3/6/2008 - Star Trek XI The Wrath Of Kirk

All genre mediums have their fictional rivalries: Superman vs. Hulk, Robocop vs. Terminator, Alien vs. Predator, Jackie Chan vs. Bruce Lee, etc. Perhaps one of the most famous rivalries though has to be of the two most prominent Star Trek captains of the Enterprise: James T. Kirk and Jean-Luc Picard. It would seem that their character traits would put them at odds right away: Kirk being the gung-ho adventurist, with his emotions on his sleeve; Picard being the classical strategist, playing with the Marquess of Queensbury rules. Now, that may be oversimplifying them quite a bit, but it was obvious that the creators of Star Trek: The Next Generation wanted to have a figurehead that was markedly different than Capt. Kirk.

With two such iconic figures in a franchise with legions of fans... passionate fans... a meeting between the two seemed inevitable. And indeed they did meet, in the 1994 movie, Star Trek: Generations. Instead of a duel to the death between the two captains, though, all we got was a sort of lame team-up against Malcolm McDowell. Sure they butted heads a little on philosophy, but come on! The fans wanted more. They wanted to see who was the better captain. Of course it would be up to the fans to attempt to answer that question, and that's what this fan trailer is all about: