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Who is your favourite Star Trek Captain?

Poll ended at Mon Jun 24, 2013 11:56 am

Kirk
22
21%
Picard
63
59%
Sisko
11
10%
Janeway
8
7%
Archer
3
3%
 
Total votes : 107

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Postby Olthar » Sat May 25, 2013 1:37 pm

Northern Dominus wrote:Therefore I'm convinced that any vote for Janeway is secretly a vote for one of the pantheon members of every trekkie's harem, Seven of Nine.

Or, maybe, just maybe, people actually like Janeway? I mean, I don't, but I'm not going to pretend that the people who do are lying. Everyone has different opinions. Deal with it.
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Postby The United Soviet Socialist Republic » Sat May 25, 2013 1:38 pm

Risottia wrote:
The United Soviet Socialist Republic wrote:...And? The Doctor from Voyager is a Hologram, but is a far better doctor than any other in Star Trek.

He's the best character in Voyager, period.

I would say Kes or Seven of Nine is the best.
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Postby Ifreann » Sat May 25, 2013 1:39 pm

Northern Dominus wrote:Oh and to everyone voting Janeway... quit playing, you're voting for Jeri Ryan's derriere in a catsuit.

As if that isn't reason enough.

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Postby Jimanistan » Sat May 25, 2013 1:40 pm

I like Sisko best. He's more relatable than Picard, and more likeable than Kirk.

I have yet to see both Voyager and Enterprise, so I couldn't really say much about Janeway and Archer.
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Postby The United Soviet Socialist Republic » Sat May 25, 2013 1:41 pm

Jimanistan wrote:I like Sisko best. He's more relatable than Picard, and more likeable than Kirk.

I have yet to see both Voyager and Enterprise, so I couldn't really say much about Janeway and Archer.

Voyager is the best show in Star Trek. I highly recommend it.
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Postby Risottia » Sat May 25, 2013 1:42 pm

The United Soviet Socialist Republic wrote:
Risottia wrote:He's the best character in Voyager, period.

I would say Kes or Seven of Nine is the best.

Meh, they strike me as fairly flat characters.
The Freudian Trio of Voyager is Janeway (the Kirk), the Doctor (the Spock) and Chakotay (the McCoy).

edit: I understand there's a bit of irony in calling 7-of-9 "flat".
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Postby Ifreann » Sat May 25, 2013 1:42 pm

The United Soviet Socialist Republic wrote:...And? The Doctor from Voyager is a Hologram, but is a far better doctor than any other in Star Trek.

Poll needs an option for acting Captain Emergency Command Hologram.

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Postby Jimanistan » Sat May 25, 2013 1:42 pm

The United Soviet Socialist Republic wrote:Voyager is the best show in Star Trek. I highly recommend it.


My girlfriend and I are almost done watching DS9 on Netflix- Voyager is next on the list.
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Postby Ifreann » Sat May 25, 2013 1:43 pm

Risottia wrote:
The United Soviet Socialist Republic wrote:I would say Kes or Seven of Nine is the best.

Meh, they strike me as fairly flat characters.
The Freudian Trio of Voyager is Janeway (the Kirk), the Doctor (the Spock) and Chakotay (the McCoy).

>Seven of Nine
>flat
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Postby Great Nepal » Sat May 25, 2013 1:43 pm

The United Soviet Socialist Republic wrote:
Great Nepal wrote:It wasn't the captain, it was a Borg drone and if blowing it up saved the federation, it is worth the price. Ends justify the means, as Section 31 would say (most awesome organisation ever).
Being terrorist isn't sexy background, no more than being Osama Bin Laden is sexy.
Obviously, he was an android. The End.

Because he failed the Enterprise was able to restore him back to way he was. I would say that rescuing a sexy Captain is worth it.
Sexy as in interesting.
...And? The Doctor from Voyager is a Hologram, but is a far better doctor than any other in Star Trek.

