sapphi_snake said:
Never liked Star Trek very much. The whole universe didn't seem very believable (in terms of a plausible human society). Plus there was the whole magically teleporting back to the Enterprise just at the last minute. |
Gene Roddenbury used Star Trek to preach materialistic humanism that he believed in (He discussed this in an interview in Humanist Magazine). He created a future earth where technology, plus reasoning, would produce a utopia. In his universe, all differences are ironed out, because people will be reasonable. It did feed well into the 1960s and the optimism people had in science then. And people grew up on it, and ended up feeling they found a religion they could believe in. I had wondered why the Enterprise didn't have clergy on it, and that is why. It is out of this, that you still get people who try to hold onto it, thinking that humanity will evolve and no longer need God, and things will be fine.
Well, what is interesting is look at Star Trek universe after Roddenbury passed away and was removed. It is far more on edge, and that which is utopia isn't there. Look for the reboot to be more entertainment in a hostile universe. It will be one where people out of vengeance and emotional reasons, like in the last movie, where Spock is going to me more human (less Vulcan), and more driven by emotion. Of course, making the universe that does rob Star Trek of its ability to moralize and tell a story with a point, which makes it like Twilight Zone in its ability to preach to people, and stick with people.
