(August 14, 2016 at 10:33 am)abaris Wrote: I'm not a fan, I just like the series.
But to say Roddenberry was just a story teller leaves out all the controversial themes he introduced to his series. He could have told the story without them and would have been, probably, more successful. The original Star Trek wasn't that big of a success when it first aired in the second half of the 60ies.
It's not religion. But it sure shined a light on one of the braver producers and idea givers of the time.
It also showed the world what it could be.
It was optimistic and the Prime Directive was to not interfere, although they seemed to ignore that one every week. There was the episode where Jim crossed into a mirror universe and it was all evil with torture and conquest being the drivers for the federation. I cant help but think that that's the universe we are in.
You can fix ignorance, you can't fix stupid.
Tinkety Tonk and down with the Nazis.
