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Sep 8^th, 2005 at 2:30pm

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1966 Star Trek premieres

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On this day in 1966, the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise takes off on its mission to "boldly go where no man has gone before," with the premiere of Star Trek.

Now this is an interesting discussion topic - Was Start Trek a visionary's idea of the future and what mankind could expect, or was it a collection of social statements reflecting the turbulent times (racism, sexual relations, cultural mores, etc) of the mid sixties, but SET in the "future" ?

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Reply #1 - Sep 8^th, 2005 at 6:28pm

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Now this is an interesting discussion topic - Was Start Trek a visionary's idea of the future and what mankind could expect, or was it a collection of social statements reflecting the turbulent times (racism, sexual relations, cultural mores, etc) of the mid sixties, but SET in the "future" ?

In its original form I saw it as satire in the tradition of Swift & others. Not a new idea but a very clever way of addressing controversial subjects without causing offence. To anyone understanding this it effectively demonstrated just how ridiculous these things are.

Of course, this would only be apparent to those viewers that got the point. To anyone else (I suspect the majority of fans) it would be a rather badly made low-budget soap opera with a science-fiction theme. Very different from what it was to become.

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the turbulent times (racism, sexual relations, cultural mores, etc) of the mid sixties

It might be more under the surface now but most of these problems are unfortunately still with us today.

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Reply #2 - Sep 9^th, 2005 at 12:11am

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[quote author= link=1126204233/0#0 date=1126204232]Felix/FFDS wrote:
Now this is an interesting discussion topic - Was Start Trek a visionary's idea of the future and what mankind could expect, or was it a collection of social statements reflecting the turbulent times (racism, sexual relations, cultural mores, etc) of the mid sixties, but SET in the "future" ?
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PS. It might be more under the surface now but most of these problems are unfortunately still with us today. [/quote]And will probably be so in 60 more years, thus the answer to Felix's query is simply "yes" Cry

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Reply #3 - Sep 9^th, 2005 at 12:18am

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I would suggest that the first Trek was both a vision of hope for the future and a social commentary on just how far that trip would be.

Let This Be Your Final Battleground is one of the finest commentaries on the stupidity of racism that I've ever seen.

I will make a prediction...

This time next year Star Trek will be on TV, not just a "40 Years" special, but a regular series.

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Reply #4 - Sep 9^th, 2005 at 3:55am

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the answer to Felix's query is simply "yes" Cry

Of course. Shocked

Not Swift but Orwell. Now why didn't I think of that?

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Reply #5 - Sep 9^th, 2005 at 3:59am

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I still rate it as the only one of the series worth watching! The new ones are just pants. But I tend to view them all as some kind of social commentary, but the films were just a quest for more cash Roll Eyes

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