Which is Nerdier: Star Wars or Star Trek?

[Hector]

Funny stuff...

[Gorn Captain]

I am a fan of both, but I'd immediately say Trek. Go to a Trek forum, and you'll find a hundred guys granting themselves the rank of Admiral in their forum name.

[Hedji]

Lord of the Rings.

[Mikey]

Star Trek used to be the nerdiest until TNG when it started picking up a lot of female fans.

Rule of thumb, the more female fans the less nerdy something is ...

Conclusion - Lord of the Rings

[TrekStar]

I guess both have some nerdy stuff, IMO Star Wars is targeted towards the younger crowd, and Trek is more
towards the adults, I personally am more a Trek guy than Wars guy, as a kid I enjoyed both, but for me now,
Wars lost its appeal but still worth seeing and enjoying.

[skid14]

ive always thought trek nerds were the worse but im seen some pretty impressive nerd things from the lotr nerds too.

[Mikey]

Trek nerds never had that weird love/hate relationship with Gene Roddenberry as Star Wars fans have with George Lucas

[Hector]

Trek nerds never had that weird love/hate relationship with Gene Roddenberry as Star Wars fans have with George Lucas

You hit the nail on the head...

[Hedji]

It's true. They seem more grateful and receptive to more Trek in all it's forms. But on the other hand, there's a lot of anti Rick Berman Trekkers out there.

[Mikey]

Also, Star Trek (in all forms) deals with a lot of current social commentary... Example, the Donald Trump situation of today could easily be made into a Star Trek episode.

On the other hand Star Wars is almost a lost biblical story in disguise - which is fine but doesn't leave much room for anything beyond good vs bad.

[Werewolf]

Gene Roddenberry was rumored to have been a very eccentric man. But he didn't have complete creative control over Trek. He had many ideas for Trek that would have been very poorly received had they been used. He also didn't have the power to declare the original Trek series lost to time and replaced by special editions.

[Werewolf]

Lord of the Rings.

Conclusion - Lord of the Rings

I think LOTR actually has a pretty decent sized female fanbase these days. Legolas is very popular.

If you are going by a lack of diversity, I think collectible card games are probably up there as some of nerdiest.

Many years ago I went to a hobby store looking for D&D stuff. I walk in and the place goes silent and half dozen tables filled with guys playing Magic the Gathering all stop and stare at me like I'm some kind of alien. "Umm, Hi, I'm looking for some D&D minis." Yeah, that was awkward. I generally buy my D&D stuff online now.

[Hedji]

I was just being silly. I enjoy the LOTR films to a point. Only saw one Hobbit film though. My barometer for nerdiness is my Wife, who thought FOTR was over when they formed the Fellowship at Rivendale, and she began to get out of her seat.

[Marvelmania]

I think LOTR actually has a pretty decent sized female fanbase these days. Legolas is very popular.

If you are going by a lack of diversity, I think collectible card games are probably up there as some of nerdiest.

Many years ago I went to a hobby store looking for D&D stuff. I walk in and the place goes silent and half dozen tables filled with guys playing Magic the Gathering all stop and stare at me like I'm some kind of alien. "Umm, Hi, I'm looking for some D&D minis." Yeah, that was awkward. I generally buy my D&D stuff online now.

That's funny. I can actually see that happening.

[HardyGirl]

I guess if you saw Shat's SNL "Get A Life" skit, you'd say Star Trek. I like Star Wars, but to me, it's like the same thing as Challenge of the SuperFriends. Basically the same plot over and over. With Challenge, it's defeating the SuperFriends, and world domination. With Star Wars, it's The Force and The Dark Side. Battles and special effects are all it has going for it, in my opinion.