[Cynnabar] FW: Pennsic XLVI Rules

[Greg Less]

I am well aware of which came first. I am also well aware of which one is a
compelling story that involves knights, magic, good versus evil, and other
fun things, versus which one involves weird bromances, bedding of green
women, and strange hand wringing about a Prime Directive that is
subsequently ignored for some supposed greater good...

-Gregoire.

(who also appreciates both series, but prefers one that doesn't involve
Star Trek)

:)

On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 11:02 AM, Matt Lagemann <malagemann at gmail.com>wrote:

> First Airing of Star Trek:   September 8, 1966
> First showing of Star Wars: May 25, 1977
>
> You can't imitate what came first.
>
> Ermenrich
> (who is a fan of both series, but just wants to point out what came first)
> (also realizes that both Star Trek and Star Wars have great moments and
> really really really bad ones.  Some lasting seven seasons and involving
> being lost in space the entire time.)
>
> On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 10:56 AM, Greg Less <greg.less at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Star Wars defined a generation. Everything else is a pale imitator.
>>
>> Also, you clear don't know your current pelican very well...
>>
>> -Gregoire.
>>
>>
>>  On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 10:54 AM, Matt Lagemann <malagemann at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>>  I will just assume you were sniffing chemicals in the lab, because I
>>> know you don't really mean that.  I mean, a DS9 rip off?  Everyone knows
>>> that JMS pitched B5 to Paramont in the late 80s, before DS9 was even
>>> conceived.  And, yes they both delved into the idea of religion,
>>> intergalactic wars, and what it truly means to be human, they did it in
>>> different ways.  Also B5 embraced CGI before Star Trek.
>>>
>>> And lame?!?!  LAME!!!!!  Star Trek helped define a generation.  Where
>>> would we be without the first interracial kiss on television?  Or Live Long
>>> and Prosper?  Or the friggin Borg?!?!  And Babylon 5!  It helped set the
>>> bar for future shows including the BSG remake.  It also was one of the
>>> first shows to use the internet as a vehicle to promote the show among
>>> would be fans.
>>>
>>> And besides, everyone knows that there can't be a Battleship named
>>> Babylon 5, because the US Navy currently has NO FRAKKING BATTLESHIPS THAT
>>> ARE IN ACTIVE SERVICE!!! THEY WOULD HAVE TO BRING THE USS MISSOURI OUT OF
>>> MOTHBALLS IN ORDER TO HAVE AN ACTUAL BATTLESHIP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  SO
>>> HOW CAN THEY HAVE A MOVIE ABOUT THE MODERN US NAVY FIGHTING ALIENS (yeah
>>> because we ALL remember the aliens that were in the board game!) CALLED
>>> BATTLESHIP WHEN WE DON'T CURRENTLY USE ANY?!?
>>>
>>>
>>> AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
>>>
>>> Ermenrich
>>> (whose currently Pelican would never torment him like this)
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 10:32 AM, Charles J. Cohen <
>>> charles at eecs.umich.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Correct, B5 is a rip off of Deep Space 5. Exactly the same. - Midair
>>>>
>>>> Greg Less <greg.less at gmail.com> writes:
>>>>
>>>> >I thought Babylon 5 was a Star Trek spinoff. I never watched it because
>>>> >Star Trek always seemed kind of lame...
>>>> >
>>>> >-Gregoire.
>>>> >
>>>> >On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 10:27 AM, Matt Lagemann <malagemann at gmail.com
>>>> >wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> >> Matt Lagemann <malagemann at gmail.com> writes:
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> >(the color blind herald... and Babylon 5 fan)
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> What is Babylon 5?  Is that the name of the ship in the Battleship
>>>> >>> movie?
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> - Midair
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Oh, I see what you are trying to do there... you are trying to goad
>>>> me
>>>> >> into ranting about the atrocity that is the Battleship movie.  But
>>>> it isn't
>>>> >> going to work.  I have more self control than that.... unlike the
>>>> people
>>>> >> behind the movie Battleship!  I mean come on!  What were they
>>>> thinking?!?
>>>> >>  Did they just walk down the board game aisle and pick a game at
>>>> random to
>>>> >> make a movie about?  What is next?  A medical drama called
>>>> Operation?  Or
>>>> >> how about a show about a failing thesaurus writer who takes up
>>>> horticulture
>>>> >> entitled Apples to Apples?!?
>>>>
>>>
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