I don't really care, honestly. I like both franchises, however, Star Wars has absolutely lost a great deal of luster given the 3 most recent movies. In that sense, my expectations could not be any lower for the new film, though, I do think they'd have to really try hard to do worse than what Lucas did.

And yes, I realize 1-3 sold well etc..., I don't really care about that either, nor do I care about how much the new ST's sold/did at the BO. I never see any of that money, so all I care about is whether the films are good. The last 3 SW's were not, the last two ST's were (in my humble opinion).

Oh yeah, I definitely shed a tear or two at the end.  I really like Chris Pine, as Kirk.  He was great in Bottle Shock.  I wasn't sold on the whole reboot the timeline thing, but, I'd be lying if I said they couldn't have been hugely worse.  Granted, the way I'm saying it doesn't seem like a great endorsement, but...it's hard to capture the same kind of mystique these movies/franchises had as a child growing up with them, now that I'm in my mid-late 30's.  Know what I mean?

No, I hope it's a worthy successor, sells great and shows Star Trek how respecting the spirit of the source material, and not just names/characters/tech, makes a better film.

People bond in what some may think are odd circumstances.  One of the best, most deep times of conversation I ever had with my Father was during an 8 hour drive to Buffalo to attend his mother's funeral.  So, I can certainly relate to that.  Nothing strange about it, honestly.  The late 70's early 80's had some absolutely fantastic scifi for me, growing up.  So I'm with you there, definitely have a fond remembrance for that timeframe.

I like both, but I like Trek more. However, I don't like JJ Abrams Star Trek movies.

I think it will probably pass a billion but not hit Age of Ultron levels or pass $2bn. A lot of damage was done to the brand with the prequel trilogy, that's not to say it couldn't hit $1.5/2bn with future ones but they need to build this thing up the way they did with the Marvel Cinematic Universe where the films did significantly better and better with each one. This film has to be excellent, as do it's follow ups. People need to know that if they sit in the cinema for 3 hours they're not going to feel burned like they did before.

Either way, looking forwards to Trek 3. I enjoyed Into Darkness even with the recycled Khan plot, but the last 15 minutes were absolutely terrible imo.

Star trek reboot is mediocre as well. But don't worry, I've only gone out to the cinema for Interstellar. Star wars has no chance.

I like both franchises, but Star Wars holds more childhood memories for me. Especially the original unaltered trilogy.

Hate to break it to you, but Episode VII will blow past $1B and probably do close to $2B worldwide, whether its amazing or terrible.

But then again, those numbers really aren't that impressive when you look at the huge steaming pile of $hit that is the current top 10 grossing films worldwide...

Rank	Peak	Title	Worldwide gross	Year	Reference(s)
1	1	Avatar	$2,787,965,087	2009	[# 1][# 2]
2	1	Titanic	$2,186,772,302	1997	[# 3][# 4]
3	3	Jurassic World	$1,665,443,636	2015	[# 5][# 6]
4	3	The Avengers	$1,519,557,910	2012	[# 7][# 8]
5	4	Furious 7	$1,514,827,481	2015	[# 9][# 10]
6	5	Avengers: Age of Ultron	$1,402,805,868	2015	[# 11][# 10]
7	3	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2	$1,341,511,219	2011	[# 12][# 13]
8nb1	5	Frozen	$1,279,852,693	2013	[# 14][# 15]
9	5	Iron Man 3	$1,215,439,994	2013	[# 16][# 17]
10	10	Minions	$1,154,357,663	2015	[# 18]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_films#Highest-grossing_films

We know about Dances With Smurfs and Iceberg Right Ahead! already in that list... but Jurrasic World?  Both Avengers movies?  FURIOUS 7???????

Episode VII will easily be the best of that bunch, hands down.

What? Why would you forbid people from going to the new Star Wars? I'm a Star Wars fan, but I went to see both new Star Trek films in the cinéma and I enjoyed them. This kind of fanboyism is BS anyway.