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Apparently is more a trudge than a trek!

I knew there was a reason I love star trek. But I don't think I've ever seen it printed out so eloquently. Thank you!

I never got into Star Trek, but that sounds pretty good.

I like WWE.

There is an agenda behind the StarTrek series that does not originate from Earth. While I like their values and love the series, we should develop our own plans for humanity's future.

Agreed.

And it all boils down to the central belief shared by all the world religions: love thy neighbor as thyself

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If you're familiar with superhero comic books, you'd understand that violence has been the whole point since their invention 100 years ago.

Love me some Fred Rogers. He was so upbeat and positive.

I'd love to hear more about this if this is a good time to share

Bud we have just crashed the entire nation face first into the paradox of tolerance by normalizing and insufficiently punishing people for the views that the government is about to wholeheartedly embrace come the next administration. I think humanism needs more nuance than "celebrate differences."

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One flesh, one end.

And I think the only one which didn’t have sounds of explosions in space since sound can’t travel in a vacuum. But I don’t think that the science side of it was the point you were trying to make. 😝

We'll start getting them again once shit starts going to shit and people lose hope. Kinda already a bit of the way there, but its gonna get so much worse in a crazy short amount of time. Dark times tends to produce some amazing escapism art.

Woke Trek

Yesss right? I mean, c'mon, Data let his child choose her own gender, Trill are a special kind of gender fluid, it's all there and always has been.

The defining episode to perfectly demonstrate the futility of a divisive society was, "Let this be your last battlefield." Featuring the immensely talented Frank Gorshin (aka The Riddler).

So somethings from the 60’s has relevance.

The original series didn't have replicators.

it succeeded bc the writers were mature, nuanced, and could weave small messages into stories professionally. also, there was little social pressure to make a woke point in every fucking scene today's writers are scared of online mobs and activist kooks, lack experience, and are ham-fisted buffoons.

Lovely to make your acquaintance. Always wonderful to meet a fellow intelligent traveler in these times.

Babylon 5 had deep pholosophy but also had ethics of chaos versus order, credit to the sci fi that came before, show continuity, not all aliens are one-dimensional plots, and change is inevitable.

Doctor Who is as well!

So true.

I'm so glad we have it, for it's done massive amounts of good for society on its own

Was just about the type that. Love Trek, but LOVE The Expanse. ❤️

My thoughts exactly!

And kill baddies?

Yes. If we can't imagine a better future than we can't build one.

But but but there is no PROFIT in these ideals. What about the shareholders😱

Gonna take a few hundred more years, but humanity will come to its senses, eventually.

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Have you seen the Orville?

You have to compare it to TV at the time, not TV today.

I have to follow you for this post.

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And yet, in the early episodes there were plenty of power-hungry, violent, destructive, bigoted, destabilizing foes. They were not human, but had all of our human failings.

None better than Star Trek. Gene Roddenberry was way ahead of his time. I cherish the the lessons he tried to teach us, show us through the Star Trek series.

it sure would be nice to have a country that feels the same way

This just makes me more sad. For me it’s like hearing “the first black [insert]” for anything nowadays. What you mean the first black in the 20th century?

I've loved ST Original since I was a kid for just those reasons: it was the near future I hoped for . . .

Watch the Simpsons they seem to be tracking.

It is incredibly difficult to extrapolate any goodness or of what we see day to day.

I loved Roddenberry. Thank You Lucy for bringing him to us.

I do like "The Orville"

Aah...where would be without Desilu? 😁😁😁

It is showing its age now, with some really awkward casual sexism in the earlier series, but yes on the whole it was ahead of its time and about as forward-looking as liberalism is capable of achieving. More shows with a similar spirit would be welcome.

Aman

Dr Who

I think that the women of STEM and Space are trying to embody some of what has been missing without those shows by bringing Science and Space to children.

Star Trek has always given me great hope of a future worth working towards, that humanity will collectively seek betterment and in a Bill and Ted fashion we'll be excellent to each other! It seems that it's a tree I'll never see the shade of and our collective efforts enrich billionaires instead.

