i like star wars
episode 1 is my favorite

You rebel scum.

exactly. let me get one thing clear: if you like star wars but not star trek, YOU HAVE NOT WATCHED STAR TREK. people tend to just blow it off as the quintessential geek series -- and i suppose with the dilithium crystals and beaming up and communicators and such it is, but no more than star wars with its lightsabers and death stars -- but they judge it while totally missing the POINT of the show, which is to explore basic human issues of identity, morality, and place in the cosmos. it is philosophy in the guise of sci-fi, something to which star wars could never lay claim. star wars, while definitely fun, is a mere action thriller series.

George Lucas is a hack writer.

death sabres? seems like you've never watched star wars.

where do you see "death sabres?" i said LIGHTSABERS and DEATH STARS.

I never watched either.

rob- thanks. episode iii is a boatload of fun, but i wouldn't consider star wars sci-fi. episode iv originally started out as just one movie, and only because it was popular it became a series (and thank god, empire strikes back is AWESOME).

Look at all the trekkies: !@#$%!, Glice, pantophobia, qprogeny79, Rob Instigator, toxic johnny...

What a bunch of nerds.

LOL! I know! I'm totally laughing at the name Toilet and Bowels and that priceless avatar as well. I think we have a comic genius on our hands!

Love,
Daycare Nation

You guy do know that Star Wars is to some degree a rip-off of a soviet propaganda film, right? Go watch Sergei Eisenstein's Alexander Nevsky and laugh whilst your childhood is destroyed. Star Trek just doesn't sit with me anymore. I vote Doctor Who and Babylon Five.

marry me.

hey man, no need to get sore about the low IQ. we're all human... :D

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ps im not a trekkie btw-- i just thing it's not as bad as that lucas crap, and it actually influence the generation of geeks that gave birth to the computer age... you're on the internet, aren't you?

star wars also rips off a film called The Hidden Fortress by Akira Kurosawa and supposedly the Lensman books by E.E. Smith, but I've never read them.


anyway while it's all well and good to say that star trek deals with weightier themes and is philosophy as sci-fi, it's also hardly a taxing or challenging program to watch, and is far from intellectual or enlightening, it's not much different to something like the X-Men (which I love). and a shit episode of star trek is far more annoying to watch than anything in the original three star wars films (i.e. the real star wars films), even the ewoks. however, george lucas is a gaylord and the new SW films are soul destroying, i don't think he even comprehends what it was that made the original 3 films so great and why everyone liked them.

starwars

star wars, the original was way ahead of it's time in the issues it dealt with.
the next generation will stand the test of time as the best sci fi televisaion show of the past 20 years.
deep space 9 was as dense and rich and harsh and cruel as the very best sci fi shows. it was involved and long and traumatic.
the emotions that star wars deals with are surface emotions, simple emotions, children's emotions.
there is nothing in star wars to compare to the depth and richness adn intelligence of the stra trek series and universe.

aren't you the spock lookalike on that star trek convention?:D
just kidding bro

Live long and prosper


ha!

I never really got into Star Trek at all. The first three Star Wars were classic though, but I wish they never released Episodes 1-3. Episode 3 was the only one that I found decent, but there were waayyy too many flaws in them.

hey, wait, i am spock.

no, then again, i am not spock.

By the way, original Star Trek was almost FORTY YEARS AGO.

and I wanted to lick uhura's legs

Though this thread is based on preference/opinion, look at the big picture.

6 SW movies vs. double or so that many ST movies and a ridiculous number of TV series.
And many hate the SW prequels...so that's 3 movies that had such a huge impact. This makes it far superior beyond opinion, but opinions as we know are like assholes...we've all got one.

how can i vote when you forgot the "they both suck" option?

why would you vote with the wrong answer?

Han Solo:
"I think my eyes are getting better. Instead of a big dark blur I see a big light blur."

Luke Skywalker:
"There's nothing to see. I used to live here you know."

Han Solo:
"You're going to die here you know. Convenient."

i'm not sure how difficult this is to understand for someone living in england, but in a democracy there's no such thing as a "wrong answer" when it comes to voting.

One of the flaws of democracy, obviously.

yes, it can be a bit of a hassle.

i'm happy to see how many people voted on this pole :)

Luke Skywalker:
"I'm not afraid."

Yoda:
"Good. You will be. You WILL be."

i have a lightsaber. it's red

Sith

hale naw! i'm lightside all the way. i prefer red ligtsabers

i like the green one's

star wars

Star Wars is strictly for children. Star Trek had far more original and engrossing stories than Lucas ever dreamed of filming.

everyone check out the new favorite jedi pole!

Star Wars, but I love the old Star Trek episodes. when i was a freshman in college i watched the next generation for like a season & i liked it, but then i stopped watching it. i have never seen any of the other spin-offs...not even one episode...







attn trekkies & trekkers (qprogeny79 might want to take a look at this)

g4tv is now showing the original series...there were some on this afternoon & at 4 pm they showed the episode "shore leave" as part of star trek 2.0, an interactive show featuring onscreen online chat, etc...
http://www.g4tv.com/startrek20/spockmarket.aspx