Why do people love''WARS'' more then''TREK''?

[USS Kongo]

They have the stun setting in Star Wars, too, BTW.

As for ewoks...

My apologies to the Ewok haters, like Grace, for dredging this up again, but this is one of the funniest damn things I've seen in a while. Thanks for posting this; I needed a good laugh.

Sean

 

[Praetor]

I was under the impression, the first time that I watched the Star Wars OT, that Han Solo was going to be the 'other' that Yoda spoke of, making his freezing all the more important to resolve. I was a little annoyed because this felt predictable.

Imagine my surprise...

Ah yes the biggest plot twist that we all knew about!

I give you one reason why I liked the SW films (yes,even the prequels):

Palpatine.

The man was an evil genius the likes of which no Sci-Fi universe has seen. He manipulated an entire Galaxy and established an mighty Galactic Empire based around himself. Truly a Magnificent Bastard of the Highest (or Lowest) order with the possible exception of Grand Admiral Thrawn and Darth Varder himself.

(I always seem to support the villians don't I?)

I tend to agree - Palpatine was great.

And Ian McDiarmid really made it work. Had they cast another actor to play 'young' Palpatine in the prequels it would not have worked at all. (Sort of like the issue I have with two actors playing Anakin... )

In retrospect, I had a fever, and the only cure was more Palpatine.

Oh come on..he couldn't even beat a MUPPET in space...YODA!

Rob

A CGI Muppet, in that case.

 

[Thor Damar]

I was under the impression, the first time that I watched the Star Wars OT, that Han Solo was going to be the 'other' that Yoda spoke of, making his freezing all the more important to resolve. I was a little annoyed because this felt predictable.

Imagine my surprise...

Ah yes the biggest plot twist that we all knew about!

I give you one reason why I liked the SW films (yes,even the prequels):

Palpatine.

The man was an evil genius the likes of which no Sci-Fi universe has seen. He manipulated an entire Galaxy and established an mighty Galactic Empire based around himself. Truly a Magnificent Bastard of the Highest (or Lowest) order with the possible exception of Grand Admiral Thrawn and Darth Varder himself.

(I always seem to support the villians don't I?)

I tend to agree - Palpatine was great.

And Ian McDiarmid really made it work. Had they cast another actor to play 'young' Palpatine in the prequels it would not have worked at all. (Sort of like the issue I have with two actors playing Anakin... )

In retrospect, I had a fever, and the only cure was more Palpatine.

Oh come on..he couldn't even beat a MUPPET in space...YODA!

Rob

A CGI Muppet, in that case.

Yeah, and Palps won that fight.

Preator, I'm really tempted to sig your line about the Dark Lord...

 

[Praetor]

Make it so!

 

[miraclefan]

At least palpatine died by vadors hand! Kirk died by being impaled by a rusty walk-way falling on him!

 

[Thor Damar]

Make it so!

Tis done Lord Praetor!

 

[Thor Damar]

Make it so!

Tis done Lord Praetor!

And miraclefan? Some say that Kirk never died...

(damn double posts, goddammit!)

 

[miraclefan]

Make it so!

Tis done Lord Praetor!

And miraclefan? Some say that Kirk never died...

(damn double posts, goddammit!)

I don't see ''HIM'' in the NU-movie!

 

[Praetor]

"Lord Praetor."

The Force is with you, Thor Damar.

 

[CaptainHawk1]

 

[Thor Damar]

^ Yes, stereotypes are funny.

 

[Praetor]

I don't know, I thought that one kinda was.

So where's the Trek one?

 

[Thor Damar]

I don't know, I thought that one kinda was.

So where's the Trek one?

The same just with spock ears and a James Kirk t-shirt. That's what makes the 'humour' so effective. Sling a multi coloured scarf around the neck and you've got a Doctor Who fan etc...


It's a great lazy and unimaginative joke.

 

[CaptainHawk1]

I don't know, I thought that one kinda was.

So where's the Trek one?

The same just with spock ears and a James Kirk t-shirt. That's what makes the 'humour' so effective. Sling a multi coloured scarf around the neck and you've got a Doctor Who fan etc...


It's a great lazy and unimaginative joke.

Oh, quit crying, you big baby.

It was a joke, and quite frankly it's pretty clever.

And not for nothing, most of that stuff is unique to SW fans.

