Random musings and benighted mumblings of a dedicated husband/father, aspiring Christian songwriter, and master of the tangent who likes using parenthetical phrases and ellipses (colloquially, dot-dot-dot) a little too much.
Thursday, April 24, 2008
"We Are the World" on BTMC
I have a reader who quotes Wookiepedia and a reader that is a rabid Trekkie, and neither has gotten into a Star Wars vs Star Trek comment war.
First let me say, THANK YOU for calling me a Trekkie instead of a Trekker. And also let me say, my husband is a die hard Star Wars fan so I can tolerate the best of them. He's also trying to convert our children. So now our kids get their aliens mixed up, like saying there are Klingons using light sabers. THAT'S CRAZY TALK! AND my Star Wars fan husband also had a BALL at the Trek Convention we went to last year. See, it's not the vicious war that people make it out to be! We're ALL fans of Sci-fi. But for the record, the Borg Queen would TOTALLY destroy Darth Vadar.
If my drummer in his Brett Favre Packer's jersey and my keyboardist in her Adrian Peterson Vikings jersey can actually worship the Lord together, despite their differences, I suppose Star Trek fans and Star Wars fans can get along.
Many years ago, when the first Star Wars prequel came out, and I took my firstborn son, then only 3 years old, to the midnight showing the day before it was released, I never stopped to think there was anything unusual about that. He loved seeing all the strange characters that turned out that night, dressed in full costume, bound together by a curious mix of cool and cheesy sci-fi. What made the occasion even more memorable, however, was when we were driving to the theater, and we were listening to the news on Minnesota Public Radio. The evening host talked about all the people lining up to see the midnight showing of Star Wars - The Phantom Menace, then closed the story by saying, "I just love those Trekkies!" She was obviously one of the uninitiated. Poor soul.
What bothers me most about the Star Wars fan is what to call them. I'm a trekkie, I've got a friend that's a Whovian (fan of Doctor Who) but what do you call a Star Wars Fan? A Jedite?
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First let me say, THANK YOU for calling me a Trekkie instead of a Trekker. And also let me say, my husband is a die hard Star Wars fan so I can tolerate the best of them. He's also trying to convert our children. So now our kids get their aliens mixed up, like saying there are Klingons using light sabers. THAT'S CRAZY TALK! AND my Star Wars fan husband also had a BALL at the Trek Convention we went to last year. See, it's not the vicious war that people make it out to be! We're ALL fans of Sci-fi. But for the record, the Borg Queen would TOTALLY destroy Darth Vadar.
If my drummer in his Brett Favre Packer's jersey and my keyboardist in her Adrian Peterson Vikings jersey can actually worship the Lord together, despite their differences, I suppose Star Trek fans and Star Wars fans can get along.
Many years ago, when the first Star Wars prequel came out, and I took my firstborn son, then only 3 years old, to the midnight showing the day before it was released, I never stopped to think there was anything unusual about that. He loved seeing all the strange characters that turned out that night, dressed in full costume, bound together by a curious mix of cool and cheesy sci-fi. What made the occasion even more memorable, however, was when we were driving to the theater, and we were listening to the news on Minnesota Public Radio. The evening host talked about all the people lining up to see the midnight showing of Star Wars - The Phantom Menace, then closed the story by saying, "I just love those Trekkies!" She was obviously one of the uninitiated. Poor soul.
What bothers me most about the Star Wars fan is what to call them. I'm a trekkie, I've got a friend that's a Whovian (fan of Doctor Who) but what do you call a Star Wars Fan? A Jedite?
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