Will Star Wars ruin the Star Trek franchise?

I think Star Wars will certainly eclipse Star Trek, but I don't think it will ruin it. I've always thought that the Abrams movies will end at the third one*, and I don't think Star Wars really changes that.

*The franchise will go on of course, I just mean that it's always been my opinion that Abrams and that cast and that crew would most likely pass the baton onto someone else after a third in the Abrams series.

 

^Directors can change, fresh blood won't be a bad thing. As long as they maintain the energy of the Abrams tenure, the 'cool' factor (though I hope whoever takes the reigns isn't afraid to make Trek a bit smarter, again).

The cast bothers me... It's a really good cast, but as you said, I just can't picture most of them going more than three movies. Quinto I think has implied as much. That's just a damn shame. I'm used to a lot of time being spent with each Trek crew (TOS+TOS movies, TNG+TNG movies, 7 seasons of Voyager etc.).

Just seems a shame that losing such a crew (the original, ICONIC crew no less) after so few adventures.

 

Well, personally I was never under the impression that these new movies were meant to have a decades long run like The Original Series and The Next Generation. To me it seems like the goal for Abrams and the cast was simply to revjuvinate and reenergize the franchise and then move on, allowing a new group of people to put their mark on the series.

Which to me at least, is the most exciting thing about the reboot; Where does the series go after Abrams and the current cast step down?

 

I don't think that Star Wars will have any effect on Star Trek... Not for the general audience anyway.

Some of us fanboys and girls may have a meltdown here and there though...

 

star trek will always be better then star wars .

 

I don't know about that.

 

I don't know about that. I think it has much more to do with the fact that both franchises are incredibly successful. If either Star Trek or Star Wars was some niche/cult little thing like Farscape for example, do you think the two fanbases would be so eager to compare them?

Regarding the quality, if you just want to look at the movies, I think Star Wars has higher peaks and lower valleys while Star Trek is more even. However that doesn't take into account the hundreds and hundreds of hours of television Star Trek has produced, much of it pretty damn good. So I guess just by the sheer amount of good content, I have to think Star Trek is better.

 

That's...true actually. The Prequels are an awkward bunch. IF JJ's Star Wars recaptures the magic and quality of the originals, then we can easily say the Prequel will be the Roger Moore of the Star Wars films. Moonraker. Octopussy. A View to a Kill. Pure cheese and one of the lowest points for the series.

 

which is seen as the better sequel
Empire strikes back or Kahn? In the geek community.

 

I think it depends on how you look at it. Empire was coming off one of the biggest movies of all time, Wrath was reinventing itself after a poor first outing. So they've both done very well.

I love 'em both, but my first love of those two is Star Wars. And I think it's probably just the better film of the two.

 

I like both.
I don't think that Star Wars will ruin Star Trek.

 

Well with the timing Disney has been releasing Star Wars announcements and attaching JJ Abrams' name it's pretty clear that they want to one-up the competition. That's what competing businesses who are all after profit, revenue and publicity do.

Right now, Disney is just troll-facing Paramount and they are:
1) Laughing at them for not putting a clause in their contract stating that Abrams cannot involve himself with another company and franchise.

2) Generating publicity for Episode 7. I bet at every press conference there's going to be that one guy who asks about Star Wars.


I mean watch this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9B1ERvl87w

The "conspiracy" discussed actually seems sound.

 

Yeah sure Star Wars Episode 7 won't do anything to Star Trek's box office success, but what Disney is doing is just free-riding on Paramount's Star Trek movie and generating publicity to up stage them.

I mean if you were the CEO of KFC and you heard that McDonalds stole your secret formula for "good chicken" and constantly publicized it, would you be pissed?

 

Nah, if Paramount keeps doing their own thing with Star Trek and keeps producing good films.

 

I think the biggest danger to NuTrek on the big screen would be bad NuTrek movies.
If the movies are good, the two will co-exist as they always have.

 

Haven't you forgotten one?

Oblivion wasn't a major sci fi?

 

double post

 

I highly doubt that SW could ruin ST (or vice versa).

A main difference lies in the fact that ST has become an established institution in regard of television. On TV, TOS, TNG and all the other spin-offs have been rerun for years. My parents used to love TOS and they watch it every time its on TV. Same with TNG. I grew up with TNG and will watch it whenever it's on. From my parents and from their watching the reruns of TOS, I got to love TOS and watch it, too.
The shows never actually vanish, they are always there. The older generations keep seeing Bond films because they've simply grown up with them. So any ST film will be watched by those who grew up with the series, or those who grew up with the reruns.

 

No. If Star Trek dies, it will have nothing to do with Star Wars. It will have to do with stupidity within it's own franchise.

I think that, at worst, the danger to Star Trek from Star Wars is if ST tries to become TOO MUCH like SW. The reboot films have drifted more into the action genre, and in the realm of scifi action, SW probably has ST beat. But if ST sticks to it's core qualities moving forward, I'm not worried about the threat of SW.