Which is better: Star Wars or Star Trek

LadyAthame · 10-04-2015 09:15PM

And lest we forget.

kylith · 10-04-2015 09:16PM

LadyAthame wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeDkGnyDv9o

Badly Drunk Boy · 10-04-2015 09:19PM

Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

I'm into all sorts of science fiction but I could never get into Star Wars.

Actually, I should have said that I could never get to the end of any of the Star Wars films and didn't even attempt the newer ones. Having said that, I sort of enjoyed this and got all the references.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5lcEtvEZ6Q

Junkyard Tom · 10-04-2015 09:20PM

Alien.

No bullshit melodrama - just regular space couriers taking on a vicious alien and rogue synthetic.

RogerWilco1982 · 10-04-2015 09:24PM

Star Trek TNG is very entertaining and philosophical at times, but the leaps the writers take to explain away some of the science are spectacular, and often summarised by the dialogue;

"What if we modify the (insert name of piece of equipment here) to emit a (insert random energy or pulse type here), it just might work"

...and it always works. :rolleyes:

Star Trek Voyager is an enjoyable and accessible adventure with interesting, if predictable characters.

The old Star Trek films were space adventure films everyone could enjoy, the new ones you just watch with your brain switched off while grazing on popcorn and you'll have a good time.

As for Star Wars, the original trilogy were a great and very memorable story.
The prequels...I didn't enjoy. The only interesting part for me was Anakins' battle with his value system, if you could call it that.

Great reviews of the prequels;

LadyAthame · 10-04-2015 09:26PM

Saralee4 wrote: »

Can you compare them? They are both so different. First of all Star Wars was "a long time ago in a galaxy far far away" but star trek is set in the future of humans and other alien species!

Star Wars is kind of the battle of good v's evil. Star Trek is kind of more about learning to live and learn about other species in space and evolving.

I like both, but not fanatical about either. Used to watch Star Trek Next Generation and Deep Space Nine and the one with Janeway but I hate the one with Kirk, I just dont like the colouring or something of films and programmes at that time and it turns me off, haven't watched any of the star trek films either and I have watched the original Star Wars Trilogy but not the prequels.

I had so many moral issues with Janeway. She was constantly making absurd and dangerous decision threaten other life forms and her crew all in the name of 'getting home'. It replaced the prime directive in principle importance. Picard rarely let that happen. He would tweak it only if the lives of his crew depended on it. Janeway breaks the prime directive almost ALL the time. It's there for a reason.

Kirk did not respect it much either but he was exciting and it did not have as much development as a concept then. It was not as concrete.

Archer was worse. But the prime directive didn't exist then so he gets off.

DivingDuck · 10-04-2015 09:26PM

Trek.

Today, tomorrow, always.

Pre-reboot Trek, mind you. The new stuff is (in my opinion) more dreck than trek.

LadyAthame · 10-04-2015 09:32PM

Trek had the best tottie. Except for Neeson maybe. It also had Deanna Troi.

crosstownk · 10-04-2015 09:58PM

If you're comparing the Star Wars vs. the Star Trek movies then Star Wars is the clear winner for me.

If you're taking the Star Trek TV series into account then there is no Star Wars equivalent to compare with.

I like both but Star Wars is so much better.

Witcher · 10-04-2015 10:26PM

Trek, always.

https://plainclothessuperheroes.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/wpid-426692_388350677861058_205344452828349_1421405_1476324668_n.jpg?w=584

The_Valeyard · 10-04-2015 10:40PM

darkpagandeath wrote: »

You mean the MMO's ?

STO is far better mmo, so many jerks on the swtor group finder missions and very picky over perks and roles for each character. STO has a much more relaxed and social fun element.

The_Valeyard · 10-04-2015 10:43PM

Sorry for the double post but this thread is two pages long now and I've yet to see this:

Clears throat......

KHAAAAAAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

folamh · 10-04-2015 10:48PM

Star Wars was more on the action side of things, which bores me. I could never get into it. I'm a big fan of Trek, however. All the hypothetical space technology was cool and exciting at the time, and there was just the right amount of interpersonal drama.

iDave · 10-04-2015 10:51PM

I'm highly suspicious of anyone who doesn't like both.

