With everything truly important on my list of things I need to blog about, we’re going with a really important one today – Star Trek!
I don’t think most people would make me for a trekkie, but I’ve always loved it. In general, I’m not a huge SciFi person, but I loved/love Star Trek because of its soul. It isn’t just space battles and space monsters. It isn’t just good vs evil. Star Trek used its universe to say things that, in our universe, might be sensitive. It allowed/allows us to look at ourselves in the safety of another place and time. In such a polarized environment, we could use a little more of that.
A few months ago I finally ditched my Netflix subscription and added CBS All Access to my Amazon Prime account. (Might be better named CBS Some Access, but that’s for another blog.) I was dying to see Discovery, the new Star Trek, but hadn’t signed up for CBS because my budget is tight. Even a few extra dollars can matter. But, I found I was watching a few series on Netflix, and then couldn’t really find anything else there I hadn’t already seen or that interested me. So, I finally made the leap.
Oh Star Trek, I miss you! I actually did like Star Trek Discovery, once I decided to put aside everything I think makes the Star Trek brand different and just decided to be along for the ride. It’s an interesting story, but it isn’t the Star Trek I love. The social commentary, when there, seemed pretty thin. I liked the characters, but I didn’t love them.
They are the kind of characters you’d be happy to work with, but you wouldn’t want to spend a laid back weekend with them.
It may sound silly, but one of the things I always liked about Star Trek characters is that no matter how foreign they were designed to be, you still felt like they were people you’d like to get to know better. You would love to meet them for drink in 10-Forward or Quarks and just talk.
Evidently there is another new series coming out involving my favorite captain – Captain Picard! Oh how I had a crush on Picard!!!! That voice just melts me!
I’ve watched the old series over and over and over again (maybe not so much the one from the 1960s or the animated version). I’m longing to sink my human teeth back into this universe I loved.
Picard, oh Picard – be still my heart and bring me something with substance and drama – but not so much drama that it goes beyond believability (as believable as anything imaginary could be.)
I don’t think most people would make me for a trekkie, but I’ve always loved it. In general, I’m not a huge SciFi person, but I loved/love Star Trek because of its soul. It isn’t just space battles and space monsters. It isn’t just good vs evil. Star Trek used its universe to say things that, in our universe, might be sensitive. It allowed/allows us to look at ourselves in the safety of another place and time. In such a polarized environment, we could use a little more of that.
A few months ago I finally ditched my Netflix subscription and added CBS All Access to my Amazon Prime account. (Might be better named CBS Some Access, but that’s for another blog.) I was dying to see Discovery, the new Star Trek, but hadn’t signed up for CBS because my budget is tight. Even a few extra dollars can matter. But, I found I was watching a few series on Netflix, and then couldn’t really find anything else there I hadn’t already seen or that interested me. So, I finally made the leap.
Oh Star Trek, I miss you! I actually did like Star Trek Discovery, once I decided to put aside everything I think makes the Star Trek brand different and just decided to be along for the ride. It’s an interesting story, but it isn’t the Star Trek I love. The social commentary, when there, seemed pretty thin. I liked the characters, but I didn’t love them.
They are the kind of characters you’d be happy to work with, but you wouldn’t want to spend a laid back weekend with them.
It may sound silly, but one of the things I always liked about Star Trek characters is that no matter how foreign they were designed to be, you still felt like they were people you’d like to get to know better. You would love to meet them for drink in 10-Forward or Quarks and just talk.
Evidently there is another new series coming out involving my favorite captain – Captain Picard! Oh how I had a crush on Picard!!!! That voice just melts me!
I’ve watched the old series over and over and over again (maybe not so much the one from the 1960s or the animated version). I’m longing to sink my human teeth back into this universe I loved.
Picard, oh Picard – be still my heart and bring me something with substance and drama – but not so much drama that it goes beyond believability (as believable as anything imaginary could be.)
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