Nerd Poll #001: Star Wars v. Star Trek; Marvel v. DC

Started by Kleves, February 14, 2017, 03:38:42 PM

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Well?

Kneel before Mickey: Star Wars and Marvel
The house that weird guys in goofy black costumes built: Star Wars and DC
You had me at colorful costumes: Star Trek and Marvel
The least popular choice: Star Trek and DC
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Valmy

#15
February 14, 2017, 07:26:38 PM
Quote from: Berkut on February 14, 2017, 06:29:11 PM
Star Trek.

Honestly, I doubt I could tell you which of any given superhero or comic book was part of which company. Do people actually pay attention to that?

I have never owned a comic book in my life but even I know that :hmm:

I am not even sure how I know that.
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Kleves

#16
February 14, 2017, 08:53:12 PM
For me, Star Wars over Star Trek is easy. I've enjoyed Star Trek, but it's never connected with me the way that Star Wars has. The music of Star Wars alone has had more of an impact on me than Star Trek. Star Wars is the more engaging, meaningful universe.

Marvel v. DC is tougher. Batman is probably my favorite super hero, and the Batman movies are my favorite super hero movies. On the other hand, the Marvel movies are far more consistent, and I find the characters more interesting in general. So the edge goes to Marvel.
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#17
February 14, 2017, 11:54:07 PM
Star Wars has more appeal to me than Star Trek although I used to watch the latter a lot too.
Not a big fan of either DC or Marvel. I like the X Men and Batman and that's it. Didn't like Deadpool for example.

dps

#18
February 15, 2017, 12:30:03 AM
Star Trek over Star Wars, easily.  I love 'em both, but with Star Wars, well, there's really not much there outside the original trilogy.  Three really good to great movies can't outweigh 3 great TV series and several good movies.

Marvel vs DC is tougher.  I based it just on the comics, not the movies and went with DC. 

Monoriu

#19
February 15, 2017, 12:34:39 AM
Quote from: The Larch on February 14, 2017, 06:45:06 PM
Quote from: Monoriu on February 14, 2017, 06:05:51 PM
Star Wars > Star Trek.  I just don't get Star Trek's vision of the future of replicators, money-less society and utopia.  Scarcity is an essential feature of any society. 

No idea what Marvel or DC are.

The two biggest superhero comics publishing companies:

Marvel: X-Men, Spiderman, Avengers, Fantastic 4...
DC: Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Justice League, Flash...

Voted Star Wars/Marvel. Don't care about DC at all besides Batman, and never got into Star Trek.

Thanks :hug:

CountDeMoney

#20
February 15, 2017, 12:53:58 AM
Quote from: dps on February 15, 2017, 12:30:03 AM
Star Trek over Star Wars, easily.  I love 'em both, but with Star Wars, well, there's really not much there outside the original trilogy.  Three really good to great movies can't outweigh 3 great TV series and several good movies.

Yeah, I have to lean towards Star Trek;  Star Wars was a great cinematic experience, and along with a shitload of great toys and merchandising, a cultural event.  But in the final analysis and setting aside box office impact, Star Wars was nothing more than an undergraduate Joseph Campbell lecture and the Battle of Midway.  Star Trek, on the other hand, maintained a consistent albeit uneven presence in pop culture, from reruns to movies to TV series to conventions. 

Maybe if George Lucas wasn't so determined to shit all over his creation, my answer would be different.  Gene Roddenberry tried as well, but at least he got marginalized in time for Khan and showed the proper courtesy of dying.



As far as comics go, meh.  DC over Marvel, if only because the big iconic superheros are DC, and Marvel is for nerds.  Could never keep track of that shit.

Syt

#21
February 15, 2017, 12:57:12 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on February 15, 2017, 12:53:58 AM
Maybe if George Lucas wasn't so determined to shit all over his creation, my answer would be different.  Gene Roddenberry tried as well, but at least he got marginalized in time for Khan and showed the proper courtesy of dying.

Dunno, man, much of Voyager and Enterprise is to Star Trek what the prequels are to Star Wars.
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Berkut

#22
February 15, 2017, 01:02:14 AM
Quote from: Syt on February 15, 2017, 12:57:12 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on February 15, 2017, 12:53:58 AM
Maybe if George Lucas wasn't so determined to shit all over his creation, my answer would be different.  Gene Roddenberry tried as well, but at least he got marginalized in time for Khan and showed the proper courtesy of dying.

Dunno, man, much of Voyager and Enterprise is to Star Trek what the prequels are to Star Wars.

No, that is most definitely not even close to being true.
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Syt

#23
February 15, 2017, 01:05:13 AM
You watch "Threshold" or "Night in Sickbay" and say that again. :P
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CountDeMoney

#24
February 15, 2017, 01:08:49 AM
Quote from: Syt on February 15, 2017, 01:05:13 AM
You watch "Threshold" or "Night in Sickbay" and say that again. :P

Jamaican-Jamaican Binks.  The Imperial Japanese Trade Federation Navy.  The flying Jew caricature with the eastern European accent. 

And that was just the bullshit characters of the first prequel abortion.  Don't even get me started on reducing the Force to genetic predisposition.

Richard Hakluyt

#25
February 15, 2017, 03:57:50 AM
Star Trek (original series) and Marvel (1963-72), loved both of them at the time.

Sophie Scholl

#26
February 15, 2017, 04:03:22 AM
Babylon 5 and.... I can't decide.  I've thoroughly enjoyed a lot of different comics from both companies at different times in my life.  They're both good in their own way.  I loved the "New" X-Men via X-Men Classics as a kid and the Secret Wars era of the rest of the universe but I also am a huge fan of the Giffen/DeMatteis run on the Justice League books and I'll always love the DC Golden Age characters.  Neither really can claim my "favorite" status.
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Tamas

#27
February 15, 2017, 04:52:13 AM
Comic books are for kids. Grow up.

garbon

#28
February 15, 2017, 05:08:52 AM
Quote from: Tamas on February 15, 2017, 04:52:13 AM
Comic books are for kids. Grow up.

I was mostly exposed to Marvel via tv shows. I didn't really like comic books as I read too fast, so they seemed like they had a poor ratio of fun to cost.
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#29
February 15, 2017, 05:10:53 AM
Star Wars had three very original and for their time great movies and deserves credit for that. It is THE epic adventure in space, but for all relevant purposes it was finished, over, and done in 1983, and even then it had repeated itself.

Star Trek has delivered on average high quality entertainment on all levels: topics, writing, themes, philosophy, characters, actors. Key words: on average. Six decades is a long time.

In the long term, Star Trek has to win in any comparison.

On comics, Marvel, because of Spider Man and X-Men being much more appealing to me in the early 80's.
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