Star Trek or Star Wars?

I like Star Trek better. Theres more of a meaning in Star Trek. During the 60s, Star Trek used and talked about the problems of the sixties (racism, the Vietnam War, etc). Star Wars doesnt do that. On Star Trek, theres Spock (one of the most interesting characters ever created for TV and the movies). In my opinion, William Shatner is a better actor than Mark Hamill (who has not aged gracefully!). Plus C3PO gets annyoing after a while. On special effects, Star Wars always had 4 times the budget for effects than Star Trek did. But Star Treks effects are great with less money. The Wrath of Khan was created with little money, and still it had great effects. On music, Star Trek is ahead by a nudge. But thats not saying Star Warss music isnt great too. If you havent seen a Star Trek movie before, shame on you, and go see Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, its the best Star Trek action movie. Or if you like slow-thinking ones, go to Star Trek: The Motion Picture.

If you have seen a Star Trek movie, tell me what one(s) and what you thought?

The main reason Star Wars probably didnt touch on all the racism and stuff was because its was a flim rather than a TV series. TV programs are more likely to feature that sort of theme because theyre being broadcast every week with people watching every day, so it makes more sense to deal with every day issues. Films are more one-off things, hence the less realistic issues some of them deal with. I personally prefer Star Wars. I dont really have a strong reason as to why that is, except that I never found the Star Trek TV series that interesting as a child whereas Star Wars - being a film - seemed more fantastical to me. I suppose its just one of those things - although my dad has got the Star Trek movies and they are good - I was just never keen on the TV series.

I prefer Babylon Five.
Although I have been a huuuuge fan of Blakes Seven and Battlestar Galactica in the past and as a 6-year old I was absolutely smitten by Space 1999.
Star Trek AND Star Wars were just absolutely wonderful to my adolescent brain. Likewise I also liked Buck Rogers and Logans Run.
Those were all reasonabely good SF-series you know. Most of them started with a movie to test for interest amongst the audience and then got their own tv-series.

I dont care to make a choice, to my humble opinion they all had their good and bad points, most were either made with serious intentions to tell a good story or just plain wacky camp (like Buck Rogers) - whether or not intentionally.

Babylon Five is great too.

It might be too late but star wars is so much better

thats not a deep statement, you have to explain why you think that.

I think that because if you think about it Star Wars has got more planets because of what Ive seen in cartoons and what Ive heard off Star Trek is just spaceship not planets or great memorable moments as in people know may the force be with you or Luke Im your father more.

Then theres the Star Wars soundtracks that just add so much to the movies whereas with the Star Trek TV series (cos they dont spend as much money on it) the music is cool but not as cool as some of the movie stuff - especially the music they use in the battle between Obi-Wan and Anakin at the end of Revenge of the Sith - that was awesome. :)

The Star Trek theme is just as great if not more great that Star Wars.

Also the fighting is better in Star Wars.

Star Trek alllll the way - and beyond....

Mr Stu

enterprise - the series not the ship

Its like comparing war and peace with a cookbook. They are both books, but thats where all comparison ends. You can not say one is better than the other, they just dont compare.

A far better comparison would be Battlestar Galactica vs Star Trek.

I agree with Leo. A far better comparison would be Battlestar Galactica vs Star Trek.
Star wars and Star trek are different. I like them both in different ways.

However, Battlestar Galactica is better than both. Especially the new BSG

Yeah i agree with Leo,
but dont agree with you Glen. LOL! Star Trek Voyager was the best series!

Mr Stu

only because of 6 of 9, I mean 7

More like 36 of 24 of 34 :)

Personally I dont think the 2 are even comparable, with one being made for a totally different audience to the other. Also, the eras are so different that the special effects and the music etc. changed so even between the individual series/films themselves theres a great deal of change.

Personally, I think Im one of the few people who prefers the newer films to the older films, a lot of it due to the fact that, as fascinating an idea it was, I dont like the whole 4,5,6,1,2,3 pattern of Star Wars.

With the last 3, Lucas didnt know how broad a scope he had to fill and so the last 3 often seem a little disjointed to me. The first 3 on the other hand, or the last 3 depending on how you want to look at it, had an exact starting point and an exact ending point and I feel that the action was always free-flowing and I believe particularly the 3rd one was a sensational film.

Star Trek on the other hand, I feel went up and then down. I was never too keen on the original series as I found that the characters were too 2-dimensional, and I felt that the series peaked around the TNG and DS9 eras as they formulated both longer-lasting plots, particularly in DS9 but also managed, as was said at the top of the thread to challenge more complex issues such as racial discrimination, the difference between TNG and DS9 was that it was done without referring directly to contemporary issues, which I felt worked, as it was supposed to be set in the future, not flitting between the future ane contemporary when you felt like it.

Voyager improved over time. The early series were terrible, but as it matured, I was certainly sad when it ended, however much I may have spent time campaining for Neelixxs public assasination.

Enterprise was an excellent idea and I loved the casts chemsitry, partiuclarly that between Scott Bakula and Jolene Blalock, but the plots were often overly bland, and the new races did nothing to keep my attention.

The one thing I can say more than any other about Start Trek? I miss Tasha Yar:sad:

So, my prefence? Star Wars as a film, Star Trek as a show, what a cop out, eh? :wink:

I believe particularly the 3rd one was a sensational film.

Having just finished watching it again, I have to agree :)

Havent seen any of the three :sad:

Star Trek was a visionary show about technology solving all of our modern problems and setting contemporary problems of its own. It had meaningful dialogue and more diverse characters. While the visual effects were rarely as stunning as the ones in Star Wars, the plot was interesting without them.

Nobody would watch Star Wars on a low budget--especially the prequels.

I would agree with the people saying Battlestar Galactica is the best sci-fi franchise at the moment. This show will set the bar for any other sci-fi that markets itself seriously.

Kody ... You aint missing much!

I hope not, or Id be Wheely Big Cheesed off. :wink:

Oh god... You been listening to Frank too much.

sorry, it wasnt that bad of a pun, was it?!? :proud:

It was Iron Awe-ful :lame:


Sorry, couldnt resist :)

my god, i do a search to see whos saying what about my robot, wheely big cheese, and this is what i see?
rubbish!
think youre funny? these jokes didnt even razer smile.

sorry, couldnt resist.

That joke hurtz really killer.