RE: Something Star Trek Missed
May 23, 2019 at 6:34 am
(This post was last modified: May 23, 2019 at 6:38 am by Brian37.)
(May 23, 2019 at 5:49 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(May 23, 2019 at 5:27 am)LastPoet Wrote: How about aliens breathing the same O2, and all being upright walking tetrapods? This kind of stuff just perpetuates ignorance on how life evolved, and the idea that humans are the "peak" of evolution. There is no peak in evolution.
To be fair, that was largely the financial and time constraints of episodic television. And Trek did make a few stabs at non-humanoid life forms.
Boru
True, and the "Transporter" motif was actually two things.
#1, it was a motif that Gene got from prior si fi B movie screen wipes. But money wise, and #2 the producers cut costs to avoid the shuttle scenes.
