The Most Important Question Of The Day

[ericcoleman]

[Poll #1174694]

Geeze, jcw_da_dmg was the only one to come up with this ... and you all call yourself geeks. jcw_da_dmg, I declare you uber geek for the day.

Comments

[born-to-me.livejournal.com]

I must say I love Picard. I love the way he ran his ship, the way he worked with his crew, everything... BUT (and, like mine, this is a big one)...

Picard.
Is.
Not.
Kirk.

Kirk is... was... always will be the ultimate captain.

(why is Picard winning? I don't get it??!!)

[jcw-da-dmg.livejournal.com]

Because.
Kirk.
Is.
Not.
Picard.
:-Þ.

[wyngarde.livejournal.com]

Because Picard fans CHEAT! ;)

http://www.thecaptainkirkpage.com/krkbest.html

[jcw-da-dmg.livejournal.com]

I think it's more because
Shatner.
Is.
Not.
Stewart.

(/snark)

I can't speak for anybody else, but I didn't cheat. It also may be that people who are more likely to vote in something like this are more of an age to remember Picard than Kirk.

[wyngarde.livejournal.com]

I'm just teasing, of course. This is always a fun debate.

By the way, Stewart winning any awards these days? Like Shatner? Because Shatner has a visible career. Is Stewart doing anything besides voices on TMNT?

[ericcoleman]

Yeah, he's working with this buncha no talents.

And no awards worth speaking of

[wyngarde.livejournal.com]

I meant AFTER Star Trek and today. Why is he doing voices on "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" is he's such a high calibur performer?

Shatner's been nominated more times than Stewart and has won more awards than Stewart. Gotten Lifetime Achievement awards and so on.

Nothing against Stewart as an actor. I like him as an actor. He was a perfect Prof. X and he should have been Mr. Freeze. I'm just saying Shatner's had a longer career of shows that have been hits and is still in the public eye and winning awards. Doing bits parts on "American Dad" is not a step up from the Royal Shakespeare company.

Just trying to convince me that Picard is a better captain is like saying a kick in the groin is better than a nice back rub... ;)

[ericcoleman]

He's been working with the RSC for the last several years. Go to theatrical performances here. He's working a lot actually, but almost all on stage.

[jcw-da-dmg.livejournal.com]

Nothing wrong with resting on one's laurels. One has to HAVE them first, of course . . .

[ericcoleman]

I may be reading this wrong ... but ... the point is he isn't resting, he's working damn hard, just not in movies.

[jcw-da-dmg.livejournal.com]

I've just always thought of Shatner as an OVERactor. Frequent pauses do not add meaning.

I also think both were the right captains FOR THEIR TIME. There were two very different galaxies.

[ericcoleman]

As for cheating ... I have two words for you

Kobayashi Maru

[wyngarde.livejournal.com]

Ah yes...Something from the Kirk days to make sense of the madness. I'm surprised Picard hasn't surrendered, like he always does. ;)

[madladyred.livejournal.com]

you are brilliant :)

[ericcoleman]

You say the sweetest things