Best Captain

[Turtletrekker]

Sisko.

 

[Too Much Fun]

What's with all this "The Sisko" business? Is this some inside joke I'm not aware of? I think Kirk is the coolest and most fun character on the list, but as a Captain, Picard is the best one. Kirk just seems too casual and undisciplined to me when evaluating who is superior as a commanding officer. Nellie, where is that Picard photo from? It reminds me of that scene at the end of "Star Trek: First Contact" where he goes all "action hero", but I recall him wearing a different outfit in it.

 

[kitsune]

What's with all this "The Sisko" business?

The wormhole aliens referred to Sisko as The Sisko.

The Mintakans referred to Picard as The Picard.

 

[Too Much Fun]

That's cute. I remember that stuff from "Who Watches the Watchers?" being one of the funniest bits of the episode, but I'd forgotten about that Wormhole Aliens nuttiness.

 

[Mr.bobo]

Who do you think is the best captain?

Kirk,
Piccard,
Janeway,
Sisko.

I would go with piccard.

OK, where is Archer... ?? !!

Archer is the best captain... for my opinon...

...Picard is to uber-moral guy who must be a little flexible...

 

[captcalhoun]

What's with all this "The Sisko" business? Is this some inside joke I'm not aware of? I think Kirk is the coolest and most fun character on the list, but as a Captain, Picard is the best one. Kirk just seems too casual and undisciplined to me when evaluating who is superior as a commanding officer. Nellie, where is that Picard photo from? It reminds me of that scene at the end of "Star Trek: First Contact" where he goes all "action hero", but I recall him wearing a different outfit in it.

the picture Nellie posted is from INS

 

[Praetor]

The Picard.

I feel I must give proper respect to The Picard in this one, even though I voted for The Sisko in the other one.

 

[Whoa Nellie]

Nellie, where is that Picard photo from?

Captcalhoun is correct the photo is from Insurrection and is one of my favorite pictures of Picard.

For some reason on this board Kirk is seen as the action hero and Picard as the erudite. However, in canon Kirk and Picard contain both of these aspects to their character. We're told Kirk started out as the erudite "stack of book with legs" becoming the more hell bent for leather captain. Picard started out as the hell bent for leather ensign becoming the more erudite captain.

With Picard, TNG canon has given us a rich, multi-faceted character; one who reads ancient Greek and Latin classics and Shakespeare as well as hard-boiled detective novels. He plays the flute as well as rides horses, fences, and does a little rock climbing. He drinks tea as well as Aldebaran whiskey. He is a diplomat who appears to have a certain degree of special ops training. Like the TOS episode "The Enemy Within" did for Kirk's character, TNG's episode "Tapestry" does a beautiful job of showing that it takes both the erudite and well as the "Hell bent for leather" ensign who was stabbed through the heart in a barroom brawl facets to make Picard the flagship captain.

Warmest Wishes,
Whoa Nellie