridan** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 5:23 am

Nobunaga wrote:
gimpyThewonder wrote:definitely Picard. it always comes down to Picard and Kirk, and in a fight Picard would win. Kirk only fighting move was the double axe-handle to the back - you know the thing where you put your hands together an whalop someone. Picard at least had more moves, plus he trained w/ Wharf and knew Klingon ju-jitsu and stuff. oh ya, he also didn't solve every episode by making out w/ green chicks or fighting someone.

.... whereas Picard's method of problem-solving so often looked something like this:

>> Geordi LeForge: "Captain, yadayadayada deflector array with yadayadayada neutrino emissions yadayadayada and then yadayadayada with inertial dampners yadayadayada to the warp core, might just do it."

>> Picard: "Make it so!"

... This kind of thing was the answer to at least 70% of the conflicts encountered in the series.... yaaaawn.

....

Kirk fights more like a hybrid karate-jujitsu fighter. You obviously have no clue what you're talking about. Picard solves more by talking the enemy to death than the treknobable. For death by technobable, Data the ship's frackin' toaster, wins.

BTW, the New Battlestar Galactica would eat Picard's band of would-be thespians for an appetizer before breakfast. Hence why I called Data a toaster.

DirtyDishSoap · Post by **DirtyDishSoap** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 7:35 am

The Picard genre is probably the best star trek series in my book

btownmeggy · Post by **btownmeggy** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 9:13 am

Jenos Ridan wrote:BTW, the New Battlestar Galactica would eat Picard's band of would-be thespians for an appetizer before breakfast. Hence why I called Data a toaster.

The new Star Trek XI (Summer 2008) is being made by many of the creators of Battlestar Galactica! Sounds promising!

Sackett58 · Post by **Sackett58** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 10:24 am

Enterprise had so much promise. At the end the only thing I looked forward to was Sato and T'Pol coming back from planet missions. :lol:

hecter · Post by **hecter** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 10:45 am

Sackett58 wrote:Enterprise had so much promise. At the end the only thing I looked forward to was Sato and T'Pol coming back from planet missions.

Ahhh… The decontamination room… Reminds me of the time Trip saved the ship in his undies :lol:

But I must say, Sato and T'Pol in there were always a sight for sore eyes

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