Roddenberry was a true creative visionary, but — much like the visionary behind that other immense sci-fi franchise, Star Wars — he could sometimes be his own worst enemy, and the best version of his own creative vision often emerged from fruitful collaboration with other creative minds, sometimes with conflicting visions.
In particular, the first season of Star Trek: The Next Generation (TNG) limped badly under the constraints of Roddenberry’s increasingly rigid humanistic vision, which eventually more or less precluded human conflict...
I recorded and watched the new ST, on the ‘free’ network channel.
It was ‘ok’. After Voyager I swore I wouldn’t get involved in another estrogen fueled ST series (Jeri Ryan was its only saving grace until she caused Obama to be senator then president). And I won’t, especially since I need to pay extra for this one. Perhaps I’ll peruse it later on when it’s on Netflix or Amazon prime, which I already pay for. I suspect it will fail on a new pay service......especially a new pay cbs.
I thought The Final Frontier was pretty entertaining. Everyone was under the mind control of Spock’s brother, acing just like brain-washed collectivists searching for God and an end to personal guilt and personal pain.
It all comes crashing down when Kirk speaks up and asks the obvious, common sense question. It illustrates the importance of free speech in the face of groupthink.
The human soul is its own starship.
On the original series (ST-TOS) it wasn’t complicated at all.
Episode - ‘Bread and Circuses’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnD-rjPJ3Xw
Episode - ‘Who Mourns for Adonais?’: Kirk: “Mankind has no need for gods. We find the one quite adequate.” (sorry I can’t find a clip)
Science fiction, like all fiction, is the depiction of the liberals’ ideal world. That would be without religion (except for *slam, which they love.)
In science fiction, the viewer needs to turn off critical thinking, and willingly accept things that are impossible. This makes it very easy for the author to slip in his agenda, which will be received without question.
When other planets are colonized, and when humans start off on a generations-long space voyage, God will not be with them, and the accumulated wisdom of a civilization based on Christianity will remain on Earth. It will be Godless to the extreme (except for *slam, which they love.)