Loaded question. I am a huge Star Trek fan so I tend to divorce myself from the politics of the series and enjoy the action, the dialogue, the special effects. I guess there were some liberal ideas tossed in but there was a helluva lot of action and a good story on top of it. Judge for yourself, or not, but if you like Trek, buy a bucket of popcorn, take your seat and put your worries on hold for a couple of hours.
At this point in my life, I’m not stupid enough to not see the digs at conservatism, et al. I just no longer care.
I’ll still see what I want and when (I now just wait for the dvd release) and critique them online.
Any conservative sensitive to being treated like crap just shouldn’t pay attention. The audience is really very small for the left’s hatred.
There were liberal ideas in the original Star Trek series, of course, but I still really enjoy watching the episodes. The stories were really good, the characters were believable, the show really had pizzazz. And since it was made in the 1960, a lot of the old American values were still strong. I enjoy watching it.
you gotta remember roddenberry was a big un guy, that was what the whole federation of planets was, with their prime’directive of non-interference which they broke ever episode. they came in peace but the phasers sure got hot.
i think star trek actually speaks volumes about liberal hypocrisy when you examine the main themes. hot scantilly clad women, but “independent” but not too much. we’re peaceful but we’ve got lots of weapons we use all the time. we have a policy of not interfering, until we break it and start interfering. total liberal un type mentality.