Posted on Sep 20, 2014
Star Trek vs. Star Wars - to which universe do you belong?
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MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca. I grew up in the male dominated culture and generation of the Original Star Trek and the Original Battlestar Galactica . . . both of which had as their premise the old western series "Wagon Train to the Stars" where men were the action figures and women were merely supporting characters. As these series evolved in future incarnations (Star Trek in the Ghetto <Deep Space Nine> and Battlestar Galactica with James Almos) together with Babylon 5 and Firefly they became more philosophical, more broadly representative of diverse cultures and races, and far less misogynistic . . . so I liked them more for the purpose they served of providing more science, technology, engineering, and mutually supportive role models for children and younger men and women. Still, even in their original incarnations, they inspired thought and hope outside the cultural, resource, political, and opportunity limitations of the 1960s & 1970s. Warmest Regards, Sandy
p.s. For those who love deeply thoughtful and original conceptual Sci Fi the original Twilight Zone & Outer Limits cannot be beat. I will say the more modern Eureka (Mayberry RFD meets DARPA / General Dynamics) was funny and entertaining . . . though not so deeply political.
p.s. For those who love deeply thoughtful and original conceptual Sci Fi the original Twilight Zone & Outer Limits cannot be beat. I will say the more modern Eureka (Mayberry RFD meets DARPA / General Dynamics) was funny and entertaining . . . though not so deeply political.
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Silence, FOUL TEMPTRESS!!!
We were in the nick of time; you were in great peril!
Oh, let me have just a *little bit* of Peril?
We were in the nick of time; you were in great peril!
Oh, let me have just a *little bit* of Peril?
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MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca
I was closet popular does that count? You look like you're scowling at us SSG V. Michelle Woods. Where's that nice smile we all love?
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I was a Trekkie and then when Star Wars came out I was torn and became a BOTH ! May the Trekkie Force Live Long and Prosper.
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Because the Star Wars is 'A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away....' and Star Trek is just a bit in the future. FYI, been to Riverside IA.
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If you were a fan of the original BSG, you had the skelton, and the remake added the flesh. Try it again...let go of the shiney toasters. :)
If you were a fan of the original BSG, you had the skelton, and the remake added the flesh. Try it again...let go of the shiney toasters. :)
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I have been watching Trek since it first aired. The new movies opens it up to a whole new series if they wanted to. I expect to see several new movies though. Also if you look at the technology in the original series and look at what we have now you will see a lot of it coming true. One scientist once said "Todays science fiction is tomorrows science fact". So now we have cell phones and talking computers. Live long and prosper.
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I would have watched it had they have done it differently. They should have left the original characters as they were, instead of changing the original character's genders around (e.g. Starbuck & Boomer originally males - new series they're females) and personal preferences around to be politically correct with the times. They could introduce new female characters in leadership roles and it would have worked just as fine and it did (e.g. President Roslin).
I, and a [lot] of people I know who are hardcore BSG cannon fans did not like this and did not watch the series because of this. We would have been fine with writing [new] characters in (heroes, leaders and such) to fulfill these roles, but [not] messing with original cannon! This is [one major] reason this show lost [the majority] of its original fan base and it flopped; furthermore, the current generation of youth could not connect with the series, for various reasons! I know my kids did not watch, or like, it, nor did anyone they knew of at their school watch it, because of the same reason!
I can only hope they don't mess around with and muck up the Buck Rogers series that I loved to watch so much!
Peace!
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