100 Reasons Why Kirk Is better Than Picard !

1. Kirk is a leader, not a follower.
2. Kirk never really got into that kinky JUMPSUIT look.
3. Kirk has sex more than once a season.
4. One word. Hair.
5. Another word: Pretty-good-looking-can't-see-the-weave-WIG.
6. Kirk can beat up a Klingon bare-handed.
7. Picard is a French man with an English accent.
8. Kirk would date Beverly Crusher -- and damn the consequences!!
9. Kirk never drinks tea. Ever.
10. Diplomacy for Kirk is a phaser and a smirk.
11. Kirk would personally throw Wesley off the bridge.
12. Two words. Shoulder Roll.
13. Kirk doesn't wear dresses when Admirals arrive for lunch.
14. Kirk once said, "I've got a belly-ache -- and it's a beauty."
15. Kirk would never sing to children in a crisis.
16. Kirk can almost drive a stick shift.
17. Kirk, almost single handedly, re-populated the Earth's whale population.
18. Kirk says "Prime Directive? What Prime Directive?"
19. Kirk knows 20th century curses.
20. Kirk was NEVER infiltrated by the Borg and used against the Federation.
21. Kirk ate little coloured cubes and still remained relatively healthy.
22. Kirk made do with obviously low performance technology.
23. Kirk never pretends to be a barber in order to gain tactical advantage.
24. Kirk wasn't shy about taking his shirt off -- even around those pesky Yeomans.
25. Kirk would never waste a holodeck on something stupid like Dixon Hill.
26. Kirk never once stood up and straightended his shirt.
27. One word. Velour.
28. Kirk can beat a Vulcan at chess.
29. When Kirk was Picard's age, he retired from Admiral and took to climbing rocks.
30. When Picard was 37, he was only Captain of the lowly freighter Stargazer. When Kirk was 37, he was Captain of the flagship Enterprise.
31. Kirk liked a good belt of liquor every now and again.
32. One word. Iman.
33. Kirk looks good with a ripped shirt.
34. If Kirk ever met a Ferengi, he would rip off its head and poop down it's neck.
35. Kirk says "Shoot first and wait for retaliation."
36. Kirk's first officer NEVER tells him to stay on the bridge.
37. Kirk never leaves the room to bawl someone out.
38. Kirk doesn't rely on the wisdom of some dumb old janitor to get him out of intergalactic scrapes.
39. Two words. Funky sideburns.
40. Kirk never asks his bartender for advice.
41. Kirk never once said "Abandon ship! All hands abandon ship!"
42. Kirk is not politically correct.
43. Kirk never got "dumped" by a woman for an intergalactic busy body named after a letter of the alphabet.
44. Kirk never wore green tights and frollicked about in Sherwood forest.
45. If there was ever a Klingon on Kirk's bridge, Kirk would be dead.
46. Ever hear of a bar shooter called, "Make it so"? No? How about a "Beam me up Scotty"? See the difference?
47. One word. Miniskirts.
48. Kirk's girlfriends always looked good in soft light.
49. Kirk never went anywhere without a whole bunch of guys in red shirts.
50. Kirk's first officer didn't play some wimpy instrument like the trombone.
51. Kirk had more dates than his first officer.
52. The extent of Kirk's knowledge of Klingon vocabulary can roughly be translated as, "GO F___ YOURSELF."
53. If something doesn't speak English -- it's toast.
54. Kirk wasn't some prissy archeology fan.
55. Picard's middle name isn't as tought or awe-inspiring as Tiberius.
56. If Kirk finds a strange spinning probe, he blows it up.
57. Picard never met Joan Collins.
58. Picard flunked his entrance exams to Starfleet.
59. Picard hasn't fathered any children; Kirk--probably millions.
60. Kirk has a cool phaser -- not some pansy Braun mix-master.
61. Two words. Line delivery.
62. Picard grew up on a quaint little French vineyard, squishing grapes with his toes, while Kirk slung bales of wheat and hay in Iowa to put himself through school.
63. Kirk emphasizes his orations with pertinent hand gestures.
64. Kirk once made a cannon out of bamboo, sulphur, potassium nitrate, charcoal and then fired diamonds into the hearts of his enemies. (Need we say more?)
65. Kirk is not put off by green skin.
66. Kirk knows how to deal with peace loving hippie goofs.
67. Kirk once fought a Greek god. And won.
68. Kirk barely asks for suggestions. And if he does, he asks Spock only.
69. Kirk doesn't let the doctor tell him what to do.
70. One word. Fisticuffs.
71. Kirk's name is hated throughout the galaxy.
72. Kirk appreciates Shakespeare, but he doesn't let it show.
73. You can never lock up Kirk for very long.
74. Kirk's eulogies can actually make you cry.
75. Kirk plays god with lesser countries, and then exploits them for their resources.
76. Kirk's son would never drop out to become a musician.
77. Kirk can climb up a Jefferies tube and fix anything.
78. Kirk never hired an engineer with punk glasses.
79. The Klingons didn't have a word for surrender -- until they met Kirk.
80. Kirk's bridge is not beige.
81. Two words. Crane shots.
82. Picard likes wimpy violin music -- and coerces Data into playing it.
83. Picard allows cats on board, while Kirk beams away even really cute things like tribbles.
84. Kirk is a cultural icon -- Picard is just some guy who is really nice.
85. Kirk specifically ordered a swivel LA-Z-BOY for the bridge.
86. Kirk would never touch SYNTHANOL.
87. Kirk looked distinguished in reading glasses -- and nobody dares call him "four eyes"
88. Kirk can infiltrate gangsters, Nazis, and even the Pentagon -- easily.
89. Picard likes painting nudes, for art's sake.
90. When Kirk doesn't trust the Romulans, he fires at them. When Picard doesn't trust the Romulans, he gets fired at.
91. Kirk never once, ever, wore a wiener wrapping Speedo banana hammock on shore leave.
92. Kirk never gets his command codes locked out by some pimply acting ensign.
93. Kirk doesn't test the engines -- he just fires them up.
94. When Kirk says "Boldly Go", he MEANS it.
95. Three words. Flying leg kick.
96. Picard's crew would never ever think of him as a sexual object.
97. Kirk travelled through the Great Barrier, met God, and wasn't even impressed.
98. Kirk's bedroom is a passion pit with electric sheets.
99. Kirk would never let his Chief of Security wear a pony tail.
100. One word. BALLS.

