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hunter

(38,316 posts)
5. I think J.J. Abrams is perfect for Star Wars.
Tue Dec 16, 2014, 02:11 PM
Dec 2014

Star Wars is a space opera.

But Abrams is clueless about Star Trek. He made a generic space opera using the Star Trek characters. Bah. I don't think either of Abram's Star Trek movies respected the Star Trek Universe.

I ignore them entirely as a temporal anomaly or holodeck training simulation in The Next Generation universe, the same way I ignore the last "These are the Voyages" episode of Star Trek: Enterprise.

sarge43

(28,941 posts)
6. Thank you Archae for reminding me why I'm a Trekker.
Tue Dec 16, 2014, 02:13 PM
Dec 2014

Excuse me now: I have something in my eyes.

Live long and prosper.

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
7. Great way to start the day. We studied Humanism in public school 50 years ago. Star Trek embodied it
Tue Dec 16, 2014, 02:19 PM
Dec 2014
The video also showed the potential results of applying it. Thanks, Archae.



gordianot

(15,238 posts)
10. Created by an ex cop in the turbulent 1960's when torture was but a twinkle in Cheney's eye.
Tue Dec 16, 2014, 03:25 PM
Dec 2014

We have really come a long way in realizing the ideals of Star Trek and Gene Roddenberry's vision. Someone has to dream.

FailureToCommunicate

(14,014 posts)
13. Ask questions first, shoot later (but only on "stun") We have much to learn from
Tue Dec 16, 2014, 04:15 PM
Dec 2014

one another. And the knowledge is more difficult to exchange if the other being is...dead.



I met and chatted with Roddenberry once upon a time, and he seemed quite the decent fellow, like the universe he created.

Thanks, Archae, for the reminder.

-F2C

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