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Actual conversations I had today.
Her: I love the new Star Trek movies.
Me: Oh, man, that last one was terrible.
Her: What are you talking about? It was great.
Me: Have you seen Wrath of Khan?
Her: No.
Me: Well, that's probably why I don't like it and you do.
Her: Yeah, I've never seen any of the show. People said they like never leave the ship on it.
Me: Which show?
Her: Star Trek.
Me: You mean Original Series, Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, or Enterprise?
Her: ...
Me: I promise they leave the ship on the show.
*later*
Her: You're gonna hate me, but I loved the Star Wars reboot.
Me: What Star Wars reboot?
Her: You know, the Star Wars reboot.
Me: Star Wars has never been rebooted. Do you mean the prequels?
Her: No, the reboot.
Me: Episodes IV, V, and VI came out in '77, '80, and '83. Episodes I, II, and III came out in '99, '02, and '05. [No, I did not need to look that up.] So you mean the prequels?
Her: No, like when they rebooted those really old films.
Me: By "really old" you mean the original films? They didn't reboot them. They made prequels.
Her: But wasn't there a reboot in like the early 2000s?
Me: Those are the prequels. It's the back story--it's not a reboot.
Her: Oh, I thought those were a reboot. But this new one, it's a reboot?
Me: No, it isn't. It's episode VII. It's a sequel to the original trilogy.
Her: Well, I can't deal with any of that like old visual stuff. Like with the Star Trek TV show.
Me: Fair point that visual effects has evolved a lot since these were made, but believe me, the original Star Wars and the original Star Trek are not even in the same solar system for visual effects.
You know, I don't try to sell millennials on the original Star Wars--I know it's old science fiction, and I can't honestly be objective enough to judge its quality. However, if you're going to tell me that the Star Wars prequels are awesome with no qualifiers (and think that they are a remake of the originals!) it is fucking on. She google fact-checked me after this conversation. If we are talking the animated series or the video games, I'm not going to know what's out there for Star Wars. But if we're talking anything released between the original series and the prequels? Trust me on this. I know what I'm talking about. I promise. Other parts of this conversation involved confusion when I mentioned reading the books ("Oh, it's based on a book?" "No--media tie-in books--you know what? Never mind.").
Her: I love the new Star Trek movies.
Me: Oh, man, that last one was terrible.
Her: What are you talking about? It was great.
Me: Have you seen Wrath of Khan?
Her: No.
Me: Well, that's probably why I don't like it and you do.
Her: Yeah, I've never seen any of the show. People said they like never leave the ship on it.
Me: Which show?
Her: Star Trek.
Me: You mean Original Series, Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, or Enterprise?
Her: ...
Me: I promise they leave the ship on the show.
*later*
Her: You're gonna hate me, but I loved the Star Wars reboot.
Me: What Star Wars reboot?
Her: You know, the Star Wars reboot.
Me: Star Wars has never been rebooted. Do you mean the prequels?
Her: No, the reboot.
Me: Episodes IV, V, and VI came out in '77, '80, and '83. Episodes I, II, and III came out in '99, '02, and '05. [No, I did not need to look that up.] So you mean the prequels?
Her: No, like when they rebooted those really old films.
Me: By "really old" you mean the original films? They didn't reboot them. They made prequels.
Her: But wasn't there a reboot in like the early 2000s?
Me: Those are the prequels. It's the back story--it's not a reboot.
Her: Oh, I thought those were a reboot. But this new one, it's a reboot?
Me: No, it isn't. It's episode VII. It's a sequel to the original trilogy.
Her: Well, I can't deal with any of that like old visual stuff. Like with the Star Trek TV show.
Me: Fair point that visual effects has evolved a lot since these were made, but believe me, the original Star Wars and the original Star Trek are not even in the same solar system for visual effects.
You know, I don't try to sell millennials on the original Star Wars--I know it's old science fiction, and I can't honestly be objective enough to judge its quality. However, if you're going to tell me that the Star Wars prequels are awesome with no qualifiers (and think that they are a remake of the originals!) it is fucking on. She google fact-checked me after this conversation. If we are talking the animated series or the video games, I'm not going to know what's out there for Star Wars. But if we're talking anything released between the original series and the prequels? Trust me on this. I know what I'm talking about. I promise. Other parts of this conversation involved confusion when I mentioned reading the books ("Oh, it's based on a book?" "No--media tie-in books--you know what? Never mind.").