Poll: The Trek or The War

[chinangel]

this is pretty basic: if you were forced to pick one or the other which one would you choose? Star Wars or Star Trek? I am aware that htere are other sci fi series out there, but I stuck to these two as they seem to be the ones usually compared.

For me? Jedi and lightsaber's all the way. There is only so much awesome that jean luc's bald head can provide.

except holodecks where you can emulate being a jedi, you can take a mobile emitter to be able to take holograms with you outside the holodeck and you can disable the security protocols so your hologram of a weapon is almost indistinguishable from a real weapon in function...

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still want to pick up star wars?

The overwhelming number of star wars games and books and movies in my possession say 'yes'.

 

[Teoes]

I always preferred Trek. I spent so many weekday evenings eating dinner in front of the telly as it was on. Man, at some point I'm going to have to re-watch TNG and DS9 - but it's one hell of a time investment when there's plenty of other stuff I want to watch. Problems, problems.

 

[Gor Kur]

The die the lame the rehashed the pointless the argument. The go the find the something the from the this the century.

 

[Hero in a half shell]

The Gate.

SG1 was a fantastic series, especially such gems as "Unending"

Also, when the two main characters from Farscape joined playing basically the same characters it was like two of my most favourite series had combined.

 

[CommanderL]

The Gate.

SG1 was a fantastic series, especially such gems as "Unending"

Also, when the two main characters from Farscape joined playing basically the same characters it was like two of my most favourite series had combined.

Damn you for remending me that stargate was cancelled again plus farscape is awesome But between trek and starwars I turn to my book case and see all the starwars books I own and say starwars star trek never captured me Starwars did I feel inlove with the world and the lore

 

[Madman123456]

If forced to chose between trek and wars, i'd find what happens if i refuse.
Both franchises where good once, a long time ago, in this galaxy.

But at this point i don't except anything good to come out of those franchises anymore.

 

[Blood Brain Barrier]

If forced to chose between trek and wars, i'd find what happens if i refuse.
Both franchises where good once, a long time ago, in this galaxy.

But at this point i don't except anything good to come out of those franchises anymore.

Your post made me realize that I not only haven't seen anything good out of Trek or Wars for a long long time, but also sci-fi in general. Can't stand any of the latest space-action tripe including Battlestar Galactica, Firefly (was that even sci-fi?), Nu-Who or any Stargate incarnation.

 

[Lieju]

I don't much care for Star Wars. I have always been a trekkie.

Star Wars is a fun fantasy-movie, but I prefer my fantasy-movies with magic and dragons.

 

[Talaris]

Always been Star Wars for me, I guess it was the excitement at seeing it in the cinema when I was only 6 (I was a good age for the 1997 re-release). Since then I have a huge collection of games and novels, so I'm well versed in the EU.

Still I have seen Star Trek TOS, and all 12 films, I suppose I just don't care as much about the lore.

 

[Tiamattt]

They feel like almost opposites of each other really.

Wars - mostly Movies
Trek - mostly TV
Wars - rebels are the good guys, government bad
Trek - Part of the established army
Wars - Close quarters melee battles
Trek - Long range fights either from guns or ships

So yeah...feels weird to decide between things so different from each other, really the only thing they have in common is Stars. But if I had to choose it would be Trek, they have the advantage of more material/content since they have multiple seasons per series vs a handful of movies, and to be frank some of those movies were really bad. Not that Trek doesn't have it's fair share of crap too, but least that stuff is easily forgettable compared to Wars whose crap stands out like a big ugly dark spot on a white shirt.

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

I miss the days when "No versus threads" was stated early on and the lock came down fast...

Anyway, seeing as we made it to 3 pages... Tie. I love both equally.

[sub]So much discussion.[/sub]

 

[chinangel]

I miss the days when "No versus threads" was stated early on and the lock came down fast...

Anyway, seeing as we made it to 3 pages... Tie. I love both equally.

[sub]So much discussion.[/sub]

This really isn't a versus thread...at least not in my eyes. It's a genuine curiosity, as I'm interested to see what people like about one or the other.

 

[Saltyk]

While I do like both, I gotta admit that I love Star Wars far more.

