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LadyLeigh (130 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 07:27 AM Original message |
Star Trek an optimistic view of the future? I don't think so. |
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DCKit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 07:43 AM Response to Original message |
1. If we were to mine the asteroid belt for metals...... |
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tjwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 08:01 AM Response to Reply #1 |
8. The "dune" type allegory of a precious single resource ran in the background. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 08:33 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. See now there is a great opportunity for a new show.. |
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Motown_Johnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 02:11 PM Response to Reply #10 |
33. I think they should do a "Mirror" series |
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Motown_Johnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 02:09 PM Response to Reply #8 |
32. in TNG there was an episode like that |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 07:45 AM Response to Original message |
2. We come in peace...shoot to kill. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 08:35 AM Response to Reply #2 |
11. Star Trekin' across the universe! nt |
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DRoseDARs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 02:32 PM Response to Reply #11 |
34. Boldly going forward... ('cause we can't find reverse)! n/t |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 09:19 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. It's life , Jim, but not as we know it... n/t |
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Pab Sungenis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 07:45 AM Response to Original message |
3. There's one real reason for that. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 07:54 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. I figured that was pretty obvious |
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Pab Sungenis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 09:33 AM Response to Reply #6 |
16. It actually isn't that obvious. |
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ikri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 01:47 PM Response to Reply #3 |
26. Same goes for |
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okieinpain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 01:54 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. seat belts. oh lordy.. lol. n/t. |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 09:18 PM Response to Reply #26 |
38. Somehow through all that the artificial gravity stays on... |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 07:52 AM Response to Original message |
4. Also, when you die and go to heaven, there will be extra copies of your soul already there... |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 07:53 AM Response to Original message |
5. My major problem with the show when I watched it |
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exboyfil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 08:00 AM Response to Original message |
7. I tend to agree - How many times was Earth threatened |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 08:24 AM Response to Original message |
9. I think that the point is not that the universe changes |
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deutsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 08:43 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Yeah, I think the original show in the '60s was hopeful in that it basically said |
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Pab Sungenis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 09:36 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. That actually dates back to the first season of the Original Series. |
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deutsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 01:48 PM Response to Reply #17 |
27. Huh...I didn't know that. |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 01:27 PM Response to Reply #13 |
24. Yeah, for a 'federation' they certainly had imperial qualities.... |
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FailureToCommunicate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 08:40 AM Response to Original message |
12. Roddenberry always tried to say 'peace is the way' Phasers on "stun" |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 08:47 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Don't taz me bro! |
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Guy Whitey Corngood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
15. Most of the galaxy's problems can be resolved by reversing the polarity |
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Pab Sungenis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 09:38 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Doctor Who was the one who saved the universe by reversing the polarity |
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Guy Whitey Corngood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 09:56 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. It seems to me like there is quite a bit |
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okieinpain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 01:58 PM Response to Reply #15 |
29. now that is awesome. love that. i've seen one of spock |
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Butch350 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
19. W.G.A.R.A. ?! |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
20. Optimistic? Sure. Utopian? Not at all. |
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n2doc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
22. ST-TOS was optimistic. But it got much darker as time went by |
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area51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
23. Trek mirror universe |
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AngkorWot (792 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
25. Star Trek is a poorly written sci-fi show |
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Motown_Johnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
30. Earth is a paradise in the Star Trek universe, that is their focus |
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Downtown Hound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
31. Star Trek has never been about the future, it's about the present |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 03:32 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. +1 |
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LeftinOH (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
35. According to the Trek timeline, the first contact will occur 50 years from now. n/t |
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white_wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
36. The way our goverment is looking I think we are closer to the Imperial era of Star Wars. |
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