Better at what? Being science fiction or fantasy?
this post was submitted on 20 Jan 2025
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Not even that - I saw this on the internet and decided to share bc I thought it was funny:-).
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I'll never understand why people pit these two franchises against each other lol Other than the fact that they're both set in space I fail to see the point of the comparison... They're both fun to watch!
Bc blah blah "dramatic tension" blah blah.:-D
More like melodramatic tension, amirite?
Them being in space really is the only comparison. I wouldn't expect to see something like Let That Be Your Last Battlefield to feel like a good Star Wars story in the same way that I wouldn't expect Riker and Picard to fight each other with laser swords atop planetary Mt Doom while screaming their feelings at each other after 2 movies of building up their relationship.
I mean, some people will agree and others will disagree because ultimately the two series are quite different from each other.
Star Trek is for the people that like hard science fiction. They want the technical explanation why something happens or how it works.
Star Wars is for the people that don't really care about hard science fiction. There might be a scentific explanation for something or there might not be. The people that like Star Wars aren't really going to care if it isn't explained.
As for me, I like both for different reasons. Though I don't really like either series after ~2012.
That's true... but also in a different orthogonal sense Star Wars looks more "realistic" than Trek bc of its heavy leaning into politics. Slavery exists for example, instead of everyone living in a post scarcity society where people have suddenly decided to share resources.
But mostly yes ofc, bc laser swords wielded by space wizards is just the realm of high fantasy, as opposed to "reverse the polarity!":-)
Well, considering much, if not most, of Star Trek takes place outside the Federation... no, not everyone is living in a post scarcity society. And slavery does exist. They just approach it from an analytical point of view, rather than an adventurous one.
How many crossovers can we squeeze into this?
What if I told you, Morpheus is saying "I won't lie to you", and never said "what if I told you"?
I wonder why the meme changed it, perhaps to be shorter or more readily received.