If X = Y, then 40K?

[Mr Mystery]

Janeway was an excellent captain.><

If she ain't no Captain Baldylocks, she ain't no Captain at all.

I mean seriously - Picard is someone you can see the crew following into hell and back.

Janeway? I dunno. Seems a bit whiny to me at times.

[Wildeybeast]

I'm glad someone else agrees

[Mr Mystery]

Set phasers tae Malky!

[bfmusashi]

Janeway suffers from not being Captain "Fiction's most delightful Marry Sue" Picard. I say that as an ardent Picard fan, but the dude did lead an alien invasion that crippled Star Fleet, but faced zero repercussions. Janeway gets thrown into a strange part of the galaxy, has to make first contact with a sometimes hostile crew and arrange for resources on the fly. She's also got to fight the borg and the undine alone while having no one to talk to. I excuse her weirder behavior as expressions of stress. Archer has not been trained for his job, as his job is brand new and no one has experience in it. He's watched an alien race retard the progress of his people into the stars under the guise of friendship. That there are so few horrible first contacts during these initial missions is a credit to him.

[Mr Mystery]

Not like Picard had much of a choice in that matter now is it? He literally wasn't himself.

Picard does massively benefit from being an actual proper actor of course. Interviews with the rest of the case praise his assistance in raising their own game.

For my money? Had Patrick Stewart not been cast, TNG would have sunk largely without trace.

Especially when he deals with Q. Brilliant facial expressions, and a distinct 'FFS, what now?' air!

[eldargal]

Picard was unusually brilliant and was the break out role for one of the best British actors alive so it is a bit hard to compare on that front. Janeway is extremely competent and efficient in extremely difficult circumstances in my opinion.

[Mr Mystery]

Just don't like the character. Actress and acting is fine.

Didn't take to any of the Voyager crew.

Fave line?

'No, I am not dead. Because I refuse to believe the afterlife is run by you (meaning Q). The universe is not that badly designed'.

Glorious!

[Denzark]

Picard was not a breakout role he was well established in international film...

[eldargal]

He was a prominentish actor yes, he was not the huge star he was after TNG ended.

[bfmusashi]

He wouldn't be on my wife's celebrity do list if not for tng.