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Forum Meta => Archive => Arts and Entertainment Archive => Topic started by: Solnath on October 19, 2007, 12:28:37 PM

Title: Why Star Wars is better than Star Trek.
Post by: Solnath on October 19, 2007, 12:28:37 PM
Because Vader is awesome (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6A0rwG39Jzk) and Boba Fett's motives rock. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsryQOMcDy4)
Title: Re: Why Star Wars is better than Star Trek.
Post by: Delfos on October 19, 2007, 12:37:27 PM
the boba fett SWG video is awesome.
Title: Re: Why Star Wars is better than Star Trek.
Post by: Bender1968 on October 19, 2007, 02:15:57 PM
hey Star Trek, had "shoot first, ask questions later,especially if its klingons and romulans".  Don't forget, retund of the jedi was filled with muppets.
Title: Re: Why Star Wars is better than Star Trek.
Post by: Solnath on October 19, 2007, 03:57:21 PM
And Star Wars had "Solo shot first."
Title: Re: Why Star Wars is better than Star Trek.
Post by: Tacolicious on October 19, 2007, 05:54:01 PM
Star Trek had the more diverse universe and actually had some interest in developing those cultures as the series went along. What annoys me about Star Trek though is that ships always seem to interact as if they were constrained to a 2d plain.

Star wars is more so about space mages and space cowboys fighting it out in a universe which seems a little too consolidated to start with. Empire/Republic... else we have little back water organizations on the outskirts of the galaxy such as the trade federation or the cloners... and they all get wiped when the empire takes over the republic which spans the galaxy in a single day. Additionally star trek tried to have some sort of coherent history where as from the old movies to the new movies (about 20ish years since the new ones end with Luke and Leia being born) the force goes from being a scientifically explained bacterial reaction to being an old superstition (to paraphrase Han when Obi Wan is telling Luke about the force on the Millennium Falcon.
Title: Re: Why Star Wars is better than Star Trek.
Post by: Allama on October 19, 2007, 06:15:38 PM
Soly, I once loved you.
Title: Re: Why Star Wars is better than Star Trek.
Post by: Solnath on October 19, 2007, 06:31:27 PM
Star wars is more so about space mages and space cowboys fighting it out in a universe

Enough said.

Al', yes, I suppose you did. Now you just want my body.
Title: Re: Why Star Wars is better than Star Trek.
Post by: Delfos on October 19, 2007, 06:45:12 PM
Star Trek had the more diverse universe and actually had some interest in developing those cultures as the series went along. What annoys me about Star Trek though is that ships always seem to interact as if they were constrained to a 2d plain.

Star wars is more so about space mages and space cowboys fighting it out in a universe which seems a little too consolidated to start with. Empire/Republic... else we have little back water organizations on the outskirts of the galaxy such as the trade federation or the cloners... and they all get wiped when the empire takes over the republic which spans the galaxy in a single day. Additionally star trek tried to have some sort of coherent history where as from the old movies to the new movies (about 20ish years since the new ones end with Luke and Leia being born) the force goes from being a scientifically explained bacterial reaction to being an old superstition (to paraphrase Han when Obi Wan is telling Luke about the force on the Millennium Falcon.

The movies don't explore much about the outer cultures, yes the story is centralized in the Republic and Jedi, that's the main plot, but there's a big universe out there, explored in comics or books.
ST and SW have different concepts, one explores the universe the other already has a base of universe. I'm not sure which series is more extended in cultural exploration, this counting with those books and comics and whatever else Star Wars haven't show in the movies.
In example, StarWars has allot of 'domestic' animals, like we have horses, and i don't remember much diversity of that in Star Trek. SW also have botanic references, explored in StarTrek but not as defined. I think LucasArts made a game about species, you have a zoo and botanic garden to take care of.

That's why I'm waiting for SPORE, i wanna be GOD! Hey i gotta make a topic about that.
Title: Re: Why Star Wars is better than Star Trek.
Post by: Eientei on October 22, 2007, 09:49:10 AM
They're both good.  How about that?

I liked Robot Chicken's treatment of Boba Fett.  Hilarious, and I could really see that happening.
Title: Re: Why Star Wars is better than Star Trek.
Post by: sudanor on October 22, 2007, 09:14:45 PM
The Robot Chicken Star Wars Tribute episode was a treat :)
Title: Re: Why Star Wars is better than Star Trek.
Post by: Bara on November 25, 2007, 01:18:04 AM
Soly, your my best friend now. I will follow you know to the end of the world becasue you said star wars was better.

SUCK THAT STAR TREKIES!
Title: Re: Why Star Wars is better than Star Trek.
Post by: Bender1968 on November 26, 2007, 09:37:17 AM
Hey Star Trek had much better dialog like "she who bore me was killed in a free-style match"  or the classic
"I'm speaking of Vulcan biology" "you mean the biology of Vulcans".  Kirk was able to kill the God Apollo, they wouldn't even meet a god in star wars.
Title: Re: Why Star Wars is better than Star Trek.
Post by: Bara on November 26, 2007, 08:25:19 PM
dude, we got "These are not the droids you are looking for"
"Hes no good to be dead"
and HAN SHOT FIRST!