Why are Star Trek fans made fun of more than Star Wars fans in popular culture?
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*Insert Shatner saying "get a life" meme here*
Pretty much.
[*Hides my fan films and my short stories*]
In very obvious places with neon signage.
YOU'RE DAMN RIGHT.
I don't find Star Trek or its fans "elitist" in any way.
Not in common, OK there might be someone who got that attitude.
Many Star Trek fans like Star Wars and Stargate as well.
I do!
We are serious because we are ardent fans!
You know how it is, if you really like or love something, then you take it very seriously. It's the same if you are a sports fan, rock fan or fan of some other TV program or whatsoever.
I don't find Star Trek or its fans "elitist" in any way.
Not in common, OK there might be someone who got that attitude.
Many Star Trek fans like Star Wars and Stargate as well.
I do!
Star Trek is just too complex for those who want adventure and fun. Sounds pretty snobbish to me. But, I'm an idiot. So, what do I know?
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I can agree about that if you mean common people who don't like or aren't interested in Star Trek.
I knew a person once, I nice person actually who found out that I was a Star Trek fan and said:
"Star Trek? I didn't know that you were interested in that?"
And looked at me as if I had just escaped from some nuthouse.
I just turned my back and left.
It was basically what you said. It is snobbish.
Let’s back up a bit. “Fucking snobbish” is pushing the envelope.
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All fans can be elitist so a level, and I've definitely experienced that across multiple fandoms and such, including Trek and Star Wars. I did not have the most positive experiences with a Star Trek club at a local scifi convention because I didn't know all the trivia they did. Likewise, with Star Wars, there was this expectation of knowledge of trivia.
Not saying all fans are like this, because fandom runs a spectrum casual to ardent, but Star Trek and its fans can be elitist.
What about ALIEN and PREDATOR?Many Star Trek fans like Star Wars and Stargate as well.
I do!
They're just good friends.
I was asking what do Star Trek fans think about the two sci-fi horror franchises
As an ALIEN/PREDATOR fan, I find Star Trek is kind of weak on its speculative biology and speculative evolution aspects. I of course mean no Disrespect to Star Trek, its an okay sci-fi series. I enjoyed DS9 the most, mainly due to its world building.
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I do not like horror so they usually are not among franchises I list to watch.
I've enjoyed films from both franchises. The first two Alien films are classics.
Never thought of either franchise as top of the line when it comes to "speculative biology and speculative evolution". At their core they involve fighting monsters.
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Maybe it wasn't the focus but get this the creature designers went out and studied actual animal biology to make the xenomorph. So the xenomorph had more thought put in its design then most Star Trek aliens who were just humans dressed in makeup with random placement organs to make it "alieny".
Like seriously, what is the evolutionary advantage of a Vulcan having its heart in the ribcage with no "protection organs" surrounding it? We have a sternum to shield our heart and our lungs act as a cushion for our heart, what do the Vulcans have?
Also alot of the speculative biology parts of the ALIEN series was explored in the Dark Horse Comics, Novels, Video Games, and through several Tabletop RPGs. As for the Predators, the expanded universe gave us the language and culture of the Yautja.
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