I really prefer the universe. Jedi, planets that are covered in cities, planet busting space stations, and so much more. It just seems that there are more stories to be told in the Star Wars universe. Coupled with firefights and lightsaber battles, there's plenty of action to be had.

I can enjoy Star Trek, but Star Wars is my preference.

 

[Multi-Hobbyist]

For me, it's a hard 49/51% split. Star Trek has treated it's fans better in terms of series continuity and canon. STAR WARS on the other hand, beat the dead money horse for years until it's wells ran dry and never once said sorry.
Sadly, at the end of it all I'd go with the WARS. A JT-12 Merrson jetpack is far too high on my list of crap I'll always want.

 

[Laughing Man]

The Gate.

Ditto that, pretty much all of Stargate has been great. Yes even Universe, now hold on I was indeed one of the folk who hated Universe when it first appeared but having recently suffered from Gate withdrawal I decided to give it a chance, watched back to back on DVD it actually started to become a pretty good show and I was as sad to see it end so suddenlt as I was with the ending of SG1 and SGA.

If we are to come back to topic though I would choose Trek, Star Wars had 3 good movies and then 3 blah movies so the ratio of good too bad just puts Trek miles ahead, yeah the recent JJ Trek saga has hurt the long term franchise fanbase but we still got Next gen, DS9 a selection of some really good Voyager and even some of Enterprise was pretty good as well as a fair few decent Trek movies.

 

[an annoyed writer]

Well, if the stuff in my room is any indication, Probably Star Wars. I was super-engrossed in it as a kid, and while I've fallen out of love with it in more recent years, I still like it somewhat, and am hoping against hope that it doesn't get ruined again. Star Trek interested me as I got older, but never to the sheer skull-crushing depth that Star Wars had in my formative years.

 

[an annoyed writer]

The Gate.

SG1 was a fantastic series, especially such gems as "Unending"

Also, when the two main characters from Farscape joined playing basically the same characters it was like two of my most favourite series had combined.

I LOVED the Stargate shows as well, they were some damn good TV. I don't watch any TV anymore since they were cancelled. The best part was their very consistent quality from episode to episode, and how some of the "filler" episodes wound up mattering later on. Plus, it was clear that the actors and actresses were having a ton of fun during the production of the episodes, just from how into it they were.

 

[saoirse13]

I chose Star Wars. I grew up with an uncle who babysat me alot and my sole form of entertainment with him was The Star Wars trilogy and Indianna Jones. Knowing every line in all three movies was quite an achievement for a 5 year old. haha. I even knew all the choreography to all the lightsaber fight scenes by 7 years old. I still adore those movies though i have to say the Prequels were for me (for lack of a better more articulate word) absolute crap.

I do have to say though Star Trek was good too, And the Prequels were excellent, But im a Star Wars Fan through and through..

 

[kurupt87]

Wars.
I'd agree with all the usual arguments that Trek is actual Sci-fi and Wars is only Space Opera, I'd even concede that Trek is probably a lot more interesting and thought provoking on average.
But I'm a lot more invested in Star Wars because I loved it as a kid, so for nostalgia's sake I'd still choose it.

Only Space Opera?! You do Space Opera a disservice sir!

And both are space opera.

The difference is one is Sci-Fi while the other is Sci-Fan(tasy).

Edit: Oh yeah, the topic. I would prefer Trek if it was implemented better, but it isn't so the simple jollies of Wars wins out.

 

[OneCatch]

Wars.
I'd agree with all the usual arguments that Trek is actual Sci-fi and Wars is only Space Opera, I'd even concede that Trek is probably a lot more interesting and thought provoking on average.
But I'm a lot more invested in Star Wars because I loved it as a kid, so for nostalgia's sake I'd still choose it.

Only Space Opera?! You do Space Opera a disservice sir!

And both are space opera.

The difference is one is Sci-Fi while the other is Sci-Fan(tasy).

Edit: Oh yeah, the topic. I would prefer Trek if it was implemented better, but it isn't so the simple jollies of Wars wins out.

Damn, I thought I'd put only in quotes to indicate I was being less than serious, as in: 'only' space opera.
Ah well!

I'm not sure I'd say Star Trek was space opera (although it's certainly soft sci-fi) because it doesn't really have major fantasy roots, whereas Star Wars does. I suspect that we basically agree except on the wording of it.
Anyway, I still prefer Wars!