tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7239577512598038009.post4177521984205737732..comments2024-02-27T01:17:39.925-08:00Comments on The Nine and Thirty Kingdoms: Star Trek vs. Star WarsTalysmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02162328521343832412noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7239577512598038009.post-14167566914290895302012-06-07T07:34:39.900-07:002012-06-07T07:34:39.900-07:00Planet of the Apes rules!Planet of the Apes rules!Carter Soleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01286436801953647693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7239577512598038009.post-10704819003563375642012-06-06T17:50:34.870-07:002012-06-06T17:50:34.870-07:00I downloaded that but haven't read it yet. And...I downloaded that but haven't read it yet. And yeah, this post actually started with me musing last night, as I was trying to get to sleep, about how Star Trek is Age of Sail through WWI, while Star Wars is WWII, which lead to me comparing Star Wars to The Dirty Dozen and other WWII movies, and then thinking about why I was pretty unenthusiastic when I first saw Star Wars, but was a big Planet of the Apes fan.Talysmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02162328521343832412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7239577512598038009.post-65292880961245289292012-06-06T16:43:42.115-07:002012-06-06T16:43:42.115-07:00Nicely resonates with that recent post on Greyhawk...Nicely resonates with that recent post on Greyhawk Grognard linking to an essay on how action movie tropes undermine our understanding of the medieval. I see Trek as recreating the age of fighting sail and naval exploration (familiar through the Hornblower stories) in its basic structure, while Wars is mining the monomyth and Republic serials.Roger G-Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08594440701279968693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7239577512598038009.post-57629884256618707762012-06-06T16:30:11.696-07:002012-06-06T16:30:11.696-07:00Pretty much. I will probably expand on my own ques...Pretty much. I will probably expand on my own question in a future post, but I had a lot more material in this post that I just cut, because it was too long. Stuff about different Star Trek episodes and whether 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea (as conceived by Disney) counts as what-if/morality or action/adventure. And I had barely started talking about old school and new school as parts of those trends...Talysmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02162328521343832412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7239577512598038009.post-9751383737628472662012-06-06T16:15:06.941-07:002012-06-06T16:15:06.941-07:00I think I see what you're driving at, yet I wo...I think I see what you're driving at, yet I would love to hear you elaborate on the answer to your own question. <br /><br />Like you, I vastly prefer "slow," ideas-based sci-fi (like 2001: A Space Odyssey or Star Trek) to high-octane action films with sci-fi trappings (like most post-Star Wars "sci-fi" of today). I also vastly prefer "low-powered" D&D where the thrill of melee combat and action are balanced with exploration, dungeoneering, and role-playing. Is this the parallel you intend?Carter Soleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01286436801953647693noreply@blogger.com