WHat social and political issues should Trek XI address?

[Dr_Daystrom]

Address the general lack of interest in space exploration. It's almost 40 years since we first landed on the moon but no moon base, no mission to Mars, no space station with artifical gravity, etc, etc.

 

[Sci]

Address the general lack of interest in space exploration. It's almost 40 years since we first landed on the moon but no moon base, no mission to Mars, no space station with artifical gravity, etc, etc.

Well, artificial gravity is going to be a long time coming if at all.

It's sad that there's not a lot of interest in space exploration -- but, ya know, we're facing a food crisis right now here on Earth. We've never had an adequate system in place for feeding everyone in the first place -- how many thousands of children die every year from hunger and poverty? -- and now, suddenly it's getting worse, food prices are souring, and even the people who we had been able to feed are starting to go hungry. To say nothing of the fact that in the richest country in the world, there are huge numbers of poor, of food insecure, of class discrimination, and of homelessness.

As much as the space program is a true inspiration for us -- maybe we need to concentrate our resources on getting such basic things down as "Everyone has enough to eat" before we start worrying about how to feed colonies on Mars.

 

[Dr_Daystrom]

Address the general lack of interest in space exploration. It's almost 40 years since we first landed on the moon but no moon base, no mission to Mars, no space station with artifical gravity, etc, etc.

Well, artificial gravity is going to be a long time coming if at all.

It's sad that there's not a lot of interest in space exploration -- but, ya know, we're facing a food crisis right now here on Earth. We've never had an adequate system in place for feeding everyone in the first place -- how many thousands of children die every year from hunger and poverty? -- and now, suddenly it's getting worse, food prices are souring, and even the people who we had been able to feed are starting to go hungry. To say nothing of the fact that in the richest country in the world, there are huge numbers of poor, of food insecure, of class discrimination, and of homelessness.

As much as the space program is a true inspiration for us -- maybe we need to concentrate our resources on getting such basic things down as "Everyone has enough to eat" before we start worrying about how to feed colonies on Mars.

I agree, but I was proposing something Star Trek XI could stand on a soap box about. As for hunger and poverty, sadly they will always be with us as long as politicians, dictators, war lords and the like run the world. There is enough food grown today to feed everyone, but greed and corruption fuel the crisis. The U.S. encourages farmers to grow corn so that it can be used to produce ethanol. That raises the price of wheat and creates grain shortages here, in Russia, and elsewhere. It also, ironically, raises the price of corn because it's not being used for food. Thailand see's the greater demand for rice in China and India, as well as other countries, so it severely cuts rice exports causing shortages worldwide. War lords in Darfur and Somalia intercept relief shipments of food and sell them on the black market, leaving the local population starving.

As for artifical gravity, I was just thinking about a spinning space station like in 2001.

 

[What's his face]

WHat social and political issues should Trek XI address?

• Affirmative action
• Tort Reform
• ANWR oil drilling

 

[Prince of Space]

I vote for none. In general, I don't like "message" films. If the message in the movie is something I agree with, then there's no reason for it (from my point of view). It amounts to cheerleading. If the message is something I disagree with, it will probably come across as preachy and annoying (subtlety is rare these days). I don't need movies to educate me, and I'm sure most people feel the same.

 

[Mirror_Barclay]

Star Trek XI should be an explicit commentary on the folly of using movies to preach political viewpoints.

Last line (Spock): "It would seem more logical, Captain, to send our message by Western Union."

 

[ancient]

-The Bush tax cuts
-Deforestation
-Oil spills
-Mercury in lightbulbs
-High gas prices
-The plight of young celebrities
-Proper condom use
-Iran's nuclear weapon program
-Violence on Television
-The unhealthiness of fast-food chains
-West Nile virus
-Mad cow disease
-snobby bottled-water people
-kids texting too much

Because Trek is all about the messages!

 

[Tralah]

I think the movie should address the VERY important issue of there being TOO many scantily clad/tight fitting female outfits in sci-fi movies and not enough eye candy for us female fans (and gay males). To this end, I hope the movie will give us some reason to see Quinto shirtless. Pine seems to be pretty good looking too though, so at the very least we'll probably get to see his shirt torn during a fight scene as homage to those old TOS episodes where it happened rather often to Shatner. I'm still holding out hope for Quinto-as-Spock shirtless scene though!

Anyway, this is by FAR the most important issue, and I hope Star Trek XI will deliver.

 

[Sector 7]

I think the movie should address the VERY important issue of there being TOO many scantily clad/tight fitting female outfits in sci-fi movies and not enough eye candy for us female fans (and gay males). To this end, I hope the movie will give us some reason to see Quinto shirtless. Pine seems to be pretty good looking too though, so at the very least we'll probably get to see his shirt torn during a fight scene as homage to those old TOS episodes where it happened rather often to Shatner. I'm still holding out hope for Quinto-as-Spock shirtless scene though!

Anyway, this is by FAR the most important issue, and I hope Star Trek XI will deliver.

I totally agree! Hubba hubba!