Happy Birthday Star Trek 50 today

[captain nemo1701]

It had to be me. Happy Birthday to my fave show, still boldly going after half a century.

 

[Sharky]

All these "it was 50 years ago" posts are making me feel old. I can still recall when these were "new" TV programmes.

But 50 years ago - I joined my first cycling club!

 

[mybike]

I must admit, I got tired of them preaching their own brand of morality, much like the Archers.

 

[Tin Pot]

I must admit, I got tired of them preaching their own brand of morality, much like the Archers.

They moved away from it decisively in DS9, Voyager and Enterprise.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

I must admit, I got tired of them preaching their own brand of morality, much like the Archers.

Nichelle Nicholls once, & she has been filmed saying it, told Rodenbery that he had created a morality play for the 20th century

Quite apart from the technology, it inspired, the original series did a lot for racial equality in the US
Jumping ahead, a 'generation'...... Whoopie Goldberg (at the height of her cinematic career) almost begged for a role in 'TNG', as she's seen it as a child, & told her mother about a 'black lady on TV, who wasn't a maid or a cook' (& had a position of respect & authority)
Thus inspiring her to start acting

They moved away from it decisively in DS9, Voyager and Enterprise.

Yes, to an extent, with the war with the Dominion in 'DS9', & the Xindi, in 'Enterprise'

But, what strong Captains!, you'd follow Sisko, Picard, or Janeway anywhere



In as much as any television series can, it's influenced a lot of people, eg........

- NASA Astronauts have credited it, for their following that path into space
- would we have touch-screens/iPads/'tablets' without the programmes??

 

[Tin Pot]

I like to think of the Culture series as an anti-Federation way that society could be.

It's certainly interesting to consider the impact advancing technology will have on human culture in the coming centuries. Though these days I doubt dramatic change until fundamental humanity is changed.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

It's certainly interesting to consider the impact advancing technology will have on human culture in the coming centuries. Though these days I doubt dramatic change until fundamental humanity is changed.

As is often quoted particularly in 'TNG', generally by Will Riker, or Jean-Luc Picard, about the eradication of poverty, hunger, disease, war, etc....

 

[postman]

Live long and prosper.I love the show.

 

[macp]

Live long and prosper.I love the show.

Same here and I love your avatar one of my fave characters but thats for another thread.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Same here and I love your avatar one of my fave characters but thats for another thread.

+ another long-time fan here!!

 

[postman]

Four years ago on International Drive Orlando they had a Star Trek shop-show.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Four years ago on International Drive Orlando they had a Star Trek shop-show.

I'll settle for Zefram Cochranes coat!!

 

[Drago]

Some years back I listened to a radio interview with William Shatner. He has this reputation of being an arse, but he seemed quite witty, taking the rise out of himself, and I got the impression it was an act and he didn't really believe any of it about himself.

Anyway, he was asked what his most memorable memory of Star Trek was. He replied that he'd once gone on holiday to South America, and once the pilots realised that James T.Kirk himself was on the flight he was duly invited to the cockpit. The pilot is proudly showing him round the cockpit but then stops, turns to 'Kirk' and says, "yeah, but compared to what you fly this isn't really very impressive at all, is it?' As Shatner relates the story it seemed the pilot was dead serious, and Shatner felt a sudden urge to be on someone elses aircraft.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

There's a bit of a M*A*S*H/Star Trek cross-over

David Ogden Stiers; (Charles Emmerson-Winchester in M*A*S*H played an alien in one episode of 'TNG'
Rosalind Chao; (Soon Lee, in M*A*S*H, who married Klinger) was Keiko O'Brien, in 'DS9'

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Some years back I listened to a radio interview with William Shatner. He has this reputation of being an arse, but he seemed quite witty, taking the rise out of himself, and I got the impression it was an act and he didn't really believe any of it about himself.

Well, he certainly has to be self-deprecating, with those LPs he recorded

He did come across as thoughtful, & full of insight, in the 'Captains Chair' series that he presented