Star Wars vs Star Trek - the ultimate nerd battle

[Barrister]

It's only Dune I disagree with.

The only parallels I really see are a desert planet.  Woo.

Child born with massive mysterious powers, lost other orders with the powers, rebellion against an Empire...

All seem to be a reach.

Has Lucas ever said he was inspired by Dune?  He has certainly acknowledged the other sources that were discussed.

[Sheilbh]

Off the subject, but i thought Martinass left the forum?

Lasted about 16 hours

[katmai]

Off the subject, but i thought Martinass left the forum?

Lasted about 16 hours

So about as long as his real life relationships, got it!

[DisturbedPervert]

Impossible to choose if you include everything from both series.  They both have some good as well as simply awful movies/series.

[DisturbedPervert]

Child born with massive mysterious powers, lost other orders with the powers, rebellion against an Empire...

Dune invented those themes?   

[Barrister]

Child born with massive mysterious powers, lost other orders with the powers, rebellion against an Empire...

Dune invented those themes?   

Exactly.  If you follow Spellus's link, it also credits LotR, 2001, Forbidden Planet, the Wizard of Oz, and Ben-Hur as inspiration.

[Caliga]

I think it is a recent phenomenon, and I think (could be wrong) that this is a result of the international popularity of Torchwood which was broadcasted internationally.

Nope.  When I was a kid (like in elementary school), circa 1985 a friend and I used to watch Dr. Who all the time.  He was such a big fan that his mom made him a Dr. Who costume which he wore not only for Halloween, but other times at random, just for the hell of it.  Also he had a pet cat he named "Tardis".

Also when I was in college I had a professor named "Dallek" and another friend and I used to make Dr. Who jokes all the time about that guy.

[Caliga]

Battlestar Galactica (the new one - Starbuck is a chick!) is better than any of the mentioned.

[The Brain]

As the question is about which is the better sci fi series I can't believe people who vote Star Wars. Star Wars only qualifies as sci fi in the widest sense; it is fantasy.

[Grey Fox]

Star Trek, hands down.

I don't hate Star Wars but I don't like the original 3 movies as they didn't aged well at all.

[Neil]

Frank Herbert almost sued Lucas.

That only proves that Herbert is a little bit crazy/stupid.

That'd be like Anne Rice suing that Twilight bitch.

[Neil]

Star Wars but only if you ignore the last three movies.  Of course if you pick ST you have to ingnore so much more.

But both pale in comparison to Babylon 5.

Battlestar Galactica (the new one - Starbuck is a chick!) is better than any of the mentioned.

Fuck you you filthy fucking Russian.  You should get your dumb fucking hypochondriac ass checked out, because I think AIDS is rotting your brain.

My wife got me the old Battlestar Galactica for Christmas.  It is so much better than the new abomination.

[Maximus]

I'm not a fan of most science fiction, but I'm especially not a fan of the star wars/Dune genre. Yes they do share that much in that they're not so much science fiction as some sort of mutated crossbreed between sci-fi and fantasy, like someone got the past and the future confused.

[Faeelin]

I had no idea Dr. Who had international recognition far less fans

Weird.

I think it is a recent phenomenon, and I think (could be wrong) that this is a result of the international popularity of Torchwood which was broadcasted internationally.

... No?

[Neil]

Dr. Who was on regularily when I was a kid.  Every weekend Tom Baker would be on my TV.