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Addendum Issue 049
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Issue# 49 : Say no to Star Wars - Part 1: Reasons to love the trek
16th May 2002
Author: Steak, i do not want to be a Jedi
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First, before I start let me say something, It is a commonly held
misconception that Star Wars is older than Star Trek. This is twenty shades
of bullshit. Star Trek is much older that Star Wars. Star Wars was released
in the year 1977, if you don't believe me go check it at IMDB that makes
the film, and hence the franchise twenty five years old this year. Star
Trek celebrated its thirtieth anniversary in 1997, making it thirty six
years old this year, again if you don't believe me check IMDB a good eleven
years older, and hence, more wiser.
Reasons why Star Trek is better than Star Wars
1.
Star Wars is a B-grade collection of science fiction films spanning all of
(at time of writing) five films with a sixth in the works. All of which are
just little action films set in space, no actual story telling, morals or
exploring just pure boring "no-think" entertainment. While Star Trek is a
humungous collection of nine movies with a tenth in the making, plus no
less than six various syndicated TV series spanning (time wise) from the
twenty second century to the twenty fourth. Which chart man's exploration
of space and knowledge,
But the ships are much more than just sound stages or models they are story
telling vessels capable of taking the watcher from one place to another to
another with a family that you get to love over the years. Starting with the
NX: 01 the first warp five capable craft and hence able to explore strange
new worlds never before seen to man, premiering on the new Star Trek series
Enterprise. To captain James T. Kirks vessel from Star Trek: The Original
Series that just goes on and on in peoples minds and in their stories,
and forward through five incarnations, each with their own amazing
victories and tragedies, from the movie run of the Enterprise A which
saved the whole of earth from and alien probe in Star Trek 4: The Voyage
Home from the apparent death of James T Kirk on the Enterprise B In Star
Trek 7: Generations to the heroic sacrifice of the Enterprise C and her
crew for nothing other than lasting and continual piece with the klingon
empire, in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Yesterdays
Enterprise" through to the seven season run of the enterprise D on Star
Trek: The Next Generation, the adventures of which are far to numerous
and great to list here and finishing on the futuristic Enterprise E that
saved the whole of earth and her population from borgification in Star
Trek: First Contact and much much more. Each show or movie has a moral
and something to think about after the show has finished airing, plus
many emotional scenes and many plot lines dealing with advanced science
fiction subjects such as parallel universes and timelines, to time
travel, to plane all out phaser slinging. And it will never stop, on
and on and on, in stories, movies, TV shows, games, books and much much
more. All these are things that gorge mucus could never even dare to
come close to showing in any of his boring mainstream action flicks.
It is pretty obvious which has more intellect included in it's
construction.
2.
Star Wars is for Kids and babies, Star Trek is for men. It is a proven
fact that infants cannot understand complex plot lines such as the type
that frequent Star Trek, and instead respond to flashing lights and loud
noises. Also, when I went around my local shop the other night I saw a
"Star Wars episode II" sixth birthday card. And they actually make star
wars lego, a toy for ages four and up And thier is much more of lego shit
in the same decried style. Now you can no longer tell me after the
birthday card, lunch boxes, lego, action figures and Pepsi cans that
Star Wars's main audience is adults..
You would never see the beautiful show Star Trek stooping to such a low.
3.
Star Trek has greatly influenced the world as we know it, mention a
Klingon or James T. Kirk to pretty much any one in the world and instant
images are conjured up in the listeners imagination.
When NASA first created the prototype design for the shuttle, many thousands
of people wrote to NASA and asked that the new space shuttle not be named
"The millennium Falcon" but named after kirks vessel, none other than
"Enterprise" a homage to the the stories, beauty and brilliance that only
Star Trek can deliver
And hence the new shuttle was named so, and on her maiden voyage all of the
original series cast turned out to wish her luck on her maiden voyage to
boldly go where no man had gone before.
Throughout the entire run of Star Trek ships named enterprise have always
been at the forefront of technological advancement and space exploration,
as they have in real life, with the original sailing vessel named "Enterprize"
a terror on the seven seas, to the elite air craft carrier/battle ship named
"enterprise" that fought many a gallant battle for the good of American
citizens to this very shuttle, that marked the prototype for the main
vehicle of exploration for mankind on this day.
And as always Star Trek has had many a landmark point, with the show being
the first to have a kiss between a white actor and a colored actor, something
revolutionary and ground breaking at the time. And also on the subject of
racial equality, Star Trek was the first show to have a black woman in a
position that was not being constantly dominated by a white master.
During that time a young girl watching the show on TV saw this actor and
ran through the house screaming "Mamma! Mamma! Come quick! Come quick!
There's a black lady on TV and she ain't no maid" That child, Whoppi
Goldberg grew up to be a great, successful actor and to score a recurring
spot on Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Also it is worth noting that at the The Smithsonian Institute in
Washington DC, a unique museum where many symbols of American history
can be found including the real Declaration of Independence, The original
enterprise that was filmed in Star Trek: The Original Series is on
display alongside such great space exploring vehicles such as the first
airplane, the Apollo 13 capsule, and much more and holds the prestige of
being the only fictional vehicle in that section
The strange thing is that when these poor souls argue with me over this
subject I tell them that star wars is simply action and no thought, and
they seem to actually want that in science fiction. This is a shame
because that is not what science fiction is about.
Finally to all people who still think that Star Wars is better than Star
Trek I realize that there is now no way that I can persuade you otherwise
you have made your minds up and I really don't care, just leave me alone
and stop pissing me off with all this 'fantastic' plastic paraphernalia
But more importantly watch some proper real thought provoking ground
breaking science fiction, like, of course, Star Trek, or if its not too
much to ask actually get some classic science fiction books, like
"I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov or The Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy five
book trilogy by the late great Douglas Adams (RIP)
Please, stop bugging me.
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(C) Steak May 2002
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