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[differently biotic]

hahaha just got even awsome-erer

[chalupacabra]

what the fuck happened to this thread?

it was stupid and then got awesome with sports.

Fixed.

Dockett ... plays like I would. haha I'm leaning towards his jersey for this coming season

Don't do it...dudes gonna get the franchise tag next year and probably be gone...god I'm a dork

[Rial]

If the cardinals had an offensive line of Chewbacca and Worf, with Sky Walker throwing to receivers Hans Solo and the Trekie called #2 with Data as the offensives Coordinator and Picard as the Coach...un-stopable.

[unluckycharm]

Here Donald, I'm helping to stay on topic - sort of.

[chalupacabra]

If the cardinals had an offensive line of Chewbacca and Worf, with Sky Walker throwing to receivers Hans Solo and the Trekie called #2 with Data as the offensives Coordinator and Picard as the Coach...un-stopable.

I can get behind most of this...however, my break down of game film shows Chewie to play a little too upright to be effective as an offensive lineman, like them to play a little lower to get leverage. A tight end though? throwing jump balls to something that tall in the end zone would be unstoppable

[differently biotic]

so to the franchise tag. I'm non committal.

[Melkor]

I like them both. But over all Star Trek has more quality material and subject matter and with TNG and DS9 better acting. And Patrick fucking Stewart (Patrick Stewart is not gay, he's British!) and Avery Brooks.

The main problem that I have with the Star Wars movies (and this may have already been said) is Lucas. Hey George, it's a great idea now step the fuck back, shut the fuck up, and let someone that can actually write and someone that can direct take over before you fuck it... too late. Empire is awesome and bits and peices of the others. Worst ideas ever ewoks, jar-jar binks, that stupid fuckin' pod race with cuts to that stupid little shit that played Anakin, Hayden Christensen, and Lucas writing/directing.

[samothcoatl]

OK, Mortal Combat style....



VS



FIGHT!!!

[thebiggameover]

The nerdiest thing I ever took part in was playing D and D while listening to the Final fantasy sound track.

wtf where was i for this?

also, Chewbacca vs Worf would be pay per view GOLD.....

[samothcoatl]

also, Chewbacca vs Worf would be pay per view GOLD.....

In a Steel Cage Octagon!

Two may enter, only one leaves!

[weener]

Anyone else seen Patrick Stewart on extras? He's such a filthy pervert.

[Melkor]

Anyone else seen Patrick Stewart on extras? He's such a filthy pervert.

I saw that the other day. friggin' genius! Kate Winslet's bit was hilarious too. talking about fudding herself stupid and playing with her dirty pillows in a habit that was hot as all hello!

[Quezo]

I hold Star Trek and Star Wars equally in my heart.

All the sports chatter can go to another thread someone starts who is interested in that. Threadjackers, ugh.

I fart on you.

Anyhoo, Star Wars is not futuristic. Say it again, Star Wars is not futuristic. Shit happened like tens of thousands of years ago.

Same universe, but far away. And based in many different types of myths and legends Lucas became enamored with as a child, crossed with spaghetti western serials ands the like. It creates an atmosphere of awe and wonder, which resonates with children who would be heroes in their dreams. Like, do you think Lucas dreamed of being an Arthurian Knight when he was a kid. I'd be willing to bet on it. It's the "I'm nobody special (luke), oh wait! I am special"

"Luke, you must come with me to Alderaan if you are to learn the ways of the force"

With Star Trek, you have different beginnings, and the universe is closer to home. It is the continuation of Earth people's eternal quest for the stars and the answer to the hotly debated topic spun for decades: We are not alone in the universe.

How exciting! One of my favorite Trek movies is First Contact. It's seriously like the best trek flick next to Khan, but I digress. It shows the progress of man attempting to be stunted to prevent the first contact of man to “extra terrestrials” (which doesn’t mean alien, just: not of this earth) once warp capacity is achieved. That is the tipping point for contact.

How awesome would that be? To have a gauge of accomplishment for a species to become involved in interstellar galaxy wide exploration, discovery and ahem, relations.
Perhaps this is why Trek is reviled by those who overwhelmingly choose SW. It’s too close to home. It’s about us. This could be our future.

[raubhimself]

Quezo, yeah word up. I used that reasoning (the amalgamation of myths, childhood wonder, historical stories, western and eastern influence, etc...) as an argument why the new trilogy sucks. It's almost non-existent in those. Boo.


Have you ever read Asimov's Foundation Trilogy? Predates the original Trek by a decade or so. Deals with similar issues as Trek but in a different way. The Foundation Trilogy is set in a future where humans have already propagated throughout the galaxy, and alien lifeforms aren't part of the story. It's just us in the galaxy, with an Empire that spans the entirety of it. Where Star Trek is all about our relation with non-Earth races and exploration, the Foundation Trilogy is partly like a weird phase of being alien to ourselves. We've stretched ourselves so thin, that once the empire falls, individual planets lose a lot of connection to each other and it turns into a starting over period, re-discovering various human cultures and trying to bring them back together. It's really sci-fi heavy, not so much action heavy, much like Star Trek.

[Quezo]

Quezo, yeah word up. I used that reasoning (the amalgamation of myths, childhood wonder, historical stories, western and eastern influence, etc...) as an argument why the new trilogy sucks. It's almost non-existent in those. Boo.


Have you ever read Asimov's Foundation Trilogy? Predates the original Trek by a decade or so. Deals with similar issues as Trek but in a different way. The Foundation Trilogy is set in a future where humans have already propagated throughout the galaxy, and alien lifeforms aren't part of the story. It's just us in the galaxy, with an Empire that spans the entirety of it. Where Star Trek is all about our relation with non-Earth races and exploration, the Foundation Trilogy is partly like a weird phase of being alien to ourselves. We've stretched ourselves so thin, that once the empire falls, individual planets lose a lot of connection to each other and it turns into a starting over period, re-discovering various human cultures and trying to bring them back together. It's really sci-fi heavy, not so much action heavy, much like Star Trek.

Started to read this when I was too young and didn't get far. Might be better now. Hari Seldon right? Sort of like a macrocosm of life on earth: when unity is achieved on earth and our peoples go to populate other life bearing planets, over time, the people of the colinized worlds have disassociation and dissent with those on the "homeworld" and the cycle of unrest amongst brothers begins again and creates ruins of utopia.

I love Asimov. Truly one to the greats.