Star Trek

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Star Trek original series, 1966-69. I was 23 when it began and an
avid reader of science fiction for 12 years or so. I liked ST a lot, my
favorite characters being Spock & Scotty. Years later, I was amused
when I read that William Shatner considered Gene Roddenberry a gifted
visionary for having conceived such amazing high tech: FTL travel, the
transporter, phasers, photon torpedos, etc. ... There were also numerous
humanoids who were not near homo-sapiens. But we could still make
babies with 'em. Nice. :)

Everything about Star Trek was new, innovative, visionary ... as long
as you'd never read or watched any earlier science fiction.
A friend of mine used to say that Star Trek had a sci-fi setting, but
it wasn't science fiction. "Every one of them is a morality play."
They were teachings, rather like Aesop's Fables. Thought provoking.
Discussable.

Star Trek aimed at the action addicts? This (also) was not Gene Roddenberry's vision.

... oooOO}{OOooo ...

I've given up looking for the meaning of life. Now all I want is a cookie.

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Since this thread is in Cinema, here is a link to the first Beyond thread, with the serious discussion:
http://www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?bid=2&tid=60702

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Thanks for posting, I read the comments on the other thread.


SGG

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Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:
Since this thread is in Cinema, here is a link to the first Beyond thread, with the serious discussion:
http://www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?bid=2&tid=60702

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I Will Never Forgive ‘Strange New Worlds’ for Missing Out on Making a Star Trek Gem Canon
https://fandomwire.com/i-will-never-forgive-strange-new-worlds-for-mis
sing-out-on-making-a-star-trek-gem-canon/

Star Trek icon's horrific WW2 injury – and how he hid it on sci-fi set
https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/2070346/star-trek-icons-hor
rific-ww2-injury

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Some argue Star Trek is dead

the Aliens? I kind of liked the Klingons until I suddenly didn't


an opinion from a social media vid site

Alien Warrior Races Are Dumb

Empathy Machines

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