• MrJameGumb@lemmy.worldEnglish
    22·
    1 year ago

    I’ve never understood this rift… I like Star Trek and Star Wars. Can’t we just agree that we’re all sci-fi nerds?

    • EmergMemeHologram@startrek.websiteEnglish
      25·
      1 year ago

      They’re very different takes on futuristic sci fi.

      I enjoy Star Wars but I’m not a “fan”, it’s just a very different series to what I most enjoy watching.

        • grayman@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          1 year ago

          In a galaxy far, far away.

          Literally not in our galaxy. Not in a close one either. Star Trek is, with the exception of 1 episode (?), in the milky way galaxy.

      • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish
        8·
        1 year ago

        I would agree. I think ‘fan’ would apply to at least being into the lore. I’m not especially into the lore of Star Wars beyond what I see on screen. In Star Trek, I like discussing the lore, the “science,” etc. I’m definitely a fan.

      • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        1 year ago

        Yup. It’s all about magic, swords, princesses, etc. There’s literally light and dark wizards.

        It’s a fantasy series in a Sci-Fi environment.

        • Echo Dot@feddit.ukEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          Which is why I’ve always thought that KTOR is a far better fit. Precisely because you can kind of just have medieval fantasy with lasers. There isn’t this big overarching empire with their ever inbigening anti-planet devices.

          Because it’s fantasy it’s kind of gone off the rails to a certain extent, there was a reason that all of the good shows are smaller in scale. Andor could be about the French resistance in the second world war and it would still work. Mandalorian could be a western.

        • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          1 year ago

          I mean it’s implied that Q is just from a super advanced civilisation, rather than being innately magic. One of the first things we learn from Q is that he believes humanity has a chance of being a society that will some day be on the same level as them.

          IMO the Q are presented as more of a Clarke’s Third Law (“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic”) kinda thing. Think about how the Mintakans view Picard in the episode Who Watches the Watchers - they view him as being a magical, god-like being, due to them looking at him through the lense of a primative society. That’s how the Q are meant to appear to us.

          The Force in Star Wars is never presented that way. It’s literally just a magical force that you can either tap into, or you cannot.

    • peopleproblems@lemmy.worldEnglish
      14·
      1 year ago

      Yes, but I think “FanDom” implies “Fanatical Domination” meaning someone in The “FanDom” of a certain thing is sexually aroused by dominating other with their fanatical following of said thing.

      That’s the only explanation I’ve been able to come up with and I find it hilarious so I’m sticking with it.

        • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          1 year ago

          My daughter likes going to cons just to look at the cosplay and she never buys anything, so I guess they only conned her out of the entry fee.

        • Klear@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          And fans are blowhards trying to push their favourite thing on others a spread it further and further.

    • Obi@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      It had so much potential for becoming an extended universe, but in a way I think the short life helped it become cult in its own way.

  • abbadon420@lemm.eeEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    How dare you compare me to those low life, good for nothing, disney lovers. We are totally not the same. We might have the same origin, we’re called “nerds”. But down the road, they took a wrong turn and lost their way. However, I love them like a brother, because there is noone better to pick on than your brother.