The Geek debate that will not die.
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Philosopher B.
I voted for Star Trek to spite my nine-year old self.
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GeneralOrder24
I voted star trek. Even though there were some bad moments, out of the hundreds hours of recorded tv shows and movies, nothing was anywhere near as bad as the phantom menace.
And remember the valuable lesson of Star Wars kids, if your friends die for the cause it is ok to ignore their deaths and get on with your life as they were obviously only unimportant supporting characters in the movies of life, and if you die in the fight it means your were just a minor supporting character as well. So no big deal.
Especially if you're shot by a Stormtrooper. :heythere:
Especially if you're shot by a Stormtrooper. :heythere:
Star Wars is greater. Why?
Star Trek has a united Earth. Humans are one big happy family. Not so in Star wars. In fact, it's the humans that are driving all of the action. Star Wars is more realisitic to human nature.
The Death Star. Need to wipe out a planet? No problem. An entire fleet of Star Trek ships can only scorch the surface of a planet. They might cause some volcanoes and earthquakes, but they are not able to destroy the planet in a single shot.
The Prime Directive. It seems to exist for the sole reason of giving the Star Trek captains something to break. In Star Wars, primitive cultures are not only interfered with, they'll be enlisted to help fight a battle if one side is desperate enough.
Also, in Star Trek you have to know about matter-antimatter engines, dilithium crystal, and all sorts of other technobabble. In Star Wars, all you need to know is THIS one goes HERE, THAT one goes THERE!
And finally, Lightsabers.
Star Trek has a united Earth. Humans are one big happy family. Not so in Star wars. In fact, it's the humans that are driving all of the action. Star Wars is more realisitic to human nature.
The Death Star. Need to wipe out a planet? No problem. An entire fleet of Star Trek ships can only scorch the surface of a planet. They might cause some volcanoes and earthquakes, but they are not able to destroy the planet in a single shot.
The Prime Directive. It seems to exist for the sole reason of giving the Star Trek captains something to break. In Star Wars, primitive cultures are not only interfered with, they'll be enlisted to help fight a battle if one side is desperate enough.
Also, in Star Trek you have to know about matter-antimatter engines, dilithium crystal, and all sorts of other technobabble. In Star Wars, all you need to know is THIS one goes HERE, THAT one goes THERE!
And finally, Lightsabers.
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Philosopher B.
Ohshit, I wanna change my vote. :aaahhh:General Specific said:
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Andromache
The general has spoken.General Specific said:
Hard for me to remember the memorials and grieving for all the red shirts who bought it.rac3r_x said:
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Chazwozel
Star Wars is like riding a bike. Everyone loves it... when they're fucking 10.
Star Trek all the way.
Star Trek all the way.
Star Trek is in the future. Star Wars is in the past.SeriousJay said:
last time I checked Star Wars still started with the text "A long, long time ago in a galaxy far, far away" :smug:SeriousJay said:
NINJA!! 
North_Ranger
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Star Trek... mainly because of the orgasmic-level awesome that was Deep Space Nine.
Still... I ain't gonna rag on Star Wars. And by Star Wars I mean the true trilogy, with or without CG additions. This stuff about a 'prequel' trilogy or some such... it's all swamp gas.
Still... I ain't gonna rag on Star Wars. And by Star Wars I mean the true trilogy, with or without CG additions. This stuff about a 'prequel' trilogy or some such... it's all swamp gas.
Star Trek is sci-fi.
Star Wars is sci-fantasy.
Both are equally great in their own particular ways.
Argument over.
Star Wars is sci-fantasy.
Both are equally great in their own particular ways.
Argument over.
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TwoBit
I voted Trek to spite my fifteen year old self. Fuck that kid, right? He bought all those crappy Star Wars novels. The little bastard.Philosopher B. said:
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Teehee you were buying Star Wars novels at 15. :tongue:TwoBit said:
"You don't agree with me because you didn't read what I said" is hereby named the Shego Fallacy.Shegokigo said:
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Veteran
Teehee you were buying Star Wars novels at 15. :tongue:[/quote:m3zi0rg2]Philosopher B. said:
I'm buying Star Wars Lego at 25.
What I find interesting is that the people in Star Wars are still referred to as humans, despite being from "a galaxy far, far away...". Translated, perhaps?Edrondol said:
Also, why is a civilisation set so many years ago so much more advanced than our present?
Sorry if these are answered somewhere.
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They're both pretty nifty.
If Star Wars is taken to mean just the original three films, and Star Trek just the original series and the first six movies, Star Trek wins, but by a fairly slim margin.
If we're talking about the whole thing, all the series, the prequels, the cartoons, the omnipresent, all-encompassing torrent of shit that compose both franchises, then they've both mediocred themselves out of the running, and Firefly wins.
That's right, I just made the substantive mediocre into a verb. Fear my power.
If we're talking about the whole thing, all the series, the prequels, the cartoons, the omnipresent, all-encompassing torrent of shit that compose both franchises, then they've both mediocred themselves out of the running, and Firefly wins.
That's right, I just made the substantive mediocre into a verb. Fear my power.
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if we're talking about the whole thing, then you have to take in the lameness of the browncoats and firefly couldn't beat out the original bsg by that point
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