Captain Picard Day
Tuesday, June 16th, 2009 by tcgI can’t believe I almost missed Captain Picard Day!
Many websites list June 16th as Captain Picard Day, stardate 47457.1 from the episode “The Pegasus”. Let the obsessives worry that the date is likely two or three days earlier, all I care about is celebrating the Captain.
Listen to The Picard Song by DarkMateria. Make some Earl Grey, hot, and enjoy a little Shakespeare all while practicing your best Picard maneuver in your new uniform. Perhaps you can even organize an archaeological dig featuring space gadgets and rare alien artifacts. After all, Jean-Luc’s second love is archeology. You can make arts and crafts inspired by the Captain. Don’t forget to watch Patrick Stewart’s alphabet song dedicated to Gene.
I hope you enjoy your Captain Picard Day celebrations and art exhibit.
Tags: captain picard day, costume, picard maneuver, picard song
June 17th, 2009 at 8:09 am
I’ve never been much of a Picard fan, honestly. I’d much rather have Jonathan Archer or James T. Kirk as my captain, as those characters seemed to be able to handle certain situations a bit more decisively than the somewhat wishy-washy Picard.
June 17th, 2009 at 2:14 pm
Blasphemy. I love Picard.
Archer was one of the few good things to come out of Enterprise. That property was so poorly managed it makes me cry.
Sisko is right up there at the top for me. Avery Brooks is the best non-Enterprise captain ever. Ever.
June 17th, 2009 at 4:09 pm
I don’t have anything against Picard, really. He’s just a little too mellow at times for my tastes. Besides, why does a Frenchman have an English accent?
Enterprise certainly could’ve been better, but at least the final season had that wonderful ‘mirror universe’ story arc. You just can’t go wrong with evil twins!
Sisko? Hmm, not a bad captain. Haven’t seen much DS9, though, as I was watching Babylon Five religiously during the run of that particular Trek series.
June 17th, 2009 at 7:01 pm
Yeah, they fought for the same viewers.
June 17th, 2009 at 7:07 pm
I miss B5, and still can’t believe it’s been more than a decade since the last episode.