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

[dps]

You watch "Threshold" or "Night in Sickbay" and say that again.

Yeah, there's a reason I referred to "3 great TV series" in my post.

[grumbler]

While I find it fascinating that Star Wars was so much bigger outside the US than within it (the story being universal enough that it translated well, I guess), I think Trek the better property (B5 being better than both, obviously  ).  Trek's qualities fit the small screen better than the big screen (stories could be deep but weren't broad) and War's mile-wide-inch-deep characterizations worked much better the other way. I like to see the $50 million spent on 50 episodes than a 100-minute blockbuster, but I can see how others would see it differently.

You want to know what the cultural phenomenon that made "break in [it's industry's] history" was in the US, IMO:  Twin Peaks.  That's what everyone talked about on Fridays.  Never saw anything like it, before or since.

[11B4V]

And TP is coming back. Wonder how it will fare.

[CountDeMoney]

You want to know what the cultural phenomenon that made "break in [it's industry's] history" was in the US, IMO:  Twin Peaks.  That's what everyone talked about on Fridays.  Never saw anything like it, before or since.

Well, everybody talked about LA Law on Fridays too, but I suspect you didn't hang out at that water cooler.


FWIW, I would argue that there wouldn't have been a Twin Peaks if it wasn't for Miami Vice making it possible by reinventing television.