STAR TREK DAY | September 8

National Day Calendar ^ | SEPTEMBER 8, 2023 | Staff

[Red Badger]

(Last Updated On: August 25, 2023)

STAR TREK DAY | September 8

Fans across the globe celebrate Star Trek Day on September 8 to remember the timeless legacy Star Trek has made on society and pop culture.

#StarTrekDay

On September 8, 1966, a television series pilot known as Star Trek was introduced on American television. Aiming for an adult audience, this was the was the first time a scientific fiction series would explore morality through scientific narratives. Most movies or television shows would contain science but would often create conflict of suffering and injustice to solve problems. However, Star Trek was different. The series would put actors in the forefront making scientific arguments, while providing peaceful solutions to problems without using violence.

What was the first episode of Star Trek? In a galaxy far, far away “The Man Trap” aired as the pilot episode for Star Trek: The Original Series. Creator Gene Roddenberry’s vision to successfully deliver a storyline of intergalactic drama full of diversity, acceptance and hope became a reality on todays date. Though the series intention was to be a fictional story, Star Trek would become a futuristic franchise, showcasing humans living in harmony with space and Earth.

The Starship Enterprise

The original cast of the Star Trek series was one of the most diverse looking characters ever seen on television at the time. The main crew consisted of:

Ship Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner)

First Officer and Science Officer Spock (Leonard Nimoy)

Chief Medical Officer: Leonard H. “Bones” McCoy (DeForest Kelly)

Opening Credits Narrator: William Shatner

Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before. ~ William Shatner

LIFT OFF

Watch the original Star Trek pilot series.

Host a Star Trek Marathon with your friends and family.

Dress up in your favorite Star Trek character and host a Treki party.

Learn Klingon (the official Star Trek language).

Find a Star Trek convention and attend.

Introduce Star Trek to a new generation.

Post your Star Trek moments on social media and tag #StarTrekDay.

EARTHING CONTRIBUTIONS

For 56 years, Star Trek has been captivating audiences across the world. Now considered one of the most successful franchise, the legacy of the original series continues to greet millions of fans. In 2022, Paramount+ is paying special tribute to fans by hosting a variety of celebrations honoring Star Trek through the years.

Future Events

Destination Star Trek Germany – September 23-25, 2022

Star Trek: The Cruise VI – February 24 through March 3, 2023 (Los Angeles)

For more information visit the Star Trek Day website.

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[dfwgator]

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

I recall at the end credits it showed a splash that said, "Coming soon! Buckaroo Banzai Against the Crime League!"

Or something similar. It never showed up.

[Magnum44]

[Political Junkie Too]

-PJ

[dfwgator]

Star Trek: The Last Voyage - SNL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sx0xOgFDXFg

[Magnum44]

[Red Badger]

It gave at least one reference, with “authentic” footnotes and all, to additional Buckaroo adventure novels. I searched forever for those non-existent books...

That sounds exactly like Biden's Law School papers...........

[mewzilla]

From 1977, the granddaddy of Star Trek memes...

Memory Alpha on Trek or Treat

[Joe Brower]

That was a great movie. Off the wall; nothing else like it. You can tell the whole cast had a blast.

"A girl named John?"...

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

It should be noted that James Doohan "Mr. Scott", inspired an entire generation of engineers. And college engineering programs greatly increased in size because of it.

[Leaning Right]

> You mean you don't like Whoopi Goldberg? <

I don’t like her at all. Her attendance at blackface performances is very offensive.

[Dr. Franklin]

A Space Western.

It very much was. Watching it in reruns out of sequence, it was difficult to know that Grace Lee Whitney, who played Yoeman Janice Rance, was originally slated as the female lead in the show with a higher rank. She was intended to be like a space exploring Miss Kitty with an understood relationship with Kirk. Shortly in to production, producer Gene Roddenberry ditched her very crudely in favor of his girlfriend, Majel Barrett (Nurse Chapel and the voice of the ship's computer), and his mistress, Nichelle Nichols (Lt. Uhura).

The absence of a true female lead also allowed Roddenberry to abuse his authority with the casting catch. I am no feminist supporter but Roddenberry was a pig, and he hurt the longevity of the show. In retrospect, there should have been more of Grace Whitney on Star Trek. She was beautiful, elegant and classy. She deserved better than what Roddenberry did to her, and how realistic was it that Kirk kept falling in love with aliens with presumably different anatomy than a human female?

[Magnum44]

[Dr. Franklin]

She was originally slated as the female lead on the show. She my post above. Grace Lee Whitney was a dancer. She had the legs!

[Sirius Lee]

Speaking of Kirk's space herpies:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYW3MW6MAro

[gnarledmaw]

And that picture reminds me of the Castithans of Defiance. Different franchise which also had a great backstory and some good actors involved but proved the same point.

The primary consumers of scifi do not want to be lectured by leftists trying to force their dystopia on others.

I absolutely could not stand Star Trek any more than any other soap opera until I had gotten older and developed the ability to ignore the messaging and just enjoy the universe and various interactions going on despite that episodes story line.

Both had great potential and both were pulled because leftists have to taint everything they touch.

[frank ballenger]

Face it. Not as big a day for all of us here as Juneteenth.

But where, I ask, would FR be without “He’s dead, Jim”?

Nowhere.

[frank ballenger]

If I remember correctly, after the first season the plastic scale model sold in stores was so accurate it was used in some scenes for filming the show.

[Red Badger]

I had one!.........................

[Dr. Franklin]

If I remember correctly, after the first season the plastic scale model sold in stores was so accurate it was used in some scenes for filming the show.

I never heard that. They had a large model of the ship which they used for the show. It was hanging in the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, and recently restored.