The Expanse
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Firefly
I'm going to change that "or" to an "and" in the interests of non-divisiveness. I've enjoyed both, and others not on the list as well.
Star Twerks
Stargate
Indeed.
Indeed. 🤨
Star Trek, hands down.
Pointless campism. They are both decent works of scifi.
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I haven't watched newer works in the Star Wars franchise but in my opinion Star Wars doesn't qualify as science fiction but is more like a space fantasy story.
Science fiction is more like a thought experiment: What would happen if society or technology would develop in this or that way? That's what Star Trek is doing for the most part (at least the older installments).
Edit: To be clear: I am not saying, Star Wars is bad. It is obviously highly regarded for a good reason. Im just saying it's not science fiction.
Right, intelligent aliens communicating, governing, trading, and fighting alongside humans in interstellar wars with faster-than-light travel, space lasers, artificial intelligence, autonomous robots, planet-destroying superweapons, cybernetics, cloning, advanced prosthetics, and energy weapons does not qualify as science fiction because it also has mysticism, prophecy, telekinesis, and sword fights...
Nah that's not my point at all. I'm not saying all that space, alien and tech stuff doesn't qualify as sci-fi because of the mysticism/prophecy/magic. My point is that you could probably tell Star Wars' tale just as well without all those aspects in a traditional fantasy setting for example. Sci-fi, in my opinion, utilizes science or technology to start thought experiments and tell stories that wouldn't be possible.
Take for example "Do Androids dream of electric sheep?" (the book Bladerunner is based on): The story tackles the ethical question at which point an artificial lifeform can be considered a person and should be treated as such. This is classic sci-fi: Take a fictional advanced technology and discuss the ethical or societal problems that may result from this technology.
This is something at least classic Star Trek does quite often while most of Star Wars' technology could very well be replaced by fantasy elements without the underlying story being fundamentally different.
Red Dwarf all the way
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Galaxy Quest
Yup.
Flash Gordon(1980) and The Orville. :P
Just messin'
The Orville is valid. While it's obviously star trek inspired, it's good enough to stand on its own.
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Babylon 5, with Firefly as a close second.
Both.
Grew up with Star Wars as I have an older brother who had IV-VI on VHS.
Later in life I found myself in a job that took me offshore without internet access, so I needed something to watch on my laptop. As I considered myself a geek, and having never watched Star Trek, I torrented all of star trek and brought it with me. I started with The Cage, went over to Original series, and so forth. Last I saw was Enterprise.
Star Wars
The Orville
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The Expanse.
Both franchises have gone to shit these days.
Trek
Farscape
Star Wars based comedy channels on YouTube. Charlie Hopkinson, Killian Experience, and Ryan George have great skits/comedy commentary on the films.
What for?
I don't have a strong preference. I'm just waiting for the Star Trek Wars, followed by the Star Wars Trek (when Star Trek wins the war and Star Wars is sent into exile).
(Futurama reference, for those who didn't know.)
When it was still just the original trilogy + extended universe, Star Wars.
These days, Trek.
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Why not both?
I prefer Star Trek. I used to like Star Wars but at some point it lost all the appeal to me.
Yes.
They are both equally secondary to Farscape.
Dune
Star Trek, even though as of late I have found it as hoary and overwrought as Star Wars.
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