Yeah, it sucks having a show that might inspire kids to yearn for space. Why, it might lead them to careers in science or engineering. We all know that our international leadership in football and baseball will keep America great.
Regards,
Harrison Bergeron
Oh, Lord - not more engineers.
THE YEAR WAS 2081, and everybody was finally equal. They weren’t only equal before God and the law. They were equal every which way. Nobody was smarter than anybody else. Nobody was better looking than anybody else. Nobody was stronger or quicker than anybody else. All this equality was due to the 211th, 212th, and 213th Amendments to the Constitution, and to the unceasing vigilance of agents of the United States Handicapper General.
The only kids Star Trek appeals to are the forty-year old single ones that live in their mom's basement and collect comic books.
Why, it might lead them to careers in science or engineering.
None of the Trekkies I grew up with are scientists or engineers. A few are IT guys.
We all know that our international leadership in football and baseball will keep America great.
It's an odd world where one believes that the only two alternatives in life are watching sci fi on TV or watching sports on TV.
In my world there are a few more alternatives.
Like cracking open a book which doesn't involve Klingons for starters.
I would say that the few engineers I do know have one thing in common: they're really into cars.
Roddenbery was a utopian fruitcake but i loved most trek except Voyager
When trek was preachy it sucked, when it focused on battles, first contacts and spylike intrigue it was a lot of fun
oh and Captain Kirk Rocks
It got me interested in space and science.