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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsWould you choose a 'Star Wars' or 'Star Trek' universe?
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57507800-1/friday-poll-would-you-choose-a-star-wars-or-star-trek-universe/Trek!
onehandle
(51,122 posts)And I could aways replicate a metal bikini for my wife, so then I would have the best of both worlds.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)A science/evidence based universe with a socialistic and atheistic Earth sounds like paradise to me.
deutsey
(20,166 posts)Last edited Fri Sep 7, 2012, 01:44 PM - Edit history (1)
intaglio
(8,170 posts)The old ones died in droves ...
deutsey
(20,166 posts)ThoughtCriminal
(14,011 posts)GreenPartyVoter
(72,377 posts)Xyzse
(8,217 posts)Trek - for the way it is run.
Star Wars - Just because I want to have a functional Lightsaber.
IrishEyes
(3,275 posts)It is just more fun.
ArnoldLayne
(2,060 posts)Denninmi
(6,581 posts)Next Generation universe. Those were some progressive people.
yawnmaster
(2,812 posts)benld74
(9,889 posts)although light sabers are cool
taking one to a phaser fight
is like taking a knife
to a gun fight
Nuh-uh!
You can deflect them phaser beams with a saber.
Also, if you have the force with you, you can either push them away by your mind or use lightning.
Some Jedis could even drag a Starship down.
Though yeah, definitely more fun, I must admit, I think I like the women of Trek better.
avebury
(10,946 posts)living a warped sort of Star Wars with the Republicans and Tea Party being the evil Empire wannabees and the 1% representing the evil Trade Federation.
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)Phasers aren't precise enough.
antiquie
(4,299 posts)No contest.
geardaddy
(24,924 posts)Mos def.
Bucky
(53,805 posts)YankeyMCC
(8,401 posts)I think I have to choose Star Wars.
I mean Trek has nice comfy homes and ships and nice comfy progressives, at least in the Federation. But it's also way to unperdictably dangerous. Anonmallys popping up anywhere, anytime, advanced equipment used to manipulate fundamental forces of nature not functioning as designed.
But Star Wars, seems a bit more lively, and a bit more rational in the distribution of danger, and much more diverse.
cyberswede
(26,117 posts)sakabatou
(42,083 posts)Archae
(46,262 posts)Well, besides the "Irwin Allen "danger of the week" crap...
But I'd want to travel in the TARDIS!
yawnmaster
(2,812 posts)OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)I loved Penny so much. Judy was too old for me and had what's-his-name.
yawnmaster
(2,812 posts)OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)PowerToThePeople
(9,610 posts)Our Democratic Republic was taken over by the dark side when Supremes put Bush in charge. (Or when Kennedy was assassinated - It's been under siege for some time. Or maybe it never has truly existed yet)
We are currently fighting as rebels trying to free our Country from it's grasp.
IdaBriggs
(10,559 posts)Bucky
(53,805 posts)CherokeeDem
(3,709 posts)definitely Star Trek.
derby378
(30,252 posts)...and I can get along equally well with Vulcans or Wookies.
Rowdyboy
(22,057 posts)MrScorpio
(73,626 posts)You'll find me on Risa
Broken_Hero
(59,305 posts)Gidney N Cloyd
(19,782 posts)GreenPartyVoter
(72,377 posts)AnneD
(15,774 posts)Hands down.
Shankapotomus
(4,840 posts)I would probably take several different tv space series before Star Wars.
Generic Brad
(14,270 posts)Trek!
MrMickeysMom
(20,453 posts)It's what we were supposed to all turn in to.
I practically cry when I realize this...
Frank Cannon
(7,570 posts)And a lot of stuff in the Original Series that didn't exist has been invented (e.g., the Communicator). Just got to get artificial gravity and that warp drive thing figured out.
MrMickeysMom
(20,453 posts)... except when I see TNG's episode, "The Child"
Frank Cannon
(7,570 posts)hifiguy
(33,688 posts)I am a blubbering mess.
Number_9
(32 posts)Trek has a real lack of sex and toilets...
Frank Cannon
(7,570 posts)And no one got more action than Captain James T. Kirk.
Tindalos
(10,525 posts)MrsBrady
(4,187 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,112 posts)Closest thing to Republicans they have is Ferangis.
LongTomH
(8,636 posts)or....
Decisions, decisions......
Chill out gang, it's just a fanboy fantasy.
When I was at the Shakespeare in the Park here a few weeks ago, a lady friend joked about having some 'hunky slave boys' to fan her (We had just seen Antony and Cleopatra).
Seriously, I would take the Star Trek universe anytime.
edbermac
(15,919 posts)Lucas Land was pretty much sexless.
arcane1
(38,613 posts)Social breakdown, world war 3, the post-atomic horror.
Things had to get a lot worse before they got good. However, now that we have that knowledge from the future, we can change it
d_r
(6,907 posts)blade runner or mad max or firefly