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Wars vs. Trek
Feb. 28th, 2010 10:17 pmMy time being sick this week was not wasted. Between coughing and Nyquil naps, I watched the first 6 Star Trek movies (i.e., the ones with the tv show's original cast).
Disclaimer: while I was raised on Star Wars, I only have dim memories of the pre-TNG movies. I think I'd seen all of them before this week as I remembered bits from most, but they weren't ubiquitous in my childhood home the way the Star Wars trilogy was. As such I'm not super-aware of the context in which they were released, though I'm sure for fans of the TV show the first one was a huge, huge deal. Having said this:
( this got rather long - only for the nerdy )
I still like Star Wars best. Yes, even after the prequels: the story seems tighter and has more of a definite trajectory, and I think they also had more budget/effects magic to realize Lucas' vision (even before all of the recent remastering/meddling). Yes, I do realize that Trek was coming out of episodic tv. That, and I grew up with the characters - for me there was never a time that there WASN'T Star Wars.
Still, Trek does have a lot of fun in it's little'verse galaxy quadrant :)
Disclaimer: while I was raised on Star Wars, I only have dim memories of the pre-TNG movies. I think I'd seen all of them before this week as I remembered bits from most, but they weren't ubiquitous in my childhood home the way the Star Wars trilogy was. As such I'm not super-aware of the context in which they were released, though I'm sure for fans of the TV show the first one was a huge, huge deal. Having said this:
( this got rather long - only for the nerdy )
I still like Star Wars best. Yes, even after the prequels: the story seems tighter and has more of a definite trajectory, and I think they also had more budget/effects magic to realize Lucas' vision (even before all of the recent remastering/meddling). Yes, I do realize that Trek was coming out of episodic tv. That, and I grew up with the characters - for me there was never a time that there WASN'T Star Wars.
Still, Trek does have a lot of fun in it's little