I dont know, I prefer to keep federation alive at cost of a captain drone.
You are saying Osama is interesting?
Yes, that was my point. Data is a drone, there's where argument stops. He already won.

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Great Nepal wrote:I dont know, I mean I prefer new Spock (2009, dont talk about into darkness, I am watching it in June) but I am more meh on old Spock.

Star Trek 2009 is not Star Trek. It merely shares character & setting names.

It was the most awesome star trek movie since the first contact...

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The United Soviet Socialist Republic wrote:...And? The Doctor from Voyager is a Hologram, but is a far better doctor than any other in Star Trek.

He's the best character in Voyager, period.

I am kinda torn one his one. Its tie between him and seven of nine.

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Great Nepal wrote:I dont know, I mean I prefer new Spock (2009, dont talk about into darkness, I am watching it in June) but I am more meh on old Spock.

Well, the old Spock was quite the Snark Knight and quite willing to bend the rules if there was a logical way of proving it was the best option... The new Spock looks a bit more like he has got a broomstick up his arse and the screenplayers have tried to lessen that impression via a romantic subplot. There's potential, I mean, but...

Yes, but put him with Kirk and you have got a section 31 guy VS guy with broomstick up his arse who wants to follow the rules.
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Postby Conscentia » Sat May 25, 2013 1:44 pm

The United Soviet Socialist Republic wrote:
Jimanistan wrote:I like Sisko best. He's more relatable than Picard, and more likeable than Kirk.

I have yet to see both Voyager and Enterprise, so I couldn't really say much about Janeway and Archer.

Voyager is the best show in Star Trek. I highly recommend it.

Star Trek: The Next Generation is the best Star Trek show.

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Postby Northern Dominus » Sat May 25, 2013 1:45 pm

Olthar wrote:
Northern Dominus wrote:Therefore I'm convinced that any vote for Janeway is secretly a vote for one of the pantheon members of every trekkie's harem, Seven of Nine.

Or, maybe, just maybe, people actually like Janeway? I mean, I don't, but I'm not going to pretend that the people who do are lying. Everyone has different opinions. Deal with it.
I'm not saying she's a bad captain. She was just never as compelling (to me anyway) as Sisko or Picard or even Archer for that matter.
She beats Kirk but that's because the nostalgia glosses over the fact that for the most part William Shatner was making a giant ham of things the entire time.

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Northern Dominus wrote:Oh and to everyone voting Janeway... quit playing, you're voting for Jeri Ryan's derriere in a catsuit.

As if that isn't reason enough.
Clearly you forget Mariana Sitris' catsuit....and hair.

Or failing that what exactly does Seven have on Jadzia Dax? She's just as attractive and a more well rounded character to boot.

Or the trump-all, T'Pol.
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Postby The United Soviet Socialist Republic » Sat May 25, 2013 1:46 pm

Great Nepal wrote:
The United Soviet Socialist Republic wrote:Because he failed the Enterprise was able to restore him back to way he was. I would say that rescuing a sexy Captain is worth it.
Sexy as in interesting.
...And? The Doctor from Voyager is a Hologram, but is a far better doctor than any other in Star Trek.

I dont know, I prefer to keep federation alive at cost of a captain drone.
You are saying Osama is interesting?
Yes, that was my point. Data is a drone, there's where argument stops. He already won.

Conscentia wrote:Star Trek 2009 is not Star Trek. It merely shares character & setting names.

It was the most awesome star trek movie since the first contact...

Risottia wrote:He's the best character in Voyager, period.

I am kinda torn one his one. Its tie between him and seven of nine.

Risottia wrote:Well, the old Spock was quite the Snark Knight and quite willing to bend the rules if there was a logical way of proving it was the best option... The new Spock looks a bit more like he has got a broomstick up his arse and the screenplayers have tried to lessen that impression via a romantic subplot. There's potential, I mean, but...

Yes, but put him with Kirk and you have got a section 31 guy VS guy with broomstick up his arse who wants to follow the rules.

