Star Trek VS Star Wars

Talk about a thread guaranteed to ignite some flame wars...

I chose niether. If you had asked me in 1995, I would have said Star Trek was better. If you'd asked in 1998, Star Wars would have come out on top. The fact is, the wheels are off of both franchises right now; they've both been driven into the ground, and I have no desire to see any more content from either, since it will only further tarnish what good there was.

Star Wars generally has more adventure, while Star Trek is heavier on social issues and philosophical themes. Both are laden with technobabble, and both have the ability to create endearing characters and place them in a rousing situation. But neither has since 1993.

If Star Wars had ended forever in 1983, as God intended, and Star Trek had expired in 1993, rather than limping to a close last year, the issue would have been close, maybe even "apples and oranges" close. But I'm now in the position where I neither seek out nor care for new content in either case, with few exceptions.

Both series had a hand in getting sci-fi respect as a film and television genre, but their days are over.

Jam it back in, in the dark.