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Which Kirk is more badass?

Which Kirk is more badass?

  • William Shatner

    Votes: 53 71.6%
  • Chris Pine

    Votes: 21 28.4%

  • Total voters
    74
Pine Kirk is doubtlessly badass.

Shat Kirk, on the other hand, is BAD…ASSSSSSS

to the max. And would drop kick Pine Kirk right in the kisser before he ever knew what hit him. It also seems to me that Shat Kirk would have the slight edge on a phaser draw. If set to vaporize, Pine Kirk would be toast.

But probably still too early to know for sure sure about these matters.
 
Shat-Kirk played chicken with a super intelligent death ship the size of half the universe, and the super intelligent death ship blinked.

Call me when Pine-Kirk does V'ger, and we'll talk.
 
What's to chose. We have Kirk at the outset of his career with Pine. He seems on track to be every bit the badass Shatner's Kirk is. That might be the gist of the next Trek related car commercial.
 
My vote is for Abrams-verse Kirk played by Chris Pine. Compared to all those amateurishly choreographed fights Shatner's Kirk got into back in the '60's, Pine's Kirk seems to take a lot more physical punishment in these last two movies. Another factor is that Shatner-Kirk's decisions to go against orders were usually well thought out, while Pine-Kirk has more of a spur of the moment, "Ah, screw it mentality".
The first point is unfair, the second point is puzzling. "Bad ass" is something one admires, finds cool or great. Do you admire people that take unneccessary risks, leap without looking?
 
The model of badass is Sisko...he's the only one in existence to have socked a Q in the face.

Now back to the original discussion...the Shat Kirk is the higher form of badass...he beat Soran's ass while Picard was getting slapped around like a...well, you know. Pine-Kirk just seems like he gets beat on way too much to be labeled a badass at this point...he is sturdy though, I'll give him that. If he applies Kirk-Fu in the next film, he'll be the new king of Kirk-badassery...but you need the obligatory Kirk-judo-chop and flying Kirk-kick.
 
Shatner had 3 series and a bunch of movies to solidify his personality.

Pine has had 2 movies.

Not a fair vote.

Shatner's Kirk was written as a cowboy in wild, wild space. He could always get the girl and every plan he had worked. He had no dimension at all until there were a couple of movies under his belt. Pine's Kirk automatically has a troubled past and hard decisions to make, and he isn't always confident. His plans don't always work, and he's left trying to pick up the pieces. I like Pine's Kirk better.
 
The correct answer is Kirk Cameron. Neither Shat nor Pine dabble in banana wizardry, and banana wizardry is the most badass thing since the harpsichord.
 
Shatner
But pine is coming into his own
Shatkirk would never get visibly winded hitting khan a few times in fact he whipped his ass
And Shatner could pretty much knock anyone out with one punch and a drop kick
 
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