What are two main reasons you like (Love) Star Trek?
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I was brainwashed as a very young child.
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I liked seeing James T. Kirk romance/beat up aliens.
Adventure, watching all these interesting stories/concepts/situations unfold that allowed you to think about what they were trying to put across. Yes, some are a bit silly and contrived but it's still considerably better than the vast majority of mindless TV shows that have been made.
Adventure, watching all these interesting stories/concepts/situations unfold that allowed you to think about what they were trying to put across. Yes, some are a bit silly and contrived but it's still considerably better than the vast majority of mindless TV shows that have been made.
Hi @Andrej Papeša ,
First, welcome to the board! I hope you enjoy being a part of our community.
As you have probably seen, the board is laid out into different forums to cover different topics. Miscellaneous is a forum for discussions not related to Star Trek. As such, I am going to move your thread to our General Trek Discussion forum.
I know you’re new, so just to let you know, we generally prefer the opening post of a thread to have a little more content than just an emoji. You may be thinking that you already asked your question in the title, so there wasn’t much more to add, but you could have started with your response to the question, and let us know the reasons why you like/love Star Trek.
Have fun, and hope to see you around!
First, welcome to the board! I hope you enjoy being a part of our community.
As you have probably seen, the board is laid out into different forums to cover different topics. Miscellaneous is a forum for discussions not related to Star Trek. As such, I am going to move your thread to our General Trek Discussion forum.
I know you’re new, so just to let you know, we generally prefer the opening post of a thread to have a little more content than just an emoji. You may be thinking that you already asked your question in the title, so there wasn’t much more to add, but you could have started with your response to the question, and let us know the reasons why you like/love Star Trek.
Have fun, and hope to see you around!
When I was younger, I liked the idea of humanity traveling the stars and exploring strange new worlds. Also, the space battles around DS9 was really cool.
Now I still like the idea of Humanity traveling the stars and exploring, but I like the exploration of the human condition and the various characters and stories.
Now I still like the idea of Humanity traveling the stars and exploring, but I like the exploration of the human condition and the various characters and stories.
Cool spaceships and cool aliens
Hi @Andrej Papeša ,
Greetings Avro Arrow and Hello to all. Thank you for the input.
...I wanted to see some responses first, before I put my two cents, however, of course,...
-My infatuation with Star Trek is first with the philosophy and social construct. How even so different people from different backgrounds, can live, love, work, learn and thrive while busy going forward. That is of course stemming from the vision of Gene Roddenberry and I do believe that the fact he is an agnostic has a lot to do with that. Plus travel, new places, new people, technology, Stars and new adventures. I feel bad for Captains though since they are esspecially greatly deprived of eternal romantic Love and family. Next Star Trek we should-could break the Prime directive in a good way and correct that. Don't you think?
It's fun.
It's intellectually stimulating.
When it's good Star Trek, it's both of those things simultaneously.
It's intellectually stimulating.
When it's good Star Trek, it's both of those things simultaneously.
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1. James T. Kirk
2. The relationships between the characters.
2. The relationships between the characters.
I've said this here before, but the TOS two-parter "The Menagerie" went a long way towards making the Star Trek Universe feel real. It gave the world a sense of history that other science fiction shows didn't have at the time. It gave both Spock and the Enterprise a definite past stretching back a couple of decades. The Pike Era had its own slightly retro feel, just because of the different cast and different, more 1950s aesthetic from the first pilot from just two years before. Heck, we might not have even gotten the "Vulcans live longer than humans" concept if it wasn't for an adult Spock being in that flashback from 13 years before. So that cost-saving measure really paid a lot of dividends back to Star Trek in the long run.
Characters and space exploration. The characters went a long way of making the world feel real, like we were just getting small glimpses in to their day to day operations. It made the more interesting and enjoyable. I also appreciate the idea of imagining our humanity's future.
All the best parts of the military/science and all the fun of exploration.
As a new fan (got into Trek this year)...
1. The characters. Spock and Kirk especially are two of my all-time favourites. I don't know if I can rationalise it, I just love them. I love optimistic and idealized characters who are still flawed and complex, who work together and strive to be better...Spock in particular is special in that I think everyone can relate to him in some way. He's the classic 'outsider' character, and you can project whatever you're struggling with onto him, IMO.
2. How deep the lore and fandom goes. I love how much content there is and how it never seems to run out. I love how many people are passionate about Trek and how much creativity it inspires. I love reading novels that string together obscure parts of continuity or finding random lore fans made up in the 70s. Honestly the fact that canon is such an unwieldy, contradictory mess is part of the fun for me. Trek can be whatever you want it to be.
1. The characters. Spock and Kirk especially are two of my all-time favourites. I don't know if I can rationalise it, I just love them. I love optimistic and idealized characters who are still flawed and complex, who work together and strive to be better...Spock in particular is special in that I think everyone can relate to him in some way. He's the classic 'outsider' character, and you can project whatever you're struggling with onto him, IMO.
2. How deep the lore and fandom goes. I love how much content there is and how it never seems to run out. I love how many people are passionate about Trek and how much creativity it inspires. I love reading novels that string together obscure parts of continuity or finding random lore fans made up in the 70s. Honestly the fact that canon is such an unwieldy, contradictory mess is part of the fun for me. Trek can be whatever you want it to be.
1. The variety. One film is a fish-out-of-water comedy about whales set in 1986. Another is a political thriller about a secret conspiracy set in 2293. There are serious episodes, there are lighthearted episodes. There are live-action series, there are animated series. Whatever you like, Star Trek probably has it.
2. It promotes ideals of equality and justice. It creates hope for a utopian future with no discrimination, prejudice, or oppression.
2. It promotes ideals of equality and justice. It creates hope for a utopian future with no discrimination, prejudice, or oppression.
I couldn't remember if I tried, as it's been a part of my life since I was 0 years old. (I was born the same year a couple people stole some whales.) While TNG is my favorite, I love most of the other series too and always will. Bottom line: (mostly) great writing, (mostly) great acting, (mostly) great franchise, and spaceships are cool!
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