I’d say that used to be true, but now there’s been a bunch of Star Wars, and there’s a lot of material from both. Nothing from Star Wars really comes close to 90s Star Trek.
If we’re talking the original movies, and even the prequels, then definitely. And I can’t say I’m surprised it turned out that way, honestly.
The Venn diagram of people who enjoy Star Wars and Star Trek is almost just one circle. You jiggle it a little, but your opinion isn’t statistically significant.
Kind of beside the point. If you’re someone who’s gonna watch a space movie, with aliens, and lasers, you’re gonna watch both. I doubt many people care one’s a space opera, and the other’s fantasy in space, when they’re 12, or really ever.
There’s a lot of overlap I’m sure. But it’s probably not nearly as close as you imagine it is. They’re different enough that you could replace either circle with any vaguely sci-fi thing and get pretty similar results.
Hey, I know we’re all just bullshitting, but dreaming up fake statistics to invalidate someone else’s opinion is really fucking dumb. Also, using statistics at all to invalidate someone, as if we all have to ascribe to the majority opinion, is really fucking dumb. Just all-around really dumb.
Listen, I go to war in Star Trek, I’m probably fine. Maybe my ship gets blown up, maybe I get superpowers from an alien super consciousness. But by the end of the war I’ll be fine.
I go anywhere in Star wars and the best case scenario I’m merely left alone to live in squalor.
You know, Wesley was an annoying teen but seeing him show up in Prodigy after having practiced his thought powers was pretty cool. Wish we could see more of that and the Protostar
Hey, the poll says, “trust more”, not which one you’d trust at all.
Both IPs have had some real stinkers from their new owners, and both have now had quite a broad scope of styles of content, too. So it’s a bit silly to say one is absolutely superior unless it’s a question of opinion and taste.
Star Trek probably has more hours of good content, but that is solely because the older series had many seasons of 20+ episodes.
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Star Trek and Star Wars are apples and oranges. One doesn’t have to be better because they’re totally different things.
I’d say that used to be true, but now there’s been a bunch of Star Wars, and there’s a lot of material from both. Nothing from Star Wars really comes close to 90s Star Trek.
If we’re talking the original movies, and even the prequels, then definitely. And I can’t say I’m surprised it turned out that way, honestly.
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The Venn diagram of people who enjoy Star Wars and Star Trek is almost just one circle. You jiggle it a little, but your opinion isn’t statistically significant.
One is a sci-fi and one is fantasy in space. Totally different genres.
100%, it’s literally a samurai, a cowboy and a princess against and evil space wizard.
Kind of beside the point. If you’re someone who’s gonna watch a space movie, with aliens, and lasers, you’re gonna watch both. I doubt many people care one’s a space opera, and the other’s fantasy in space, when they’re 12, or really ever.
There’s a lot of overlap I’m sure. But it’s probably not nearly as close as you imagine it is. They’re different enough that you could replace either circle with any vaguely sci-fi thing and get pretty similar results.
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Hey, I know we’re all just bullshitting, but dreaming up fake statistics to invalidate someone else’s opinion is really fucking dumb. Also, using statistics at all to invalidate someone, as if we all have to ascribe to the majority opinion, is really fucking dumb. Just all-around really dumb.
But is it dumb?
The venn diagram of people who think it’s dumb is almost just one circle.
I watch Star Wars for blaster shootouts, space wizards, and spaceship fights.
I watch Star Trek for moral dilemmas, courtroom dramas, and sociopolitical commentary.
Except when I watch Andor then I watch it for all the above.
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So you’re saying you’d participate in the Star Trek wars, rather than the Star Wars trek?
Listen, I go to war in Star Trek, I’m probably fine. Maybe my ship gets blown up, maybe I get superpowers from an alien super consciousness. But by the end of the war I’ll be fine.
I go anywhere in Star wars and the best case scenario I’m merely left alone to live in squalor.
Section 31. Nemesis. Into Darkness. Pre-Beard TNG.
Wesley.
Lovingly and respectfully, as a fellow sci-fi nerd, don’t throw stones in glass starships.
You know, Wesley was an annoying teen but seeing him show up in Prodigy after having practiced his thought powers was pretty cool. Wish we could see more of that and the Protostar
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Hey, the poll says, “trust more”, not which one you’d trust at all.
Both IPs have had some real stinkers from their new owners, and both have now had quite a broad scope of styles of content, too. So it’s a bit silly to say one is absolutely superior unless it’s a question of opinion and taste.
Star Trek probably has more hours of good content, but that is solely because the older series had many seasons of 20+ episodes.
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I mean, they don’t need to be zingers, just competently written. It’d help if they stuck to the core tenants of Trek, too…