BoJack Horseman · 10-04-2015 10:58PM

Wars' edges it for me.

Slightly better content & better canon.

KomradeBishop · 10-04-2015 11:01PM

Stargate. Worth it just for RDA/MacGyver's occasional humour.

Deep Space Nine though, and pretty much anything else Ronald D. Moore has been involved in (e.g. BSG), is excellent - and was the best of all the Star Trek series.

Can't remember the last time I've seen a Star Wars movie, or felt inclined to.

folamh · 10-04-2015 11:03PM

iDave wrote: »

I'm highly suspicious of anyone who doesn't like both.

I can see why someone wouldn't like both. One is an extremely detailed utopian sci-fi franchise which is also politically and socially aware, and the other is a bunch of monsters shooting lasers at each other.

IamNotNumber · 10-04-2015 11:14PM

Star Trek next generation only ..was some really good theories and plausible realities, data aka brent spiner was such an amazing actor ,deanna troi and beverly crusher,this is capatin Jean Luc picard from the starship enterprise.
A holodeck..how awesome would it be if it was reality?
Holodecks a reality? well its coming closer

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-2762092/Marriott-virtual-reality-teleporter-booth-lets-travellers-feel-smell-holiday-locations-without-booking-flight.html

folamh · 10-04-2015 11:16PM

IamNotNumber wrote: »

Star Trek next generation only ..was some really good theories and plausible realities, data aka brent spiner was such an amazing actor ,deanna troi and beverly crusher,this is capatin Jean Luc picard from the starship enterprise.
A holodeck..how awesome would it be if it was reality?

Why not DS9 and Voyager?

IamNotNumber · 10-04-2015 11:20PM

folamh wrote: »

Why not DS9 and Voyager?

I don't know just never got into them ..watched a few episodes of each but I cant really recall the characters ..so maybe weak characters/actors.

KomradeBishop · 10-04-2015 11:28PM

IamNotNumber wrote: »

I don't know just never got into them ..watched a few episodes of each but I cant really recall the characters ..so maybe weak characters/actors.

First 3 or so seasons of DS9 are a bit of a slog sometimes, but it picks up a lot after that, and is worth getting through the whole lot - it was the best of the bunch.

chops018 · 10-04-2015 11:41PM

I love them both.

Especially when Gandalf from Star Trek says "may the force be ever in your favour, Mr. Potter".

I think it was from the Chronicles of Narnia episode!

DivingDuck · 10-04-2015 11:42PM

The later seasons of DS9 comprise some of the best television ever made, in my book.

(Though my heart will always be on the Enterprise.)

jimgoose · 10-04-2015 11:46PM

Didn't they all start out in The Little Rascals?

kylith · 10-04-2015 11:47PM

DivingDuck wrote: »

The later seasons of DS9 comprise some of the best television ever made, in my book.

(Though my heart will always be on the Enterprise.)

It's very weird when you realise that DS9 and Babylon 5 are essentially the same show. Seriously, watch them again; the plots are basically identical.

HardenendMan · 10-04-2015 11:50PM

Star Trek just never kept my attention. Would flick channels after short watch. My brother was a Star Wars nut growing up. Great memories watching the original 3 movies over and over together. Taking turns to recite the lines. We knew every single word.

c_man · 10-04-2015 11:50PM

Star Trek, no contest. I like the Star Wars movies but not really into them.

Anyways,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNxhrPaaCA4

DivingDuck · 10-04-2015 11:52PM

kylith wrote: »

It's very weird when you realise that DS9 and Babylon 5 are essentially the same show. Seriously, watch them again; the plots are basically identical.

I never got into B5, but I remember reading at the time something about Straczynski's computer being hacked and plot details being leaked*? Curious and curiouser...

*This is obviously a joke and not intended to cast aspersions on the character of Mssrs Berman and Pillar.

Eutow · 10-04-2015 11:52PM

Deep Space Nine.

Star Wars is a load of rubbish

c_man · 10-04-2015 11:54PM

Hey guys, would the Force protect against Borg nano-probes?

Which is better: Star Wars or Star Trek

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