Star Wars or Star Trek?

[barryo]

...........at king..................

 

[Adolfo]

Star Wars kid is the one who wrote a dirty message on the chalk board when the teacher was gone. Star Trek kid is the one who told on him.


Star Wars > Star Trek

Thats a good one

 

[abake]

Tough one.
I voted SW for the impact it had on me as a kid, but I find myself viewing old ST TOS episodes a lot more often than SW movies.

 

[Kabukiman]

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[thenammagazine]

Star Wars kid is the one who wrote a dirty message on the chalk board when the teacher was gone. Star Trek kid is the one who told on him.


Star Wars > Star Trek

 

[pixletwin]

Star Wars kid is the one who wrote a dirty message on the chalk board when the teacher was gone. Star Trek kid is the one who told on him.


Star Wars > Star Trek

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[K07]

I like both. But I prefer Star Wars. It's more of an action/adventure/romance fantasy story in space whereas Trek is social/political issues in space.

 

[CelticPredator]

Well, if we're judging it now.

Star Trek. The Abrams version. It's a thousand times cooler, better written, and more fun then anything Star Wars today. And I mean the edited Blu Rays. They ruined the movies.

But over all. Probably pre- 1997 Star Wars.

 

[thenammagazine]

Well, if we're judging it now.

Star Trek. The Abrams version.

And to think without Star Wars, LFL, THX and ILM, they'd have nothing.

 

[CelticPredator]

Sure. But that doesn't mean I like what Star Wars is now.

I can appreciate it's existence. But I don't appreciate what it is.

Hence why, I love the Abrams version. It's exactly why I loved Star Wars. Just with some different characters, and more lens flares.

 

[K07]

Sure. But that doesn't mean I like what Star Wars is now.

I can appreciate it's existence. But I don't appreciate what it is.

Hence why, I love the Abrams version. It's exactly why I loved Star Wars. Just with some different characters, and more lens flares.

Meh. And here I am arguing Abrams' take on "Star Trek" not only sucked but was the worst version I've seen on the universe. To me, Star Trek is all about social/political/moral allegories using a nearly utopian society to explore the issues. Abrams didn't do that. I don't remember learning any lesson. But maybe I was so hung up on the recasts and lens flare.

The prequels are mostly meh to me. But the original trilogy and much of the expanded universe are still amazing stories for me. And although you have a point about the altered/updated versions, you CAN get the original trilogy on DVD. You don't have to own the newest bastardized version just because they keep releasing them.

 

[Adolfo]

I liked the Abrams version...My only wish was that I wish Kirk and crew would have had cameos and I wish the Ship was the TOS version...I did not like the white hospital interior either...but those are really the only negatives at the moment...

 

[meanstreak]

Star Wars.

Although the latest Star Trek film was better than all three of the SW prequels combined.

 

[Adolfo]

Meh. And here I am arguing Abrams' take on "Star Trek" not only sucked but was the worst version I've seen on the universe. To me, Star Trek is all about social/political/moral allegories using a nearly utopian society to explore the issues. Abrams didn't do that. I don't remember learning any lesson. But maybe I was so hung up on the recasts and lens flare.

The prequels are mostly meh to me. But the original trilogy and much of the expanded universe are still amazing stories for me. And although you have a point about the altered/updated versions, you CAN get the original trilogy on DVD. You don't have to own the newest bastardized version just because they keep releasing them.

As for the Social/political aspects being lost on this one I somewhat agree....But I look at this first reboot as an intro to these great characters...But if they do it to the next film then maybe I might not like it so much..Trek is for Thinkers

 

[cokebabies]

I am not going really go near this argument, because I just could never get into Trek, so it's not even close for me, overall.

But the Abrams "Trek" is miles better than any of the prequels.

edit: (which, after actually reading the thread, is something I'm merely echoing)

 

[NASEDO]

Star Trek is the smarter series. Abrams movie was ok, but it has alot of flaws. But Lucas basically made Star Wars a joke. With all the reboots I'd love to see Peter Jackson or any good director do the SW prequels over.

 

[Wor-Gar]

I'd love to see Peter Jackson do the SW prequels over.

No.... then we'd have 3.5 hours of close-ups of eyes burning with burden, longing, yearning; Anakin to Padme, 3PO to R2, Palpatine to Maul...

 

[cokebabies]

No.... then we'd have 3.5 hours of close-ups of eyes burning with burden, longing, yearning; Anakin to Padme, 3PO to R2, Palpatine to Maul...

Those last two sets would probably have more on-screen chemistry than Christiansen and Portman.

 

[a-dev]

Hmmm. I've always been known to my peers as a Star Wars guy but overall there is simply far more hours of quality Star Trek than there is quality Star Wars. The PT, the massive Clone Wars overkill and Lucas' ridiculous attempts to retrofit the OT to match the inferior PT have wore down my Star Wars fandom significantly.

Star Trek has TNG, DS9, Star Trek II, IV, VI..I rather like Generations, First Contact is great, and the new Trek was enjoyable albeit with some annoyances.

The only thing that makes me hesitate in my voting is Empire Strikes Back and the better parts of ROTJ.

 

[Wor-Gar]

Those last two sets would probably have more on-screen chemistry than Christiansen and Portman.

Probably.

And less is more from them so I wouldn't want to see that romance milked to inth degree.

I would like to see how Spielberg or Cameron would do a Star Wars movie though.

Then again, might be fun to see what David Fincher did with a Star Wars movie...Reznor music and all.