[BigCinBigD]

JJ Abrams is an admitted Star Wars fan who was never a fan of Star Trek. That is like giving the keys to a Synagogue to a Nazi. You know he's going to damage the place just for fun.

I hope he dies pennyless in a gutter.

[ansel12]

JJ Abrams is an admitted Star Wars fan who was never a fan of Star Trek. That is like giving the keys to a Synagogue to a Nazi. You know he's going to damage the place just for fun. I hope he dies pennyless in a gutter.

I'm making a list of JJ Abrams fans, reading between the lines, I'm wavering on adding you, I'm not convinced you are one of his biggest fans.

[Finny]

JJ Abrams is an admitted Star Wars fan who was never a fan of Star Trek.

I don't get that. Most folks I know who are fans of either one, are fans of both. I am, or was. I was crazy about Star Wars when the first three movies came out. I loved the whole "feel the force" thing.

Life experiences over the 30-odd years since have changed my view, though it was brought into sharp focus when in the later Star Wars movies, Yoda warned:

"Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering."

I'm sitting there in the theater a little shocked, thinking, NO, you condescending little toad, fear is a necessary survival response mechanism present in every sentient being. Envy, deceit, cruelty, sloth, avarice, covetousness, lust, slavery -- those are the paths that lead to hate and suffering and all the rest of that "Dark Side" stuff.

In Star Wars, the grail is obtaining supernatural powers via "the force" to deceive and manipulate people. In Star Trek, the grail is to go forth and explore, and to treat the Universe and your crewmates as you would have them treat you.

I'll take Star Trek over Star Wars any day of the week and twice on Sunday.