Like You Never Watched Star Trek...
And thought, "wow, it must be awesome to be a scientist. And in the
military. F-ck G.I. Joe, I'm going to Space, b-tches!" Admit it, you pansies!
Nerds!
Avery Brooks you rock!
Let me quote from a BBC interview with my hero, Levar "Reading Rainbow" Burton: (http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/st/interviews/burton/page5.shtml)
(Question:) What made you a big fan?
(Burton:) Gene’s vision of the future – see what I love about Star Trek is that it’s about inclusion. It’s about diversity and inclusion. Star Trek says there is an infinite number of life forms that exist out there in – in the cosmos and they all have value. Every single one of them. That is the basis of the prime directive, you
know. We are explorers, we’re out there seeking out new life and new civilisations (sic), but when we make contact with them, it is essential that we don’t interrupt their natural process of evolution. Why? Because we have respect for that process...
The interesting thing about Gene (Roddenberry, creator and producer) was he was an agnostic and one of the things that so many people, myself included, have always found comforted in Star Trek are the spiritual messages, the spirituality that Star Trek seems to express.
posted by Coolhand at 1:53 PM
7 Comments:
The Trek nerd in me compels me to respond:
Geordi has his facts a little off. The Prime Directive states that no warp-enabled race may interfere with the development of any non-warp-enabled race. There are several instances of PD that are brought up (and broken) in many Trek episodes.
Geordi probably meant that Gene Roddenberry's vision was that of "Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations". This comes from an original series episode in which Mr. Spock wears an IDIC pin and then goes on to explain just what it means.
This is a pretty funny line from a website I found when lookin up IDIC:
The invention of the IDIC by Gene Roddenberry was rumored to have caused friction between him and Leonard Nimoy, who saw it as a cheap ploy to sell replica merchandise to fans. -- How un-Rodenberry!
Addendum:
Geordi is right in meaning that Roddenbery's "Prime Directive" of the Star Trek franchise was human exploration -- both through space and from within. Let's not forget that.
From another Star Trek geek:
The military aspect of 'Star Trek' was really started by director Nicholas Meyer with 'Star Trek II', since he was fascinated by 'Horatio Hornblower' and other Napoleonic naval stories. If I remember correctly, Roddenberry wasn't that happy with Meyer's reinvention of Starfleet as a quasi-militaristic organization, but I think it lent some gravity to the series. Ranks, insignia, and naval procedure were better defined and made Starfleet seem a bit more real. Without Meyer, there would never have been 'DS9'. In fact, space battles in Trek would've been less cool altogether (the submarinish cat-and-mouse games in II and VI).
Q'apla.
Why do I feel like I'm in D-Caf all of a sudden?
Cause it's Asian Club time?
I saw this thing on that same bbc website where p.stewart mentioned that gene wanted him to steal inspiration from horatio hornblower. i haven't read those books, are they good?
Patrick Stewart: I will "Make It So."
[blank look from Andy]
Stewart: You've seen "Star Trek: The Next Generation", right?
Andy Millman: I haven't, no.
Stewart: Well, your wife won't let you have it on, is it?
Andy: I'm not married.
Stewart: Oh, your girlfriend then.
Andy: I haven't got a girlfriend. I live alone.
Stewart: You're not married, you haven't got a girlfriend, and you've never watched "Star Trek"?
Andy: No...
Stewart: Good Lord...
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