 

[VulcanJedi]

I remember when the original Star Wars movie came out, I saw it as a kid and was blown away. I would say that 70s show episode featuring Star Wars captures the excitement and reaction of people who first saw the film in 1977. You have to remember before Star Wars the only realistic science fiction film based in space was 2001:A Space Odyessy, on tv we had Star Trek but even by the 70's it already started to look old and then there was a British tv show called, Space 1999 that had pretty good effects but bad stories and that was about it. There was also Planet of the Apes but those films had just a few minutes of space scenes. Star Wars lanched a whole series of expensive high budget science fiction films including Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Alien, Battlestar Galactica, Blade Runner and of course Star Trek - The Motion Picture. Many people have said that if there was no Star Wars film there never would have been Star Trek on the big screen. The original Star Wars movies I believe worked on many levels its not just good verses evil, and lets not forget George Lucas was influenced by Joseph Campbell who was an expert on world mythology. I still think the Star Trek universe offers us more stories but in reality I would say the best Trek stories still belong in seasons I and II of the original series, that is why I have zero expectations from JJ Abrams.

If you don't know your past you......

Those of you under 35 have no idea...unless you've really studied.

Try this experiment: Only watch sci-fi and fantasy created before 1977 and compare with Star Wars (original) and see what I mean.

You have boring, toothpicks and tape F/X --combined WITH BAD scripts and dialogue. ---oh man it's aweful. Many old sci -fi films were tedious and painful to follow-they made little sense---they were worse than any episode of Enterprise. Ha ha.

This is all you'd have:

Logan's Run
Godzilla Films
Phase 4
War of the Worlds
Invaders from Mars
Classic Trek
Charleton Heston and ape costumes
Bozo the clown
Elvira
The Banana splits
Comic books
Black and White Flash Gordan movies
Lone Ranger
Lorne Green (Bonanza--not BSG)
Osmond Christmas special
Ironsides starring Raymond Burr
Columbo
(I'm being silly--but this is what was on TV as well---and a certain factor plays into this as well---TV movies were very SLOW paced)
Watch all these things and then watch Star Wars--you'll get it!

Sure there are some gems in here----but watch and compare; you'll see.

No matter what the raving Trek fans tell you; if it weren't for SW there'd be no TNG, TMP, DS9 or JJ Abram's trek.

Star Wars started it's campaign at a Trek convention, yes, so Trek is the grandaddy; Lucas said it himself----but, if it weren't for the genius of the flanneled one---I doubt you'd have Jean-Luc Picard.

 

[Praetor]

I don't know, I thought that one kinda was.

So where's the Trek one?

The same just with spock ears and a James Kirk t-shirt. That's what makes the 'humour' so effective. Sling a multi coloured scarf around the neck and you've got a Doctor Who fan etc...


It's a great lazy and unimaginative joke.

Oh, quit crying, you big baby.

It was a joke, and quite frankly it's pretty clever.

And not for nothing, most of that stuff is unique to SW fans.

IMO, there's no call for that, Captain.

Thor Damar, if your feelings are actually hurt, I apologize.

 

[JustKate]

If you don't know your past you......

Those of you under 35 have no idea...unless you've really studied.

Try this experiment: Only watch sci-fi and fantasy created before 1977 and compare with Star Wars (original) and see what I mean.

You have boring, toothpicks and tape F/X --combined WITH BAD scripts and dialogue. ---oh man it's aweful. Many old sci -fi films were IMPOSIIBLE to follow-they made little sense---they were worse than any episode of Enterprise for example.

If you want to look at it that way (not that I'm criticizing, mind you), look at TV scifi before TOS. Aside from The Twilight Zone and The Outer Limits, it was pretty much all dreck. That might help you understand why TOS just blew some of us away.

 

[GMDreia]

I love Trek more than Wars, but

1. There is a LOT more of Trek to love... not as much Wars
2. I've recently reasoned that Star Wars has racist themes and undercurrents - and not the shallow ones most people think of. It's worse than that. And Ｉhave a headache an don't want to go into it, but I plan to write a paper on it at some point.

 

[Misfit Toy]

I don't know, I thought that one kinda was.

So where's the Trek one?

The same just with spock ears and a James Kirk t-shirt. That's what makes the 'humour' so effective. Sling a multi coloured scarf around the neck and you've got a Doctor Who fan etc...


It's a great lazy and unimaginative joke.

Oh, quit crying, you big baby.

It was a joke, and quite frankly it's pretty clever.

And not for nothing, most of that stuff is unique to SW fans.

Keep it lighthearted, folks - this is supposed to be a GOOD WEEK for us Trek fans.

 

[JustKate]

Oh, quit crying, you big baby.

It was a joke, and quite frankly it's pretty clever.

And not for nothing, most of that stuff is unique to SW fans.

Very few things are as individual as humor, so I don't really think it's right to call somebody names over a disgreement about what is or isn't funny. I think it's mildly funny, but last I checked, nobody had crowned me the Humor Queen.