A curious poll that ultimately I don't really think has a meaningful answer (not to knock anyone in saying that! ) I say this, because at the moment on Saturday afternoons one of the BBC channels over here is showing one episode of the original Star Trek followed by two episodes of ST: TNG, all back to back; and given London was bombarded with a fairly violent thunderstorm when they were on, I had no choice but to watch all three back to back. With relation to this thread, what struck me with the original Star Trek with Kirk, Bones, and Spock, etc, was how it reminded me of when I first watched it back in the seventies. I loved it then because it was about all the Sci-Fi we had! Sure we had Doctor Who, and a few other things, but not much more than what you count on one hand's fingers with space and star ships with any real quality, which made it so special. And given the genre hadn't really been done before, Star Trek seemed utterly brilliant for TV. Captain Kirk was ace, as was the marvelously diverse other main characters representing a united Earth of the future; Checkov, Uhura, Spock, Bones, Scottie, etc; made in a decade when when our little planet really was in the throws of the cold war. So as a concept, even whilst still being watched by me at least as a kid in the seventies, the idea that we eventually stop squabbling and sort things out to venture off into the 'last frontier' together was utterly ace. Then joy of joys, out comes The Next Generation! Like Woo or what back at the time, when ever it was. Quality Sci-Fi was still amazingly scant at the time, and to have basically the original thing of the genre resurrected with the latest special effects, relative budget, etc, was excellent. But best of all was that it was brilliantly written! Sure it took some getting use to to not seeing Picard having a fist fight with some alien or anybody for that matter doing much rushing about, the plots were intelligent and the casting superb! Patrick Stewert is a shakespearean trained actor, the genius in casting him! The rest of the TNG cast were pretty good and diverse as the original series as well I reckon, so I don't really think there can be a comparison between Kirk and Picard ultimately. All things considered, I reckon they shined, or still shine, with respect to their respective era's. I've enjoyed all of it over the years. Anyway, now i've bored everyone to death with my mumblings; a little something I made this afternoon I guess is more or less related to the subject: http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0RQDxAuMUtN5ly!yrc96gv7KUQc5vRKQqL4Y08yvpcjPlUSBBjok6CAFgKZHOpMeZmo4NXPTNhkkWF*lzwXYfovupRdxRtr!Hbtk2x1KblmE/troi_CORR.jpg