Star Trek
I do. I appreciate Star Trek. I didn't when it first showed up. yeah, yeah, another science fiction show. I waited for them to bring in the clowns. movies and television had done science fiction before, but they'd never respected the "reality" of science fiction before. Gene Roddenberry did. slowly he won me over. yes, these were real people on a grand voyage, encountering the kind of marvelous creatures that Odysseus had for Homer! really? really. and having adventures like Odysseus and his companions did. but wait! there was more to it even than that! Gene Roddenberry actually respected these characters! even Captain Kirk. sigh. Kirk was okay, but not my idea of a spaceship captain or someone ladies would swoon over. apparently I was wrong. but I came to value, to esteem, the respect the characters had for each other. Spock, Uhura, Sulu, and Chekov were just as valuable and respected in the stories as were Kirk, and Scotty, and McCoy! wait! even their opponents were respected! yes, they were aliens and opposed to whatever the grand Kultu was that funded the Enterprise and let it loose, but the opponents were honorable within their own cultures, and could be negotiated with! and there was always that Prime Directive that all the officers at least seemed to really adhere to! imagine, a whole military committed to something like the Prime Directive! Gene Roddenberry did, and I came to admire and appreciate the series and its later reincarnations. Viva Star Trek! Bravo Roddenberry. Thank you for a milligram of hope for some future humanity that respects itself and others.
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