[chance33_98]

Ping!

[Tuor]

"Star Trek is an ideal bellwether of our times," said Robert Kozinets, an assistant professor of marketing at the Kellogg School who has been studying Star Trek consumer behavior since 1995. "Right now, it is expressing American society's hunger for a sense of direction, of right and wrong, good and evil.

Haven't any of these dumb butts heard of the Bible?

It isn't that they lack direction, it is that they reject the directions provided them.

Tuor

[Texas_Jarhead]

Star Trek has always extolled a godless morality of sorts. I always thought it was funny how an observer could see numerous examples where the show incorporated material things, ideas, or traditions (including some from Eastern religions) but never could include a thing about the Christian tradition.

[Willie Green]

it is also ultimately utopian and optimistic. It tells us that we have to fight for our utopia,

That is EXACTLY why I lost interest in "Next Generation" and "Deep Space Nine".

My trekkie spirit wasn't reinvigorated until 7-of-9 showed up on Voyager.

And now, the new (2nd season) Enterprise series has a Vulcan babe who's HOT!

[Brett66]

What's a "Consumer Anthropologist"? Someone that studies apes in shopping malls?

[VOA]

"To say the future is going to be better than now is a very powerful message...

Maybe all the folks focusing on the general lack of overt Christian message in most
of the Star Trek series will like this story I heard soon after 9-11:

President Bush had just given a speech at the United Nations. As he was leaving the central
hall, he was approached by an ambassador from a Muslim country.
To make small talk, the ambassador told Dubya how crazy his son was about Star Trek.
"But," the ambassador said "I've noticed there aren't any Muslms in the Star Trek story
while there are Russians, French, American and characters from many
other countries of Earth."

"Well, that's easy enough to explain. Star Trek is about the future" said Dubya.

[DrNo]

What the hey is a "consumer anthropologist!?"

[Brett66]

The Top Ten Classes at Starfleet Academy
10) Command 302: Winning in No-Win Situations
9) Communications 101: Opening Hailing Frequencies
8) Space Law 206: Avoiding Court-Martial
7) Navigation 101: Standard Orbits
6) Philosophy 203: Why All Major Systems Fail at the Same Time
5) Command 255: Choosing Minor Landing Party Members Who Will Die
4) Astrophysics 199: Recognizing Unknown Phenomenon
3) Command 309: Creative Obedience to Starfleet Orders
2) Engineering 422: Making Radical Technological Advances Under Time Pressure
1) Space Law 499: The Prime Directive and How to get around it

[A CA Guy]

I knew the writers were out of their minds when they said there was no such thing as money in the future (in a past movie with the Borg) and everybody worked for the common good. (COMMUNISM)

Beam them the writers up Scotty!!

[RightWhale]

Star Trek originally was as much legal situations as sci fi. Seems like every second episode centered on a legal proceeding.

[stuck_in_new_orleans]

Star Trek Continues to Satisfy America's Quest for Moral Clarity

Star Terk, the nerds religon. Keeping bullies and geeks at war since the 70's