An important one.
...Kinda. Even if a terrorist is a bad person, they probably would be more interesting to watch than a typical person.
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Postby Risottia » Sat May 25, 2013 1:48 pm

Great Nepal wrote:
Risottia wrote:He's the best character in Voyager, period.

I am kinda torn one his one. Its tie between him and seven of nine.


Both the Doctor and 7-of-9 look like the same "robot-evolves-into-human" trope they had for Data. But 7-of-9 seems to be a bit... fossilized into her "glacial hottie" role, while the Doctor has been given a more complex personality.
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Postby Risottia » Sat May 25, 2013 1:49 pm

Northern Dominus wrote: William Shatner was making a giant ham of things the entire time.


Ham is tasty.
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Postby Great Nepal » Sat May 25, 2013 1:52 pm

Risottia wrote:
Great Nepal wrote:I am kinda torn one his one. Its tie between him and seven of nine.


Both the Doctor and 7-of-9 look like the same "robot-evolves-into-human" trope they had for Data. But 7-of-9 seems to be a bit... fossilized into her "glacial hottie" role, while the Doctor has been given a more complex personality.

True but its Annika in metallic catsuit. :p

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Great Nepal wrote:It was the most awesome star trek movie since the first contact...

:rofl:

You know its true.

The United Soviet Socialist Republic wrote:An important one.
...Kinda. Even if a terrorist is a bad person, they probably would be more interesting to watch than a typical person.

As spoke would say, "the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, or the one".
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Great Nepal wrote:
Risottia wrote:
Both the Doctor and 7-of-9 look like the same "robot-evolves-into-human" trope they had for Data. But 7-of-9 seems to be a bit... fossilized into her "glacial hottie" role, while the Doctor has been given a more complex personality.

True but its Annika in metallic catsuit. :p

Conscentia wrote: :rofl:

You know its true.

The United Soviet Socialist Republic wrote:An important one.
...Kinda. Even if a terrorist is a bad person, they probably would be more interesting to watch than a typical person.

As spoke would say, "the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, or the one".

Damnable logic.
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Postby Risottia » Sat May 25, 2013 1:54 pm

Great Nepal wrote:True but its Annika in metallic catsuit. :p

True dat.

As spoke would say, "the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, or the one".

Is B-4 working as your Galley Slave?


Great Nepal wrote:You know its to be true.

Fixed for moar awesumness.
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Postby Great Nepal » Sat May 25, 2013 1:56 pm

Conscentia wrote:
Great Nepal wrote:You know its true.

It's so clearly not.
How could it be if it's not even really star trek?
It was about as star-trek like as Total Recall 2012 was Total Recall-like.

How was it not star trek?

Risottia wrote:
Great Nepal wrote:True but its Annika in metallic catsuit. :p

True dat.

I rest my case.

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Great Nepal wrote:You know its to be true.

Fixed for moar awesumness.

Yes, I hired B-4 because I couldn't get hold of data.
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Postby Nazis in Space » Sat May 25, 2013 2:02 pm

The United Soviet Socialist Republic wrote:
Risottia wrote:He's the best character in Voyager, period.

I would say Kes or Seven of Nine is the best.
Kes was terrible. Seven of Nine was actually a pretty great character, together with the Doctor, but she wasn't better than the Doctor.

Seska, had she stayed for longer, would've been glorious, too.

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Postby Nazis in Space » Sat May 25, 2013 2:03 pm

Risottia wrote:
The United Soviet Socialist Republic wrote:I would say Kes or Seven of Nine is the best.

Meh, they strike me as fairly flat characters.
I wouldn't exactly descri-
edit: I understand there's a bit of irony in calling 7-of-9 "flat".
Awww :(
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Nazis in Space wrote:
The United Soviet Socialist Republic wrote:I would say Kes or Seven of Nine is the best.
Kes was terrible. Seven of Nine was actually a pretty great character, together with the Doctor, but she wasn't better than the Doctor.

Seska, had she stayed for longer, would've been glorious, too.

Why was Kes terrible?
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