Why is Kirk remembered as being a space cowboy when he actually

>>86021147
Probably because he impregnated a woman on every single planet he went to.

>>86021387
Didn't he only have sex with them because it was the only way to get out of the danger they were in? Like, seducing them was all just part of his escape plan.

Everyone "forgot" Mccoy exists and projects Kirk is the foil for Spock.

>>86021826
Exactly. Kirk was always stuck in the middle of Spock and McCoy's bickering.

>>86021147
Because shatner's own over the top hamminess bled into people's memories and replaced the real thing.
Not even being ironic, but it's a pre-internet meme.

>>86021147
Do yo know what is a real cowboy? They always followed the rules.

>>86023114
You know the phrase "cowboy" can also mean the exact opposite, right?

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/cowboy

>>86021147
Because he's a rocket man. Burning... Out his fuel out there... Alone.

>>86021147
he's like THE reason for half the star fleet rules we know of.

>>86023114
>>86023114
i think he means like cowboy diplomacy.

>>86021147
COWBOY DIPLOMACY?

>>86021147
He stole a space ship, rendered a planet lifeless with a giant bomb and sold weapons to some alien hillbillies.

>>86021147
He just shat all over every culture that didn't conform to his own

I don't think the captain going on every away mission personally is in the regulations.

>>86023359
Was there any justifiable context behind those actions?

>>86023201
That's why I was talking about real cowboys, not about Hollywood shitty films.

The whole "Kirk fucked everyone and is wild renegade" came from the The motion picture series.

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>>86023291
His antics even warranted the need to implement a temporal police force.

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>>86023376
surely between episodes he'd be sending away teams that consisted mostly of security personnel to run small errands

>>86021147

Memetic flanderization.

>>86025338
This.

People mostly remember the movies, which is where his rep as a rulebreaking maverick comes from. In the show he's pretty by the book for the most part.

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>>86021147
fags get triggered by him because he punches people, kisses women, and bullied George Takei

>>86021147
He was a notorious barebacker of alien females though, some which had very strange genitals.

>>86026238
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZtfteXNXZ8

>>86024250
Nah, think about how often time travel shenanigans happens across the franchise history, then extrapolate that out across all of starfleet's exploration fleet.
Shit all you need to time travel is a bajoran orb, some chronotons, or a bird of prey.
It makes sense to have a department dedicated to temporal investigation.
Multiple characters in the franchise have lines about what a pain in the ass temporal mechanics are.

>>86021147
>he actually followed the rules and regulations of Starfleet the closest?
The Kobayashi Maru.

>>86026450
What did George do?

>>86023860
>>86026171
What are you guys referring to? The only time he broke orders in the movie is when he stole the Enterprise in 3, and he didn't seduce anyone either, just the date with the whale biologist to help steal that too, and the changeling in 6 kissed him.

A lot of it is that tne federation itself was much less strict in TOS. For example, in the Romulan incident when they head to the neutral zone. Kirk breaks the treaty by heading in and attacking a Romulan ship as essentially an act of vengeance. But the federation is out of contact and backs him up once they finally get back to him. He didn't technically break the rules no matter how you slice it, but that's a very cowboy, rough and tumble thing to do. It's just that the federation itself was much more rough and tumble in TOS.

>>86021147
>Based Shatner
>Not being remembered as a Culinary Cowboy
TURN UP THE HEAT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uhEiB8CQI0

Friendly reminder that William Shatner goes to /tv/, /x/ and /b/.
He could be in this very thread. Say hi to William!

>>86028466
Lateral thinking isn't breaking the rules.
Its only in star trek '09 they act like he did anything wrong. In Khan they mention he got a commendation for his unique solution.

>>86033304
You could be him for all we know

Hi, William!

>>86031154
>tne federation itself was much less strict in TOS
It's not really the same thing. The TOS enterprise is on a years long mission of exploration where they're beyond the borders of the federation and mostly on their own.
In TNG they never seem to be more than a few days away from a starbase or federation outpost.

>>86034480
How long does it actually take the Enterprise in TNG to cross federation space? Is it really just a few days?

>>86028619
Gave a guy a handjob on live radio.

>>86021147
Because of memes from people who never watched the show. It got worse with the Abrams movies, Abrams clearly never saw a episode of Star Trek, while Justin Lin obviously did, that's why "Star Trek Beyond" is the best Star Trek movie since First Contact because it actually respects his source material.

>>86021387
Nope, not true, in all Seasons combined he had maybe Sex 5 times. Sure, women try to hook up with him all the time, since Shatner was obviously a very attractive man in his 30s, but romantic/sexual stuff is really rare.

>>86024250
>His antics even warranted the need to implement a temporal police force.

In fairness, the other captains were just as bad or worse. Janeway literally drove the guy assigned to her mad.

>>86023408
>Was there any justifiable context behind those actions?

the needs of the one outweighed the needs of the many.

>>86024361
>surely between episodes he'd be sending away teams that consisted mostly of security personnel to run small errands

the death toll would have been too high. he had to go buy his own chips.

>>86034811
First contact is garbage, and it's less about the directors and more about the screenwriters.

>>86034552
>How long does it actually take the Enterprise in TNG to cross federation space? Is it really just a few days?

It's really inconsistent. But all indications are that DS9 isn't more than a week away from Earth.

>>86021387
The only woman that Kirk impregnated in the show was a human. And he had amnesia at the time.

>>86021387
I hate this meme.

>>86021387
Nice meme, don't forget that he "fucked green chicks" too!

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Scotty! *burps* Scotty! What's up? It's me, Romulan Kirk! *burps* McCoy turned me into a Romulan, bitches! I'm a Romulan now! Romulan Kirk in the house! Whooo! Whhaaassssuuuuupppppp??????? *braps*