Comic-Con poll: “Star Wars” over “Star Trek”; Megan Fox a screamer

As the geek fest known as Comic-Con , which used to be solely a convention for comic book fans but in recent years has morphed into a promotional playground for Hollywood’s film and TV studios, begins Wednesday in San Diego, three AOL web sites have run a few polls that all the roughly 125,000 Comic-Con attendees (as well as those who can’t go) might be interested in.

At AOL’s SciFi Squad (http:www.scifisquad.com) voters said they preferred the “Star Wars” movie franchise over the “Star Trek” films by a margin of 21 points — 56 percent “Wars” to 35 percent “Trek” — and that’s even after this summer’s giant hit “Star Trek” movie ($379 million at global box offices and counting).

But Trekkies can take heart, 69 percent of the voters think the latest film, which was billed as a “reboot” of the franchise that dates back to the 1960s TV show, is the best science fiction movie of the summer compared to only 21 percent for “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.”

And while James Cameron’s upcoming space film “Avatar” is one of the most buzzed-about titles that will be previewed at “The Con,” it was new alien tale “District 9″ that voters said was the most anticipated movie with 34 percent “District 9″ to 28 percent “Avatar.” And those “Twilight” vampire lovers? Well, “New Moon” was third with 22 percent.

In the world of horror movies (http:www.horrorsquad.com), voters picked “A Nightmare on Elm Street” as the best franchise of all time with 29 percent to 23 percent for No. 2 “Halloween” and 22 percent for No. 3 “Friday the 13th.”

The all-time favorite “scream queen” — she who shrieks loudest and longest — belonged to “Halloween” original Jamie Lee Curtis, who was followed by another veteran, Janet Leigh, in the classic Alfred Hitchcock flick “Psycho.” The vote: 51 percent Curtis to 15 percent Leigh.

But it was “Transformers” beauty Megan Fox who voters most want to see claim the crown. She was favored by a whopping 53 percent of the voters over No. 2, “Harry Potter” actress Emma Watson, who had 15 percent of the vote.

And this last one from AOL’s Comics Alliance (http:www.comicsalliance.com), the most disappointing comic book movie recently: “X-Men Origins: Wolverine.” Maybe its star, Hugh Jackman, should stick to singing and dancing.

The polls had about 100,000 voters, combined.
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