Captain's Presence

The Top 20 Sci-Fi Starship Captains of All Time, according to Kunochan.com, are as follows:

1. Jean-Luc Picard (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
Guess, Patrick Stewart’s voice commands a presence like no other with so much authority and respect. It is like having Shakespeare on-board. From, 1987 to 1994, Captain Picard led the Federation flagship Enterprise-D through strange new worlds and discovered new life forms. His character is a highly intelligent man prefers to peacefully resolve disputes rather than fight.



2. James T. Kirk (Star Trek)
James Tiberius Kirk is the 1st captain of the Enterprise on TV from the original Star Trek television series. The character was played by Canadian-born actor William Shatner. Today, producer J. J. Abrams will give new life to Kirk in the upcoming 2008 Star Trek film. Gene Roddenberry is said to have based the character on C. S. Forester's fictional hero Horatio Hornblower. Today, Shatner sometimes refers to Kirk in the series “Boston Legal” where he plays an aging lawyer, named Denny Crane.



3. Han Solo (Star Wars)
In the mid-70s, I first saw Han Solo in the 1st version of Star Wars, which is now chronologically called “The Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.” Solo is a roguish smuggler who is in debt and gets involved with Luke Skywalker and the Rebel Alliance against the evil Galactic Empire. Harrison Ford became an icon out of this role.



4. Kathryn Janeway (Star Trek: Voyager)
I never really did follow “Star Trek: Voyager” where Kate Mulgrew plays Kathryn Janeway. She is the first female to be the lead character in a Star Trek series and is the captain of the Federation starship USS Voyager. According to Wikipedia, the character was originally to be named "Elizabeth Janeway" after the famous poet.

Kate Mulgrew, who had previously auditioned for the role, was brought in as replacement for Geneviève Bujold who dropped out on the second day of production for the pilot episode, “Caretaker.” The character name was changed to Kathryn upon the earlier request of Geneviève Bujold



5. Malcolm Reynolds (Firefly)
Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds is from Firefly and is played by actor Nathan Fillion. Reynolds is the captain of the Firefly-class spaceship Serenity with a mission to keep his crew alive and to keep his ship flying. I really have not seen much from this series. Maybe, soon.


Other captains in the top 20 list are:

6. William “Husker” Adama (New Battlestar Galactica)
7. Bruno J. Global (The Super Dimension Fortress Macross)
8. Turanga Leela (Futurama)
9. Jacob Keyes (Halo)
10. John J. Adams (Forbidden Planet)
11. Wilhuff Tarkin (Star Wars)
12. Christopher Pike (Star Trek)
13. Creideiki (Startide Rising)
14. David Bowman (2001: A Space Odyssey)
15. The Doctor (Doctor Who)
16. Zaphod Beeblebrox (Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy)
17. Exeter (This Island Earth)
18. John Robinson (Lost in Space)
19. Adama (Old Battlestar Galactica)
20. Khan Noonien Singh (Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan)