Star Trek vs. Star Wars

[candidgamera]

I'm in one of THOSE arguments? What is this, 1999?

For the record..


Star Trek.

Comments

[simply-blah.livejournal.com]

IAWTP.

[candidgamera.livejournal.com]

Darn right.

[yellowseptember.livejournal.com]

Damn Skippy.

[katyrnyn.livejournal.com]

Neither. They both suck.

If it had stopped after the original series and the first two (or maybe four) movies, Star Trek would be ok. Had Lucas died after Return of the Jedi, Star Wars would be ok.

BUT THEY JUST WON'T GO AWAY!!!

They were both entertaining up until a certain tipping point. Probably up to when the 1,000th trashy "canon" novel in each respective universe was published. Wanna know why Barnes and Noble is going bankrupt? Look at the amount of shelf space they waste keeping up with both Wars and Trek and with Kevin J Anderson and his attempts to rape every sci-fi franchise in existence. (Seriously, they should've stopped after the books Alan Dean Foster wrote for both franchises.)

Much like OSC should've stopped after Ender's Game. Or Gibson after Neuromancer. Or Herbert after Children or Messiah (God Emperor and the knowledge of what parts of Duncan Idaho he was "inspecting" have forever destroyed my appreciation for Dune).

Just let it die already.



(Amusingly, my first thought was to correct your post to read: "What is this, Space: 1999?")

[candidgamera.livejournal.com]

Wow, you're already a curmudgeon, aren't you?

Ignore the novels, all of'em.

[katyrnyn.livejournal.com]

Nah, I just know a dead horse when I see one. I can still enjoy the original three Star Wars movies and the early Trek stuff when I'm in the right mindset, but my tastes have matured significantly. Then again I was never quite the focused geek the rest of you were... my interests have always been rather more diverse than the dictates of geek culture.

Curmudgeons are folks that watch Masterpiece Theatre on over-the-air PBS and listen to Lawrence Welk. Some of the music I listen to would kill those types outright.

[candidgamera.livejournal.com]

Sounds a bit elitist.

[katyrnyn.livejournal.com]

Then it sounds a bit like me....