Posted by Rey
I’m putting up a few universes against each other. Star Trek, Star Wars, Stargate or Galactica: who do you think would win and can you state why? I know I could list other universes but I won’t.
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December 22nd, 2006 at 7:03 pm
Stargate of course: reason…of all the possibilities, there is one truth:
MacGuyver
December 22nd, 2006 at 7:27 pm
I was thinking Star Wars because of the Death Star. Then I thought Star Wars because of the force. Then I read Phil’s comment and got pwnd.
December 22nd, 2006 at 7:30 pm
By universe do you mean.. if everyone/thing within that universe joins forces to defeat the other universe? if so, then the startrek universe would win without a doubt. species 85725, teamed up with the borg, and the Q… comon now.. star trek universion as a whole beats out all.
December 22nd, 2006 at 11:28 pm
I know I could list other universes but I won’t.
You do realise that these are all imaginary, don’t you?
December 23rd, 2006 at 12:32 am
No Marvel Universe? Blasphemy.
I think Ivan makes a good point about Trek, especially with Q. I don’t think any of the other shows have a character(race?) with reality altering abilities on that level. With a thought he could turn the Death Star into pudding. That being said, Trek is probably my least favorite of the fictional universes listed, and I’d put Star Wars first(though Galactica is no joke).
I haven’t watched enough SG to factor in their races, but are the Gould or the Ori on par with someone like Q? There is the MacGuyver factor that Phil brings up as well, though. If anyone could neutralize a cosmic being with a paper clip, a rubber band, and toner it would be him.
Now Red Dwarf, if you factor in alternate universes and all the variant Ace Rimmers, might be the underdog to rise up and crush the four you listed in an unlikely and comedic manner.
Oh, I’ve wasted my life…
December 23rd, 2006 at 1:51 pm
Phil: Good point. Macguyver can escape from anything and diffuse anything but he has never been on the business end of an orbital barrage from an Imperial Star Destroyer or a Defiant Class attact ship.
B13: But your Death Star does trump a Macguyver…as long as he’s not flying a snubfighter down critical tunnel that will set off a chain reaction ultimately destroying your reign of terror. The force probably won’t work on him to confuse him, but you could throw things at him like crazy. Problem is he’ll probably have a Gou’ld device and be able to repel those attacks.
Thirsty: “If real is what you can feel, smell, taste and see, then ‘real’ is simply electrical signals interpreted by your brain” —Morpheus, The Matrix Universe
Testpig: The Q does seem to be the pivotal factor. A Jedi can use the force but all of a sudden, reality changes, the Jedi is thrown into the future (which would be our century, interestingly enough) and his lightsaber would be a candy cane. Also if the Borg ever manages to assimilate a single Jedi or MacGuyver then everyone is in deep “poodoo”.
MCF: Yeah, the geek factor in me does want me to lean toward the Star Wars universe but the arguments listed would pretty much pit the Star Wars directly against the Star Trek and the Q would be the victor—if they decide to interfere. Beyond that, I could see the Stargate Universe being destroyed by a single Borg acquiring a replicator and making it perfect. Species 8472 would pose a problem for any Jedi since they are organic and use telekenisis which rendered Kes useless (and probably the Jedi as well). The Galactica universe doesn’t stand a chance against the snub fighters of all three other universes (especially an Ori Battlecruiser—which would do some heavy damage to all other universes). But in the end, the Star Trek universe just has way too many resources and the way they often violate the temporal prime directive (which Stargate hasn’t managed to do since they’re pretty much leaping into alternate time lines instead of their own timelines) they would just go back and wipe out everyone by sending Janeway and Kirk on some psychotic mission.
But, Jerry hasn’t weighed in so my thinking may be off.
December 23rd, 2006 at 1:57 pm
Oh yeah, MCF: reason I didn’t list the Marvel Universe is because of the Infinite Gauntlet. That combined with say, Xavier — a guy who has the mental stability not to betray himself and the imagination to wreak some cosmic havok — would pretty much take anyone out. Plus, he can even hand it over to Reed Richards who would summon the Ultimate Nullifier and get rid of the Q (if the Q don’t manage to stop him and make the word “Bang” come out of the machine instead). In that case, I think Marvel might be the victor or at least evenly matched with the Star Trek Universe. After all, we don’t know the full extent of Q’s power.
December 23rd, 2006 at 11:16 pm
And God forbid the Borg gets their hand on this.
December 25th, 2006 at 7:38 am
Trek. As much as I hate to admit it. See, I think all geeks instinctively want Star Wars to be the best, but the combined might of the Borg, The Q, Species 85725 and the tenacity of the human race would be too much for any universe to overcome.
Except perhaps the Babylon 5 universe… which is not on the list.
December 27th, 2006 at 4:36 pm
PLEASE… where has my life gone.
The replicators where the borg… same thing
Q was an ass (as much as i liked him) So the accened ancients are Q… remeber Ohma (god i can see my life running away now) she was a rogue “god” just like Q…. everything is the same except of macguyver… Ohh I’ve wasted my life.
December 27th, 2006 at 7:05 pm
Frakkin’ frell, Phil’s right: The Ascended and the Ori are all Q and the higher version of the Replicators are better assimilations than anything the Borg or Cylons have ever done!
December 27th, 2006 at 8:46 pm
Yes, but the Cylons have a plan, or so I’m told from some caption somewhere….