So true. I always appreciated that message and along with my 5th grade teacher, this contributed to my becoming a progressive.

No, I have an original copy from the 10th century

I couldn’t agree more. 🖖🏼

Provided there is a common understanding that cooperation is synergistic, diversity tends to be more powerful than uniformism within the context of a complex and dynamic environment.

Its simple beauty was (and is) celebration of diversity as strength & division as weakness. Simple as a ring. Profound beyond pabulum peddled today as sustenance. This is why no spin-off thus far could do the original justice; same for Twilight Zone. Remove the soul & you get empty cgi.

She-Ra and the Princesses of Power

Very true!

In theory, until you watch those shows as a child, just to grow up in a time where people actively choose to not learn anything.

Check out The Orville if you haven't already. ST:TNG with dick jokes. Critics were harsh but, when it released, it felt more Trek to me than Discovery did. I'm massively immature though so a heavy monologue about morality with a knob gag chaser tickled me immensely 😂

There's always Star Wars.

i’m still a little concerned about the whole Battlestar Galactica and the robots, this AI thing could yet be a problem.

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Nope, more Yellowstone!

My husband, the ultimate Trekky, agrees totally with you.

I keep sayin’, some of these people clearly haven’t watched Star Trek: TNG and it SHOWS.

Now we just need a network- studio- producers to buy, produce, present content that promotes trek values…. (*that sound you don’t hear? *crickets*) Until then, this indie writer will keep making content that attempts to hold the torch for Uncle Gene and sharing where I can with like minded folks 📚🪐

Read its charter, NATO is baby Starfleet

Once. Now it's just a money grab. Breaks my trekkie heart.

There was always underlying optimism and a sense of human unity in each episode. And no need for over the top CGI. The story itself carried out interest. Corporate Hollywood has no sense of that.

What the hell happened? But it wasn’t the only tv series from back then that promoted “woke” ideas. Some of the Twilight Zone episodes were quite profound. Now I feel like we are living in one endless episode.

Best Prime Directive yet!!!

There were so many lessons in Star Trek. I loved the one where the one guy had white on the left and black on the right side of his face and the other just the opposite. There was still one claiming superiority.

@danaterrace.bsky.social 's The Owl House is a GREAT show that shows how diversity is strength, justice, and the measure of civilization! I also think it's a wonderful show about fighting against the dark no matter how bleak the night, and how small your light is. I HIGHLY recommend it.

It was and still is the world and future I am expecting and will continue to work toward.

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Not heard of this one, will give it a look, thanks

This is in my docket. After reading 2312 by KSR, and his Mars Trilogy, I've veered away from him for a bit. Time to get back into his work.

Also big corporations condemning their workers to horrifying deaths in the name of profit.

The best horror film. It just happens to be in space.

That’s true but that’s because it’s a Star Trek show by another name

Yes!

I still think diversity is a strength! Too bad the misogynist, the racist, and the homophobes in this country are seemingly taking the lead.

Star Trek came out when I was in high school and I loved it. We do need more shows that explored diversity topics with subtle storytelling.

Interesting, l wasn't aware of that.🙂

But in the Startrek movies it's usually just about "Good guys" versus "Bad Guys". And the triumph of violence. The good guys win via punch ups and laser battles. Gene Roddenberry (and Lucille Ball) must be rolling in his grave when these flatulent atrocities come round every few years.

Make Klingons Great Again!

Holy shit, right? I saw a guy on the Andor subreddit claim the Empire symbolized the “Deep State” 😵‍💫

All four seasons of Babylon 5 had this aspiration, and it is sad the show never had any spinoffs or sequels. Though B5 took it a bit further, and argued there are some prices that are *too* high to pay for peace.

What really hurts in that episode is that hearing people's stories changes the public's mind. Even when I first watched it I was a bit skeptical of that part. Now...

Empathy for others is now radical. What a world.

I've seen lots of old shows and movies that would've been called woke now.

To paraphrase JFK, Ask not what civilization can do for you but what can you do for civilization.

They're the only show because everyone else knows it's a pipedream

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Indeed!