At some point, Abrams is going to make an hour and a half movie that is nothing but one giant lens flare.
Anyway. On to the matter at hand.
My wedding cake was R2D2. Not the silly grooms cake. The main wedding cake. Gee, I wonder which side of that line I stand on?
The original trilogy is 2.5 of my favorite movies. Jedi was a little off for me. Empire, the best hands down. I actually went out of my way to find the only released DVD trilogy that had the original cut of all three films. Yes the "remastered" stuff is on there two, but who wants to see a CG Jaba and Han get shot at first. No thank you.
Oh, and the decal on my truck over the hatch bump is the Jedi Knight symbol.
I just really like the Jedi mentality. Calm, rational, in control, and oh, btw, if you come at me you better not miss. Because I will end you. But I will never attack first. Always in defense.
I come from a family of Sci-Fi nerds. My parents are big Star Trek and Star Wars fans too. In fact, you could certainly classify my mother as a Trekkie.
All of that being said, I do thoroughly enjoy Star Trek as well. Mainly TNG. I like the mindset of the Federation. I like the model of the future that it puts forward. Money is not important, race is not important, everyone looks out for everyone else. The important things are knowledge and exploration.
It's an idealized future that I can easily get behind.
For those that haven't seen it, I highly recommend the Trek Nation documentary.
http://science.discovery.com/tv-shows/trek-nation
It's a real eye opener into what Star Trek is all about.
I do like the reboot of Star Trek. It's an interesting take one original. And I think it's well acted. Except for Chekov. I think the accent is a bit over the top.
/LENS FLARE!!!!
//Han shot first.