Why is Star Trek not more popular than Star Wars? The stories

>>79262563
>The stories are more intellectually engaging than just "le eternal struggle between the dark side vs the light"
you pretty much answered this one yourself

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>>79262563
Star Trek Beyond is so fucking good. The villain may be awful but everything else is just perfect.

>>79262696
The Beastie Boys scene was pure kino

I would have thought that would be easy to answer, Star Wars has always appealed way more to kids. Star Trek is science fiction, Star Wars is fantasy

dont kid yourselves, both series glorify space magic

star trek ignores human weakness to create a utopia

star wars ignores human greed to create an adventure

>>79262739
I like both

>>79262780

Me too, but it's the truth. A kid would rather watch a new hope than sit through an hour of the motion picture and be bored out of their mind.

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>>79262724
LITERALLY THAT, ONE OF A COUPLE GOOD SETPIECES, ESPECIALLY IN IMAX

MOVIE WAS PRETTY SHIT THOUGH, BUT 2016 WAS SO FULL OF SHIT IT WAS DECENT BY COMPARISON

JUSTIN LIN STILL MAKES GARBAGE FOR IDIOTS, AKA CHINKS

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>>79262747
>star wars ignores greed

>>79262563
>oh the aliens communicate via radio waves
>best load up radio waves with the most cynical placement of nostalgic music for our target audience
>LISTEN ALL Y'ALL SABOTAGE

Honestly fuck that scene. I could just about manage the rest, I can deal with some camp sci-fi tropes, I can handle a reasonable amount of cheese; but holy fucking shit it just ruined any sense of peril or actual threat.

>>79262563
No lightsabers

>>79262563
People who liked the reboot Trek movies don't get to use the le reddit meme, because you are the reddit.