They're different, but I don't think either of them is better than the other. Picard would not have been, without Kirk. I like both generations equally. That option lacks in this poll.
Edit: Maybe Benjamin Sisko and Kathryn Janeway too, does anyone even remember them?
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Hey... pssst.... that's an l (as in luscious) at the end of my name, not an i The Star Trek captains have all been good fits to their respective series, with Kirk (Shatner) my personal favorite.
And who remembers the original Capt. Christopher Pike (Jeffrey Hunter)? He was quite good, and one can only wonder what the original series would have been like had history taken a different turn.
For the record, the Capt. Kirk (Chris Pine) of the new so-called "Star Trek" movies is not to be confused with a real Star Trek captain.
Toughie. Two captains in rather different molds, both played by stage-trained actors, commanding ensemble casts on interstellar journeys.
Given my age, Jim is the sentimental choice. I was watching the original in syndication in the seventies and it's part of what got me into s-f in the first place. OTOH, Stewart is a phenomenal actor and Jean-Luc at his best could probably beat Jim at just about everything (Tactics, diplomacy, stirring speeches) except hand-to-hand combat (though Jean-Luc was no slouch in that department, either).
If I was going to serve on an Enterprise, though, I think I'd give Jim Kirk a slight edge. When it came to the crunch, he was happy to run roughshod over Starfleet rules and diplomatic niceties in order to keep his ship and crew intact and that would matter to me if I was on that ship as part of that crew.
No matter what Star Trek is, it will always be Captain Kirk.
Depends on what we're deciding really. Jim is the archetypal captain of the Enterprise, but I really would with Jean-Luc.
I like all the Starfleet captains, especially Janeway, who was the best tactician, but Kirk was always the luckiest, and had the best instincts. I loved Pickard because he was the most cerebral and wise. Chris Pine is a bit too cocky, and the whole JJ Abrams alternate timeline thing is not really the same Star Trek canon universe. But I'll watch anything Star Trek, and have since I was 10 years old!
Kirk. Hubbie says Kirk too.
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