Samuel T. Dogley.
Let's talk about the elephant in the room, this series violates Roddenberry's vision big time
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Now there's a show I want to watch.
Anything can be considered art as long as it can be seen as part of a creative process. Whether or not it is a worthwhile work of art is debatable, as seen in various works that were not profitable but are considered worthwhile today.
As for the latter point, it is unfortunate that that positive good has not led to an improvement in global affairs, as seen in contemporary multiple crises. Interestingly enough, though, the backstory of the earth in the Trek verse describes the effects of those crises in many ways, i.e., world wars, death and suffering for many, etc.
Eh, Star Trek literally inspired many people who went to NASA or the sciences among men, women, and minorities.
People who cite the program's influence as directly responsible and people who can objectively have creations which can be pointed at that have improved human life.
Few other programs can boast that kind of influence.
Indeed, but the vision that Trek promoted is supposed to take place hundreds of years from now. Before that the timeline revealed that the planet faced world wars, environmental damage on an incredible scale, numerous deaths due to those crises, and more.
As late as the mid-22nd century Earth was being attacked by alien species with millions of deaths being suffered. The Xindi probe attack that kills seven million people in 2153 and then three years later we and our allies in the Coalition of Planets are forced into a war with the Romulans. A century after warp drive and First Contact we're still facing devastating threats to our world and our civilization. Earth doesn't become the utopian society we associate with Star Trek until at least the Kirk era, and even that's dodgy. The 24th century is the earliest that humanity can rest comfortable in the society we've created, and even then the Borg and the Dominion are waiting around the next bend and biding their time until they can launch their strikes and destroy our civilization.
Maybe the humans on the ship are descended from arrogant Augments who passed as 'normal humans' but passed their genes down the line.
I don't know, the love instructors sounds cool....
Mind you, Archer was always whining about how Earth had become a utopia in that century of Vulcan influence. Because they made Enterprise as close to Voyager and TNG as possible. They'd banned bloodsports (Boxing!) and hunting (!) among other matters.
And it's not like existential threats to humanity ended in the TNG/DS9 era with the Borg, Cardassian War, Dominion War, and so on.
Earth was a boring Utopia but Mars had all the action!
Earth was a boring Utopia but Mars had all the action!
In my tabletop RPG, I had all the religious and quarrelsome people on Earth move there.
Nah they went to Deneva which explains their attraction to the flying pizzas
And that's why Bashier couldn't be engineered. They were already engineered enough...or so they thought
Well, they brought boxing back by VOY's time.
Indeed! You know what they say...What happens on Mars stays on Mars!Earth was a boring Utopia but Mars had all the action!
Sadly...Only kidding Matt and your team of lawyers!
