In article <006fe1v$252a3$1@dont-email.me>, patrick@example.invalid says...
weberm@polaris.net wrote:
Star Trek's 60th anniversary in 2026 is being marked primarily by The Sixty- >>>Year Mission: How Star Trek Changed Television and the World - a documentary
executive produced by William Shatner opening exclusively at Regal Cinemas >>>nationwide on October 9, featuring interviews with Shatner, George Takei, and
Walter Koenig alongside Gene Roddenberry Jr. and hundreds of writers, >>>directors, and producers who built the franchise from its 1966 debut. With >>>Strange New Worlds in its final stretch, Starfleet Academy on its way out, >>>Alex Kurtzman's contract expired, and the next Star Trek film jumping to a >>>disconnected far-future setting with all-new characters, a theatrical >>>documentary built entirely on nostalgia for the original 1960s series is the
most honest statement Paramount has made about where fan affection for the >>>franchise actually lives in 2026.
https://youtu.be/NNU_yQi7eP8?si=b-SHtYfErWN6sKkf
It's very sad. Hard to believe that at one point we had TNG, DS9, and >>Voyager, all on tv at the same time for some period of time (plus a
movie at the same time?).
They really ran the franchise into the ground.
I recently became aware of some comics that bring Sisko back and stuff. >>Gonna look into those.
https://startreklitverse.com/theseus-and-defiant.php
60th Anniversary of Star Trek is actually the 21st Anniversary of its death.
BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
"NoBody" <NoBody@nowhere.com> wrote:
Patrick <patrick@example.invalid wrote:
In article <115c6a2$30noc$2@dont-email.me>, weberm@polaris.net wrote:
Star Trek's 60th anniversary in 2026 is being marked primarily by The >>>>> Sixty-Year Mission: How Star Trek Changed Television and the World - >>>>> documentary executive produced by William Shatner opening exclusively >>>>> at Regal Cinemas nationwide on October 9, featuring interviews with >>>>> Shatner, George Takei, and Walter Koenig alongside Gene Roddenberry Jr. >>>>> and hundreds of writers, directors, and producers who built the
franchise from its 1966 debut. With Strange New Worlds in its final >>>>> stretch, Starfleet Academy on its way out, Alex Kurtzman's contract >>>>> expired, and the next Star Trek film jumping to a disconnected far-
future setting with all-new characters, a theatrical documentary built >>>>> entirely on nostalgia for the original 1960s series is the most honest >>>>> statement Paramount has made about where fan affection for the
franchise actually lives in 2026.
https://youtu.be/NNU_yQi7eP8?si=b-SHtYfErWN6sKkf
It's very sad. Hard to believe that at one point we had TNG, DS9,
and Voyager, all on tv at the same time for some period of time (plus >>>> a movie at the same time?).
They really ran the franchise into the ground.
I recently became aware of some comics that bring Sisko back and stuff. >>>> Gonna look into those.
https://startreklitverse.com/theseus-and-defiant.php
They purchased the intellectual property in order to make it pure
wokism and destroyed it.
Well, to be fair, TREK has been mostly woke since its inception. It just >>didn't shove it your face in every scene like they do these days.
Just look at the bridge crew of the original Enterprise-- an alien, a black >>woman, a Japanese guy, a Russian, a Scotsman and Kirk. If they made that >>today, we'd be laughing about all the DEI boxes they checked with their >>woke casting. But the original show did it without fanfare, without the >>characters congratulating themselves in the dialog about how wonderful they >>are for being so inclusive, etc. It was just the world of the show and it >>spoke for itself while the show told interesting and exciting stories >>without constantly drawing attention to it.
Activist but not woke in the modern sense.
And don't get me started on the Federation's "we don't do money anymore" >>ethos. I mean, that's just communism with starships.
NoBody@nowhere.com wrote:
BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
"NoBody" <NoBody@nowhere.com> wrote:
Patrick <patrick@example.invalid wrote:
In article <115c6a2$30noc$2@dont-email.me>, weberm@polaris.net wrote:
Star Trek's 60th anniversary in 2026 is being marked primarily by The >>>>>> Sixty-Year Mission: How Star Trek Changed Television and the World - >>>>>> documentary executive produced by William Shatner opening exclusively >>>>>> at Regal Cinemas nationwide on October 9, featuring interviews with >>>>>> Shatner, George Takei, and Walter Koenig alongside Gene Roddenberry Jr.
and hundreds of writers, directors, and producers who built the
franchise from its 1966 debut. With Strange New Worlds in its final >>>>>> stretch, Starfleet Academy on its way out, Alex Kurtzman's contract >>>>>> expired, and the next Star Trek film jumping to a disconnected far- >>>>>> future setting with all-new characters, a theatrical documentary built >>>>>> entirely on nostalgia for the original 1960s series is the most honest >>>>>> statement Paramount has made about where fan affection for the
franchise actually lives in 2026.
https://youtu.be/NNU_yQi7eP8?si=b-SHtYfErWN6sKkf
It's very sad. Hard to believe that at one point we had TNG, DS9,
and Voyager, all on tv at the same time for some period of time (plus >>>>> a movie at the same time?).
