I cannot believe I have delayed writing this post for so long! So. Star Trek. It rocks. From the episodes of the original series to the many many fan videos spawned by each series, Star Trek will never just go away. Personally, I love the original series. However, the Next Generation is also good, and DS9 is decent. I have never watched more than one episode of Voyager, which is not sufficient to draw conclusions in my mind. I probably never will watch Enterprise.
This is a series that has inspired many, has a somewhat obsessed following (Trekkies&Trekkers UNITE!!) and is just perfect. Each reflects the era it was made in and the hopes of the future that ere prevalent in that era. For example, The Original Series. Made in the late sixties, there are short skirts, womanizing and all-around swinging, but also a message that, perhaps, things should be a little more equal, a little more diverse, a little more accepting. Also, they had Spock. And McCoy, AND Uhura... (and CHAPEL) why did the Original Series get all the sexy characters?
Gene Rodenberry= GENIUS. Freaking awesome.
Time for my short rant about the new(est) movie. 2009. Star Trek XI. I was so very excited. I go in, start watching. "Hey, that's a sexy Bones. Nice casting for Spock. Why is Uhura such a bitch? OOh, Gailia, sexy Orion, okay, here we go. Wait, wtf, Vulcan, come back!! Hey! Old Spock! WINNING! Wait, back in time? WTF, I thought this was an alternate universe, if it's just back in time, shouldn't everyone look the same? SPOCK AND UHURA BLOODY HELL MY EYES FUCK THIS SHIT! Oh, hey, cool Scotty. I like him. Awesome Chekov. Still, WTF 'back in time'? Someone go kill JJ Abrahms for me..." All in all, great movie, just not a great Star Trek movie. Also, am I the only one who thinks Pine and Quinto were totally doing bedroom eyes and such all through on purpose, like they were giving all us K/S fangirls something to squee about? *SEXUAL TENSION (what, you don't see it?)*
Anyway, yeah, Star Trek. Really freaking epic, super duper inspiring and awesome and all that. Watch it. Please.
I read somewhere that Uhura was the first black female character who wasn't a nanny or a mother or a cleaning lady or something.
ReplyDeleteThe producers didn't like it and didn't want her as a main character, so she was paid as a dayworker (making more than everyone else). Roddenberry made a point of putting her in just about every episode.
The producers would try to chase her out by making racist remarks within earshot etc, and almost drove her to the point of quitting...
That's just... wow.
Also, live long and prosper, fellow trekkie :)