Why Captain Kirk is Better Than Captain Picard

This is an unfair and unrealistic comparison. You cannot say one is better than the other. When I was younger, I asked my dad, "Who is a better basketball player, Dr. J or Magic Johnson?" He replied, "They are two different basketball players." The same holds true here. Johnathan Archer saved humanity before Kirk was born. His exploits make him a badass Captain. Benjamin Sisko prevented the Dominion from conquering the Alpha Quadrant. Jean Luc Picard prevented the Borg from assimilating humanity back in the past when warp drive was discovered. These were monumental humanity-saving accomplishments from these captains. Even Kathryn Janeway successfully got her crew back from the Delta Quadrant, despite making a humanitarian decision that stranded them there. So you cannot state that one is better than the other. They are just different.

Kirk is Kirk. Picard is Picard. They are both great. We don't need to compare them.

Of course Kirk was better!!

Well, Picard had Q, and I'm reminded of one scene. "I told you, you're dead, this is the afterlife... and I'm God" "You are not God!" "Blasphemy. You're lucky I don't cast you out, or smite you, or something."

Sisko! Let us see either of them convince the Romulans to join the federation cause like Sisko.

I was never a fan of Captain Estrogen. Captain Kirk was way better, and Captain Janeway put Picard to shame. The Sisko was a better Captain than Picard.

My favorite is a comparison between The Naked Time and the Naked Now. In the Naked Time the whole ship goes crazy from a space MacGuffin. Kirk overcomes it through sheer force of will and the love for his ship. In the Naked Now they face the same MacGuffin. Picard just skips and giggles through the whole episode leaving Wesley to save the day.

To be fair, and yes even though Kirk is better, it was Sybock who took the Enterprise through the great barrier. Kirk pretty much had his hands tied behind his back. So lets get that plot point straight here.

I think it just depends on your age. I saw the Wrath of Khan as a kid at the drive in theater. I watched TOS reruns weekly as a kid growing up. I loved Picard as well but as a teen amd early adult I stopped following along as much as I did as a kid. I'm sure people who were kids during Picard's run feel the same way. My younger brother (8 years) thinks Picard is "more realistic" and Kirk is "too cheesy."

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I like Kirk he never gives out he's got a lot of guts❤🖖

Im waiting for the "why this video is wrong" video

duh

Did he really just use the word "unchevable" at 8:42? I keep replaying it in case I'm miss hearing something but...I don't think i am.

Kirk just cheated on the test. It wouldn't work in real life. If you are saying Kirk is the hero of Nimoy's film you are just a fanatic on Shatner having lost the plot.

I like Kirk because he would beam down and kick the bad guys' butts.

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Kirk has never been able to appeal to me like Picard does. Kirk doesn’t feel like a true leader to me, more like a danger. He’s reckless and emotional where Picard seems like a thoughtful, compassionate leader. In reality we’d all want a Picard but maybe many people like the fantasy of a Kirk style leader.

My favorite conquering of the Kobyashi Maru (sp?) of the few times it's been done (3, I think) had to be Nog, the first Ferenghi in Starfleet: He tried to barter with the attackers, and the computer crashed, lmao

Picard cried like a b*tch and surrendered the ship on the FIRST episode!