okay

You should make a list for why Spock > Both Kirk and Pichard, but that would take too long

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 Opinions are ALWAYS biased.

It depends on the position.

See you say all that but Picard is still easily better. Besides Picard has a song about his awesomeness http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6oUz1v17Uo .

haha, sisco's the one

Hey, that falls under reason #100 why Kirk is better.

Spock is also better. Data is just some pasty robot.

Hal wasn't even smart enough to lock the door.

The best Star Fleet Commanders are hacks. The actors are the touchy-feely pacifist leaders that need to be saved from the Nazi gangsters by a shirtless gunslinger.

Jean-Luc Picard was the best Star Trek captain due to his ethics and morality (which is what Trek is all about), that episode (I think called "A Measure of a Man") where he defended Data's rights as a person was a masterful example of why he's the greatest.

These are my fav characters from across the franchise's:

Jean-Luc Picard

William Riker

La Forge

Data (prob the best character, not ashamed to say I cried when he died in Nemesis)

Worf

Phlox

The Doctor (hologram one)

Tom Paris (some find him annoying, but I found him charming)

Harry Kim (can't have Paris without Kimmy)

Neelix

Seven of Nine

Jonathan Archer

Quark

Jadzia Dax

Lt Reid

Charles Tucker the Third (Tripp, legendary character)

T'Pol (sexiest star trek character imo)

Spock

Going off-topic a bit but I wish Star Trek Enterprise wasn't cancelled, that show was just warming up imo, but I guess it can never come back now that Tripp died.

I hope Paramount launch a new franchise at some pt, maybe even JJ could direct it?

  An amusing list!         

Individually, Kirk and Picard may be good - but collectively, the Borg are better.

I am only a Captain not an actor and not a hack for sure...

I remember staying up late.. trying to study/do homework for college classes.... and the last show we would watch...usually... would be re-runs of Star Trek. One room mate could could do a mean Kirk. During the course of the week, at lunch, in class, where ever... If we had a disagreement... I would usually start with... "Damn it Jim!"... and try to make my point.

Favorite STTOS characters, other than the crew:

Khan Noonian Singh

Ambassador Sarek & his wife Amanda

Gem the empath

Charlie X

T'Pau

Trelane

So how is it - I really cannot see

- in ST:TOS than TNG

- there are more episodes based on the plays

that William Shakespeare wrote - and what he says?