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Originally Posted by Doctor Z
I stand corrected on Commander Adama in the original; however Apollo was Captain Apollo, but he didn't command the entire fleet. An argument could be raised for his inclusion though. I also left out all animated and computer game commanders as they tend to have more limited mass appeal.........
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Apollo in the old Battlestar Galactica was his name; Captain was his rank. If one went through the show, they would instances where people, such as Sheba, only called him Apollo.
But the point was a difference between the two series (and not that Apollo should be on the poll list). A, B, C.
A: "Adama" was kept as the major surname but in the old series, that's all they had, one name and it was the surname.
B: Unlike the modern series, the old series didn't have callsigns. In the modern series, ie, it was Kara "Starbuck" Thrace....in the old series, he was just Starbuck.
C: An important thing to consider when to say who is the best commander around is to look at their second of command, who have they groomed to step up to the bat when they get taken out.
Okay, Kirk is great. Not only does he have an excellent second in command, but really, all his line people are ready to step up to the bat. So is Picard, excellent backups.
William Adama, however.......just to keep it nice, there is quite a bit of difference between the Tighs of Adamas.
Sisko and Janeway, again, the have excellent second hitters. Can't say for Archer because I turned off the show right after the teaser at the start. Bridger, well, the entrophy of command was apparent through out the ship.
Sheridan, again excellent back up batters. Buck Rodgers, the same although really, he was the back up batter and Deering and Huer were the first string. John Koenig, well they may not have been excellent but they were very capable.
Nelson had Crane (and Crane had Chip Morton), Solo had Chewie and Luke, McQueen probably had someone (only 2 episodes into that series), Who had himself and Romana, Hunt who probably hopped into bed more than Kirk had Beka and Telemachus, Robinson had West, Pike's backups proved themselves when he was captured, Adams had his crew, and Nemo may have had great second hitters.....it just depends what version one was watching. Roj Blake did have others to take over as it was repeatedly shown.
Bowman really had nothing as it was shown, Burton's people could step up to the plate but they weren't usually focused to the big picture but just the immediate danger. Donovon/Parrish are iffy. People like Ham and Martin/Phillip might take over but it is unlikely that Donovon or Parrish looked out ahead to groom their successors. In the very few passes I saw of Stargate, it looked like there were enough people there to take charge but not sure about Crichton on Farscape, never saw much of that either. Never seen Firefly, so someone else will have to say.
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