# Which is Better: Star Wars or Star Trek? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 18, 2003, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-better-star-wars-or-star-trek/176076 "2003-05-18T18:14:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Getuhgrip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@Getuhgrip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Getuhgrip)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2003, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-better-star-wars-or-star-trek/176076/41 "2003-05-19T09:56:51Z")
And how are we to guage their effectiveness? Was this a fuel efficient means of planet cracking? Any over-time premium involved? If we’re going to wage war in space, we really need to look at the hard numbers! ---
**Author:** ![Kilt-wearin\_man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/82dd89/32.png) [@Kilt-wearin\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilt-wearin_man)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2003, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-better-star-wars-or-star-trek/176076/42 "2003-05-20T17:31:21Z")
Haggis. With neeps and tatties, and a nice single-malt to finish it off. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2003, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-better-star-wars-or-star-trek/176076/43 "2003-05-20T18:46:39Z")
Oh please. Vader could crush the Borg with one clench of his fist. ---
**Author:** ![Intaglio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/71e660/32.png) [@Intaglio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intaglio)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2003, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-better-star-wars-or-star-trek/176076/44 "2003-05-20T19:39:49Z")
Two Words - Star Trek. Is Way Better. ---
**Author:** ![BuckleberryFerry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5f9b8f/32.png) [@BuckleberryFerry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BuckleberryFerry)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2003, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-better-star-wars-or-star-trek/176076/45 "2003-05-20T19:50:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Terrifel \* > \*\*What about **Star Wars** , hah? Does your precious **Star Wars** have Spock in it? …No? > > There you go, then.\*\* No, we got [Han Solo](http://zuul.gotdns.com/justhansolo/gallery/images/new_hope/han10.jpg). ::swoon:: ---
**Author:** ![kingpengvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9dc877/32.png) [@kingpengvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kingpengvin)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2003, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-better-star-wars-or-star-trek/176076/46 "2003-05-20T20:01:39Z")
Space: 1999 has got the Eagles which seem more plausable than the Vipers but Battlestar alactica has the neato Cylon voices but those guys must have a tremendous headache. I mean you try looking back and forth quickly for extended periods. Sorry I digress to answer the OP The Six million dollar man was way better than the Bionic woman. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2003, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-better-star-wars-or-star-trek/176076/47 "2003-05-20T20:30:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by pepperlandgirl \* > \*\*I hear-tell there’s going to be a movie. \*\* \ TELL ME MORE! ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2003, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-better-star-wars-or-star-trek/176076/48 "2003-05-20T21:06:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Guinastasia \* > \*\*Oh please. Vader could crush the Borg with one clench of his fist. \*\* It takes him a minute or two to kill one onle Admiral, how’s he gonna handle millions of drones? Trek in a cakewalk. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2003, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-better-star-wars-or-star-trek/176076/49 "2003-05-20T21:09:22Z")
Vader schmader. Trek has the Organians, the Talosians, the Melkots, the Greco-Roman gods, the Douwd, the Prophets, the Q, and others I’m surely forgetting. ---
**Author:** ![mudpupper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@mudpupper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mudpupper)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2003, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-better-star-wars-or-star-trek/176076/50 "2003-05-20T21:17:46Z")
If only Star Trek could find a villian as cool as Vader. Life would be perfect. Is it just me, but does both the “old” Starw Wars and Star Trek stuff get better with age and newer stuff sets new standards for over production? ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2003, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-better-star-wars-or-star-trek/176076/51 "2003-05-20T21:20:02Z")
Trek. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2003, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-better-star-wars-or-star-trek/176076/52 "2003-05-20T21:20:25Z")
It’s just you. You ever watch TOS? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2003, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-better-star-wars-or-star-trek/176076/53 "2003-05-20T21:23:48Z")
> [@](#): > > Or did you mean “if you had simply dropped a really really big rock from orbit”? I mean “a rock the size of a basketball”. In ST:FC, the Borg fire at a planet. The resulting shots create explosions that look like a stick of TNT going off. Pathetic, just downright pathetic, really. > [@](#): > > Star Trek is science fiction Star Trek is fantasy. Pure, unadulterated fantasy. There’s not an ounce of science in it. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2003, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-better-star-wars-or-star-trek/176076/54 "2003-05-20T21:25:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Aesiron \* > \*\*It’s just you. You ever watch TOS? :eek: \*\* Seen 'em all. I’m talking about the whole thing. Were you talking to me? ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2003, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-better-star-wars-or-star-trek/176076/55 "2003-05-20T21:27:12Z")
Nope… was talking to **mudpupper** , Li’l Miss World Revolves Around Me. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2003, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-better-star-wars-or-star-trek/176076/56 "2003-05-20T21:30:13Z")
Well, if you’d clarify things like that, some of us wouldn’t be so confused. Then again… ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2003, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-better-star-wars-or-star-trek/176076/57 "2003-05-20T21:32:00Z")
There’d been no confusion if you had posted more than one word and let my post go through first. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-better-star-wars-or-star-trek/176076/58 "2003-05-21T00:01:04Z")
You harbinger of unrepenting TrekGeekitude. We are one. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-better-star-wars-or-star-trek/176076/59 "2003-05-21T02:19:50Z")
Trek has PHASERS! What the HELL? Wars has blasters and LIGHTSABERS! Oh, and we have Ewan McGregor. And James Earl Jones, Sir Alec Guiness, Sir Christopher Lee, Ian McDiamid, Harrison Ford and Sir Peter Cushing. You guys just have Patrick Stewart. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-better-star-wars-or-star-trek/176076/60 "2003-05-21T05:14:09Z")
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