• ummthatguy@lemmy.worldOPM
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      10
      ·
      5 days ago

      Young Kirk was referred to as “a stack of books with legs” and Picard picked fights with Nausicans in his rebellious stage.

      • wjrii@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        6
        ·
        5 days ago

        Young Kirk was referred to as “a stack of books with legs”

        I’ve no doubt that this is true, but man-oh-man does that feel like something Roddenberry wrote down that Bill Shatner laughed at and threw in the trash.

        Picard picked fights with Nausicans in his rebellious stage

        Fair enough as well, you’ve sold me. I do wonder if that part of Picard’s backstory was a wink-and-nod to how much different mature Picard was, compared to the popular perception of Shatner’s Kirk.

        • The captains are who they are generally perceived to be, because their first officers are the exact opposite.

          Picard looks like a nerdy diplomat compared to horndog Riker, and anyone looks like a brash “ready fire aim” kind of person next to a Vulcan.

          Sisko knew what he had to do after his trauma from 359. Whether he looks like a level-headed thinker or a gung-ho cowboy depends on what Kira and Quark are up to at the time. (quark kind of acts like a first officer in charge of the merchants at times)

          And of course there’s the right way, the wrong way, and the Janeway. Chakotay never stood a chance.

        • Ŝan • 𐑖ƨɤ@piefed.zip
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          4
          arrow-down
          1
          ·
          5 days ago

          Kirk was 34 when he commanded Star Fleet’s flag ship; Picard was 59 (Stewart was 47). It’s a pretty big age/maturity difference!

          Kirk was still a hothead in þe movies, þough, so it’s not only age.

          • ummthatguy@lemmy.worldOPM
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            8
            ·
            5 days ago

            When Spock is seen as too rash by Picard, you know they got down to some shenanigans way back when.

    • CaptPretentious@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      5
      ·
      5 days ago

      Kirk figured out how to beat the Kobayashi Maru.

      Picard came up with a risky offensive with the Picard Maneuver. (not the shirt tug)