Star Trek v. Star Wars (Star Trek is Better)

Let's get straight to business. First, I shall discuss the Fan base of Star Trek; The Ruination of a Sci-Fi Genre; and Star War's Official Genre.Contention #1: Star Wars will never have such a devoted fan base as Star Trek. "Nothing fades faster than a canceled television series they say. So how come Star Trek won't go away?" -Associated Press 1972. The answer of this question is simple: Trekkies are and always will be devoted to their cause of Star Trek. This fact is evident when fans complained about a cancelled showing of Star Trek because of the Apollo 11 launch (The first time that the U.S.A.--or anyone on earth-- made it to the moon). The Trekkie fan base was also compared to Beatlemania, a craze which we can both agree is larger than our quarrel. In 1974, NASA announced their newest shuttle, Constitution. In 1976, so many Trekkies had mailed letters to President Gerald Ford that Ford had no choice but to instruct NASA to change its name to Enterprise. https://en.wikipedia.org...http://www.omgfacts.com...Contention #2: Star Trek was a cultural phenomenon, while Star Wars just looked pretty. We all know that Star Wars was a major milestone in cinema, pioneering special effects and plot techniques up the wazoo, but we lack to recognize that Star Wars could have single-handedly ruined an entire genre of movies. "But here's the thing: George Lucas' creation, basically a blown-up Flash Gordon adventure with better special effects, has left all too many people thinking science fiction is some computer graphics-laden space opera/western filled with shootouts, territorial disputes, evil patriarchs and trusty mounts (like the Millennium Falcon)."-Lewis Beale, writer for CNNStar Wars has left a sour taste in Hollywood's mouth after its rise to fame. Now every Sci-fi movie to come from Hollywood is based upon a cookie-cutter template: Hot Models, Cool Lasers, CGI, Ships that look like they were never designed to fly. This is a template that was even adopted by the latest Star Trek movies, making them almost identical to a Star Wars movie (why I asked for any movies past the year 2000 to be exempt... They are all the same).Now, Sci-fi lovers must look to the distant stars for new, exciting ideas. Robot and Frank, Iron Sky, and Mr. Nobody are some of my favorite modern Sci-fi classics; however, these movies are becoming harder and harder to find as time goes on, as the Star Wars virus, a template made only for making money, is spreading.http://www.cnn.com...Contention #3: Star Wars isn't really Sci-fi. Science Fiction is defined by Google as: noun noun: science fiction; noun: SF; modifier noun: science-fiction; noun: Sci Fi; plural noun: Sci Fis fiction based on imagined future scientific or technological advances and major social or environmental changes, frequently portraying space or time travel and life on other planets. Does Star Wars have anything to do with the Future? No. It's actually the opposite, considering that Star Wars takes place: "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away..." -Star Wars Does Star Wars include space or life on other planets? Yes. However, as it is not a requirement (The word "frequently" is used, meaning: a lot, but not always), we must rule it out as a defining element of a Sci-fi film. Therefore, Star Wars has no defining elemens of a Sci-fi film and cannot be described as a Sci-fi film. Now, what if we were to disect this a little further? what would we find? The literal meaning of Science Fiction is fiction based upon science. Seeing as the only science that Star Wars has is the anatomy of the human body (actually, probably not even the "Human" anatomy, but I'll let it slide....), it cannot even be described as a Sci-fi film from this respect. What is Star Wars then? This should help: fan·ta·sy G2;fan(t)əsē/ noun noun: fantasy 1. the faculty or activity of imagining things, especially things that are impossible or improbable. "his research had moved into the realm of fantasy" the product of imagining impossible or improbable things. "the scene is clearly fantasy" a fanciful mental image, typically one on which a person dwells at length or repeatedly and which reflects their conscious or unconscious wishes. plural noun: fantasies "the notion of being independent is a child's ultimate fantasy" an idea with no basis in reality. "it is a misleading fantasy to suggest that the bill can be implemented" a genre of imaginative fiction involving magic and adventure, especially in a setting other than the real world. denoting a competition or league in which participants select imaginary teams from among the players in a real sports league and score points according to the actual performance of their players. "he's my second-round draft choice in fantasy baseball this year" I have Bolded and Underlined the part of most importance: a genre of imaginative fiction involving magic and adventure, especially in a setting other than the real world.Does Star Wars have magic? Yes, it's called the Force (Yes, it's magic).Is Star Wars set on a world other than our own? Yes. Star Wars is a simple Fantasy.What does this have to do with my argument? It's simple, The fact that Star Wars is not real, and will never be real is a fact that alienates the saga from people. Society as a whole will never be able to connect with Star Wars. It is a saga about rebellion and war with quick snippets of character developement to loosely bond the characters to the plot so that they will be remembered in the next movie. This interaction between the charachters and the plot is best represented by the beloved Boba Fett. The only reason we really care about Boba is because he was important enough to be introduce midway through Episode V and killed off at the begininng of Episode VI (I know he isn't dead, but the movies made it seem so...). Who really cares about Jango Fett? He got a much more in depth backstory in Episode II (I'm not bagging on Episode II, just using it as an example) than Boba, yet we didn't care when he died because he was introduced and killed off in the same movie. Star Trek, on the other hand has every possibility of coming true, with the developement of Warp technology on the way and the unification of the world coming. Star Trek even provides key links so that everyday people can relate to characters on the show. Star Trek provides a much deeper backstory to each character of the crew, sometimes spending entire episodes to develope backstory for minor charcters.www.google.comhttp://www.dailygalaxy.com...I now wait for my opponent to defend his argument.