Will Star Trek live forever?

[Admiral Buzzkill]

Well, when in however many years a Federation of Planets is formed then we will know.

Yeah.

IOW never.

 

[SG-17]

Well, when in however many years a Federation of Planets is formed then we will know.

Yeah.

IOW never.

Exactly, none of us here will ever know if Star Trek lasts "forever". Some of us will know if it last another 90, but not much farther than that.

 

[zenfakor]

yes

 

[zenfakor]

yes it will

 

[zenfakor]

in our hearts

 

[sojourner]

"Who wants to live forever?"

 

[BrownShatner]

I think you can go a little further than that.

Culture comes and goes, but nostalgia is a constant. And, in many cases, self-perpetuating.

For instance, the comic strip "Flash Gordon" debuted in 1934; that created the serials of the thirties through 1940. 14 years later, nostalgia brought Flash back in a TV series during the first wave of space TV (Space Patrol, Rocky Jones, Tom Corbett). 24 years after that, up came Filmation's cartoon, followed immediately by the high-camp film with Max Von Sydow.

Again in 1986. Again in 1996. Again in 2007.

We could do the same with Buck Rogers, whose latest incarnation is due to hit the big screen in 2011.

Arguably, Trek has left a bigger cultural footprint than either of the two. So, with both of these pre-WWII franchises still spinning eighty years on, Trek may yet to even hit its "Middle Age."

Interesting post. I'm a great fan of the 1980 Flash Gordon movie, but to be quite honest I had no knowledge that it had ever been brought back since. It appears the 2007 series only lasted one season.

I guess the conclusion is that the worst thing that could happen is that Star Trek would be brought back as a low-budget revival every 10 years or so. (Acknowledging that Flash Gordan and Buck Rodgers were never high-budget to begin with.)

 

[Warped9]

^^^Well, yeah, but your sig clearly indicates that you believe there hasn't been any decent Trek since 1979, so I'd say you were a bit biased. The new movie had quite a few good things going for it in spite of any supposed "dumbing down". As a long-time Trekkie, I will simply point out "The Way to Eden", "The Omega Glory" and "A Piece of the Action" as examples of earlier "dumbing down".

ST has entered the pop culture zeitgeist, especially TOS characters. As many have already pointed out, as long as people fondly remember it and there is a buck to be made, there will be some version of ST out there.

You can't say anything I haven't heard before. And unless you're familiar with all my posts over the past several years then you don't really know how I think or what I'm thinking or what I'm about. You're assuming a great deal from very little evidence.

As far as knowing something about Trek over the years we may not even be in the same league so don't presume to lecture me.

 

[Islander]

Well, when in however many years a Federation of Planets is formed then we will know.

Yeah.

IOW never.

Exactly, none of us here will ever know if Star Trek lasts "forever". Some of us will know if it last another 90, but not much farther than that.

Speak for yourself. I intend to be cryogenically frozen upon my death, launched in space and awaken on the Enterprise-D!

 

[Biggshow]

^^^Well, yeah, but your sig clearly indicates that you believe there hasn't been any decent Trek since 1979, so I'd say you were a bit biased. The new movie had quite a few good things going for it in spite of any supposed "dumbing down". As a long-time Trekkie, I will simply point out "The Way to Eden", "The Omega Glory" and "A Piece of the Action" as examples of earlier "dumbing down".

ST has entered the pop culture zeitgeist, especially TOS characters. As many have already pointed out, as long as people fondly remember it and there is a buck to be made, there will be some version of ST out there.

You can't say anything I haven't heard before. And unless you're familiar with all my posts over the past several years then you don't really know how I think or what I'm thinking or what I'm about. You're assuming a great deal from very little evidence.

As far as knowing something about Trek over the years we may not even be in the same league so don't presume to lecture me.

I have read every single thing you have written over the past several years. My Master's thesis in college was based on it and I got a commendation for citing original thinking.

I kid. In fact, one of the things I hate about blogging or posting, etc. is that, even with smilies, there's no real emotional nuance. *sigh*

Anyway, I was merely pointing out that ST is no "dumber" in the new movie than it was in some episodes of TOS.

So there. Blah-blah. Then bonk on the head!

 

[Warped9]

^^ I agree that emotional nuance doesn't convey well on the internet.

That said I think it was very short-sighted of the film's creators to aim for a lower denominator rather than a higher one.