Why People Prefer Kirk

by Rick Beckman on July 10, 02009

“Spock never had to deal with this…”

{ 4 voices in the conversation. Speak up! }

Rich Beckman July 10, 2009 at 19:56: I don’t remember that episode.
Bart Gragg | Blue Collar University July 10, 2009 at 22:26: Kirk? People prefer Kirk? Methinks the only peeps that preferred Kirk were also fans of Gumby inasmuch as the acting quality was the same…as a dry dishrag.
Rick Beckman July 10, 2009 at 23:12: I’m a Picard person, but Kirk is undeniably awesome. No one could have pulled the role off like Shatner did, and that’s partially (primarily?) why Kirk has been burned into pop culture consciousness in ways that Picard (and Sisko and Janeway and Archer) never will be.
Rich Beckman July 11, 2009 at 06:24: It’s not the acting. It’s the character. And the result. Picard is successful, but Kirk casually cheats death.

Also, the camp. Just the right amount of camp.