# So. The age old question. Star Wars or Star Trek? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 5, 2003, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-age-old-question-star-wars-or-star-trek/159214 "2003-03-05T08:36:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Captain\_Tycho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@Captain\_Tycho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Tycho)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-age-old-question-star-wars-or-star-trek/159214/1 "2003-03-05T08:36:48Z")
Yes, I know, all the nerds (which I am sadly one of šŸ™‚ ) have massive debates on who would win: Star Wars or Star Trek. I am curious what you guys think about itā€¦ (Pointless:yes. But helleuva lot of fun once you get into it:cool: ) Based on the technical aspects of each universe, who wins? (And no lame arguing that SW lasers are lasers, you canā€™t SEE lasers now, can you?šŸ˜ƒ ) And please do not kill me.šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Sock\_Munkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Sock\_Munkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sock_Munkey)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-age-old-question-star-wars-or-star-trek/159214/2 "2003-03-05T12:30:37Z")
There is already another thread on this subject. ---
**Author:** ![Maxxxie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f14d63/32.png) [@Maxxxie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maxxxie)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-age-old-question-star-wars-or-star-trek/159214/3 "2003-03-05T12:47:04Z")
Trek. Trek. TRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK. I have spoken. Make it so. šŸ˜ƒ Max ---
**Author:** ![big\_alex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e56c9b/32.png) [@big\_alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/big_alex)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-age-old-question-star-wars-or-star-trek/159214/4 "2003-03-05T13:27:04Z")
Wars ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-age-old-question-star-wars-or-star-trek/159214/5 "2003-03-05T13:27:20Z")
Isnā€™t this why we created Cafe Society in the first place? šŸ™‚ Buh-bye. ---
**Author:** ![LowerLip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/839c29/32.png) [@LowerLip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LowerLip)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-age-old-question-star-wars-or-star-trek/159214/6 "2003-03-05T13:34:44Z")
SW was good but not progressive. Star Trek continuesā€¦ (and a heck of a lot more realistic regarding inter-galactic diplomacy and relationships.) ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-age-old-question-star-wars-or-star-trek/159214/7 "2003-03-05T14:20:11Z")
Oh, please, NEITHER is realistic. Neither has even the semblance of realism. Star Trek is ridiculous, and Star Wars doesnā€™t even qualify as science fiction. Theyā€™re both fun, but letā€™s quash this ā€œRealismā€ silliness, please. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-age-old-question-star-wars-or-star-trek/159214/8 "2003-03-05T14:32:08Z")
Forget both. Stargate all the way. Or Babylon 5. ---
**Author:** ![Legomancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/779978/32.png) [@Legomancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legomancer)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-age-old-question-star-wars-or-star-trek/159214/9 "2003-03-05T15:24:06Z")
Despite Lucasā€™ attempts to drive me away, Iā€™d still go with Star Wars. His storylines aside, I find that universe and the characters in it far more compelling. I find Star Trek (the shows, the people, and the universe) immensely dull. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-age-old-question-star-wars-or-star-trek/159214/10 "2003-03-05T15:29:44Z")
Thanks loads, **Czarcasm**. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-age-old-question-star-wars-or-star-trek/159214/11 "2003-03-05T16:16:18Z")
Feg to both of them. Iā€™m a _Lost in Space_ girlā€”the TV show, not the movie! I love the goofiness, camp and self-kidding. Not pompous and overblown like _ST_ and _SW_. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f8ce5/32.png) [@The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Peyote_Coyote)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-age-old-question-star-wars-or-star-trek/159214/12 "2003-03-05T16:24:27Z")
Supermanā€™s foreskin beats the !@#$% out of both of them. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![kasuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-age-old-question-star-wars-or-star-trek/159214/13 "2003-03-05T17:04:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by The Peyote Coyote \* > \*\*Supermanā€™s foreskin beats the !@#$% out of both of them. šŸ˜ƒ \*\* Not unless Federation ships use their deflector dishes to send out a pulse that resembles Kryptonite! Or, at least synthesize it with replicators! šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![raisinbread](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8491ac/32.png) [@raisinbread](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raisinbread)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-age-old-question-star-wars-or-star-trek/159214/14 "2003-03-05T17:11:00Z")
Star Trek because it isnā€™t based on nobles and magic and other sword and sorcery crap. Sure itā€™s full of technobabble and constantly preaches to the liberal choir but given the choices itā€™s what I would choose any day. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-age-old-question-star-wars-or-star-trek/159214/15 "2003-03-05T17:46:43Z")
yes (as in, Do you like Star Trek or Star Wars?) Brian ā€œI refuse to chooseā€ ---
**Author:** ![El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Elvis_Rojo)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-age-old-question-star-wars-or-star-trek/159214/16 "2003-03-05T18:23:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by raisinbread \* > \*\*Star Trek because it isnā€™t based on nobles and magic and other sword and sorcery crap. Sure itā€™s full of technobabble and constantly preaches to the liberal choir but given the choices itā€™s what I would choose any day. \*\* But the original **Star Wars** was all about mythology and mysticism as well. A lot less technobable, and a lot more sword and sorcery than any Star Trek Iā€™ve ever seen (with the exception of those Robin Hood holodeck episodes). ---
**Author:** ![raisinbread](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8491ac/32.png) [@raisinbread](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raisinbread)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-age-old-question-star-wars-or-star-trek/159214/17 "2003-03-05T18:25:54Z")
I never said Star Trek was about mythology or mysticism. I dislike Star Wars and prefer the secular universe of Star Trek. ---
**Author:** ![SadTomato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@SadTomato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SadTomato)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-age-old-question-star-wars-or-star-trek/159214/18 "2003-03-05T18:44:51Z")
**Trek** jumped the shark after its second season. **Wars** jumped the shark after its second movie ( **ESB** ). Both are rather militaristic, though, and appeal partly to peopleā€™s desire for a ā€œfascist-groove-thing.ā€ Between **Trek** and **Wars** , I go with **Trek** ā€”But I prefer **Dr. Who**. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-age-old-question-star-wars-or-star-trek/159214/19 "2003-03-05T20:41:46Z")
Iā€™ll go with TREK all the way. Until, of course, ā€œRetief of the CDTā€ becomes a smash hit movie and TV franchise as God intendedā€¦Timmy ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5ac83/32.png) [@The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mad_Hermit)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-age-old-question-star-wars-or-star-trek/159214/20 "2003-03-05T20:50:23Z")
Why do we have to choose? Itā€™s not like tax dollars are supporting either franchise. I donā€™t understand why one form of entertainment is supposed to be preferred above all others; as far as I know people have different moods and desires. The technological war between fanatics on both sides is illogical as well. There is no common ground between many of the sci-fi universes; one would need a common ground to compare them properly. Face it, how do you judge which is more powerful: Star Destroyer vs. Enterprise-D? A Vorlon planet-killer vs. Lexx? How about a fistfight between Stanley Tweedle and Neelix? Would Captain Kirk and Xev get along? Would the Centauri be able to defeat House Harkonnen? You could go on and onā€¦ Whatā€™s the point? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-age-old-question-star-wars-or-star-trek/159214.md?page=2)