They really ran the franchise into the ground.
I recently became aware of some comics that bring Sisko back and stuff. >>>>> Gonna look into those.
https://startreklitverse.com/theseus-and-defiant.php
They purchased the intellectual property in order to make it pure
wokism and destroyed it.
Well, to be fair, TREK has been mostly woke since its inception. It just >>> didn't shove it your face in every scene like they do these days.
Just look at the bridge crew of the original Enterprise-- an alien, a black >>> woman, a Japanese guy, a Russian, a Scotsman and Kirk. If they made that >>> today, we'd be laughing about all the DEI boxes they checked with their >>> woke casting. But the original show did it without fanfare, without the >>> characters congratulating themselves in the dialog about how wonderful they
are for being so inclusive, etc. It was just the world of the show and it >>> spoke for itself while the show told interesting and exciting stories
without constantly drawing attention to it.
Activist but not woke in the modern sense.
I think the argument that Trek has always been woke is ridiculous.
(I'm loking at you, Steve Shives!)
And don't get me started on the Federation's "we don't do money anymore" >>> ethos. I mean, that's just communism with starships.
When did that start? I guess if you can create food and goods out of thin air,
then nothing will have much value.
On Sep 25, 2026 at 2:30:06 PM PDT, "Ubiquitous" <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
NoBody@nowhere.com wrote:
BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
"NoBody" <NoBody@nowhere.com> wrote:
Patrick <patrick@example.invalid wrote:
In article <115c6a2$30noc$2@dont-email.me>, weberm@polaris.net wrote:
Star Trek's 60th anniversary in 2026 is being marked primarily by The >>>>>>> Sixty-Year Mission: How Star Trek Changed Television and the World - >>>>>>> documentary executive produced by William Shatner opening exclusively >>>>>>> at Regal Cinemas nationwide on October 9, featuring interviews with >>>>>>> Shatner, George Takei, and Walter Koenig alongside Gene Roddenberry Jr.
and hundreds of writers, directors, and producers who built the >>>>>>> franchise from its 1966 debut. With Strange New Worlds in its final >>>>>>> stretch, Starfleet Academy on its way out, Alex Kurtzman's contract >>>>>>> expired, and the next Star Trek film jumping to a disconnected far- >>>>>>> future setting with all-new characters, a theatrical documentary built >>>>>>> entirely on nostalgia for the original 1960s series is the most honest >>>>>>> statement Paramount has made about where fan affection for the
franchise actually lives in 2026.
https://youtu.be/NNU_yQi7eP8?si=b-SHtYfErWN6sKkf
It's very sad. Hard to believe that at one point we had TNG, DS9, >>>>>> and Voyager, all on tv at the same time for some period of time (plus >>>>>> a movie at the same time?).
They really ran the franchise into the ground.
I recently became aware of some comics that bring Sisko back and stuff. >>>>>> Gonna look into those.
https://startreklitverse.com/theseus-and-defiant.php
They purchased the intellectual property in order to make it pure
wokism and destroyed it.
Well, to be fair, TREK has been mostly woke since its inception. It just >>>> didn't shove it your face in every scene like they do these days.
Just look at the bridge crew of the original Enterprise-- an alien, a black
woman, a Japanese guy, a Russian, a Scotsman and Kirk. If they made that >>>> today, we'd be laughing about all the DEI boxes they checked with their >>>> woke casting. But the original show did it without fanfare, without the >>>> characters congratulating themselves in the dialog about how wonderful they
are for being so inclusive, etc. It was just the world of the show and it >>>> spoke for itself while the show told interesting and exciting stories >>>> without constantly drawing attention to it.
Activist but not woke in the modern sense.
I think the argument that Trek has always been woke is ridiculous.
(I'm loking at you, Steve Shives!)
And don't get me started on the Federation's "we don't do money anymore" >>>> ethos. I mean, that's just communism with starships.
When did that start?
air,can't beat the real thing, so actual food
then nothing will have much value.
There have been various comments from the characters that replicated food
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