Gravie sent me the following, and I think it's funny. If you don't, your paradigm shifter has burned out synchros.
TOP TEN REASONS WHY THE STAR WARS CHARACTERS WOULD KICK BUTT IN THE STAR TREK UNIVERSE:
In the Star Wars Universe weapons are rarely, if ever, set on "stun".
The Enterprise needs a huge engine room with an anti-matter unit and a crew of 20 just to go into warp --- The Millennium Falcon does the same thing with R2-D2 and a Wookie.
After resisting the Imperial torture droid and Darth Vader, Princess Leia still looked fresh and desirable --- After pithy Cardassian starvation torture, Picard looked like hell.
One word: Lightsabers.
Darth Vader could choke the entire Borg empire with one glance.
The Death Star doesn't care if a world is class "M" or not.
Luke Skywalker is not obsessed with sleeping with every alien he encounters.
Jabba the Hutt would eat Harry Mudd for trying to cut in on his action.
The Federation would have to attempt to liberate any ship named "Slave I".
Picard pilots the Enterprise through asteroid belts at one-quarter impulse power --- Han Solo floors it.
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[This message has been edited by Baloo (edited May 14, 2000).]
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Actually, I think Tom and I discussed that one awhile back. We came to the conclusion that it would tenetively be a Starfleet victory, because while redshirts have an average lifespan of about ten minutes, they can usually hit what they are aiming at during that timespan. Stormtroopers, on the other hand, are simply incapable of hitting anything other than doorframes. I'm sure the redshirts would find other ways of offing themselves, though. Perhaps by falling into all those unguarded chasms that are a standard feature of Imperial archetecture?
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Well, I'd be inclined to suggest that since the bulk of starfleet come across as a bunch of paper pushers there would not be that much of a contest. On the other hand, the Empire lost to a bunch of rebels using the fork..err force.
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1. Star Trek consists of 7 movies and 4 TV series, a total of approximately 375 hours, a figure climbing at warp speed. Star Wars, despite its following, is limited to 3 movies, a total of about 6 hours.
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Hmmm, Star Wars has been the number one top grossing movie, now second to Titanic... And where is the closest Star Trek movie to the top on that list?
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------------------ The above post was mulled-over, composed, and posted during time Tom would have better spent on his plethora of homework and homework-related exercises. Now don't you feel special?
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She's still female despite what you'd rather believe, Sol.
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