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Star Trek vs. Star Wars - An Objective Analysis
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RE: Star Trek vs. Star Wars - An Objective Analysis
H.P. Lovecraft has similar thoughts about alien intelligences.
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#42
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When I was a kid, on the tube was Star Trek. And That Girl.... so... yeah, Trekkie; but I call myself Jedi.

The original Star Wars was off the hook sci-fi deliciousness, and Empire backed it up nicely; those two make Star Wars. Star Trek, although I dig James Tiberius Kirk, is more Federation - more the backdrop - that made Star Trek into what it is...

But this geek will give it to you straight. Who care which is better? MOAR! That's what's better. Wink
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#43
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(December 12, 2011 at 4:58 pm)Chuck Wrote: Well, given that the universe is 13 billion years old, and our technological civilization is only a few hundred years old, the odds of any alien we meet being within a few decades of us in terms of technological development is vanishingly small. It's overwhelming more likely that they are either quite primitive (somewhat less likely), or as far more advanced than we are as we are compare to the earthworm (somewhat more likely). There is almost no possibility of meaningful conversation much less bonhamie between humans and aliens.

Damn.

Way to destroy my imagination.

Fuck!
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#44
RE: Star Trek vs. Star Wars - An Objective Analysis
I used to be a huge fan of Star Trek and Star Wars...

...then I took an arrow to the knee.
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#45
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Damn.

Way to destroy my imagination.

Fuck!
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#46
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(December 13, 2011 at 11:17 am)reverendjeremiah Wrote: I used to be a huge fan of Star Trek and Star Wars...

...then I took an arrow to the knee.

I see what you did there.
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#47
RE: Star Trek vs. Star Wars - An Objective Analysis
Regarding the Star Trek vs. Star Wars thing, here's what those in the know have to say.

First William Shatner:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BYNdTHjs...creen&NR=1


Next up, Carrie Fisher's response to the above, so far her only video on a channel she created specifically for that purpose:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nU2jqIRjJ...h_response
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#48
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Turkish star wars beats the whole lot of em.
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#49
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Shatner's rockin the smedium-T. Balls out buddy, balls out..lol.
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Okay - I ran my Christmas Special D20 modern game and this is what happened:

President Truman summoned four worldly heroes from around the globe based on intelligence that Santa had been kidnapped by the Devil.
In their desperation to win the war even though Germany had been defeated, the Japanese summoned the Christian Devil, who kidnapped Santa Claus and held him hostage in the Devil Fortress in the city. To this end, the Battle Pope was flown in from Italy, Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt resurrected himself from the dead, Al Capone was temporarily released from Prison and was put on medication to give him some sanity, and Splendiferious, God of Rock and Roll, temporarily left his tutilage of the young Elvis Presley in order to team up and rescue Santa before THE BOMB is dropped.

The four were put on a plane, refueled in Hawaii, and flew then directly to Nagasaki over Enemy airspace. However, they encountered the flying pirate airship of Davy Jones' corpse. Because the cannons were backed by devil magic, the plane couldn't simply fly around it, so the four landed on the ship and prepared to fight. They swiftly beat the pirates, sent Davy Jones' corpse into his own locker, and blew up the ship mid-air. They didn't look back at the explosion as they flew away.

When they arrived to the Devil Fortress (they parachuted in), the devil sent in his devil-ninjas and battled the group Adam West Batman style. The devil knew he was beat, so he teleported to the basement, where he waited for them on a platform over a lava pit.
When they arrived, the devil said they could have Santa back if they beat him at a challenge or contest of any kind - however, each person only gets one challenge. Al Capone challenged him to a target practice contest, shooting at a target that would get ever farther away. The devil won that contest.

The, Roosevelt challenged the devil to fisticuffs and eventually knocked the devil out cold. They won Santa back that day and the Devil returned to Hell.
However, not until they returned to the fortress' main room did they realize that the Devil had cursed Santa with lycanthropy. When they entered the main room, a projector displayed the Devil's message and then showed a picture of the moon, completing Santa's transformation into werewolf santa. After a tough battle, Santa was defeated and the projector was destroyed, allowing Santa to revert to his normal state.

Afterword, they boarded their plane and quickly took to the skies as the Anola Gay dropped the bomb. They didn't look back at the explosion.

That was a wonderful game. I wanted to fit in a giant mecha battle against godzilla in there somewhere (a converted American coal-powered battleship would be the mecha) as well as a battle against a giant tentacle monster (it IS japan, after all) but I didn't have time or the necessary stats.

Anyway - just thought I'd share that with everyone.
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