What Is Star Trek Really About?

[Taylirious]

Mindless entertainment? Space exploration; seeking out new life & new civilizations? Foretelling future technology? Possibility? Exploring humanity in a futuristic setting? or Exploring humanity?

I am confused.

 

[StarCruiser]

A little from column A and a little from column B...

Mostly exploring what it means to be human, while exploring space and so on.

 

[C.E. Evans]

Adventure & drama in space, with some extra stuff thrown in.

 

[Salinga]

Thought provoking morality plays at its best, solid SciFi when its mediocre.

What the writers of the shows say is so special about Star Trek: Its a superset - you can pretty much write with every episode a new story in another genre for "Star Trek", while most other shows pretty much repeat a formular in variations every episode.

I personally think, its a very interesting mix: Showing the evolution of the culture of empathy (beginning with Sokrates and Kant) by easy to understand/follow stories to teach the values of empathy like the old fairy tale morality plays of Grimm do for kids, set in the future to disconnect the content from contemporary cultures, mixing international cultures, using a modern form of story telling. The meta structure of "Star Trek" spans from the past into the future to reflect about today on a global scale.

 

[-Brett-]

I am confused.

You're confused by the fact that different people have different opinions? That seems doubtful.

 

[Taylirious]

I keep forgetting I am a worthless moron.

 

[Herkimer Jitty]

Action-adventure cake with just a smidgen of brainy icing.

 

[NOVE9]

With thought provoking sprinkles on top.

 

[BillJ]

Money.

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NA-vN10tl9o[/yt]

 

[Isolinear]

Space may be the final frontier but it's made in a Hollywood basement.

 

[Captain Jed R.]

The world you live in is shit. One day though, many of the things that make it shit will be gone, and it will be less shit. It won't be perfect - there'll be things that make it a bit shit in it's own way - but at least it'll be better.

 

[T'Girl]

Adventure & drama in space, with some extra stuff thrown in.

This is essentually it.

 

[RandyS]

Mindless entertainment? Space exploration; seeking out new life & new civilizations? Foretelling future technology? Possibility? Exploring humanity in a futuristic setting? or Exploring humanity?

I am confused.

No you're not. You got it.

 

[Isolinear]

Star Trek,

- Sometimes deep. Difficult moral choices and complex timetravel paradoxes.
- Sometimes mindnumbingly fluffy soap opera. Learn all about Troi and Lt. Reeds favorite dish, and Kirks 78th long lost love.

 

[The Wormhole]

Cool spaceships and aliens. This is what drew me to Star Trek, and what keeps me hooked.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Mindless entertainment? Space exploration; seeking out new life & new civilizations? Foretelling future technology? Possibility? Exploring humanity in a futuristic setting? or Exploring humanity?

I am confused.

All of the above.

 

[dub]

That depends...how many lights do you see?

 

[bbjeg]

It's your standard space opera.

 

[Maurice]

Star Trek is typically about 52 minutes long.

 

[Mojochi]

Everything's going to work out just fine