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I like Star Trek, but I prefer Babylon 5. With a few exceptions, once a Star Trek ep is over, it's over. I liked the continuing plot-lines on Bab-5. And I love the classic Star Wars movies. Also Buffy the Vampire Slayer Favorite characters... I dunno, I like stuff where all the characters are so well done it's hard to choose a fave.

"You keep using that word; I do not think it means what you think it means."

"I'd sooner destroy a stained-glass window than kill an artist like yourself. But, since I can't have you following me either ..."

I hate hate HATE Han Solo. None of the characters really does anything for me, except Yoda and C3PO.

*GASP* Why do you hate Han??? *eyes pop out* You REALLY hate Han? But besides all this, I have a question. What's better, Star Wars, or Star Trek?

I don't see much point in comparing them. Star Trek is semi-hard sci-fi, while Star Wars has a much more mystical bent. Even when Star Trek delves into the mystic side of things, it tends to do so in a concrete, no-nonsense way. Generally I prefer Star Wars, not because I think it's better, but because it comes closer to my world-view. *shrug*

I don't have a favorite between the two. I like them both.

Star Wars is Science Fantasy.

Exactly! That's why comparing them directly doesn't make much sense. (Though Star Wars does win out scientifically on FTL travel: Hyperspace = scientific possibility, Warp Speed = absolute fantasy)

Ummm, FTL = faster-than-light for people less geeky than I.

Doesn't warp speed put you in hyper space?

I think warp speed is based on the warping of the space time continum so that instead of traveling from point a to point b over a distance you just appear at point b because the space between point a and b was folded in half. Ummmm...yeah.

and hyper space?

...and isn't that like a wormhole?