Who is the best Star Trek Captain?
Which is the best Star Trek series?
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Picard.
Strange New Worlds, but I'm not sure if I'm blinded by nostalgia for TOS.
Season 1 of strange new worlds was great! Season 2 was not great.
Paramount has crazy high time preference.
Honestly out of newer series I think I most like Lower Decks...
Same
I watched a few episodes of Lower Decks and didn't like it at all 😕
What did you think of SNW season 3?
It is star trek, so of course I set aside Thursday evenings and thoroughly enjoyed all of it. The storylines did not seem as deep and impactful as TNG, though. I remember the themes and ideas presented in TNG, there are episodes I could have a full discussion about a moral dilemma presented in an episode. TNG felt like a discovery of humanity by exploring other worlds and seeing humanity from different viewpoints.
SNW is more flashy and forgettable. Still fun.
Spok and Kirk are awesome in SNW, which they really needed for it to work! I hope we get more of them together in the next season.
What??
Why not?
Just flashy, fun, battles. Not exploring the depths of humanity, which is what I like about TNG. You could read TNG script like a book, you could not so that with SNW. But I get it, thats what sci fi is like nowadays.
Oh well... 🤔
There was the trial of Number One though
and Laan did seem *really lonely her Kirk died
and the moon of J'Gal horrors of war stuff was well done
but yeah I get you.
mostly SNW is following the Original Series "monster of the week" thematically and just dipping into TNG social commentary
I'm *just old enough to be nostalgic for the OS 😂
Yes, the character development is better than TNG. You had to wait years to get to know the TNG characters 😆
Erica ortegas is my favorite SNW character ☺️
well to be fair they were doing something completely new
and obviously it took them a few seasons to get it together 😂
theyre all pretty good I think
I liked Hemmer, the arc with him and Uhura was creative
Picard
Next Generation
Because that’s my upbringing.
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DS9 / Sisko. There is no better Captain 👀
"I didn't beg, I blackmailed you" is the most coldly delivered line by any fictional captain ever
Picard is my captan but DS9 is prolly one of the better seires.
Credit where credit is due though strange new worlds is pretty good.
Agreed 🤝 I think DS9 is my favorite series.
Love Cap'n Picard, although in the first season of Picard Captain Rios was a cigar smoker so that was fun...
Picard. DS9
Duncan Idaho
Babylon 5
(Fight me)
captain pike
i saw SNW and fell in love
TNG is probably still my favourite series though
but its close right?!
if SNW gets more episodes to match TNG it might overtake it
hard to maintain the quality they've got so far
i saw this video which you may agree with https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajAqVMUbHOY
He does it really well.
(for a straight white man on a woke show)
It honestly depends on how you look at it! Kirk is the most entertaining, Picard is the ultimate diplomat and probably the best to serve under, and Sisko isn’t afraid to break rules to get what he needs done! Regardless, worst is Janeway, not because Voyager is a bad show, but like she chose the Ocampa over her own crew in the pilot?!?! Wtf!! Lol
Han Solo
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Picard.
He has the best memes, which is a sign of quality. And I like the older captain vibe.
Kirk, which means Church, so we all pray to him 😂
Janeway.
They didn’t dare show more of the distant future. The Borg, time paradoxes, the time police, other quadrants, and a long story. After that, it all went downhill.
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Captain Sulu, of course! You can even find him on Mastodon (not sure if his profile is bridged to Nostr or not). Even Janeway agrees with me! Denny Crane and Gurney Halleck are great, but Sulu is my hero. I just wish he’d got more screen time than he did.
As for the shows, I grew up with TNG, Voyager, DS9, and Enterprise. ToS was already a bit dated and more of a acquited taste. It’s hard to choose the best one, but I’ve always enjoyed the “Holodeck” episodes. So, while I like the newer stuff around Captain Pik (and even some of the animated serie) I think I’ll go with TNG for all the Sherlock Holmes and Dixon Hill adventures, etc. I also love Janeway’s Victorian shenanigans and the DS9 “Vic Fontaine” episodes.
me too, i have many James Darren songs on my "liked songs" playlist
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Picard. I’m hearing great things about Cap Janeway. Kirk is the OG, but not best Captain.
Cap. Sisko. Piccard lost his first place due to his new series
Jean-Luc Picard.
For me it's Deep Space 9.
Captain Kirk, because a) He is the original (excluding the Pike pilot episode) b) Drinks alcohol and not Earl Grey c) Does relatively well with the ladies d) His era is more turbulent and challenging