Comments on: Abrams And Lindelof Talk Star Trek Wars

By: Aaron R. (Sisko's VS. Vader anyday)

Aaron R. (Sisko's VS. Vader anyday) — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 20:59:34 +0000

Hmmm…. The difference between Trek and Wars is one is Science Fiction and on is more like to Fantasy. When you watch Trek you can see depth of the science thought involved in helping to carry the story. Wars you see more of the fantasy element such as many main characters having mysterious powers like wizards, main characters all using a form of sword like a knight of old (even being called knights), and naturally don’t forget about one thing that this show pointed out extensively is that Star Wars is a true Quest type tale with one character going on a quest in which that character matures and learns life’s lessons. Other examples of this would be Bilbo in the Hobbit, Frodo in Lord of the Rings, Odysseus in the Odyssey, the list of fantasy tales with this format is long. That is the main difference between Trek and Wars. This is also why I feel Battlestar (New Version) is more true science fiction at heart than Star Wars. Science Fiction as a genre lately seems to be at its best when it is very dark and nitty gritty as is a trend of fantasy as well, just look at Lord of the Rings. My sincere hope is that Abrams understands that Trek needs to change to keep up with the change of the film industry around it. Trek MUST still have its core message about humanity and the hope for the future however also be darker and show that sometimes the universe is not the friendliest place to be and peace sometimes must come at a dear cost.

I love Trek because its technology to me seems much more fundamentally realistic as opposed to Wars. Don’t get me wrong I am not one who hates Wars but I do feel both Trek and Battlestar are more the theme of Science Fiction. As the TV special even stated Star Wars is Mythology/Fantasy not Science Fiction.

By: Jay

Jay — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 15:42:19 +0000

Love both Trek and Wars… just hope that Trek XI doesnt turn out like Star Wars II

By: fred

fred — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 20:50:38 +0000

im not a star wars fan i don`t mind them and like so many other don`t get this star wars v star tek they did it with star trek v b5 dose it real mater good sci-fi is good sci-fi

By: Dr. Image

Dr. Image — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 16:59:58 +0000

Star Wars has always been tremendously overrated.

The last three films display overwhelming evidence that Lucas has been breathing his own fumes for far too long.

Star Wars– make it STOP already!!!

By: John N.

John N. — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 16:19:10 +0000

I was always under the impression that Star Trek fans could generally find value in the action packed Star Wars saga as well…

However, I didn’t always think it a given that Star Wars fans would automatically like the more esoteric Star Trek franchise.

It’s sort of like Spock’s quote in “Mirror, Mirror”:

“It was far easier for you as civilized men to behave like barbarians than it was for them as barbarians to behave like civilized men.”

Just kidding… ;)

By: CmdrR.

CmdrR. — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 15:55:50 +0000

Anthony… you should post the clip of Shatner at the Lucas tribute, saying “Star Trek changed everything…” then being corrected.

By: Ro-Dan

Ro-Dan — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 11:49:36 +0000

I love all six STAR WARS movies but when it comes to STAR TREK my heart belongs only to TOS and its films.

By: Stanky McFibberich

Stanky McFibberich — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 08:25:41 +0000

Yes, what some have said is true. In comparing the two the similarity is basically just that they both have something to do with space and spaceships.

Another possible comparison is the that the spinoffs (Star Trek) and the prequels (Star Wars) are not as good as the real deal. That won’t upset anyone, will it? :)

I earlier stated that I can watch the first three Star Wars over and over. This is true, but I often fast-forward through the Ewok crap. :)

By: cloudynow

cloudynow — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 08:04:40 +0000

trek is my first love. i like star wars too but somehow i find it more soapish then trek. and the prequels were so silly and just for 10 years old ones imho.

By: Sithmenace

Sithmenace — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 06:53:01 +0000

As you can probably tell from my name I’m a SW fan first and foremost, but the Trek TOS movies are definitely a huge part of my childhood as well.

Anyway, ROTJ is a great movie, I’ve never understood all of the hatred for it. For a movie that had to follow possibly the greatest sci-fi/fantasy film of all time, I think it did pretty well, and it’s without a doubt light years ahead of any of the prequels, including the highly overrated ROTS. There are some serious things happening in the last hour of Jedi, and it was a really good movie to wrap up the trilogy. It just gets a bad rap because of the Ewoks, even though they’re in it for all of about 15 minutes.

However I’ve always wondered what could have been if Lucas were allowed to let Spielberg direct.