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They both have good points...don't really have anything against either.
I should have left him there. He had served his purpose. He owed me nothing - yet he gave himself to me willingly. Why? I know not. He is nothing more than a pathetic human. An inferior race. A mon-keigh. But still I broke off my wings so that I might carry him easier. I took him from that place, into the snowstorm where our tracks will not be found. He is heavy. And he is dying. And he is slowing me down. But I will save him. Why? I know not. He is still warm. I can feel his blood ebbing across me. For every beat of his heart, another, slight spill of heat. The heat blows away on the winter wind. His blood is still warm. But fading. And I have spilled scarlet myself. The snow laps greedily at our footsteps and our lifeblood, covering them without a trace as we fade away.
'She sat on the corner, gulping the soup down, uncaring of the heat of it. They had grown more watery as of late she noted, but she wasn't about to beggar food from the Imperials or the "Bearers of the Word." Tau, despite their faults at least didn't have a kill policy for her race.'
Star wars all the way. It's not all fluffy bunny the way Trek is. Love Trek, don't get me wrong, and I can watch it all day. But even Trek's attempts at conflict barely seem believable like you know it's going to be done at the top of the hour. Star Wars' expanded universe has got stuff really great stuff before and after the original trilogy.
Star Wars has a better MMO too.
But whatever <censored> let R.A. Salvatore kill Chewbacca off needs to be drawn and quartered. So does R.A. Salvatore for that matter. ...."and maybe I'll just drop a moon on Chewie to stir the pot a little." Dammit editors where were you!!!
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Star Trek, both/either the tone of Wrath of Khan and Dominion War DS9 (with a sprinkling of First Contact). Basically if Star Trek had that darker tone throughout it'd be perfect for me.
I enjoy Star Wars, but it's just never grabbed my imagination like Star Trek has.
And I've always preferred the more naval style engagements in Star Trek over the aerial type engagements in Star Wars.
"How do you feel when you have killed a man?"
"Quite jolly, what about you?"
Sir Richard Burton, when asked by a disapproving doctor.
Polonius wrote:Also, GW products aren't movies. They can't be "spoiled."
I suppose the surprise can be spoiled, but still, nobody is paying for the surprise.
Like any responsible adult I have a Five Year Plan. It culminates in me becoming Batman.
Star Wars could kick Star Treks butt IMHO.
Stormtroopers vs Guys with Phasers. Not a contest at all. Plus the sheer number of Star Wars fans (from all age groups, thanks to the games)
Automatically Appended Next Post: There is just no way in anyone's imagination that Trek > Wars just because of the story Star Wars tells, and because of the EPIC music tracks found on Star Wars troughout all the movies, games and the Cartoon series(s)
Plus, as mentioned above, Im a Battlefront sucker. It was my first ever FPS game, and I'm not ashamed to say that it is probably the best offline game I have ever played in my life.
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I was going to vote. But i couldn't find the neither choice. I haven't seen any of each. That i can remember. When the star wars came out with the wookey fight, I smoked some things and tried to watch it. Took me about 3 tries and i still don't remember the movie. I think the paradises of these movies are alot better than the movies. Space balls, Fan boys, something something something dark side.
Babylon5
Farscape
Firefly
DS9
Original Star Wars Trilogy
Battlestar G (recent) (knocked down from 3rd place by the terrible end half of Series 4).
ST:THG
ST: Enterprise
ST: Voyager
(off the bottom of the map: Star Wars prequels and that bastard george 'put moar cgi in it rawr!' locust...)
Star wars appeals more to the kiddies who don't really understand what total schlock it is. It is the most generic "space opera" you can imagine. Granted the special effects were ahead of their time, but now days? The poor writing ruins any kind of nostalgia. And if the ewoks weren't its death knell, then jar-jar binks certainly was.
Star trek has always had more adult themes, not so much high fantasy swashbucklers in space. None of the star wars films hold a candle to wrath of khan, but empire and a new hope were both better than that save the whales 80's star trek movie.
Emerett wrote:Empire Strikes Back is the only movie in the series worth watching.
All of Star Trek is worth watching.
Well, except for Enterprise, the first two seasons of TNG and DS9, Voyager and all of TOS.
These parts of trek were turgid, badly written and acted, and persisted only because certain nerds could not be told.
Once the Dominion War kicked off for DS9, and once the movies grew some balls, it was watchable.
All pales before Farscape, though (but I am biased because I worked on it.). Yes, it is even superior to Firefly. Why? Because it doesn't need a legion of Brownnoses (or is that browncoats? I get them mixed up, given how far most of them wish to climb into Joss Whedon's rectal passage).
I'm OVER 50 (and so far over everyone's BS, too).
Old enough to know better, young enough to not give a ****.
That is not dead which can eternal lie ...
... and yet, with strange aeons, even death may die.
I am not surprised at the vote results ... Star Wars and Warhammer 40K have a lot in common, actually, both being in the "sci-fantasy" realm of sci fi, having essentially a form of magic and mysticism blended with science, and a plethora of different intergalactic species, wars, etc.
The biggest difference is the 40k universe is much ... "darker" than Star Wars.
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IHateNids wrote:
Plus, as mentioned above, Im a Battlefront sucker. It was my first ever FPS game, and I'm not ashamed to say that it is probably the best offline game I have ever played in my life.
So much of this.
Nom
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I think this question is very dependent upon your age. For me, I cannot understand why anybody would put ANY space themed show or movie before the Star Wars trilogy, but for me that was my generations big sci-fi experience. I loved Firefly and Farscape was cool, but better then Star Wars??!! Not for me. They hold no nostalgic emotion whatsoever. And again for Stat Trek, the original was cool because I watched everyday after Perry Mason, the Peoples Court, He-Man, Transformers, and the Brady Bunch. The kitsch factor is high here, and it's meant to be. Most modern sci-fi shows only attempt to harness this raw power (except the new Who. But Tom Baker still is the best doctor, hands down. NO. Don't argue with me, it won't change my mind) and usually fall far too short in their attempt. So to summarize: I like Star Wars, I can connect with it on many levels. I like the original Star Trek (and a smattering of STNG), but no where near as much as Star Wars. I'm a Who fan, always have been.
End of Line
Can you hear the call of the North Star?
Feel its longing in your heart
This bond is eternal sworn through blood
At the end we will stand as one!
Even if the daylight dies
Our horde marches on and on
If we should fall down to the ground
We'll rise again and never give up!
I prefer the SW, however if you could give me command of the USS Defiant, well that would change things. That ship looks so damn good, it's even eclipses the YT series.
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