Which is better Star Trek or Star Wars?

[Great Jordan]

I like both equally but I wanted to know, who favors what sci fi universe and which is the favorite among NSers.

If you have another option I missed leave a comment.

Leave a comment anyway.

Leave a comment if you hate JarJar.

Leave a comment if you think warhammer 40K is better than this crap.

Leave a comment if you are an antisocial couch potato who hates everything that doesn't involve Tom Cruise.

Leave a comment if you actually read my whole post.

Be polite please.

[Roan Cara]

I like the Old school Star Wars movies 4 5 and 6. I don't really care for the new ones much though they are good for eye candy. Jar Jar is annoying but I don't think it was a racist thing, just an annoying attempt at keeping kids interested. I also like many Star Trek movies and shows but not so much the newest movie, I think it is dumb to mess with the enterprise it is such an iconic ship.

[Arkinesia]

This all comes down to whether you're more action-oriented or prefer that deep-thinking kind of thing.

I like both, fwiw.

[Condunum]

From a technological standpoint, Star Wars completely destroys Star Trek.

From an Ideological one, the Federation far out does the Empire and the Republic. Star Trek for me.

[Czechanada]

This should be in Arts & Fiction.

[Condunum]

Leave a comment if you think warhammer 40K is better than this crap.

I think the Tau are awesome. Aside from that...

[Condunum]

This should be in Arts & Fiction.

Yeahthis.

[L Ron Cupboard]

Babylon 5

[Watched Kettles]

Leave a comment if you actually read my whole post.

Ok, I shall, though I'm not sure how long this thread will stay in General.

It's a tricky one to answer. Eight year old me would have said Star Wars without hesitation (there only having been Star Trek:ToS at that point). Teenaged me would have ignored the question, because he thought he was way too cool to answer it, and everyone else was way to stupid to understand any answer he might deign to give (I was an awful, awful teen). Twenty-five year old me would have sung the praises of TNG, while holding to the idea that Empire Strikes Back and Wrath of Khan were the peaks of the two franchises, movie-wise.

Now, however, in this post-SW-prequels/post Voyager & Enterprise world, I can't say that fortysomething me is prepared to choose.

Be polite please.

Good luck with that

[Condunum]

Leave a comment if you actually read my whole post.

Ok, I shall, though I'm not sure how long this thread will stay in General.

It's a tricky one to answer. Eight year old me would have said Star Wars without hesitation (there only having been Star Trek:ToS at that point). Teenaged me would have ignored the question, because he thought he was way too cool to answer it, and everyone else was way to stupid to understand any answer he might deign to give (I was an awful, awful teen). Twenty-five year old me would have sung the praises of TNG, while holding to the idea that Empire Strikes Back and Wrath of Khan were the peaks of the two franchises, movie-wise.

Now, however, in this post-SW-prequels/post Voyager & Enterprise world, I can't say that fortysomething me is prepared to choose.

Be polite please.

Good luck with that

I find it funny that he says

Leave a comment if you think warhammer 40K is better than this crap.

and then asks us to be polite.

[Tsa-la-gi Nation]

I think the original star wars trilogy was the best sci phi work from both of the respected fictional worlds, but as a franchise, star trek has the tv shows along with the movies. My vote goes to start trek.

[Risottia]

Galaxy Quest and Star Wreck for the win.

I'm such a hipster, I know.

[The Daktanese Technocracy]

Neither is better.

I prefer Star Wars. To me, it raises much more interesting questions in much more interesting ways (when you include the Expanded Universe, at least.) I can't really think of anything about Star Wars that annoys me other than the fact that no one made a clone army of that shape shifter species. Seriously. That'd be badass!

Dem Knights of the Old Republic.

Also, edit: I FUCKING HATE THE OLD REPUBLIC MMO. They fucked up so much shit. But that's a story for another day.

[Cannot think of a name]

I prefer Star Wars but that doesn't make it better, just what I like more.

[Immoren]

Galaxy Quest and Star Wreck for the win.

I'm such a hipster, I know.

Babylon 5

[Soberkistan]

Best to worst:

Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
Star Trek
Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Star Trek: First Contact
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
Star Trek: Nemeis
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
Star Trek: Insurrection
Star Trek: Generations
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier

[Valkalan]

I like them both. I just wish the more recent editions to both series were more insightful and less CGI oriented.

[Ganos Lao]

Also, edit: I FUCKING HATE THE OLD REPUBLIC MMO. They fucked up so much shit. But that's a story for another day.

