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Are you a Jedi, a Timelord, a Starfleet Officer, or a Browncoat? This blogger needs to know. For reasons that escape the TechRepublic management, I pump the Geekend full of sci-fi/fantasy references, often from one of the major SFF franchises out there. The stuff usually plays well, but I'm curious where my audience's loyalties lie. Take this arbitrary and exclusionary poll and let me know which breed of geek you most self-identify with (if any) and I'll promise that little scrap of knowledge will lie waiting in my subconscious the next time I decide which pirated YouTube clip to share with the class. Explanatory comments are encouraged.

Which is Your Favorite Science Fiction/Fantasy Franchise?

  • Star Trek (26%)
  • Lord of the Rings (12%)
  • Babylon 5 (12%)
  • Stargate (12%)
  • Star Wars (11%)
  • Firefly / Serenity (8%)
  • Battlestar Galactica (6%)
  • Doctor Who (6%)
  • Other (5%)
  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer (3%)
  • None (I don't like Sci-Fi/Fantasy) (0%)

Total Votes: 554

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Star Trek Bill Ward | 11/21/06
One can hope... Jay GarmonTechrepublic Moderator | 11/22/06
RIP Ed Woychowsky | 11/22/06
I'm with you! Maevinn | 11/24/06
The Color of Magic - 1983 Ed Woychowsky | 11/27/06
SG-1? Jaqui | 12/03/06
Hopefully not jbb1@... | 12/03/06
DVD Ed Woychowsky | 12/03/06
actually the issue Jaqui | 12/04/06
Stargate SG-1 blarman | 12/05/06
Huh?! jfowler@... | 12/05/06
Not so Ed Woychowsky | 12/06/06
Star Trek but... issa.clarke | 11/24/06
Who's YOUR Daddy? tomk3212@... | 12/01/06
Close Decision steve-nyeoka@... | 12/02/06
SG-1 for me jbb1@... | 12/03/06
SG-1 for sure josh4760 | 06/13/09
EFC Dr Dij | 12/04/06
One could argue... jbb1@... | 12/04/06
I don't want Janeway as my Captain! Bill_Vargas | 12/10/06
Janeway rox! jcullen@... | 06/19/09
Star Trek - Enterprise Ursus Horribilis | 01/31/07
"The Pay Rise" NOW LEFT TR | 12/05/06
In order they are charles.trotter@... | 06/22/09
What about D&D SlappyMcnasty | 11/22/06
All But Lord of the Rings jdventer | 11/24/06
Shoot, I was a bigger dr who fan. DanLM | 11/24/06
Oh! grimo1reslexicon@... | 11/29/06
LOTR, but ganyssa | 11/29/06
Firefly LocoLobo | 12/01/06
Dropped by network heads... Technocrat@... | 12/01/06
Babylon was good too LocoLobo | 12/01/06
yup dropped, after Jaqui | 12/03/06
Network Bean Counters Never Understand SCI-FI ramjet@... | 02/20/07
Same Ed Woychowsky | 12/01/06
You can buy a whole series on DVD BruceShining | 12/02/06
Thanks LocoLobo | 12/04/06
Firefly D-howie | 12/04/06
I will second that emotion JamesRL | 12/04/06
Outer Limits & Twilight Zone? wrlang@... | 12/01/06
Star Trek, Doctor Who, Space 1999, UFO, Red Dwarf, Alien, etc. StephenBerry777@... | 12/01/06
the original TZ Jaqui | 12/03/06
It's all good! dschuder@... | 12/01/06
None of the above Tony Hopkinson | 12/01/06
Assimulate this Ed Woychowsky | 12/01/06
Google Jacqueline Pierce aka Servalan Tony Hopkinson | 12/01/06
Tony Jaqui | 12/03/06
Tony, this Servalan thing you have... neilb@... | 12/03/06
Very unhealthy Tony Hopkinson | 12/03/06
Liked the first few seasons of Farscape LocoLobo | 12/01/06
Me too! BruceShining | 12/02/06
That was it jbb1@... | 12/02/06
B5 Grimshiire | 12/01/06
B5 jbb1@... | 12/02/06
B5 graphics tct | 12/04/06
You're right jbb1@... | 12/04/06
Most realistic Space Battles blarman | 12/05/06
Absolutely jbb1@... | 12/05/06
WTF mindilator@... | 12/02/06
Why only video/movie titles? noqlk3v02@... | 12/02/06
That's why he said franchise Tony Hopkinson | 12/02/06
A one man franchise jbb1@... | 12/02/06
book franchise Jaqui | 12/03/06
They were great... jbb1@... | 12/03/06
Doesn't anybody here read books? jbb1@... | 12/02/06
I have seen all these and none compare to two great franchises Rndmacts | 12/02/06
Re Asimov jbb1@... | 12/02/06
Well I agree with your last sentence Tony Hopkinson | 12/02/06
try Jaqui | 12/03/06
Excellent read how about.... scifantasy1017@... | 12/03/06
Moon? Jaqui | 12/04/06
How about Darkover? LisaSweet | 06/19/09
Baen's free eBooks Ed Woychowsky | 12/05/06
Plus nearly 40 novels on CD-ROM jbb1@... | 12/05/06
Books are definitely better than film . . .and jmbiii@... | 12/03/06
They *are* jbb1@... | 12/03/06
How about Ed Woychowsky | 12/04/06
I agree.... StephenBerry777@... | 12/04/06
books vs tv melfinatheblue@... | 12/04/06
SF for IT types jbb1@... | 12/04/06
Star Trek but...(another but) tekless | 12/04/06
So Many rhmassenberg@... | 01/31/07
What's a brown shirt? tct | 01/31/07

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