Star Trek vs Star Wars

@SW-User lol, yeah

@Shell I was more ST than SW for the longest time, but have shifted a bit. I like the Star Wars books better... and in Star Trek I'm mostly into the original series.

@SW-User You don't like the movies?

@Shell I do... but the original set from TOS. I did like ST Voyager and even ST DS9

But later on... I was totally blown away by the new Battlestar Galactica series.

@SW-User Havent watched that

@Shell You need to. It used to be on Netflix. I have the DVDs (of course).

@SW-User of course lol. Ill check it out then

@SW-User TOS is a bit dated now but still interesting. I have the box sets of TOS, TNG, DS9, Voyager, Enterprise and all the films. :)

@Sharon Understood, but I prefer TOS to the other series, though like I said, I do like DS9 a bit, and Enterprise, and of course the movies. Too much political correctness has sneaked into the later Star Trek shows... TOS is a bit more raw.

@SW-User [quote]TOS is a bit more raw.[/quote]
I find all ST has a strong ethical theme. Consider the TOS bridge crew - Russian Navigator; Japanese Helmsman; [b]BLACK WOMAN[/b] Communications Officer; and a complete alien! Capt. Kirk was something of a womaniser but, other than that, I don't see how the more recent spin-offs are more PC. Can you give some examples?

@Sharon I totally agree with that, as well as it should be, and I wasn't thinking PC. But newer Star Trek are closer to Hollywood's political and moralistic biases. Off the top of my head... an example:
- in ST NG - there's an episode where they say they don't use money, and poverty has been resolved - most likely through government generated solutions. Not only unlikely, downright destructive and certainly not the American way. There are other examples of a seriously leftist bent on moral issues, or... shall we say, immoral issues.
ST TOS - is frankly much more neutral. Enemies are deterred - they're not appeased (which doesn't work in the real world).
The newer shoes also weaponize diversity. Diversity is a good thing - except when it's the answer to all questions. Even in religion there's nonsense. How about the episode in which an advanced being literally evolves... into a light being. That's not a bit New Agey religion is it? American?-No. Hollywood(y)? Very much so.