Paladin D Posted July 16, 2005 Author Share Posted July 16, 2005 [quote name='cmotherofpirl' date='Jul 16 2005, 01:52 AM']Star Trek changed an entire generations view of our future. Star Wars is mere fantasy. [right][snapback]645085[/snapback][/right] [/quote] Some would say [b]Star Wars[/b] changed an entire generation's view of the future also, [b]and[/b] of story-telling and fantasy in general. While Star Trek is a mere sci-fi that lost it's flame 10 years ago (if you want to play that game). Star Wars is a modern mythological tale, and will be one of the basises of future mythological story-telling for generations to come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmsk1298 Posted July 16, 2005 Share Posted July 16, 2005 definitely Star Wars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmsk1298 Posted July 16, 2005 Share Posted July 16, 2005 definitely Star Wars !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmsk1298 Posted July 16, 2005 Share Posted July 16, 2005 oops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justin165243 Posted July 16, 2005 Share Posted July 16, 2005 Star Trek???? Star Trek???? STAR TREK?????????? Arise, Star Wars fans!!!!!! Show yourselves!!!! Tell those Star Trek lovers what is truly better! Star Wars has always, is, and always will be better than Star Trek! I can't believe that you guys like STAR TREK more!!!!!! Blashemers! Heretics! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reelguy227 Posted July 16, 2005 Share Posted July 16, 2005 [quote name='Paladin D' date='Jul 16 2005, 10:00 AM'] Star Wars is a modern mythological tale, and will be one of the basises of future mythological story-telling for generations to come. [right][snapback]645344[/snapback][/right] [/quote] You tell em Dallas ,you tell em !!!!!!! Star Wars has a very deep story line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robguitar Posted July 16, 2005 Share Posted July 16, 2005 Trek rulz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reelguy227 Posted July 16, 2005 Share Posted July 16, 2005 No ,I beg to differ. Star Wars rules !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Knight Posted July 17, 2005 Share Posted July 17, 2005 Even if thisn't isnt an official poll it doesn't mean anything... if you take this poll to say like to movies.com or something like that where everyone can vote.. then we'd get some true results. This poll is limited. unfortunately. If we had a Official poll, I believe Star Wars would flat out beat Star Trek in Popluarity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reelguy227 Posted July 17, 2005 Share Posted July 17, 2005 I completely agree . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mxkncathlcgrl Posted July 19, 2005 Share Posted July 19, 2005 [b][color=purple][font="Optima"]Hands down.... STAR WARS[/color] .... I'm not much for mini series [/font][/b] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apotheoun Posted July 19, 2005 Share Posted July 19, 2005 [quote name='cmotherofpirl' date='Jul 15 2005, 10:52 PM']Star Trek came out in the 60's, so money is not a fair comparision. Star Trek changed an entire generations view of our future. Star Wars is mere fantasy. [right][snapback]645085[/snapback][/right] [/quote] I agree, I grew up watching Star Trek five nights a week at 6:00pm for more than 8 years before Star Wars ever flickered upon the big screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apotheoun Posted July 19, 2005 Share Posted July 19, 2005 I love to watch Star Trek, and I always will, because I grew up watching that TV show every weeknight for more than a decade. I also like the original Star Wars movies, and I stood in the huge lines that formed outside theaters in 1977 in order to see the original film. But Star Wars has lost something that it had in the first films, something intangible, and that I cannot really pin point or describe. That being the case, I can only say that I went from elation in 1999 when the first new Star Wars movie came out in more than 16 years, to utter disappointment after seeing the film. Both my brother and I, who loved the original movies came away with the sense that the main point of Star Wars now was simply to make money on toys. My brother had been so excited about getting to take his three sons to see a NEW Star Wars movie, and was so sad that it wasn't the experience he had longed for it to be. Both he and my nephews were bored to tears. Now, the "Revenge of the Sith," even with its many problems, is far closer to the feeling of the original Star Wars movies than "Phantom Menace," or even the "Attack of the Clones," but it still cannot measure up to "The Empire Strikes Back." Moreover, in retrospect I now see that the seeds of trouble were sown in "The Return of the Jedi," because although I still like that movie, the more that I see it, the less pleased I am with it. I still enjoy the light saber battle between Luke and Vader, and I still love the fact that Darth Vader (who I always secretly liked) destroyed the Emperor and returned to the good side of the force, but the battle on the Endor moon with the Ewok's and all that accompanies that really is boring to me now. Already by the time of "The Return of the Jedi" the main point of Star Wars was merchandising, i.e., the making of toys and models, and the Star Wars mythos took a back seat. As far as Star Wars coming to the little screen as a TV show is concerned, it has to be remembered that TV is a different medium than film, and George Lucas' track record with television (The Young Indiana Jones series) isn't all that good. So, one must not count their chickens before they are hatched; in other words, Star Wars may not transfer well to television. At least I can watch "The Empire Strikes Back" whenever I want to, and I have more than 700 hours of Star Trek to enjoy; besides, I'm sure there will be new Star Trek episodes in a few years, and until then I can watch Stargate (SG1 and Atlantis) and Battlestar Galactica. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmotherofpirl Posted July 19, 2005 Share Posted July 19, 2005 [quote name='Paladin D' date='Jul 16 2005, 11:00 AM']Some would say [b]Star Wars[/b] changed an entire generation's view of the future also, [b]and[/b] of story-telling and fantasy in general. While Star Trek is a mere sci-fi that lost it's flame 10 years ago (if you want to play that game). Star Wars is a modern mythological tale, and will be one of the basises of future mythological story-telling for generations to come. [right][snapback]645344[/snapback][/right] [/quote] You are missing my point. Star Wars is a nice enough myth and the first two movies were great.. But there are lots better science fiction stories out there. We of the Trekkie generation saw Star Trek as an actual future possibility - a whole generation saw peace on earth as a real possibility: cooperation not anihilation. Making lots of money is nothing compared to changing the world. Ask the guys at NASA what they watched as kids - Trekkies all the way. Why do you think a space shuttle was named "Enterprise"?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Socrates Posted July 19, 2005 Share Posted July 19, 2005 [quote name='cmotherofpirl' date='Jul 19 2005, 03:39 PM']You are missing my point. Star Wars is a nice enough myth and the first two movies were great.. But there are lots better science fiction stories out there. We of the Trekkie generation saw Star Trek as an actual future possibility - a whole generation saw peace on earth as a real possibility: cooperation not anihilation. Making lots of money is nothing compared to changing the world. Ask the guys at NASA what they watched as kids - Trekkies all the way. Why do you think a space shuttle was named "Enterprise"?? [right][snapback]650138[/snapback][/right] [/quote] And therein lies the problem with Star Trek and Trekkies. Star Trek's liberal secular-humanist utopia is in reality as fantastic and far from reality as anything in Star Wars. I feel bad for anyone actually believing in that carp. For all its New-Agey foolishness, Star Wars' vision of a struggle good vs. evil is actually closer to reality than Star Trek's PC utopianism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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