Posted on 09/08/2017 1:46:29 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The show-runners of the highly anticipated new CBS Star Trek series have said their Klingons will symbolize Trump supporters in modern America.
Released on September 24th, Star Trek: Discovery will continue the show's time-honored practice of mirroring the contemporary world in a futuristic setting.
The story, set 10-years before William Shatner's Captain Kirk, will focus on the fractious early relations between the United Federation of Planets and the aggressive Klingon Empire.
However, the new update could prove controversial, with fans of the 1960s show remembering the Klingons and Federation war as an allegory for the Cold War clash of civilizations between the Soviet Union and freedom loving United States....
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Oh? Lemme venture a wild guess - all the white guys will be stumblebums and sexual harassers and all the minority men and cheap ass aliens will be just godlike. Couldn’t have seen that coming
If they’re still debating that in the 23rd century, that just means libiots still exist.
OOPS!!
I’m talking about The Orville. Not sure when it’s supposed to take place. But, your point stands either way.
The purple guy looks very contemporary.
Outside of the first episode, you have to pay to watch this on CBS All Access. That settles the problem for you, as I’m sure you won’t pay to watch muted ships. :)
Mini Skirt Monday #152: Star Trek Minis
They really went short back in the "old" days. lol
I recognize all those episodes.
Did you catch the intended humor in my post 13?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3584341/posts?page=113#113
Did you catch the intended humor in my post 113?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3584341/posts?page=113#113
Exactly!
Only a French starship captain would bring his high school guidance count along into space!
Stewart’s only decent role was that of Lucius Aelius Sejanus in I, Claudius!
We’ll see.
Says the fascists who insist upon ideological purity.
It wouldn’t surprise me at all if this “See-BS” show has an episode where they, approvingly, have a scene where a Klingon named K’apperdick takes a knee during the playing of the United Federation of Planets anthem.
Streaming internet. No worries.
I can tolerate the QWERTY part;
the rest can jump into the sun, for all I care..
;^)
Every show the broke the prime directive.
If they didn’t there would be virtually zero episodes.
"Heavy-handed". Nothing more need be said...
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