Kevin's Watch

I am sure this question has been asked before, but i would like to get peoples opinions on this subject. Who is the better captain, and why??

James T. Kirk
Jean-Luc Picard
Katherine Janeway
Benjamin Sisco
Johnathan Archer

Well, I'm more for the statesman kind of captain. Intelligent, decisive, tactful, and so on. Obviously, Picard is my favorite. Others like the kind of captain that kicks ass and takes names later. They usually go with Kirk. Janeway's in-between the two. She doesn't hesitate to get in and get dirty, but she usually tries to think things through first (and you have to give her some credit for handling a fractious crew). Never cared for Sisco, but I never got into him enough to really make an assessment. Archer just seems like the worst of everything. Goody-goody, indecisive, and blindly headstrong. It's amazing the ship's still in one piece.

All pale in comparison to Commander John Chrichton, though.

Farscape . Bring it back....

As for captains, Picard has to be the best.

There are two Kirks like there are two of Elvis. Young and cool and middle aged and fat. The young cool Kirk will always be the Captain that is just fun to watch. Having said that I think Picard is the guy I'd totally trust in the big chair. Who's the best Captain at being a Captain? Picard.

Well, it's a tough call between Kirk and Picard. And Janeway seems pretty darn good, too. Picard, though, gets brownie points for having survived being assimilated by the Borg. Nasty perverts, those Borg.

Pickard.

I think Janeway, Sisko and even Archer were all good captains in there own way. It may be their particular version of Star Trek that made them less appealing to me than K & P.

Out of the five I'd have to go with Picard, although I think John Sheridan was better than all of them.

I haven't seen enough of Enterprise to make a judgement on Archer. I sort of liked Cisko, although I thought it was irresponsible that, in the later series, he would take the entire command staff on an outing in the Defiant every other episode. Who was looking after DS9? It's a good job the Cardassians didn't watch BBC2 or they'd have been for it. No place in the list for Dylan Hunt?

If I were crewing a starship, I'd want Sheridan in command. The man's a tactical genius and he's not afraid to go against the book to get the job done.

In terms of characters I actually preferred Sincalir to Sheridan, as Sheridan fits the All-American hero role a bit too well. Sinclair was more troubled and self-doubting.

I always thought Tom Parris would make a good captain.

I would say Picard closely followed by Janeway.

Nav wrote:

I think John Sheridan was better than all of them

I could not agree more! Sheridan would take them all out in any fight (even if he only had a star fury against enterpriseE...)[/quote]

Tom as a captain? I'm not sure about that. He can pilot a ship, but I can't see him leading one. Not one much bigger than the Delta Flyer, anyway. Something fast and specialized with a skeleton crew, maybe. He'd make a great executive officer, though.

I thought the last episode was dead on with Harry as a captain, though.

And speaking of Harry... my little continuity rant. How is it that in one episode the man claims to remember his entire life from birth, but in another he can't remember being raised by aliens?

They are all bad.

Leslie Nielsen -Commander John J. Adams Forbidden Planet. "Best Captain ever!"

TOM C wrote:Leslie Nielsen -Commander John J. Adams Forbidden Planet. "Best Captain ever!"

I have to agree with you there.

Tim Allen - Commander Taggart, Galaxy Quest. Sorry, LordAbsent, but if you only wanted ST captains, you should said so, or better yet, posted this on the ST page.

Galaxy Quest is great. Tim Allen is perfect in that role.

Gotta be Picard - but part of that is no doubt because I think Patrick Stewart is the finest actor to ever put on a Starfleet uniform.

If the determining criteria is how many times they saved the galaxy? Then I'd go with Kirk.

Roland, I competely agree. Stewart is by far the most gifted actor to play a Star Fleet Captain. Except maybe Kelsey Grammer.

What about Ferris Buhler's buddy?

That would be Captain John Harriman of the U.S.S. Enterprise B. He obviously struggled in his one and only appearance.

Captain Ahab.