Do you ever cry regarding Star Trek?

[Qonundrum]

If it happens, people would cry with tears of joy, sure. Then whatever is theorized in extremes such as Star Trek, V, or anything in between that neat little range won't be as entertaining - much less useful as "how-to guides"...

The law of probability is still insurmountable, and there's a few fun theories as to why space travel to reach other civilizations so remote is that way. Not to mention temporal equivalence; not all civilizations develop at the same rates or at the same times. Many that might have will have gone long since past. Or have yet to get that far to make such lengthy distances traversal within tangible spans of time. Okay, multigenerational transport is also possible but also hosts its own set of issues.

 

[fireproof78]

No doubt some will dislike some things I've said above. Most of our species likes to think of us as so evolved, now, but it seems to me that we're still just cavemen at our core, just with nicer caves to live in and better toys, and they don't like being reminded of that. I still have hope we can evolve past our flaws and become better, though, and that hope is fueled by evidence of our Better Nature. We're capable now of amazing, fantastic, inspiring things -- but some of our number are still committing atrocities and being wantonly destructive.

I think we have elements that are core to humanity, especially with how we deal with emotions. But, I also think that humanity is infinitely capable of learning to manage those emotions, and being able to communicate them to other individuals. Is it perfect? Um, no, other wise I wouldn't have a job. But, I do think we are capable of more.

 

[The Wormhole]

No, I've never cried over Star Trek and I never will.

It'll never really happen. We'll all die on this rock, and it'll be entirely our own fault

I mean, some people will be in orbit on a space station when the apocalypse comes.

 

[Orphalesion]

This is more my feeling. I grew up reading Heinlein and imaging Venus as a swampy world was part of my daily artistic endeavors while avoiding school work. Imagine my disappointment when reading about the Mariner mission to Venus and what it had discovered of Venus' topography. At the same time it inspired me to research more about the planet. And I still am fascinated by the planet.

The book about planets I had as a young child still used the false-colour image from he Mariner missions where it looks like a blue planet with white clouds.
So even as my mother read to me that Venus didn't have any life on it, I at least assumed that it was a water planet, and that maybe they just hadn't found life there yet. Or maybe that there just wasn't life in those oceans.
I can still remember my confusion and disappointment when I saw Venus in it's true beige colours :-/

To the OP, no I do not cry over missing it. The more I research about space travel the more it doesn't sound like it is for me. So, I focus on where I can make a difference with whom I can and hope that humanity will continue to learn and grow.

Yeah, as I always say when somebody says we should already have space stations and colonize Mars. In real life you can't handwave all the problems and inconveniences space travel/inhabitation would bring.
So even warp travel would likely not be as convenient as depicted on Star Trek.

 

[USS Firefly]

I never cried over Star Trek. Unfortunatly I can't cry over any movie/tv show. When I was younger the only two movies I cried over was at the end of "Philadelphia" and in "Braveheart" when William Wallace wife is killed and he shows up.

 

[at Quark's]

I don't think it is silly to cry about something that is so important to you. And it is a noble idea.

As for myself, I would love to live to see the day we'll explore the stars -if that day ever should come- but I have resigned myself to the notion that I will never see it. It's not so important I will live to see it one day, but that humanity will live to see it one day.

Also, I'm taking into account the possibility that interstellar flight and exploration won't be quite what it seems cracked up to be. Humanity has dreamt to achieve flight for thousands of years, and now that we have it in some form, it's all rather prosaic - if useful.

 

[Nyotarules]

Does with laughter count?

 

[Dryson]

Why would anyone cry about what happens in Star Trek?

 

[1001001]

There are definitely episodes that have made me cry, but that's specifically not what the OP was after.

 

[XCV330]

I hope when the day comes that we are ready technologically as a species to slap nature in the face and break the laws of physics hoppin galaxies, that we're also ethical enough not to murder Tuvix.

cries

 

[fireproof78]

As for myself, I would love to live to see the day we'll explore the stars -if that day ever should come- but I have resigned myself to the notion that I will never see it. It's not so important I will live to see it one day, but that humanity will live to see it one day.

Honestly, this is closer to my view. It plays in to a phrase I learned while coaching high school tennis. "If I win we win. If we win I win." I am excited at the prospect of what humanity can do, even if I don't see it.

Why would anyone cry about what happens in Star Trek?

That was not what the OP was talking about.

 

[ED-209]

that we're also ethical enough not to murder Tuvix.

The Fucker deserved it (and more).

 

[XCV330]

The Fucker deserved it (and more).

you're in the Admiralty command training program, I see.

 

[Vger23]

I sometimes cry when I read things on TrekBBS.

Does that count?

 

[Lord Garth]

Toward the end of "The Cage".
A little bit toward the end of Generations.
During "The Visitor".

And I think that's it.

Honorable Mentions: If I hadn't already known what happened next, the end of The Wrath of Khan might've done it. But I came upon the original movies late, and saw them out of order. So that blunted the impact it would've had a tiny little bit.

Similar with the destruction of the Enterprise. That also would've had a bit more impact (though not to the point of tearing up) if the Enterprise-A wasn't basically the same exact ship and essentially a reset. By TUC, it's very easy to forget it's not the same ship, if you don't think about it.

Parts of "Emissary" are only just painful. In that scenario, I would be Jake Sisko and my father would've been Commander Sisko.

 

[fireproof78]

If we are talking about moments that actually bring tears the opening of 09 and the dad and his little girl in Into Darkness will get me every single time, as does the end of Balance of Terror.

 

[Oddish]

Do certain episodes of Trek make me cry? Yes.
Do I cry because we're not in the Star Trek era yet? No.

 

[dupersuper]

I'm not generally a crier, but The Offspring gets me a little verklempt.

 

[SolarisOne]

It saddens me that we won't get to witness such a thing.

Cry about that? No. I just think it really fucking sucks.

 

[Brennyren]

It's a great time to see those first steps. After a lot of delays, it is finally happening. So no, I don't cry about it. In fact I am extremely optimistic. I may live to see the first people live permanently off world. There are never going to be starships just like in Star Trek. I hope there will be star ships, but it doesn't bother me that I won't be around to see that phase of humanity's future steps. The ones being taken right now are very impressive.

I find them tremendously exciting. It seemed as if we were stalled for a long time, but now we're finally making real progress again. So no, not sad. Excited for what I can see now, and optimistic for what my son and my (at this point theoretical) grandchildren may see.