I hear it was because Bioware deliberately used a game engine that wasn't even really finished yet. The engine was finished long after the game was released and its makers say that Bioware's appointed guy on the MMO team was so insistent on using it, even when he was told by them that it wasn't ready just yet.

[Soberkistan]

For a few months I thought the Old Rebublic MMO was the best thing EVER. Then I got bored and just moved on. Just like Skyrim.

[AETEN II]

Star Wars has better movies and EU, while Star Trek has much, much, much better TV shows, which is where it truly shines. Then again, it's not really too impressive as far as the competition goes- one good, short cartoon series and the new shitty, braindead 3D cartoon.

Also, Star Wars games tend to be much better, although I do love some Star Trek games, like Star Trek Legacy.

[The Daktanese Technocracy]

Also, edit: I FUCKING HATE THE OLD REPUBLIC MMO. They fucked up so much shit. But that's a story for another day.

I hear it was because Bioware deliberately used a game engine that wasn't even really finished yet. The engine was finished long after the game was released and its makers say that Bioware's appointed guy on the MMO team was so insistent on using it, even when he was told by them that it wasn't ready just yet.

It wasn't the engine that pissed me off, it was fairly standard gameplay for an MMO. The thing that pissed me off was the storyline. I literally couldn't get past the character creation screen without finding something bullshit. I mean, you can play as the Sith race. Which were extinct for like, a few EONS before the game started! And you could go to Tython, which is bullshit, because Tython would kill everyone on there because they aren't Je'daii and just pansy Jedi, and then there were two Zabrak races because people don't know what tattoos are on aliens and Sentinel was a advanced form of guardian and Jedi knight was an advanced form and Consulars aren't Jedi knights and arhggfh.

I literally couldn't make it past the tutorial level there were so many storyline fuckups. Maybe I have Star Wars OCD after writing a novel in the series, but maaaaan, NOTHING in that game was right.

[Phocidaea]

Old movies: SW>ST
New movies: ST>SW
TV shows: ST>>>>>>>SW
The fans: ST=SW=-1000000
Everything else: ST=SW

[Olthar]

This question is pointless because the two are incomparable as they exist in different genres. Star Trek is science-fiction while Star Wars is science-fantasy. Trying to ask which one is "better" makes about as much sense as comparing Transformers and Paranormal Activity. Sure, both movie series suck balls, but the former is action while the latter is "horror." The only way they can be compared is in the most general of senses, i.e. "Which makes you less want to kill yourself?" The same situation is in place for Star Trek and Star Wars, except that only half the movies of each are terrible. They really can't be compared beyond "Which is more enjoyable to watch?"

[Ganos Lao]

I hear it was because Bioware deliberately used a game engine that wasn't even really finished yet. The engine was finished long after the game was released and its makers say that Bioware's appointed guy on the MMO team was so insistent on using it, even when he was told by them that it wasn't ready just yet.

It wasn't the engine that pissed me off, it was fairly standard gameplay for an MMO. The thing that pissed me off was the storyline. I literally couldn't get past the character creation screen without finding something bullshit. I mean, you can play as the Sith race. Which were extinct for like, a few EONS before the game started! And you could go to Tython, which is bullshit, because Tython would kill everyone on there because they aren't Je'daii and just pansy Jedi, and then there were two Zabrak races because people don't know what tattoos are on aliens and Sentinel was a advanced form of guardian and Jedi knight was an advanced form and Consulars aren't Jedi knights and arhggfh.

I literally couldn't make it past the tutorial level there were so many storyline fuckups. Maybe I have Star Wars OCD after writing a novel in the series, but maaaaan, NOTHING in that game was right.

I could never stand MMOs in general. I just can't see myself devoting that much time to them.

[The Daktanese Technocracy]

It wasn't the engine that pissed me off, it was fairly standard gameplay for an MMO. The thing that pissed me off was the storyline. I literally couldn't get past the character creation screen without finding something bullshit. I mean, you can play as the Sith race. Which were extinct for like, a few EONS before the game started! And you could go to Tython, which is bullshit, because Tython would kill everyone on there because they aren't Je'daii and just pansy Jedi, and then there were two Zabrak races because people don't know what tattoos are on aliens and Sentinel was a advanced form of guardian and Jedi knight was an advanced form and Consulars aren't Jedi knights and arhggfh.

I literally couldn't make it past the tutorial level there were so many storyline fuckups. Maybe I have Star Wars OCD after writing a novel in the series, but maaaaan, NOTHING in that game was right.

I could never stand MMOs in general. I just can't see myself devoting that much time to them.

Yeah, same here. But that one was just offensive in how bad it was.