Star Wars vs Star Trek.
In what seems to be my current quest to watch only TV shows and films that include 'star' somewhere in their titles, I watched Star Wars yesterday for - shockingly - the first time ever.
I won't go into why I've never seen one of the most iconic film franchises in existence (truth is, I'm not sure - unlike most people, I managed never to see it as a child and, in young adulthood, found peoples' surprise at this fact, and insistence that I must, tiresome. I think I purposely avoided all things Star Wars on principle). But, having finally relented due to my new found interest in science fiction, I found that I was unimpressed.
Perhaps I'm just missing something (I have no fond childhood memories of it, no real idea of what will happen in the other films), but the story itself seemed to lack any real depth. I also didn't find any of the characters particularly engaging. Even my husband - a lifelong SW fan - admitted that after watching so much Star Trek lately, his beloved Episode IV was, well, a bit rubbish by comparison.
That said, I'm prepared to give it a second chance (I wasn't, after all, blown away by my first ST experience, either). The Empire Strikes Back is next and is, I'm assured, a better movie. We shall see. For the moment, however, it's most definitely Star Trek 1, Star Wars 0.
I won't go into why I've never seen one of the most iconic film franchises in existence (truth is, I'm not sure - unlike most people, I managed never to see it as a child and, in young adulthood, found peoples' surprise at this fact, and insistence that I must, tiresome. I think I purposely avoided all things Star Wars on principle). But, having finally relented due to my new found interest in science fiction, I found that I was unimpressed.
Perhaps I'm just missing something (I have no fond childhood memories of it, no real idea of what will happen in the other films), but the story itself seemed to lack any real depth. I also didn't find any of the characters particularly engaging. Even my husband - a lifelong SW fan - admitted that after watching so much Star Trek lately, his beloved Episode IV was, well, a bit rubbish by comparison.
That said, I'm prepared to give it a second chance (I wasn't, after all, blown away by my first ST experience, either). The Empire Strikes Back is next and is, I'm assured, a better movie. We shall see. For the moment, however, it's most definitely Star Trek 1, Star Wars 0.