Poll
Question:
Who is the all around better commander?
Option 1: Admiral William Adama
Option 2: Captain James T. Kirk
Option 3: Undecided
Ok
So I'm a huge fan of Star Trek and Battlestar Galactica. I've been pondering this question for a few weeks now but can't come up with a reasonable answer: Who is the better commander Adama or Kirk?
I'm not talking about a fist fight here. I'm taking everything into consideration: tactics, experience, street smarts, book smarts, personality, and anything else you can think of. After all this, I really can't come up with an answer.
Please give a reason for your vote or why your undecided.
C'mon dude............KIRK.
The name...........KIRK. Strong. Succinct. Forces the expulsion of spittle into the enemy's eye just by pronouncing it. Adama sounds like a hairdresser. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
Looks. I mean, really. What woman could resist him? People think that Shatner purposely had them gauze the cameras on his close-ups, but that's not true. His studliness simply screwed with the focus. Adama's face looks like the surface of the moon. Only his craters are bigger.
Physique. Kirk's hairless chesticles were on display in nearly every episode. He didn't shave. He simply flexed until the hair shot out of his chest like the quills of a porcupine. Ever see Adama shirtless? No. Why? Those who CAN, DO. Those who CANNOT have names like "Adama".
Race relations. Kirk would bang anything. Green, blue, black, white, didn't matter. Johnny Appleseed didn't sow the furrows like Kirk. Adama couldn't even hold onto his own wife, and he was STILL whipped by her.
Lineage. Kirk was born in Iowa. FARM country. He was one month premature because his mother tripped over a pig and hit the dirt. This pissed off little Jimmy so much he pushed his way out and.........well, let's just say there was bacon-a-plenty in the Kirk household for quite some time (look it up,this is what happened in the novels).
Kirk's father is identified as Colonel Benjamin Kirk, a hero of a military conflict known as the Klingon Repulsion. 12-year old Jim accepts his father's posthumous Starfleet decoration, the Supreme Medal of Honor.
Adama's dad was a freaking civil rights lawyer. Pansy. His mom was an accountant. That's one shallow gene pool.
Command abilities. Kirk is the only Star Fleet cadet to beat the Kobayashi Maru scenario. Got his commission before even graduating due to general badassiness. Teaching classes at the Academy before graduating. Youngest Captain in the history of the Federation. His exploits at the helm of the Enterprise are so legendary that it's unnecessary to recount them here. Rose to rank of Admiral.
Adama.........used his wife's connections to get back into the Fleet after being discharged. 'Nuff said.
Late life.....Adama is seen weeping at the grave of Laura Roslin, after her death placing his wedding ring on her finger and burying her outside the cabin he planned to build and where he wanted to live solitude. Geez, grow a set already.
Kirk comes back FROM THE FREAKING DEAD like a zombie, saves the Federation AGAIN, and lives on in the Nexus banging anything even remotely female that crosses his path FOR ETERNITY.
NO CONTEST
UM . . .
What Scatter said. ::)
Adama. He accomplished more with far less in the way of physical assets than did Kirk.
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...and Kirk can wup a Klingon hand to hand, & beat a Vulcan at chess.
Kirk. What's left to say that Scatter hasn't covered. As far as race relations, those green Orion girls are cuuuute.
Quote from: CreepysFan on July 05, 2012, 11:14:54 PM
Kirk. What's left to say that Scatter hasn't covered. As far as race relations, those green Orion girls are cuuuute.
I knew you'd have my back bro! :D
Adama. He proved how versatile he was by running a galactic fleet,after running a big ranch and raising 4 sons as a single parent. :P
Quote from: Haunted hearse on July 06, 2012, 03:10:45 PM
Adama. He proved how versatile he was by running a galactic fleet,after running a big ranch and raising 4 sons as a single parent. :P
But you forget.............Kirk's versatility is UNMATCHED. A small sample below seals the argument.
William Shatner "Sings" 'Rocket Man' (1978) - BEST QUALITY! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lul-Y8vSr0I#noexternalembed)
Quote from: Scatter on July 06, 2012, 03:21:57 PM
But you forget.............Kirk's versatility is UNMATCHED. A small sample below seals the argument.
William Shatner "Sings" 'Rocket Man' (1978) - BEST QUALITY! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lul-Y8vSr0I#noexternalembed)
Yeah, We'll Shatner had to beg people to save money, not up to the task himself, he had to bring in allies to get people to spend less, then stupidly causes the bus he's on to go unbalanced so a six figure vehicle is destroyed (with him in it). On the other hand, Adama had no problem getting canines to come to him, showing he had a mastery over the animal kingdom.
Animal kingdom?? Kirk is like an inter- galactic Tarzan. Tribbles? Lizard men? Shape-shifting salt suckers? Rock-eating blobs? Conquered. Adama couldn't get a cat to follow him if he rubbed his ass with liver.
KIRK, for cripessakes!
I can't even BELIEVE this is a question.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocV5bGHdYag&feature=player_detailpage#t=0s (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocV5bGHdYag&feature=player_detailpage#t=0s)
Kirk Intergalactic Diplomacy 101...
Protocol A: determine gender of life form...
If MALE, punch it.
If FEMALE, smash your lemons into it.
All other protocols: See Protocol A.
And you wanna follow SOMEBODY ELSE????
Quote from: Haunted hearse on July 06, 2012, 03:10:45 PM
Adama. He proved how versatile he was by running a galactic fleet,after running a big ranch and raising 4 sons as a single parent. :P
Talk's cheap. Where's your vote?
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When faced with threat of alien invasion, Kirk faces it head on to defeat it. C:)
Adama runs and tries to hide on a planet from their legends. :o
Micheal myers chose a kirk mask right! Works for me....
Quote from: frankenstein73 on July 07, 2012, 03:42:22 AM
Micheal myers chose a kirk mask right! Works for me....
lol....excellent point ;D
Very good point. Myer's use of a "Kirk" mask made Shatner the face of Horror. His attempts to sing had already given Shatner the title of "Voice of Horror".
Quote from: Haunted hearse on July 07, 2012, 09:21:06 AM
Very good point. Myer's use of a "Kirk" mask made Shatner the face of Horror. His attempts to sing had already given Shatner the title of "Voice of Horror".
;D ;D
Quote from: Haunted hearse on July 07, 2012, 09:21:06 AM
Very good point. Myer's use of a "Kirk" mask made Shatner the face of Horror. His attempts to sing had already given Shatner the title of "Voice of Horror".
hahahahhahaa... omgosh.. hilarious :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: